Crash Course Zoology
Take a rapid deep dive into the weird and wonderful biology of animals. Host, wildlife ecologist, and conservation scientist, Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant will guide us across the tree of life as we endeavor to answer what makes an animal an animal anyway?
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We review all that we've learned in this final episode. (12m 35s)
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We try to answer mysteries from DNA sequences to where all the baby eels are! (12m 32s)
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We explore parasites' ecology and evolution in our ecosystem. (13m 4s)
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We dive into the amazing ways animals interact with each other. (13m 21s)
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We explore sex and gender and how animals pass down genetic information. (13m)
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We discuss how animals use senses to explore their environment and communicate. (12m 42s)
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We explore the evolution of ears and animals' genetic adaptations of them. (11m 56s)
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We walk through the history of eyes, how they work, and vision's evolutionary advantage. (12m 39s)
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We take a closer look at brains, how animals use them, and how some evolved to lose them. (12m 45s)
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We explore carnivores, herbivores, and omnivores and how animals help redefine food. (13m 35s)
Diversity of Bodies & Sizes (but mostly crabs)
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We take a look at the various ways animals can grow. (13m 16s)
What’s the Most “Animal” Animal?
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We try to figure out what that “average” animal would really look like. (11m 29s)
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