Kids’ Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen
The Bakerloo Flea | Part 1 | STORY | NASTY
The Bakerloo Flea | Part 1 | STORY | NASTY Michael Rosen keeps bumping into a chatty old lady who tells him wildly unlikely stories - like there being man eating fleas on the London tube.
Out of this Word
Smell a Rat
Max receives a message on his computer. The message says the computer is infected and Max must download special software. Moon stops him, telling Max she “smells a rat.”
Healthcare Triage
Fluoride in the Water Isn't Going to Hurt You
Every once in a while chain emails or Facebook posts make their way back into prominence. It happened last year with HPV killing girls. Recently, it seems to be Fluoride. A number of you have been forwarding me a post from last year...
PBS
Why Do People Have Pets?
68% of American families have a pet friend living with them. But why did humans start domesticating animals as pets and not livestock?
Curated Video
The Pygmalion Effect: How Expectations Impact Performance
This video discusses the Pygmalion Effect, which is the phenomenon where higher expectations lead to higher performance. The video provides examples of how this effect can play out in situations such as coaching a basketball team or...
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Did You Know? The Black Death
The Black Death was a pandemic caused by plague that wiped out at least one-third of Europe's population in the 14th century.
After Skool
The Worst Pandemics in History - What Do They Teach Us?
Pandemics are disease epidemics that has spread across a large region, for instance multiple continents, or worldwide. A widespread endemic. Throughout history, there have been a number of pandemics of diseases such as smallpox and...
Bridgeman Arts
Animated 19th century phenakistoscope with rats emerging from holes
Phenakistoscope c.1833, animated to create an illusion of motion.
Curated Video
The rodents that could reveal the key to a long and cancer-free life
LEADIN:
A look at the odd little rodents which scientists think could hold the blueprint to healthy old age and resistance to many cancers.
STORYLINE:
This little creature is a rodent by name,...
Curated Video
The rodents that could reveal the key to a long and cancer-free life
LEADIN:
Scientists believe an odd looking rodent that has a resistance to cancers could hold the key to a healthy old age.
The naked mole-rat from East Africa has a unique genetic make-up that means it can...
Curated Video
The rodents that could reveal the key to a long and cancer-free life
LEADIN:
Scientists believe an odd looking rodent that has a resistance to cancers could hold the key to a healthy old age.
The naked mole-rat from East Africa has a unique genetic make-up that means it can...
Curated Video
Family Dollar Temporarily Closes Over 400 Stores Across 6 States
The move comes amid a massive recall of products after federal regulators found more than 1,100 rodents at a distribution facility in Arkansas.
Curated Video
A group of 'rat hunters' hit the streets of Manhattan to help tackle the city's rodent problem with the help of their sharp-nosed dogs.
Headline: Urban rat hunters tackle NYC pests
Caption: A group of 'rat hunters' hit the streets of Manhattan to help tackle the city's rodent problem with the help of their sharp-nosed dogs. (April 29)
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AFP News Agency
CLEAN : AFPTV BEST OF 2021 // A night with New York's rat hunters
AFPTV refiles some of its most notable stories of 2021. Late one Friday night, eight dog enthusiasts and their pet pooches prowl several dark alleys in New York with one mission: to hunt and kill as many rats as possible (Footage by...
Curated Video
Sewer rats being caught for food
LEADIN
Rats are a valuable source of cheap protein for many impoverished Cambodians - despite most societies considering them disease-carrying pests.
But some city dwellers are now eating locally caught...
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Nigeria Hygienic practices needed to contain Lassa fever
CLEAN : Nigeria Hygienic practices needed to contain Lassa fever
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : 'Kind of magical': US scientists train rats to drive small cars, study benefits to brain
Dr. Kelly Lambert's research lab at the University of Richmond, in the US state of Virginia, trains rats to drive small cars and rewards them with treats, exploring the potential benefits to the brain in the process (Footage by AFPTV via...
Curated Video
Rodents invade KFC and Taco Bell restaurant
1. Wide tilt exterior Kentucky Fried Chicken - Taco Bell restaurant with people in front of window at 6th Avenue and 4th Street in Greenwich Village, NY.
2. Various medium and close up shots of multiple rats inside of restaurant, UPSOUND...
Curated Video
CATCHING SNAKES - ALL IN A DAY'S WORK
AP Television
Cape Town - 20 - 24 April 2012
20 April, 2012
1. Wide pan of snake handler Grant Smith looking for snake in bushes
2. Close up of a puff adder in bushes
3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Grant Smith, Snake handler:
"With any snake,...
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Rats and rodents get Chinese New Year treats at Singapore zoo
Rats and rodents at Singapore’s wildlife parks get special treats as part of the parks Chinese New Year celebrations (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
Curated Video
NICARAGUA: HEALTH AUTHORITIES FIGHT MYSTERY EPIDEMIC
Nicaraguan authorities continue to fight the mystery disease which has hit the country in recent weeks.
Teams of international specialists have arrived and identified the illness which has claimed at least 16 lives.
In a remote region of...
Curated Video
French photo duo Pierre et Gilles love to shock
Famed French photography duo, Pierre et Gilles, are hoping to shock with their latest work - a huge photograph of Algerian-born former prostitute Zahia Dehar made over as Marie Antoinette, provocatively clutching her stomach and holding...