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Animal Science: Animals of Africa

21 minutes 1 seconds

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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.”

This episode is all about the animals of Africa. Viewers learn how the zebra is able to use its stripes as camouflage against its colorblind nemesis. Also, explore the engineering of a giraffes neck and feel the power of a hyena jaws. Part fo the "Animal Science" series.

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Runtime: 21 minutes 1 seconds

Two bald eagles look down at something on the rocky ground.
Animal Science
Season 1 / Ep 2
21 minutes 1 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
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.”
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Season 1 / Ep 1
21 minutes 1 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
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.”
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Season 1 / Ep 3
21 minutes 1 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
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.
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Season 1 / Ep 4
21 minutes 1 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
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.”
Animal Science
Season 1 / Ep 5
21 minutes 1 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
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…”
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Season 1 / Ep 6
21 minutes 1 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
Shark swims by, close to the sea floor.
Animal Science
Season 1 / Ep 7
21 minutes 1 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
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.”
Animal Science
Season 1 / Ep 8
21 minutes 1 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
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.”
Animal Science
Season 1 / Ep 9
21 minutes 1 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12
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.”
Animal Science
Season 1 / Ep 10
21 minutes 2 seconds
Grade Level: 7 - 12