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SciShow Talk Show: Animal Weapons with Doug Emlen & A Southern Three-Banded Armadillo
This week on the SciShow Talk Show Doug Emlen talks about animal weapons! Jessi from Animal Wonders joins the show to talk about animal defenses and introduce us to the southern three-banded armadillo.
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Explainer: How dire wolves and saber-toothed cats hunted
Scientists examined signs of trauma in thousands of dire wolf and saber-toothed cat bones from the La Brea Tar Pits to better understand how these Ice Age beasts hunted and killed their prey.
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Low Angle hand-held - Large fangs protrude from the mouth of a prehistoric feline in a computer-generated animation. / Los Angeles, California, USA
Low Angle hand-held - Large fangs protrude from the mouth of a prehistoric feline in a computer-generated animation. / Los Angeles, California, USA
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Low Angle hand-held - A fanged feline roars near a struggling mastodon in a computer-generated animation. / Los Angeles, California, USA
Low Angle hand-held - A fanged feline roars near a struggling mastodon in a computer-generated animation. / Los Angeles, California, USA
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Low Angle hand-held - A fanged feline leaps onto the back of a trapped mastodon in a computer-generated animation. / Los Angeles, California, USA
Low Angle hand-held - A fanged feline leaps onto the back of a trapped mastodon in a computer-generated animation. / Los Angeles, California, USA
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Low Angle hand-held - A trapped mastodon struggles to swing a predatory feline off its back in a computer-generated animation. / Los Angeles, California, USA
Low Angle hand-held - A trapped mastodon struggles to swing a predatory feline off its back in a computer-generated animation. / Los Angeles, California, USA
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Medium Long Shot static - A baby mastodon eats away from the herd when, suddenly, a saber-tooth tiger grabs it. / Dallas, Texas, USA
Medium Long Shot static - A baby mastodon eats away from the herd when, suddenly, a saber-tooth tiger grabs it. / Dallas, Texas, USA
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Long Shot hand-held rack-focus - A mastodon sinks in mud near a feline in a computer-generated animation. / Los Angeles, California, USA
Long Shot hand-held rack-focus - A mastodon sinks in mud near a feline in a computer-generated animation. / Los Angeles, California, USA
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Medium Long Shot tracking-right - A saber-tooth tiger runs through the grass. / Dallas, Texas, USA
Medium Long Shot tracking-right - A saber-tooth tiger runs through the grass. / Dallas, Texas, USA
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Medium Long Shot zoom-in zoom-out - A saber-tooth tiger lunges on top of a dinosaur walking through the grass. / Dallas, Texas, USA
Medium Long Shot zoom-in zoom-out - A saber-tooth tiger lunges on top of a dinosaur walking through the grass. / Dallas, Texas, USA
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Long Shot zoom-in - Two saber tooth tigers sit in the sun near a cave as one lunges from a rock. / Dallas, Texas, USA
Long Shot zoom-in - Two saber tooth tigers sit in the sun near a cave as one lunges from a rock. / Dallas, Texas, USA
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Low Angle hand-held - A mastodon struggles near a predatory feline in a computer-generated animation. / Los Angeles, California, USA
Low Angle hand-held - A mastodon struggles near a predatory feline in a computer-generated animation. / Los Angeles, California, USA