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Instant Fish: Just Add Water | Salamanderfish
In the peat flats of Western Australia, a peculiar fish lies in wait: salamanderfish spend several months buried underground until the dry sand they live in fills with water again.
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Hyenas Once Lived in the Frigid Arctic
Prehistoric teeth prove that hyenas once roamed the Arctic and the relationship between ancient crocodiles and climate is more complicated than we thought.
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What Zinc Means for Megalodon’s Extinction | SciShow News
This week in the journal Nature Communications, scientists report a way to use fossilized shark teeth to figure out where different shark species, including megalodon, stood in the web of life. And last week in the journal Scientific...
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Why Do Cats Love Boxes?
Why do cats love to hang out in boxes so much? It has something to do with being stone cold predators. And, a little anxiety.
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SciShow Quiz Show: The Science of Puppies!
SciShow Quiz Show is back, with familiar faces Hank Green and Lindsey Doe matching wits about ancient science, puppies, and all kinds of words that have “sex” in them!
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Kleptopredation Natural Turduckens
Some birds steal food from other birds to save themselves work, but kleptopredators take it one step further!
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: The myth of Ireland's two greatest warriors | Iseult Gillespie
Cú Chulainn, hero of Ulster, stood at the ford at Cooley, ready to face an entire army single handedly— all for the sake of a single bull. The army in question belonged to Queen Meadhbh of Connaught. Enraged at her husband's possession...
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Tornado Talk with Mark Heyka
Hank sits down with local meteorologist Mark Heyka for a 100% chance of fun as they discuss tornados and weather phenomenons. Then Jessi from Animal Wonders comes on to show off a pair of adorable sugar gliders.
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The Most Hardcore Creatures on Earth | Compilation
From mice that battle scorpions to microscopic moss piglets that can survive a solar storm, here are 6 of Earth’s most hardcore beings!
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Snakes: Scaly, Serpentine Sensations!
What is it about snakes that intrigues us so much? Is it their deadly venom, their spongey mouths, or their international travel?
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The Majestic Grolar Bear
Although polar bears and grizzly bears aren't all that similar and are definitely separate species, they can interbreed and create fertile offspring in the wild. Hank brings us the story of these misfit bears, which he likes to call...
TED Talks
TED: How we can help hungry kids, one text at a time | Su Kahumbu
Su Kahumbu raises badass cows -- healthy, well-fed animals whose protein is key to solving a growing crisis in Africa: childhood nutritional stunting. With iCow, a simple SMS service she developed to support small-scale livestock...
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Why Lizards Don't Run Marathons
Lizards tend to scurry around in short bursts rather than running long distances, and the reason why might be nearly as old as life on land.
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Finally, Some Good News About Corals | SciShow News
Corals might have a fighting chance against bleaching, and fuzzy moths aren't just sporting their fur because it's adorable.
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7 Ridiculous Feats of Strength in the Animal Kingdom
You're probably already familiar with some of the more common examples of super strong animals, like the crocodile with its powerful bite or the leafcutter ant's impressive overhead carry. However, there are lots of lesser-known animals...
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Animals Getting Bigger, and How Cannabis Causes Hunger
SciShow News delves into the history of marine animals and finds that they’re getting bigger, and unlocks the secret of how cannabis creates one of its most medically useful effects.
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Do Animals Mourn Their Dead?
We can't know if or how animals understand death, but behavioral changes in some species could mean they experience something similar to human grief.
Amoeba Sisters
Ecological Succession: Nature's Great Grit
Discover a process that truly demonstrates nature's grit: ecological succession! The Amoeba Sisters introduce both primary and secondary succession
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Why We Send Animals to Space
What happens when you send a duck, a rooster and a sheep with monkeys and dogs into space? Scientists had to find out -- and for decades, they've been studying life in space with the help of some crawly, wiggly, fluttery, furry friends.
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Why Do We Have Such Long Childhoods?
Compared to most animals in the vast kingdom, humans have one of the longest childhoods. And you might think this is so we have time to develop our advanced thinking skills, but scientists think it might not be that simple.
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New Elements and Exploding Whales
Hank introduces you to the latest element to be created -- and explains why we make them in the first place -- plus the science of exploding whales. It's a thing, people.
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The Strange Scourge of Light Pollution
Light pollution -- it's not just the bane of light sleepers and frustrated astronomers. It also is tinkering with the biological cycles of all kinds of living things, including us! SciShow takes you behind the glare to understand the...
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Fighting COVID-19 With... Llamas?!
Scientists have been researching whether or not antibodies from COVID-19 patients might help those infected with the virus, and one study has found promising results, in a llama.
TED Talks
TED: Tagging tuna in the deep ocean | Barbara Block
Tuna are ocean athletes -- fast, far-ranging predators whose habits we're just beginning to understand. Marine biologist Barbara Block fits tuna with tracking tags (complete with transponders) that record unprecedented amounts of data...