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Mammals

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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.

Still image from: All About Dolphins!

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

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

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

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

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

A fox sitting on a log. 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.

A polar bear in a zoo setting. Spanish captions.

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

Two elephants being ridden by two people each on a path through a jungle. Caption: It's time to head out for food.

Still image from: Bats for Kids: All About Bats

2 beavers with light brown and caramel colored coats make their way over a mound of branches.

Close up of an orange, white, and black tiger laying down. Caption: (narrator) This is charger, Brabaricha's dad --

Two rhinos facing each other with heads lowered, in a clearing surrounded by trees. Caption: or to defend themselves and their young.

Still image from: Bones

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

The upper body of a chimpanzee visible in between the trees. Caption: There's also big trouble in store for the chimpanzees.

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

Close up of a monkey suspended in air. Caption: in their lifestyles and what they eat,

A blue whale in the water, from above. Caption: Blue whales are the largest animals

Dugong face with the body visible behind it. Caption: but it's actually a descendant of elephant lineage.

A humpback whale seen from below. Caption: Today, just 10,000 remain in the North Atlantic ocean,

A leopard seal with its mouth open. Caption: Armed, dangerous, and extremely hard to find,

A Hawaiian monk seal as seen from below. Caption: The Hawaiian monk seal is on the brink of extinction.

Long-eared dog in a house with its nose to the ground. Caption: He finds termites that could damage houses.

Bats hanging upside down from the roof of a cave. Caption: bat guano was used mainly in fertilizers.

Elephants in the wild. One has a large amount of plant matter held in its trunk. Caption: (Poole) The trunk is an amazing appendage,

Adult and baby manatee in the water as seen from below. Caption: and weigh 60-70 pounds at birth.

A large number of eggs laid in water has a thick layer of jelly.

A panda eating bamboo shoots.

An illustration depicts a bat flying in sky.

Still image from: Giraffe Blood Draw and Radiographs

Illustration of a primate standing on two legs. Caption: Ardi is neither a chimp nor is she a human.

Still image from: Horses for Kids: All About Horses

Still image from: Horses for Kids: Learn to Groom and Ride a Horse

Still image from: In the Wild With African Elephants

Two bats on top of each other, wedged into a crack in between some rocks. Caption: Latin America. The vampire bat lives in Latin America

Four dolphins of various sizes swimming closely together in the water. Caption: These pods are groups of moms who all have had babies.

Close up of a young koala bear holding on to a larger furry body. Caption: Eventually, the youngster starts to explore.

Still image from: Mammals

Close up of the head and shoulders of a hippo halfway submerged in the water. Caption: are mammals you may have seen before.

Dolphin in the water with its head over the water line and mouth open while a person in a wetsuit out of the water reaches towards the dolphin. Caption: They can vocalize like this, listen:

Still image from: Mexican Wolf Pups at the Columbus Zoo

Close up of a very large brown moth with a large spot on each of its four wings and dark dots on the tip of two of them. Caption: And that led into studying bat-moth interactions,

Close up of the head and shoulders of a small black kitten. Caption: Cats can live well into their teens

Illustration of a spider. Caption: We breathe in oxygen and breathe out carbon dioxide.

A smiling woman and two children seated on a couch with a golden retriever up on the woman's lap. Caption: It's important that everyone knows the house rules

Still image from: On Safari With Nala: African Lion

Still image from: On Safari With Nala: Banded Mongoose

Still image from: On Safari With Nala: Cape Buffalo

Still image from: On Safari With Nala: Circle of Life

Still image from: On Safari With Nala: Hippos

Still image from: On Safari With Nala: Tree Squirrel

Still image from: On Safari With Nala: Warthogs

A monkey swinging from tree branches. Caption: Both spend a lot of time on the ground and in trees,

Woman seated while examining a cat in her lap. Cotton balls, hydrogen peroxide, and other items on the table. Caption: visible cuts and tears to the ears and face,

Woman kneeling next to a roll who has one leg bandaged and is rolling to show her its belly. Caption: Just because a dog uses a limb

3 adult pigs and a litter of piglets on a grass field with troughs nearby.

Bat held down by cardboard restraint, pinning wings to body. Caption: how these highly-specialized creatures navigate their world.

Bat with wings extended spots on the rib of one wing highlighted. Caption: We're interested in bat flight mechanics and how they fly.

Small rabbit in the snow. Caption: (Shipley) In the winter, it might eat 99% of its diet in sagebrush.

Primate hanging from a rope. Caption: how our distant ape cousins watch and learn.

Zebras in natural habitat. Caption: which means they can control their body temperature.

Primate perched in a tree. Spanish captions.

Closeup of a sea lion's head. Caption: The future of this pup could depend on our learning

Sea otter swimming on its back. Caption: because of their specialized diet and fur --

Illustration of a bear in snow. Caption: for the long winter's nap,

Three beluga whales swimming under water. Caption: Their flippers are used for steering,

Small, furry animal with a pointed head and nose. Caption: meerkats emerge just after sunrise.

People walking through a cave. Caption: And try and set your feet without dragging your shoes

Three people in a dark cave wearing headlamps. Caption: There are so many bats in here.

Person holding a skeleton approximately the length of her thumb. Caption: …each of the limbs, and the scapula.

Person speaking. Caption: Well, today we're gonna talk about mammalian diversification.

Illustration of a skeleton. Arrows indicate the front right toe and back left heel. Caption: Their elongated heel bone and Achilles tendon.

People holding very small skeletons. Caption: Like you and I, there are five lumbar vertebrae,

A pile of small, furless rodents huddled together in a den lined with grass. Naked mole-rat huddle. Caption: If they're cold, they huddle together,

Person running. Caption: This frees our lower back, the lumbar, for movement.

Platypus with a duck-like snout, webbed feet, and a furry body. Caption: They're the craziest things I've seen in my life.

A gray whale is surfing in the ocean. Caption: It is here that they begin and end the longest migration.

Person talking on a cellphone and walking in a dark building with bats hanging from the ceiling. Caption: First of all, if vampires aren't real,

Collection of sharp tools made from stone. Caption: Stone-tool technology designed to create sharp edges.

Group of seals on a beach, one looking up. Caption: Females actually return year after year

A girl riding a horse. Caption: She's got a very fluid seat and arm.

A person looking up at a pair of primates in the trees. Caption: That's why scientists are interested in studying them.

Person holding the paw of a dog with a toenail exposed in one hand and a pair of nail clippers in the other. Caption: until you start to visualize a little black dot or quick

A cloud of fruit bats is hanging upside down from the branches of a tree. Caption: Scientists want to know where these viruses are,

Still image from: What in the World Is an Okapi?

Cow grazing in the snow. Spanish captions.

Still image from: Why Do Giraffes Have Spots?

Person playing with pandas. Caption: China is committed to saving its best-known species.

A horse with patchy fur, visible ribs, and a short mane grazing in a field. Caption: They were severely emaciated and debilitated

Still image from: Wild Explorers: All About Bats

Still image from: Wild Explorers: Meet a Skunk

Three wolves in the snow. Caption: He's one of the oldest in the northern range,

A person holds a baby chimpanzee.