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Crash Course Zoology
What is an Animal?
Season 1
Episode 1
So what is an animal anyway? In our inaugural episode of Crash Course Zoology, we’ll endeavor to answer just that because as it turns out, it’s complicated! But before we get there we’ll need to introduce you to zoology more broadly, tell you about taxonomy, and then we’ll get to phylogenetics.
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12:35
We review all that we've learned in this final episode.
12:35
We try to figure what "species" really means.
12:32
We try to answer mysteries from DNA sequences to where all the baby eels are!
13:21
We dive into the amazing ways animals interact with each other.
13:00
We explore sex and gender and how animals pass down genetic information.
12:42
We discuss how animals use senses to explore their environment and communicate.
11:56
We explore the evolution of ears and animals' genetic adaptations of them.
12:39
We walk through the history of eyes, how they work, and vision's evolutionary advantage.
12:45
We take a closer look at brains, how animals use them, and how some evolved to lose them.
13:35
We explore carnivores, herbivores, and omnivores and how animals help redefine food.
13:16
We take a look at the various ways animals can grow.