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Animal Behavior

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Closeup of a bright orange and blue tropical flower. Spanish captions.

Two young children reach through a barbed wire fence to pet a friendly donkey on a farm.

Two dolphins swim in the tranquil blue waters of the ocean.

Three male lions lounge on top of a rock, basking in the sun.

Deep in the ocean, we see a shark with sharp teeth swimming through the waters.

Still image from: All the Answers: Bicycles, Butterflies, Meditation

Still image from: All the Answers: Grasshoppers, the Nile, Earthquakes

Still image from: American Eagles for Kids

Digital Illustration of green tropical leaves reaching out over a blue background. Text reads, “Animal Adaptations.”

Text reads, “Animal Behaviors” against a background that shows three rows of animals in various shapes, sizes, and colors. At the top are dogs, in the middle are cats, and on the bottom are fish.

Text reads, "Animal Camouflage" against a backdrop of hexagons that resemble snakeskin.

Still image from: Animal DNA: Aquatic Monsters

Still image from: Animal DNA: Bears

Still image from: Animal DNA: Birds

Still image from: Animal DNA: Birds of Prey

Still image from: Animal DNA: Canidae Family

Still image from: Animal DNA: Ducks, Geese, Swans, and More

Still image from: Animal DNA: Equidae Family

Still image from: Animal DNA: Going Big!

Still image from: Animal DNA: Into the Deep Blue (Part 1)

Still image from: Animal DNA: Into the Deep Blue (Part 2)

Still image from: Animal DNA: Nocturnal Animals

Still image from: Animal DNA: On the Farm

Still image from: Animal DNA: Poisonous Creatures

Still image from: Animal DNA: Primates

Still image from: Animal DNA: Reptilians

Still image from: Animal DNA: Rodents

Still image from: Animal DNA: Shell Sweet Home

Still image from: Animal DNA: Similar, but Different

Still image from: Animal DNA: Similar, but Not Related

Still image from: Animal DNA: Small Charming Birds

Still image from: Animal DNA: Strange and Unique

Still image from: Animal DNA: The Felidae Family

Still image from: Animal DNA: The Savannah

Head and shoulders of a bear visible in a berry patch. Caption: has its unique way of coping with its environment.

Two dolphins swim next to each other under clear, blue water.

Close up on an Elephant's face looking at us.

Fox stands in a tall, grassy area.

Dog sits in a field next to a circular diagram that includes the following skills: Aware, Social, X-factor, Rational, and Ecological.

Sea otter lays on a white surface with a clam and food scraps in front of it.

Lion and two lionesses lay together in a dry grassy field.

Close up on a white rat's face as it peeks its head out of a tube.

Dr. Brady Barr holds a handful of long grass in his hands. On the other side of a metal fence, a large hippo opens its mouth wide at him.

Howler monkey perched on a tree branch as it howls.

Jaguar sitting, hunched over, with its mouth open like it is yawning.

Elephant with one tusk stands next to two dirt piles in a field. Two other elephants, one with a visible tusk, stand in the distance.

Panda sits next to a tree trunk with green leaves piled around it.

Aerial view of a dazzle of zebras running together in one direction across a blurred grassland area.

Deer looks at us as it stands outside in the snow.

Graphic that looks like a holographic screen shows a horse with a rider on its back as it jumps over a competition fence. Text reads, “Coming up…Horse vs. Zebra…”

Bald eagle stands over a carcass and another bald Eagle crouches close to the ground behind it.

Shark swims by, close to the sea floor.

Graphic that looks like a holographic screen shows the side of an ostrich head. In the corner of the screen there are four images of the ostrich, each zoomed in closer to its eye. Text reads, “Ostrich, World’s Largest Bird. Eyes are bigger than brain.”

Monkey clings to the side of a tall tree in a forest.

Ladybug clinging upside down to a blade of grass.

Close up to the “Animal Science” title screen, but only letters A, N, I, and C, I, E are visible.

Insects carry around green leaves.

Lion lays on the ground with its head resting on its legs.

Title screen that says, “Animal Science,” in big silver letters. In the background are science graphics like molecules and graph lines. Small text in the background says, “fastest, smallest, loudest, longest teeth, smartest, lightest, scariest.”

Close up to the back of a person dressed in a suit designed to protect them from dog bites. A German shepherd is laying in the distance.

Group of Spiral Horned Antelopes run in a dry grassy field.

Close up to the “Animal Science” title screen, but only letters A, N, I, and C, I, E are visible.

Graphic that looks like a holographic screen shows a silhouette of a monkey’s face. Behind the monkey is a computer screen with a question mark and a box with a line through it. Text reads, “Coming up…High Intelligence.”

Graphic that looks like a holographic screen shows a green frog behind grass. Text reads, “Coming up…The Life Aquatic.”

Graphic that looks like a holographic screen shows a Pygmy Slow Loris clinging to a tree branch and staring at us with big eyes. In the corner of the screen are four pictures of the Loris, but each zoom in closer to the Loris’s face. Text reads, “Pygmy Slow Loris, Poisonous. Produces venom in sweat glands.”

Close up on a dark reddish-brown insect against a blurred background.

Landscape shows an expanse of dry grassy land.

Graphic that looks like a holographic screen shows a walrus putting a flipper on the walrus lying next to it like its pushing himself off the other walrus. Text reads, “Coming up…Polar Bear Club.”

Title screen that says, “Animal Science,” in big silver letters. In the background are science graphics like molecules and graph lines. Small text in the background says, “smartest, lightest, scariest, most colorful, rarest, hairiest, quickest, Sharpest.”

Two buffalo butt heads in a field.

Two bald eagles look down at something on the rocky ground.

Title screen that says, “Animal Science,” in big silver letters. In the background are science graphics like molecules and graph lines. Small text in the background says, “Heaviest, fastest, smallest, loudest, Longest Teeth, Smartest, lightest.”

Large group of seals sit on a beach as water crashes onto them.

Rodent moves quickly in a grassy area. Text reads, “Body temp. Equals one hundred four degrees Fahrenheit.”

An orange fish with yellow fins swimming up from the ocean floor from between rocks toward the viewer. Caption: in the environment they inhabit.

A bird with yellow breast, brown wing, and white and black striped head with a bug in its mouth. Spanish captions.

A bird's nest in the ground with a baby bird, beak open. Caption: There will be winners and losers each year.

Still image from: Bats

In the dark of night, a bat with big ears flies toward us, eyes wide in determination.

Still image from: Bees and Wasps for Kids

Classroom with students talking and working at a group table. The teacher in the front of the classroom raises her hand and smiles toward class.

A roughly tear-drop shaped object with a thin outer layer, a wider middle layer, and a central space. Caption: A gastrula is an embryo made of three cell layers.

Still image from: Bison of the West

Still image from: Bizarre Beasts: A Deep Sea Ghost

Still image from: Bizarre Beasts: An Eel Reveal

Still image from: Bizarre Beasts: Hank Eats Weird Stuff, Does Weird Things

Still image from: Bizarre Beasts: How an Invasive Snail May Save an Endangered Bird

Still image from: Bizarre Beasts: How One Spider Became (Mostly) Vegetarian

Still image from: Bizarre Beasts: How the Solenodon Became Venomous

Still image from: Bizarre Beasts: How the Wombat Poops Cubes

Still image from: Bizarre Beasts: New Zealand Glowworms Eat Like Spiders

Still image from: Bizarre Beasts: Tenrecs Will Not Stay in Their Lane

Still image from: Bizarre Beasts: The Bizarre Beast That Smells Like Popcorn

Still image from: Bizarre Beasts: The Bizarre Beast With Claws on Its Wings

Still image from: Bizarre Beasts: The Bizarre Beast With Glowing Bones

Still image from: Bizarre Beasts: The Bizarre Beast With Pointy Ribs

Still image from: Bizarre Beasts: The Frog That Swallowed Its Young

Still image from: Bizarre Beasts: The Primate That Might Hold the Key to Long Distance Space Travel

Still image from: Bizarre Beasts: The Shark That Eats Seagrass

Still image from: Bizarre Beasts: The World's Longest Non-Stop Flight

Still image from: Bizarre Beasts: This Clam Sinks Ships

Still image from: Bizarre Beasts: This Is Not a Crab

Still image from: Bizarre Beasts: Why Elephant Seals Drop Beats

Still image from: Bizarre Beasts: Why This Nocturnal Parrot Only Breeds When Summer Is Hot

A white cow with brown spots on its head in a grassy field. Caption: began about 8,000 years ago in three separate locations.

Person pulls a slab of honeycomb out of a bee hive as several bees buzz nearby.

Title text reads, “Butterflies," against a bakcground that shows the dark silhouette of a butterfly.

Still image from: Butterflies for Kids

Man in a Columbus Zoo and Aquarium Staff polo shirt speaks to us in front of a manatee habitat.

Young boy and girl who are waving at us sit on top of a blue jeep in a tall grassy area. Two other people have the windows open and lean out to look at us.

Reddish brown and white kangaroo crouches down on all fours, long tail hanging down and brushing the ground.

Polar bear on all fours walking in the dark. Caption: It was the cold in fact that created polar bears.

A grizzly bear chasing an animal, moving so quickly the image is blurred. Caption: the grizzly once ruled alone.

Still image from: Condors For Kids

Still image from: Crash Course Biology: Animal Behavior

Still image from: Crash Course Biology: Evolution--It's a Thing

Still image from: Crash Course Biology: Population Genetics When Darwin Met Mendel

Still image from: Crash Course Biology: Speciation of Ligers and Men

Still image from: Crash Course Kids Earth Science: Big Changes in the Big Forrest

Still image from: Crash Course Kids Life Science: Feed Me--Classifying Organisms

Still image from: Crash Course Kids Life Science: Home Sweet Habitat

Still image from: Crash Course Kids Life Science: Living Things Change

Still image from: Crash Course Life Science: Water Water Everywhere

Two people standing next to a long, rectangular indoor pool full of small fish. In the background there are many other pools. Caption: They'll be about two years old when we release them

Still image from: Dance Matters: Animal Habitats (With Teaching Artist Erin Leigh)

Still image from: Deadly Predators: Predator Power

Still image from: Deadly Predators: Sharks

Still image from: Deadly Predators: Speed

Still image from: Deadly Predators: Super Senses

Still image from: Deadly Predators: Ultimate Predator

Still image from: Deadly Predators: Wicked Weapons

Still image from: Deadly Predators: Wild and Weird

Microscopic photo of a louse crawling along a single strand of hair.

Computer rendering of a kangaroo rat skeleton showing its arched spine and large skull.

Closeup of red ants crawling across the dirt, each carrying a small white object.

Closeup of a sand pit with a slight depression. A small shiny oval object is visible in the center.

Wide shot of a partly cloudy sky with a falcon flying through the air in the distance.

Closeup of a wasp with a black body, short antennas and transparent wings.

Closeup of a baby hairworm insect with a mottled light and dark brown body and thin legs crawling over a plant.

Black beetle with thin, spidery legs and black and white antennas crawls down a thin sheet of dirty fabric.

Four orange jellyfish dive down into the blue water of the ocean.

Map of North and Central America. Different areas of the map are highlighted to indicate the habitat areas and 5 birds are superimposed on the map. The highlighted areas are concentrated in central Mexico, the west coast of the United states, and much of Canada and Alaska. Caption: they changed eye color from yellow to dark.

A small bird perched on a person's hand. It is gay with some brown on the wings. Caption: It's much more olive-gray, duskier gray on the head.

Still image from: Dolphins

Still image from: Duck-Billed Platypus for Kids

Group of wildebeests gathers together in the desert.

A small bird perched on a plank. Caption: Somehow, there was a critical mass action that took off.

Still image from: Farm Animals for Kids

A cartoon character with arms spread wide. Caption: The brown bear is the largest omnivore!

White birds with long legs stand next to a body of water surrounded by trees. Spanish captions.

A frog in mid-leap. Caption: (female narrator) Frogs have managed to navigate life on Earth

Text reads, "The Chameleon," over a close-up photo of a bright green chameleon.

Still image from: Go Jetters: The Salmon Run, Alaska

Still image from: Gopher Tortoise: Secrets of the Burrow

Still image from: Hawks for Kids

Above a photo of a tiger is the label “Carnivores.” Above the photo of a tan bear is the label, “Omnivores.” Above the photo of an elephant is the word “Herbivores.”

Brown and white horse pokes his head through a wire fence toward two young girls.

Girl wearing a helmet rides a brown horse at a farm, sitting up straight and tall.

Human holding a small puppy and looking into its eyes. Caption: According to genetics,

Still image from: Human Elements: The Translator

Still image from: Human Elements: Tracking Invisible Cats

Black hummingbird with a white breast in flight. The wings are blurry because they are moving so fast. Caption: And it's no wonder they eat so much.

Mustard yellow cartoon dinosaur with short arms holds up a leaf as an umbrella while rain falls around it.

Mustard yellow cartoon dinosaur with short arms and orange stripes on its back looks at us with wild eyes as it passes through a brown field with leafless trees.

Man wearing sunglasses and a baseball cap sits next to a person who has their back towards us. They sit in an open vehicle in the Serengeti. In the distance is a group of wild animals.

Man sits in a room as he talks to us. There are bookshelves around him with books, pictures, and different knick-knacks like a Space Shuttle, mini dinosaur skeletons, a Gundam toy, and more.

View of the University of California, Berkeley’s Football stadium. Text reads, “Berkeley, California.”

Man sits and talks to us in a room filled with different lighting equipment and tools.

View of an Oregon forest with mossy ground and light peeking out from the trees.

Three girls wearing straw hats and shirts tied at the hem stand in front of a backdrop with an elephant behind a pile bananas. One of the girls smiles at us, another speaks to us, and the third looks on with binoculars around her neck.

Still image from: In the Wild With Bears

A baby elephant being helped to its feet by the trunk of an adult elephant. Caption: If all goes well, they'll share in the mothering.

Digital illustration of Native Americans rowing canoes illuminated by torches at night. Moonlight reflects off water.

Color illustration of a squirrel curled up in a ball with its eyes closed. It rests on a nest of green, brown, and red beside a handful of acorns.

Dog laying at the front of a doghouse with a sign attached with Caption: sad dog. Food bowl is upside down by his head, chain attached to the ground and the dog. Caption: He's on a short chain.

Still image from: Jack Hanna's Wild Countdown: Countdown to Discovery

Large plain with a very few trees and a large herd of mammals in the distance. Caption: 20,000 animals out a group of 1.3 million.

Close up view of upper body of a large turtle in the grass. Caption: Giants can measure up to 6 feet long and weigh up to 700 pounds.

Foot of an elephant being sprayed off with water while coming through an opening in a metal fence. Caption: we do every day, we check all of their feet.

Front end of a vehicle just visible behind a large herd of buffalo walking through the bushes. Caption: Boy, I've never sat in a bunch of buffalo like this!

Two people in an open-sided vehicle driving on a dirt road through trees and brush. Caption: I knew I'd find examples of symbiotic relationships at Lewa,

Close up of a rattlesnake's tail with the rattler in focus. Caption: Adam: That is a rattlesnake.

Baby rodent-like animals in a cardboard box with wood shavings. Caption: These babies are still too young to survive on their own,

A bird with long legs, colorful plumage and a yellow crest of feathers on its head in an enclosure with a bowl of food. Caption: Crown cranes and giraffe, all under the same roof

A lioness resting among dry yellow grass.

An elephant uproots a bunch of grasses with its trunk.

Still image from: Journey to the Microcosmos: An Hour of Our Uncut Microscopic Footage

Still image from: Journey to the Microcosmos: Bacteria That Only Want to Head North

Still image from: Journey to the Microcosmos: Can This Baby Rotifer Escape Before It’s Eaten Alive?

Still image from: Journey to the Microcosmos: Colorless Euglenoids--Structure and Function (and Food)

Still image from: Journey to the Microcosmos: Ghost Fleas--Tiny See Through Cyclopses

Still image from: Journey to the Microcosmos: How to Survive the Microcosmos

Still image from: Journey to the Microcosmos: Our Paramecia Are Infected

Still image from: Journey to the Microcosmos: The Aquatic Snails That Leave a Path of Destruction

Still image from: Journey to the Microcosmos: The Collotheca Doesn’t Mind Eating Its Own Babies

Still image from: Journey to the Microcosmos: The Highs and Lows of Tardigrade Pregnancy

Still image from: Journey to the Microcosmos: The Many Ways Microbes Eat, Get Eaten, and Poop

Still image from: Journey to the Microcosmos: The Purple Bacteria That Are Afraid of Oxygen

Still image from: Journey to the Microcosmos: These Squishy Dots Move So Fast You Might Miss Them