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Brainy & Brainless Animals

Brainy & Brainless Animals

Season 1 Episode 5
12:45
How Animals See

How Animals See

Season 1 Episode 6
12:39
How Animals Hear

How Animals Hear

Season 1 Episode 7
11:56
Ancestral & Weird Senses

Ancestral & Weird Senses

Season 1 Episode 8
12:42
Reproduction

Reproduction

Season 1 Episode 9
13:00
Animals Working Together

Animals Working Together

Season 1 Episode 10
13:21
Parasites

Parasites

Season 1 Episode 11
13:04
Phylogenetic Mysteries

Phylogenetic Mysteries

Season 1 Episode 12
12:32
What is a Species?

What is a Species?

Season 1 Episode 13
12:35
Frontiers in Zoology

Frontiers in Zoology

Season 1 Episode 14
12:35
Episode 5: The Calling

The Calling

Season 4 Episode 5
53:05
When Whales Could Walk

When Whales Could Walk

Season 51 Episode 1
53:31
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Crash Course Zoology

How & What Animals Eat

Season 1 Episode 4

Animals have evolved to eat a lot of different things, even stuff that barely passes for food, and it shapes our entire lives from what we look like to where we live. Today, we’ll talk about why being a carnivore is just easier than being a herbivore, why there are so few omnivores out there, and dedicate a little time to the remaining 2% of animals that really push the definition of food.

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What is an Animal?
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So what is an animal anyway?
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