Natural World Explored

Natural World Explored

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Natural World Explored episodes

  • How Animals Clone Themselves

    Hey friends! Today Ben introduces his clone, Qen, we meet an entirely female species of lizard and take a closer look at how chromosomes work IN TURKEYS.


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    Photo credits

    Science News Article:

    https://centennial.societyforscience.org/entry/1997-science-news-reports-on-dolly-the-sheep/


    ‘Sister Clones’ of Dolly The Sheep:

    https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/07/26/487047575/clone-sisters-of-dolly-the-sheep-are-healthy-alive-and-kicking


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  • The Search For The Elusive African Unicorn

    Hey friends! Today Ben explores a different kind of video, we take a

    look at the largest elusive creature on the planet, and we understand
    how our political world can affect the lives of animals.
    OKAPI CONSERVATION PROJECT:
    https://www.okapiconservation.org/
    CONTENT WARNING This video contains discussions around invasion,
    colonisation and very brief mention of acts of violence on both people
    and wildlife.
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    Audio Credits
    Intro Music by Aakash Gandhi
    Voiceover Editing by Wojciech B.
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    Photo credits
    Persepolis
    https://amazingiran.media/persepolis/
    Okapi Tongue, photo by Kaelin
    https://www.flickr.com/photos/32277757@N00/4579417976
    #okapi #nature #documentary #animal #earth #explore #africa


    16 min
  • Why We Need Gross Animals

    Hey friends! Today Ben explores the world of yucky things, we hear about how a book can ruin an animal’s reputation, and discover that we betrayed our nearest and dearest :(


    CONTENT WARNING

    This video contains discussions around death and decay in the animal kingdom. These topics are not portrayed as gruesome, but as biological processes.


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    Intro Music by Aakash Gandhi

    Voiceover Editing by Wojciech B.

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    Egmont Overture by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

    Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1200069

    Artist: http://incompetech.com/

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    Photo credits

    Tube Nosed Bat

    https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/101006-papua-new-guinea-species-tube-nosed-bat-science-animal-pictures

    Rufous Horseshoe Bat

    https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/35/Rhinolophus_rouxii.jpg


    15 min
  • How We Unlocked The Colours Of Dinosaurs

    Hey friends! Today Ben explores the world of colour, we hear about how

    confusing feathers are, and discover that Polar Bears are FREAKIN
    IMPOSTERS.
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    Audio Editing by Wojciech B.
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    Photo credits
    Photonic Crystals Diagram:
    https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/Introduction-to-Photonic-Crystals-%3A-Bloch-%E2%80%99-s-%2C-%2C-%28-Johnson/5fad2dacf3b86b2748e5910f1ea64be1ebec2936/figure/3
    Photonic Glass Diagram:
    https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Anisotropic-photonic-glass-APG-is-fabricated-in-the-bulk-of-the-glass-by-direct-laser_fig1_310823471
    Bragg Reflectors Diagram:
    https://www.batop.de/information/r_Bragg.html
    Diffraction Gratings Diagram:
    https://phys.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/University_Physics/University_Physics_%28OpenStax%29/University_Physics_III_-_Optics_and_Modern_Physics_%28OpenStax%29/04%3A_Diffraction/4.05%3A_Diffraction_Gratings
    Quasi-crystal Diagram:
    https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Geometric-structure-of-the-Tsai-type-quasicrystal-QC-and-approximant-crystal-AC-1_fig1_318197452
    Thin film interference:
    https://physics.highpoint.edu/~jregester/potl/Waves/InterferenceColors/interfcolors.html
    Ref
    Fabbri, Matteo; Wiemann, Jasmina; Manucci, Fabio; Briggs, Derek E. G.
    (2020). "Three-dimensional soft tissue preservation revealed in the skin
    of a non-avian dinosaur". Palaeontology. 63 (2): 185–193.
    doi:10.1111/pala.12470
    #science #nature #animal #dinosaur #evolution #wildlife #explore #earth


    16 min
  • How To Build The Largest Animal Ever

    Hey friends! Today Ben explores a big blue beast, we hear all about why

    bugs are little (thankfully), and take a little trip through space and
    time.
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    #nature #explore #animal #nz #whale #newzealand #evolution #wildlife #bird #dinosaur #science


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  • How Birds Conquered New Zealand

    Hey friends! Today Ben explores the last land of dinosaurs, finds a

    continent that isn’t as dangerous as it sounds and finds out why there
    are different birds on top of Venezuelan mountains.
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    Photos used:
    Kukenan Tepui by Paulo Fassina
    https://flic.kr/p/7V4UEk
    #nature #explore #animal #nz #australia #newzealand #southamerica #evolution #wildlife #bird #dinosaur


    15 min
  • Humans Aren't The Only Animals That Farm

    Hello friends! Today Ben explores the world of agriculture, we find a

    new crab that shimmies in the deep sea, and meet an ant that drugs other
    bugs.
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    Intro Music by Aakash Gandhi
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    #nature #explore #animals #science #documentary


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  • How Poison and Venom Actually Works

    Hello and bienvenue, today Ben explores the invisible ways to die, looks

    at all the different ways plants, animals and fungi mix chemical
    concoctions and learns what to do if you’re exposed to toxins.
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    This video contains relatively graphic descriptions of bodily harm
    caused by plants, animals and fungi. Content may be disturbing.
    What to do if you’re bitten by a snake (CDC):
    https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/topics/snakes/symptoms.html
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    Credits
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    Intro Music by Aakash Gandhi
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    Portrait of the king of Pontus Mithridates VI as Heracles. Marble, Roman imperial period (1st century). Photo by Sting: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/06/Mithridates_VI_Louvre.jpg
    Gympie-Gympie photograph by Hugh Campbell:
    https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/gympie-gympie-2048x1204.jpghttps://www.australiangeographic.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/gympie-gympie-2048x1204.jpg
    Gympie-Gympie photograph by TreeHugger:
    https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-aeaJIRBbzNU/WUO0HT67MQI/AAAAAAAAIu0/SvCl3IevO7QlKuR6uCKDH5CodjcIyC8KACEwYBhgL/s1600/gympie-gympie-stinging-tree-5.jpg.650x0_q70_crop-smart.jpg
    Strychnos in Flower photograph by Bart Wursten:
    https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c6/Strychnos_usambarensis00.jpg
    #nature #explore #snake #spider #poison #venom #toxins #crime #danger


    15 min
  • Why There Are Two Pandas

    ey friends! Today Ben explores two animals with the same name, we find

    out that there are more than one type of thumb and meet a few critters
    that are unexpectedly related to these animals.
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    Audio Editing by Wojciech B.
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    Study of mammalian mitochondrial genomes for todays game:
    Hassanin, A.; Veron, G.; Ropiquet, A.; van Vuuren, B. J.; Lécu, A.;
    Goodman, S. M.; Haider, J.; Nguyen, T. T. (2021). "Evolutionary history
    of Carnivora (Mammalia, Laurasiatheria) inferred from mitochondrial
    genomes"

    Other papers:

    Groves, C. (2021). "The taxonomy and phylogeny of Ailurus". In Glatston,
    A. R. (ed.). Red Panda: Biology and Conservation of the First Panda
    (Second ed.). London: Academic Press. pp. 95–117. ISBN 978-0-12-823753-3
    O'Brien, S.J.; Nash, W.G.; Wildt, D.E.; Bush, M.E. & Benveniste,
    R.E. (1985). "A molecular solution to the riddle of the giant panda's
    phylogeny". Nature. 317 (6033): 140–144. Bibcode:1985Natur.317..140O.
    doi:10.1038/317140a0. PMID 4033795. S2CID 4352629
    Photos used:
    Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, E.; Cuvier, F. (1824) Histoire naturelle des
    mammifères : avec des figures originales, coloriées, dessinées
    d'aprèsdes animaux vivans
    https://archive.org/details/HistoirenaturelVGeof/page/LII/mode/2up
    Dreamworks’ Kung Fu Panda (2008) Image URL:
    https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/kungfupanda/images/2/25/Vlcsnap2011040213h54m20.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/1920?cb=20130323171021
    Sounds used:
    Red Panda Sound Effect | Ailurus fulgens (2020)
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsqNWQtB1ac&ab_channel=77%E9%9F%B3%E6%95%88
    Videos used:
    Red Panda Scared by Big Piece of Rock - Red Panda goes Crazy - Crazy -
    Crazy -Crazy !! (2017)
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dI6ULnKkHus&ab_channel=BESTFUNNYVIDEOEVER-BFVE
    Pandas trying to make themselves extinct - Funny fails compilation
    (2016)
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qf-IQyL7qPE&ab_channel=AnimalShorts
    #nature #explore #science #documentary #animals #panda #redpanda

    12 min
  • The Most Intimidating Insects You've Never Heard Of

    Hello and bienvenue, today Ben explores large little animals, surveys

    cat owners on their hunting habits and learns all about a bug that
    freezes itself for literally zero gain.
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    Bird Song Source: Department of Conservation (NZ)
    New Intro Music by Aakash Gandhi
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    Weta Photo by Dinobass: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Wetapunga.jpg/2880px-Wetapunga.jpg
    King Kong (2005) by Universal Pictures
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    #nature #explore #insect #weta #aotearoa #newzealand


    12 min

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