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The flock of ganders is swimming in the water. Caption: These ganders are far more adventurous.

A warthog with long tusks curving towards its body and leathery skin covered in mud. Caption: we can see that each has a beauty all its own.

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

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

An icon of a woolly mammoth against a snowy scene with an icy river and snow-capped mountains. Text reads, “All About Woolly Mammoths for Kids.”

Still image from: All the Answers: Deserts, Forest Fires, Lava Tubes

Still image from: All the Answers: Voting, Wolves, Thunderstorms

Still image from: Alma's Way: Alma's Yes Day / Alma's Hypothe-saur

Still image from: Alma's Way: Snow Day in the Bronx / Alma's Nighttime Dance Party

Still image from: Alma's Way: Socks for Sale / Alma's Animal Show

Still image from: American Eagles for Kids

Digital illustration of a frog sitting atop a tiny island, stretching its tongue away from it. Text above reads, “Amphibians!”

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: Bears

Still image from: Animal DNA: Canidae Family

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: 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: 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: 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.

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.

Dr. Brady Barr smiles at us as he holds a yellow and black Tiger Salamander in his hands.

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.

Crocodile peaks its head out as it swims in muddy water.

Elephant walks towards a pond with a baby elephant as a man rides on the adult elephant’s back. In the middle of the pond is another adult elephant with a man on its back.

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 large brown bear walking on all fours. Caption: They are bigger than just about any bear

Two adult birds with one chick who is flapping and demanding attention from an adult. Foliage in the background. Caption: The ibis lays its eggs here each year.

Illustration of an anteater at an ant mound with a person standing behind it. Spanish captions.

A woman with a painting pallet and a paintbrush. On her painting there is an animal that looks like an alligator. Spanish captions.

A woman against an illustrated backdrop of sand dunes and a camel. Spanish captions

A condor in flight. Spanish captions.

A book with a pop-up dolphin. Spanish captions.

A woman standing in front of an illustrated backdrop of a pond with a duck next to it. Spanish captions.

A woman against an illustrated backdrop with an elephant. Spanish captions.

A fox sitting on a log. Spanish captions.

An illustrated frog with rushes and daisies. Spanish captions.

A woman with a paintbrush and a pallet. On her canvas and around her are illustrated giraffes. Spanish captions.

A woman with a paintbrush and a pallet. On her canvas and around her are illustrated horses. Spanish captions.

A woman in front of an illustrated backdrop with a jaguar. Spanish captions.

A woman in front of an illustrated backdrop with a kangaroo. Spanish captions.

A popup book with an illustrated lion. Spanish captions.

A dark brown monkey. Spanish captions.

An illustrated bird on a branch. Spanish captions.

An illustration of an owl on a branch. Spanish captions.

A woman against an illustrated background with penguins. Spanish captions.

A polar bear in a zoo setting. Spanish captions.

A woman riding a bike against an illustrated background with a rhea. Spanish captions.

A woman against an illustrated background with a sea lion. Spanish captions.

An illustrated turtle. Spanish captions.

A puppy running across a lawn. Caption: They want to run in the grass.

Still image from: Bats

Still image from: Bees and Wasps for Kids

From above, we see nine people assisting a large lion into a CAT scan machine.

Still image from: Bison of the West

Still image from: Bison, People, and Plains

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: Is This Weird Animal Our Closest Relative?

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 Primate That Might Hold the Key to Long Distance Space Travel

Still image from: Bizarre Beasts: We Want You to Smell Like an Animal

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

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.

Three people stand around a horse. One holds the reins of the horse. A smiling person wearing a helmet is mounted on the horse. Caption: and I get to watch the riders benefit from her therapy.

Jenny Demond holds and coos at two baby chimpanzees in her arms.

Man sits on a trough and smiles at us. White, tan, and dark brown cows surround him, some sticking their heads in troughs.

Large group of elephants, young and old, walk together in a dry grassy field.

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

Book with handwritten text of the following hierarchy: Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species. Caption: are grouped into a species.

The head of a horse wearing a bridle, hooked to a tether secured to a post. The horse is leaning down to eat hay. Caption: These are all examples of different kinds of animals.

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.

Close up of a silver fish. Caption: - Ectotherms meaning their body temperature goes up and down

Still image from: Condors For Kids

Close up of a golden eagle, wings folded. Caption: Where did this golden eagle come from?

Closeup of a taupe-colored shellfish with eye showing, and the ocean in the background. Text on image reads, "Core Biology. Animal Sciences."

Still image from: Crash Course Biology: Chordates

Still image from: Crash Course Biology: Complex Animals--Annelids and Arthropods

Still image from: Crash Course Biology: Simple Animals--Sponges, Jellies, and Octopuses

Whale fin breaking through the surface of the water. Caption: See nature, wildlife, glaciers."

Two men surrounded by plants. Both wear gloves and cowboy hats, one holds a plastic crate. Caption: Is it true about you waking up before the sun rises?

Close up of a rodent's face with a pile of food to one side. Caption: Last year we rehabilitated between 60 and 80 animals.

Cartoon of a person in a monkey suit and a monkey against a jungle backdrop. Caption: I don't mean to be rude, but I'm very busy right now.

Cartoon of a person in what looks like a cage. Caption: We must stop Hacker before he reaches the reset button!

A line of cows with their heads poking through a feeding grate while they eat fodder. Caption: the nutrition it needs to produce all that milk.

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

A shaft of light streaming from a hole in the wall of a small, enclosed burrow illuminates a rodent. Caption: Kangaroo rats pass the days heat

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

Video shows a light gray background.

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

Person reaches out to open a cage with a polar bear at the Columbus Zoo.

Still image from: Dolphins

Still image from: Duck-Billed Platypus for Kids

Brown hen duck and a mallard waddle around in the grass.

Burnt wooden wall with ECO stamped on it. Sparks fly over the text. Text reads, “TrailBlazers. Emily Stanford. Biologist/Batvocate.

Madesh Bhatt wears sunglasses and smiles at us while he holds a baby cheetah over his shoulder.

A large turtle walking. Caption: Meet the loneliest animal in the world: Lonesome George.

Black and white photo of ancient rock drawings, including a kangaroo, deer, and a lot of scribbles.

Two rat like creatures are seen fighting. Caption: Illustration by Velizar Simeonovski, copyright Darin Croft. From horned armadillos and rafting monkeys: The fascinating fossil mammals of South America.

An illustration of a Daphoenus Demilo.

A panda eating bamboo shoots.

Illustration shows an interpretation of how a hell pig would look like in the desert. The pig looks like a longer warthog with a long nose and prominent cheekbones.

Woman stands in front of a black backdrop like she's doing an interview.

An illustration depicts an extinct animal, the Giant Lemur.

Woman talks to us in front of a black background like she's doing an interview.

A group of four legged terrestrial creatures. Caption: Synapsids.

Text reads, “Extinct and Endangered Animals for Kids," over a photo of two elephants strolling in the tall grass.

Still image from: Farm Animals for Kids

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

Rainbow text written in crayon and three hands signing three hundred. Text reads, “The first three hundred. Animals.”

Father and son float in a peaceful lake, fishing together in a canoe.

An aerial view of the archipelago in Florida. Caption: It is spectacular scenery, and I can never get enough.

Lion running with prey in the background. Spanish captions.

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

At the Columbus Zoo, a technician kneels to clean the hoof of a giraffe.

Cartoon of a frog sitting in a set of hands. Caption: (rabbit) Where do you live, then?

Still image from: Gopher Tortoise: Secrets of the Burrow

Still image from: Grace's Amazing Machines: Machines That Help Animals

Flower, Lamb, and mushroom. Spanish captions.

Still image from: Hawks for Kids

2 white dogs diving into ocean waves breaking at beach. Caption. Two happy dogs dive in the waves.

Illustration of a horse with its nose pointed towards the ground. In this position the pupil of the eye is parallel to the ground. Caption: It would enhance the effective field of view

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.

Cycle showing eggs leading to tadpole; tadpole developing back legs and keeping tail; tadpole developing all four legs, losing some of the tail, and looking more like a frog; to an adult frog who produces eggs. Caption: to watch what happens to the eggs.

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

Sketch of an owl looking out at us as the artist's pencil adds detail to the feathers. Cursive text reads, "Shoo Rayner drawing."

Ink sketch of a smiling brontosaurus with its neck extended and a long tail resting at its side. Title card reads, "Shoo Rayner drawing."

Aerial closeup of hand using a black pen to trace over a pencil drawing of a cartoon penguin on white paper.

Artist sketches a crocodile crouched down with a glare in its eye. Title card reads, "Shoo Rayner Drawing School."

Aerial closeup of a hand using a black pencil to sketch a horse from a side view on white paper.

Aerial closeup of hand using a black pen to trace over a pencil drawing of a side view of a cartoon panda bear on white paper.

Black and white ink drawing of a pterodactyl with a fierce expression and wings outstretched as the artist adds detail. Title card reads, "Shoo Rayner drawing."

Aerial closeup of a hand using a black pen to trace over a pencil drawing of a side view of a squid on white paper.

Aerial closeup of a hand using a black pen to trace over a pencil drawing of a side view of a tiger on white paper.

Aerial closeup of a hand using a brown pencil to sketch an elephant from a side view on white paper.

Aerial closeup of a hand using a black pen to trace over pencil drawings of 2 different types of starfish on white paper.

Aerial closeup of a hand with a black pen in the midst of drawing 2 swans facing each other and making a heart with their necks.

Black ink illustration of a strolling tiger that looks at us as the artist adds color with an orange marker. Pencil icon at the top reads, "Easy."

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.

Cartoon purple dinosaur with short arms and sharp teeth walks on its hind legs past a backdrop of red and green bushes and palm trees.

Closeup of a cartoon dinosaur with a goofy expression on its face as it looks down at us with almost crossed eyes.

Tan cartoon dinosaur with a long neck and buck teeth stands in a grove of palm trees.

Olive green cartoon dinosaur stands on its hind legs with a short arm held out. Two green dinosaurs walk past palm trees and red rock cliffs underneath a blazing sun in the background.