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Jack heads into Costa Rica's jungles looking for bats. He also has an encounter with a fer-de-lance viper and meets a dog that can sniff out a rare species of pit viper. Part of the "Jack Hanna's Into the Wild" series.
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Some of the world's best preserved fossils are found in the flat-topped ridges of southwestern Wyoming's cold sagebrush desert. Fossilized fishes, insects, plants, reptiles, birds, and mammals are exceptional for their abundance, variety, and detail of preservation. Most remarkable is the story they tell of ancient life in a sub-tropical landscape.
For over a decade, animal activist Snehal Bhatt has led a one-woman crusade to rescue India's most dangerous snakes -- cobras, vipers, and giant pythons -- from frightened townspeople, crooked snake charmers and devious poachers.
Sea turtles are found in oceans around the world, and they face many challenges throughout their life cycle. Even before they hatch, these reptiles face tremendous odds against surviving to maturity. Students learn ways to help save this endangered and threatened species. Part of the "Saving a Species" series.
Part of "The Living Oceans" series. Captures the mysteries of venomous marine creatures, such as nudibranchs, sea anemones, jellyfish, moray eels, and scorpionfish. Although these creatures can be fearsome predators, their defensive behaviors are also illustrated to highlight the predator/prey relationship that is a fact of life in marine environments.
On the Galapagos, there is a lizard that is at home in the sea and sand. These marine iguanas have learned to adapted to the changing environment of the islands, but they also have to learn to escape different predators whether on land or in the water. Segment of video from Wild Chronicles Series.
A key moment in the evolutionary saga occurred 200 million years ago, when the ferocious reptile-like animals that roamed the Earth were in the process of evolving into shrew-like mammals. But these reptilian ancestors left their mark on many parts of the human body, including skin, teeth and ears. Part of the “Your Inner Fish” series.
Towering gypsum dunes span hundreds of square miles in New Mexico's White Sands National Monument, and hundreds of animal species thrive in this unique ecosystem. The lizards living in White Sands National Monument have attracted biologists from the University of California, Berkeley. The lizards are undergoing adaptation and speciation on an extraordinarily rapid timescale. Part of the “Science Nation” series.
There are millions of different types of animals on Earth, ranging from simple animals, such as sponges and worms, to more complex animals. Students focus on complex animals, specifically the major vertebrate groups: fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals. Specific examples of vertebrates are shown to illustrate the different characteristics of complex animals. Important terminology includes: vertebrae, backbone, gills, ectoderm, fins, metamorphosis, eggs, scales, feathers, and endotherm.
Dr. Chris gets wrapped up in his work – all two hundred pounds of it! Atomic Betty has stopped feeding, and this reticulated python does not want to take her vitamins. Marie the pampered Pomeranian swallows some string, leaving her owner’s stomach in knots. And Bruno the terrier is accidentally run over by his owner. Can Dr. Chris save his leg?
When Genoveva opens her magic book, the screen is filled with feathers, beaks, horns, legs, wings, and snouts. Genoveva's magic book transports her to various habitats where she learns about the animals that live there. It's a reptile, but not a snake. It's from the family of the crocodiles, but it has no teeth. Its head looks like a lizard, and hides it when it's afraid. What animal is Genoveva about to discover, in this episode?
Peter Pritchard has seen each of the world's 300 species of turtles, but has a real affinity for the giant leatherback sea turtles on a Guyana beach. His conservation efforts with a local community insure that children learn about the turtles' habitats, behaviors, and characteristics. Watch a turtle lay her eggs and see the newly hatched babies race for the sea. Gives additional pertinent facts about this ancient species.
Features Emily, the six-year-old host, who learns about snakes and camels, takes care of kittens, swims with dolphins, and goes snorkeling. Using a natural, unscripted format, Emily investigates the world through her own candid comments and questions, engaging everyone she meets. Teaches young learners basic concepts about the world around them in a manner that is positive and nonthreatening.
In this episode, host Emily Graslie interviews Dr. Robert F. Inger. His career in science spans over seventy-four years, and he published his first scientific paper in 1942. He is a renowned herpetologist. The greatest lesson he has learned is to never stop asking questions and seeking answers. Part of "The Brain Scoop" series.
Explores the fascinating features of the animal kingdom. The taxonomy of the different invertebrate and vertebrate phyla are the focus of the program, with special emphasis placed on the evolutionary relationships of the various phyla. Each of the major phyla are discussed, going from simple to more complex organisms. Other terminology includes: sponges, cnidarians, flatworms, roundworms, segmented worms, mollusks, arthropods, echinoderms, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals.
When Genoveva opens her magic book, the screen is filled with feathers, beaks, horns, legs, wings, and snouts. Genoveva's magic book transports her to various habitats where she learns about the animals that live there. In this episode, Genoveva visits with a four-legged animal as big as an alligator. It has a huge mouth and a strong jaw. It has scales, but it's not a fish. What could it be? Welcome to the caiman's world.
What do wild animals do when we're not around? Find out with National Geographic's Crittercam. Safely worn by wildlife, Crittercams capture video, sound, and other information, giving students rare views of the private lives of animals. Crittercams help to solve scientific mysteries by providing an animal's eye view. And what scientists learn from Crittercams helps them protect the very animals that wear them. The Crittercam Team travels to Shark Bay hoping to discover why there are a larger number of injured loggerhead turtles than green turtles.
Anole lizards are highly territorial and typically stick close to their home tree. So, what happens when a team of researchers carries them far away into the forest? Will they find their way back? Dr. Manuel Leal and colleagues designed an experiment to find out. They displaced the lizards from their home territories and then tracked their movements using radio transmitters. Most of the lizards were able to orient themselves and head in the right direction, with some making a beeline back to their original tree in less than 24 hours.
Snakes certainly make it look easy when they slither forward, leaving perfect S-curve tracks behind them, but scientists have long been puzzled by the mechanics of their locomotion. Now, after a series of experiments and some computer modeling, David Hu has cracked the case. With funding from the National Science Foundation, he’s using math to determine how snakes slither and it turns out they move in a much different way than scientists have long thought.
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