SciShow
7 Animals We Used to Think Were Extinct (But Aren't!)
Species that no longer exist vastly outnumber those that currently populate the planet, but occasionally we rediscover a species we thought was extinct!
Crash Course
Complex Animals: Annelids & Arthropods - CrashCourse Biology
Hank continues our exploration of animal phyla with the more complexly organized annelida and arthropoda, and a biolography on insects.
Professor Dave Explains
Phylum Annelida Part 1: General Characteristics
Moving on from Mollusca we arrive at another very large clade, Annelida. These are the segmented worms, like the common earthworm, as well as marine worms and leeches, and a bunch of other organisms. What are these all about? Let's...
Bizarre Beasts
What if Your Butt Swam Away?
You have one butt, a shark has one butt, even a jellyfish has one butt/mouth, but deep inside sponges of Australia's Darwin Harbor there's a marine worm with BUTTS, hundreds and hundreds of butts. And sometimes those butts have minds of...
Visual Learning Systems
Simple Animals: Worms
Upon viewing the Simple Animals video series, students will be able to do the following: Differentiate between and provide examples of vertebrate and invertebrate animals. Describe the basic body parts of a sponge (porifera). Explain the...
Curated Video
Scientists study what effect human emotions have on plants
LEADIN:
What effect do human feelings have on plants?
Will a plant grow differently if it is surrounded by human happiness as opposed to human fear?
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Curated Video
Scientists study what effect human emotions have on plants
LEADIN:
What effect do human feelings have on plants?
Will a plant grow differently if it is surrounded by human happiness as opposed to human fear?
...
PBS
Annelid Animation: Body Plan
Annelids evolved with powerful muscles to dig deep into the ground. Scholars observe the body segments, muscle pattern, unique gut, and the whole body circulatory and nervous systems. Highly detailed animation provides a view of the...
Crash Course
Crash Course Biology #23: Complex Animals: Annelids & Arthropods
Hank continues our exploration of animal phyla with the more complexly organized annelida and arthropoda, and a biolography on insects. [13:15]
Sea Studios Foundation
Shape of Life: Annelids: Powerful and Capable Worms
An animation focusing on annelids and their segmented bodies, with both a nervous and circulatory system and a one-way gut. They have mastered the art of digging and live in an incredible diversity of habitats. Tube-dwelling worms live...
Sea Studios Foundation
Shape of Life: Annelids: Abarenicola, Burrowing Worm
An animation showing how an abarenicola uses its powerful proboscis and muscles to dig burrows in the sediment on the sea floor. [2:38]
Sea Studios Foundation
Shape of Life: Annelids: Diopatra: Tube Dwelling Worm
A video focusing on the feeding style of the sedentary animal, diopatra. See how diopatra's vertical tubes cover a mudflat seen at low tide. Speeding up the day, you will see the tide come in and cover the tubes. Now underwater, the...
Sea Studios Foundation
Shape of Life: Annelids: Leeches
A video where you will see a leech latch onto a person's ankle and suck blood until it is gorged and falls off. [3:16]
Sea Studios Foundation
Shape of Life: Annelids: Lumbricus, Earthworm
A video showing how earthworms burrow in soil feeding and processing through their gut. This brings leaf debris and its nutrients into the soil, benefiting many organisms. [3:28]
Sea Studios Foundation
Shape of Life: Annelids: Terrebellid: Spaghetti Worm
In time-lapse we see spaghetti worms extend their long tentacles out from their tubes to feed. [1:32]
Sea Studios Foundation
Shape of Life: Damhnait Mc Hugh, Ecologist: Annelid Ecology
Damhnait McHugh wants to understand how annelids have adapted to such a wide variety of habitats in this video. She takes her students into the field, to mudflats and to gardens. McHugh explains how earthworms' digging and eating debris...
Sea Studios Foundation
Shape of Life: Annelid Animation: Body Plan
Investigate an annelids' body plan in this video. Annelids have segmented bodies with powerful muscles, a one-way gut that runs through the body, a circulatory system and nervous system. [1:06]
Florida State University
Florida State University: Aquatic Earthworm Movie #2
In this interesting video, you will observe an aquatic worm virtually tie itself in a knot in a struggle with a piece of debris. Information about the habitat, diet, and reproduction of annelids is included as well in this site.
Florida State University
Florida State University: Aquatic Earthworm Movie #3
View the bristle-like setae on the body segments of this segmented worm as it attempts to work its way through debris in this interesting, short movie. Background information on annelids is also provided in this site.
California Academy of Sciences
Ca Academy of Sciences: Green Bomber Worms
Meet Swima bombaviridis, a newly discovered species found at great depths of the Pacific Ocean. They drop green bioluminescent bombs to evade predators. [1:32]