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Exploring the World of Fish: Anatomy, Behavior, and Classification
This video provides an overview of different sea creatures, explaining which ones are fish and which ones are mammals. It also delves into the anatomy and characteristics of fish, including their fins, circulatory system, feeding habits,...
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Animals and Toxins: Exploring the World of Venomous Creatures
This video provides an overview of various animals that use toxins to kill their prey or protect themselves. It highlights examples such as the puffer fish, viper snake, bees, wasps, stingrays, and the lionfish. The video also clarifies...
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Exploring the World of Owls: Fascinating Facts and Myths
This video explores the fascinating world of owls, highlighting their unique characteristics and behaviors. From their intelligence and silent flight to their powerful hunting abilities and monogamous mating habits, owls are truly...
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The African Lion: King of the Savannah and its Natural Competitors
In this video, we learn about the African lion, one of the most recognizable wildcats. We discover that females are the primary hunters, while males defend the territory and have preferential placement during feeding. Lions have manes...
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Exploring Africa: The Fascinating World of Zebras
In this video, we explore the fascinating world of zebras. From their unique black and white stripes that provide camouflage to their gregarious nature and strong family bonds, zebras are truly remarkable animals. They are adaptable to...
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The Fascinating World of Ostriches: Facts and Trivia
The video provides information about ostriches, the largest birds on the planet. It discusses their physical characteristics, behavior, habitat, and diet. It also dispels the myth that ostriches bury their heads in the sand. Overall, it...
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Exploring the World of Butterflies and Moths
In this video, we explore the fascinating world of butterflies and moths, belonging to the Lepidoptera order. We learn about their unique characteristics, such as their wings covered in scales, their intricate life cycle of...
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Carnivore
An animal that gets most or all of its energy from eating other animals. A Twig Science Glossary Film. Key scientific terms defined in just 60 seconds using stunning images and concise textual definitions. Twig Science Glossary Films...
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Barracuda
A look at barracuda, who illustrate the amazing sixth sense of fish. Biology - Animal Kingdom - Learning Points. Barracuda are large, predatory fish that live in tropical waters. Adult barracuda live solitary lives, while the younger...
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Basking Shark
Meet the second largest fish in the ocean: the basking shark, which defies expectations with its surprising diet. Biology - Animal Kingdom - Learning Points. Basking sharks prey on plankton. Basking sharks have no teeth. Basking sharks...
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Factpack: Primitive Species
Meet the species which have not evolved for millions of years. Why have they stopped evolving? Biology - Adaptation And Evolution - Learning Points. A Twig FactPack Film. Open a discussion on what has been already learnt in a topic, or...
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Oceans: The Intertidal Zone
Discover how ever-changing tidal ecosystems create opportunities for both predators and prey. Biology - Ecosystems - Learning Points. Tides are a powerful force of nature, created by the Moon's gravitational pull. Tides affect marine...
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Defensive Plants - Plant Protections
Plants have developed an array of chemical, mechanical and mimicry methods to fight off predators, meaning that they are not as defenceless as they seem. Biology - Plants - Learning Points. Plants have evolved defence mechanisms to ward...
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Oceanic Food Chain
A journey through a marine food chain, from tiny plankton to the ocean's giants. Biology - Ecosystems - Learning Points. Phytoplankton are the basis of the oceanic food chain. In the Pacific Ocean, millions of herring feed on these...
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Adaptation - Survival Traits
Examples of physical and behavioural adaptations which allow plants and animals to survive in some of the most challenging habitats on Earth. Biology - Adaptation And Evolution - Learning Points. Animals and plants survive in diverse...
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Migration: Predation
Journey to the east coast of Africa as dolphins, sharks, whales and birds converge to feast on migrating sardines, the greatest shoal on Earth. Biology - Ecosystems - Learning Points. From May to July, millions of sardines migrate to...
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Oceans: The Deep Blue
Marine species have developed weird and wonderful adaptations to allow them to live at depths far below where sunlight can reach. Biology - Ecosystems - Learning Points. Over 200m below the surface of the sea, photosynthesis no longer...
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Predators and Prey
The adaptations of predators and prey are vital for their survival, and help to drive the evolution of species. Biology - Adaptation And Evolution - Learning Points. Predators are animals that kill other animals for food - their prey....
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Symbiosis: Mutualism
In nature, some animals depend on another species for survival. The special relationship between sea anemones and clown fish demonstrates how creatures in the same habitat can rely on each other for defence. Biology - Ecosystems -...
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Wolf Spider
From draglines to egg sacs, find out about the many ways that spiders use silk. Biology - Animal Kingdom - Learning Points. Rather than spin a web, wolf spiders catch their prey by stalking it on the ground. Wolf spiders use draglines to...
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Oceans: Sunlight Zone
The ocean's surface is teeming with creatures that live in water but need sunlight to survive. Biology - Ecosystems - Learning Points. The sunlight zone is the area between 0m and 200m beneath the surface of the sea and is home to...
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Ecosystem
A living community of organisms along with their physical environment, functioning as a unit. A Twig Science Glossary Film. Key scientific terms defined in just 60 seconds using stunning images and concise textual definitions. Twig...
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Symbiosis
When individuals of different species live together in a close and long-term relationship. A Twig Science Glossary Film. Key scientific terms defined in just 60 seconds using stunning images and concise textual definitions. Twig Science...
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Natural Selection - Survival Process
What is natural selection and how does it work? Life processes - Living things in their environments - Evolution Learning Points Genes are passed down from both parents to their young during reproduction. A mutation is a change in genes....