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On this episode of Animal Fact Files discover one of the most ubiquitous birds of the holiday season about whom most people know very little.
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Credits via Youtube:
Sajjad Shah - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIc2WOGTpnM
Rosemary Bowyer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwJ3M0dKCG8
Crafty Creatures - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFK2iYpK4AU
Alain Fossé - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_xhOiWJSLM
Dieuw's wildlife - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-upB6WBuE2Y
Les Bassets Bleus du Pont des Granges - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbGZ-vX9dzg
TuneCore - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-b6WYUHBWY
Pierre Dalous - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Perdrix_rouge.jpg
Credits via Flickr:
Paul Heaberlin - https://www.flickr.com/photos/lobsterboy1980/4264591636
C. P. Ewing - https://www.flickr.com/photos/132033298@N04/28240267305
David A Mitchell - https://www.flickr.com/photos/firstmac/4745750367
Airwolfhound - https://www.flickr.com/photos/24874528@N04/31674384413
Yuan Ting Tan - https://www.flickr.com/photos/petitesecret/7159333577
Credits via Wiki Users:
JJ Harrison - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bar-backed_partridge#/media/File:Arborophila_brunneopectus_male_-_Kaeng_Krachan.jpg; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bar-backed_partridge#/media/File:Arborophila_brunneopectus_female_-_Kaeng_Krachan.jpg; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Arborophila_brunneopectus_pair_feeding_-_Kaeng_Krachan.ogv
Pierre Dalous - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red-legged_partridge#/media/File:Perdrix_rouge.jpg
Didier Descouens - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red-legged_partridge#/media/File:Perdrix_rouge_MHNT.jpg
Mark Medcalf - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red-legged_partridge#/media/File:Alectoris_rufa_-Kirkmichael,_Scotland-8.jpg
Frank Vassen - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Grey_Partridge,_Renesse,_Netherlands.jpg
A. Omer Karamollaoglu - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Perdix_dauurica_family_(8368860390).jpg
Other attributions:
Dhruvaraj S - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Grey_Francolin_or_Grey_Partridge_-_Francolinus_pondicerianus.jpg
reinsamba - https://freesound.org/people/reinsamba/sounds/33827/
Websites used for research collection:
https://books.google.com/books?id=Cl3bdM9RQw4C&pg=PA2&lpg=PA2&dq=partridges+representative+species&source=bl&ots=2d0W8XgW3b&sig=E3IO08Oh31I0OTeuy6m393lIssQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiuvPPNmbnXAhUGLSYKHUA2B-gQ6AEI5wEwBg#v=onepage&q=partridges%20representative%20species&f=false
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phasianidae
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galliformes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Partridge
https://www.britannica.com/animal/partridge
https://www.britannica.com/animal/galliform
http://www.luontoportti.com/suomi/en/linnut/partridge
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1055790398905620?via%3Dihub
https://books.google.com/books?id=kj3rh2uD00oC&pg=PA58&lpg=PA58&dq=partridges+representative+species&source=bl&ots=PN6FBiTATJ&sig=rsq5PKCxTejChQGj6E0UaprdXrU&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiuvPPNmbnXAhUGLSYKHUA2B-gQ6AEI6gEwBw#v=onepage&q=partridge&f=false
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perdix
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S105579031000151X
http://www.audubon.org/field-guide/bird/gray-partridge
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hill_partridge
http://www.vancourier.com/community/what-s-the-deal-with-a-partridge-in-a-pear-tree-1.2137708
http://mentalfloss.com/article/32015/12-things-you-might-not-know-about-twelve-days-christmas
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On this episode of Animal Fact Files discover a moth that looks like a bee and a bird but is really neither!
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Credits via Youtube:
NearbyWild - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erQS1ntPG0Q
Olin Lagon - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gp1zLZAVEmA
Skip Via - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amK8IwvIdvA
Dan Drown - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRZ0bQ878w4
Africa Gomez - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCtnVKksn9E
TrollForge/TrollFarm - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4IkGQaeNxHw
Lara Jo Daintree - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glvtLpETUjo
Charles Manley - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRgqM_aslDs
Swanky Town - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66-uplbrlWw
Alice Iamofthestars - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QtOq4uLzxc
Credits via Flickr:
Leonora (Ellie) Enking - https://www.flickr.com/photos/33037982@N04/4984192611; https://www.flickr.com/photos/33037982@N04/4984083387
Credits via Wiki Users:
Amy Carmichael, Queensland University of Technology - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hippotion_celerio_larva6.jpg
Amanda Hill - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Tomato_hornworm.jpg
Exilpatriot - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Manduca_sexta_larval_stage.jpeg
Charles J Sharp - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bee_hummingbird_(Mellisuga_helenae)_female_in_flight.jpg
Other attributions:
Nate Yuen - https://vimeo.com/18116582
dobroide - https://freesound.org/people/dobroide/sounds/41184/
Websites used for research collection:
https://fauna-eu.org/cdm_dataportal/taxon/9088f626-806c-4ccd-9a1f-960bed16b85c#common_name
https://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/pollinators/pollinator-of-the-month/hummingbird_moth.shtml
https://www.insectidentification.org/insect-description.asp?identification=Hummingbird-Moth
https://www.hummingbirdcentral.com/hummingbird-moth.htm
https://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/taxonomy/Sphingidae
https://www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wildlife/wildlife-guides/birdwatching/how-to-identify-birds/hummingbirds-and-hawkmoths/
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/ancient-hummingbirds-in-surprising-places/
https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Hemaris_thysbe/
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10886-014-0537-7
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Steven_Handel/publication/267281122_Flower_foraging_behavior_in_the_nectar_feeding_moth_Hemaris_Lepidoptera_Sphingidae_a_mimic_of_Bombus_Hymenoptera_Apidae/links/59872c1045851560584cec84/Flower-foraging-behavior-in-the-nectar-feeding-moth-Hemaris-Lepidoptera-Sphingidae-a-mimic-of-Bombus-Hymenoptera-Apidae.pdf
https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=Vfg4AAAAMAAJ
https://www.jstor.org/stable/2388706?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents
https://www.amazon.com/Hawkmoths-World-Illustrated-Revisionary-Lepidoptera/dp/0801437342
http://www.animalspot.net/hummingbird-hawk-moth.html
https://www.butterfliesandmoths.org/faq/how-long-do-butterflies-and-moths-live
https://www.audubon.org/news/get-know-bee-hummingbird-worlds-smallest-bird
https://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/pollinators/pollinator-of-the-month/hawk_moths.shtml
https://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/pollinators/pollinator-of-the-month/hawk_moths.shtml
http://www.hummingbirdfoodhq.com/hummingbird-moth/
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On this episode of Animal Fact Files discover the most common hawk seen in North America.
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Credits via Youtube:
Japan Camera Victoria BC - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RG_6pGmSiQ
Andrew Reago - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJW9q1xmQZU
Tim Root - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdeYzYNODyI, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDuZ6tQyfkc
4 Spring Hill Rd, Concord MA - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNLLgwHebyE
GrumpyTanker - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lhnsplpPLAA
freedommusicartist - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvATJ4TfRtg
Flying Turkey Photography - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBs8Mye8B10
Credits via Flickr:
QuesterMark - https://www.flickr.com/photos/0ccam/34525341433
devra - https://www.flickr.com/photos/minicooper93402/23087067194, https://www.flickr.com/photos/minicooper93402/34403661852
Robert Nunnally - https://www.flickr.com/photos/46183897@N00/35476211265
jeremy Seto - https://www.flickr.com/photos/jamescastle/5583230207
Eden, Janine and Jim - https://www.flickr.com/photos/edenpictures/30890239231
Rusty Clark - https://www.flickr.com/photos/rusty_clark/6622844403/
Mike's Birds - https://www.flickr.com/photos/pazzani/4319772247/
Credits via Wiki Users:
Dori - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Red-tail_hawk_3695_edit.jpg
Websites used for research collection:
https://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Red-tailed_Hawk/lifehistory
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pale_Male
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/pale-male-introduction/2422/
http://www.audubon.org/field-guide/bird/red-tailed-hawk
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/birds/r/red-tailed-hawk/
http://www.arkive.org/red-tailed-hawk/buteo-jamaicensis/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red-tailed_hawk
https://www.reference.com/pets-animals/baby-hawk-called-eea71b646616b818
http://www.shamanicjourney.com/hawk-power-animal-messenger-discernment-intuition-observation-wisdom-courage-truth
https://whatismyspiritanimal.com/spirit-totem-power-animal-meanings/birds/hawk-symbolism-meaning/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/animalia/wp/2017/06/29/these-bald-eagles-are-feeding-a-baby-hawk-because-parenthood-makes-you-crazy/?utm_term=.cd8ec55ebc96
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On this episode of Animal Fact Files discover a wasp that eats cicadas. I mean, to be fair, what else were you expecting?
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Credits via Youtube:
Steven Gadsby - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3zIFHPl5rEg
kengi2000 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPWZK80ugpY
Willian McNeill - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhos8l7C0X4
Credits via Flickr:
Gordon - https://www.flickr.com/photos/monkeymashbutton/5950175374; https://www.flickr.com/photos/monkeymashbutton/5949621895; https://www.flickr.com/photos/monkeymashbutton/5950172464
Katja Schulz - https://www.flickr.com/photos/treegrow/40085389235; https://www.flickr.com/photos/treegrow/26107653237; https://www.flickr.com/photos/treegrow/26107650917; https://www.flickr.com/photos/treegrow/26107650437
Larry Koester - https://www.flickr.com/photos/larrywkoester/29194603637
bradhoc - https://www.flickr.com/photos/bradhoc/9305510092
Judy Gallagher - https://www.flickr.com/photos/52450054@N04/36352143426; https://www.flickr.com/photos/52450054@N04/5972534838; https://www.flickr.com/photos/52450054@N04/5971976667
Steve Snodgrass - https://www.flickr.com/photos/stevensnodgrass/6067722724 ; https://www.flickr.com/photos/stevensnodgrass/6067723012
Praxis Eco Pest Control - https://www.flickr.com/photos/144288504@N03/29345526863
NY State IPM Program at Cornell University - https://www.flickr.com/photos/99758165@N06/14725758505
normalityrelief - https://www.flickr.com/photos/normalityrelief/2723191704
Credits via Wiki Users:
Steve Andrijw - https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File%3ASphecius_speciosus_with_cicada.webm
xpda - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sphecius_speciosus_P1280177a.jpg
Larcolt - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cicada_Killer_with_2_Cidas_.jpg
NBonawitz - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sphecius_speciosus#/media/File:Sphecius_cicada_killer.JPG
Zzzeek - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sphecius_speciosus#/media/File:Cicada_Killer.jpg
Websites used for research collection:
https://entomology.ca.uky.edu/ef004
https://www.insectidentification.org/insect-description.asp?identification=Cicada-Killer
https://entomologytoday.org/2013/07/24/cicada-killer-wasps-have-emerged/
https://www.si.edu/spotlight/buginfo/cicada-killer-wasps
https://bugguide.net/node/view/514
http://entoweb.okstate.edu/ddd/insects/cicadakiller.htm
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/22/nyregion/cicada-killer-wasp.html
https://books.google.com/books?id=zffAAwAAQBAJ
https://books.google.com/books?id=80hfjiKWpYsC
https://books.google.com/books?id=9MkK4h249w4C
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0003347266800210
http://www.cicadamania.com/cicadas/10-facts-about-cicada-killer-wasps/
https://kb.osu.edu/bitstream/handle/1811/3297/V43N01_032.pdf
http://booksandjournals.brillonline.com/content/journals/10.1163/156853963x00248
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On this episode of Animal Fact Files discover the largest living reptiles as we take a look at these prehistoric beasts.
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Credits via Flickr:
Bernard DUPONT - https://www.flickr.com/photos/berniedup/16637524937; https://www.flickr.com/photos/berniedup/35279140461
Gerry Zambonini - https://www.flickr.com/photos/zambog/5477080551
mcamcamca - https://www.flickr.com/photos/27461854@N04/4983923112
Francesco Veronesi - https://www.flickr.com/photos/francesco_veronesi/16203014142
Credits via Wiki Users:
Thierry Dugnolle - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:La_gueule_du_crocodile.webm
Frank Vincentz - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:P%C3%A1jara_-_La_Lajita_-_Oasis_Park_-_Crocodylus_niloticus_(0)_03_ies.ogv
Sagqs - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Crocodylidae_Distribution.png
Guillaume Blanchard - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Australia_Cairns_18.jpg
Gregg Yan - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Crocodylus_mindorensis_by_Gregg_Yan_02.jpg
Liberaler Humanist - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Crocodylus_moreletii_-_6_month_old.JPG
Wilfried Berns www.Tierdoku.com - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Neuguinea-krokodil-0272.jpg
SuperJew - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Siamese_Crocodile-Biblical_Zoo.JPG
Thesupermat - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Crocodylus_cataphractus_faux-gavial_d%27Afrique2.JPG
Leyo - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mecistops_leptorhynchus_2009.jpg
Other attributions:
Fernanda - https://vimeo.com/112955388
Bettina May - https://vimeo.com/163161616
Caroline Pang - https://vimeo.com/230598802
David Hoffman - https://vimeo.com/101678625
Camark - https://vimeo.com/102342766
eric monaghan - https://vimeo.com/64578016
David Bellais - https://vimeo.com/129021934
flood-mix - https://freesound.org/people/flood-mix/sounds/413343/
Websites used for research collection:
https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=174359#null
https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Crocodylia/
https://watermark.silverchair.com/29-3-843.pdf
https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Crocodylia/
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1055790310002708
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00222930903490993
https://www.threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/article/view/1324
https://threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/article/view/1967
http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0065-17372008000300008
https://www.environment.gov.au/system/files/pages/dc11235d-8b3b-43f7-b991-8429f477a1d4/files/40-fauna-2a-crocodylia-morphology.pdf
https://nationalzoo.si.edu/animals/cuban-crocodile
https://www.earthtouchnews.com/natural-world/natural-world/no-crocodiles-are-not-immortal/
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/226925683_Lingual_salt_glands_inCrocodylus_acutus_andC_johnstoni_and_their_absence_fromAlligator_mississipiensis_andCaiman_crocodilus
http://jeb.biologists.org/content/211/9/1482
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/article/extraordinary-lives-of-crocs/
https://rainforests.mongabay.com/endangered/charts/reptiles-alligators.html
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**changes were made to the original
On this episode of Animal Fact Files discover the blood suckers known as leeches.
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Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/animalfactfiles/
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Credits via Flickr:
Explore Sri Lanka (exploreslk.com) - https://www.flickr.com/photos/140820502@N08/38681277181
Rob and Stephanie Levy - https://www.flickr.com/photos/robandstephanielevy/2075390240; https://www.flickr.com/photos/robandstephanielevy/2212070602
Greg Schechter - https://www.flickr.com/photos/gregthebusker/3744971726
Col Ford and Natasha de Vere - https://www.flickr.com/photos/col_and_tasha/5340905220
Brian Gratwicke - https://www.flickr.com/photos/briangratwicke/15719625220
Robyn Jay - https://www.flickr.com/photos/learnscope/8502215940
Charles Haynes - https://www.flickr.com/photos/haynes/844963076
Martyn Fletcher - https://www.flickr.com/photos/134832191@N08/43033126144
Jennifer Aitkens - https://www.flickr.com/photos/molajen/7299614932; https://www.flickr.com/photos/molajen/7283299528
gbohne - https://www.flickr.com/photos/gbohne/5795916009
Doug Beckers - https://www.flickr.com/photos/dougbeckers/6919659219
Stilgherrian - https://www.flickr.com/photos/stilgherrian/16056536393
Mick Talbot - https://www.flickr.com/photos/micks-wildlife-macros/3586122888; https://www.flickr.com/photos/micks-wildlife-macros/3586124814
Peter O'Connor - https://www.flickr.com/photos/anemoneprojectors/19948441589
Nature.Catcher - https://www.flickr.com/photos/96826734@N08/37429901370
lostandcold - https://www.flickr.com/photos/lostandcold/9281192927
Tim Olson - https://www.flickr.com/photos/timmyo/3714915468
Rocky Houghtby - https://www.flickr.com/photos/arthurhoughtby/8635416921
Dick Culbert - https://www.flickr.com/photos/92252798@N07/13176936853; https://www.flickr.com/photos/92252798@N07/13177093114
Magnus Hagdorn - https://www.flickr.com/photos/hagdorned/34874820272
Pavel Kirillov - https://www.flickr.com/photos/pasha_k/23712702214
Thejaswi - https://www.flickr.com/photos/53902885@N00/254592404
Sarah - https://www.flickr.com/photos/dm-set/3710251599
Credits via Wiki Users:
Mikeybear - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:20100214_Leech_climbing_door_at_Lake_Leake,_Tasmania.ogv
Liquid Art - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:20100214_Leech_climbing_door_at_Lake_Leake,_Tasmania.ogv; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Leech_Underwater.jpg
Charles J Sharp - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tiger_leech_(Haemadipsa_picta).jpg
Chris Schuster - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Leech_in_water.jpg
L. Shyamal - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Leech_on_fishtail.jpg
Show_ryu - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Leech_Whitmania_pigra.JPG
Shizhao - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Leech-china.JPG
Other attributions:
Peter Kuttner - https://vimeo.com/22880421
Websites used for research collection:
https://www.britannica.com/animal/leech
https://www.britannica.com/science/leeching
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/bloody-suckers-leech-therapy/11360/
http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=2041
https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Hirudinea/
https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Hirudo_medicinalis/
https://sciencing.com/life-cycle-leeches-6739035.html
https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/earth-and-planetary-sciences/leech
https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-1-4020-8259-7_15
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF00015567
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1439-0310.1986.tb00613.x
https://reefbuilders.com/2013/12/17/marine-leeches-poorly-rare-group-macro-ectoparasites/#
http://www.marineparasites.com/pdf/Leeches.pdf
https://blog.thepondguy.com/2012/07/13/my-pond-has-leeches-how-do-i-get-rid-of-them-ponds-lakes-qa/
https://blogs.unbc.ca/biol202/2015/05/01/amazon-giant-leech-haementeria-ghilianii/
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On this episode of Animal Fact Files discover a commonly kept fish with a strange looking mouth.
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Jarkko Lummevaara - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lswEaU6dQAU
FISH TANK AQUARIUMS - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Q6weSqthyQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKzNMWg6fxo
HopesunFishHouse - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6sw5SRbyAE
Mossart Akwaria - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaS2O2rtdBQ
birdbrain5381 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIcZd21_PJY
Cloudskipper Dreaming - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OiK_AY9hgbs
Ryan Ryan - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4kaXvKJQko
GB Cloud - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxj5XK95jJY
Moon Window - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGStbf9pvTM
epSos.de - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xctisc_qEFE
Juan Antonio Clavero Garcia - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aDiTkyi7f4k
Ursus sapien - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CN9m_zjCQQU
Jody Yoshida - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5rHG7o8328
Aquatic Macro - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqbVmQAlHTg
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Pardee Ave. - https://www.flickr.com/photos/pardee/3015223114
Jackie Finn-Irwin - https://www.flickr.com/photos/jfinnirwin/3942253369
Chris Young - https://www.flickr.com/photos/mrvjtod/298166726
Thomas Siems - https://www.flickr.com/photos/der_siems/12139825584
David Hinchliffe - https://www.flickr.com/photos/hinchles/8905285083
Beckie - https://www.flickr.com/photos/50066720@N03/7754763402
Sven Dowideit - https://www.flickr.com/photos/svendowideit/336740322
Credits via Wiki Users:
Anthony Corda - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Common_%26_Bristlenose_Pleco.jpg
Soulkeeper - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sailfin-pleco.jpg
CHUCAO - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otocinclus#/media/File:Otocinclus_arnoldi_(1).JPG
Websites used for research collection:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loricariidae
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plecostomus
https://www.cabi.org/isc/datasheet/114927
http://eol.org/pages/995090/overview
https://nationalzoo.si.edu/animals/plecostomus
http://www.chron.com/neighborhood/katy/article/Texas-Fish-Whisperer-finds-plecostomus-in-a-12403603.php
http://www.nbc-2.com/story/36081708/angler-reels-in-big-invasive-fish-in-cape-coral-canal
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-4799056/Builders-discover-rare-tropical-catfish-Black-Country.html
http://news.cornell.edu/stories/2013/08/freeing-pet-catfish-can-devastate-ecosystems
http://www.fishbase.org/summary/FamilySummary.php?ID=157
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On this episode of Animal Fact Files discover the Hammerhead Shark. I wonder how good it is at carpentry?
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aaarrrggghhh42 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8Z61DQq_m0
Alex Schmidt - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2KTWbQsYFk
Anton Smushkevich - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hbrlhax58b4
Credits via Flickr:
Biodiversity Heritage Library - https://www.flickr.com/photos/biodivlibrary/9714836507
RYO SATO - https://www.flickr.com/photos/40507965@N03/4904987208, https://www.flickr.com/photos/40507965@N03/4848600406/
tanjila ahmed - https://www.flickr.com/photos/tanj/159886890
Erik Charlton - https://www.flickr.com/photos/erikcharlton/2935553971
cjalallian - https://www.flickr.com/photos/cjalallian/5177892476
Mills Baker - https://www.flickr.com/photos/millsbaker/4496433452
Anthony Patterson - https://www.flickr.com/photos/88rabbit/2686516032, https://www.flickr.com/photos/88rabbit/2685705907
Lucy Rickards - https://www.flickr.com/photos/lucybraceevans/12883843214, https://www.flickr.com/photos/lucybraceevans/12667570303
Nugget04 - https://www.flickr.com/photos/kdrnugget/116009242
Jeff Kubina - https://www.flickr.com/photos/kubina/132168227
NOAA Photo Library - https://www.flickr.com/photos/noaaphotolib/14318704450
Gary J. Wood - https://www.flickr.com/photos/garyjwood/2939518459
Jim the Photographer - https://www.flickr.com/photos/jcapaldi/3913442807
Giles Douglas - https://www.flickr.com/photos/orangelimey/2549912565
Mark van Seeters - https://www.flickr.com/photos/zanthraxnl/13012723515
Tony Hisgett - https://www.flickr.com/photos/hisgett/6222784097
Josh Hallett - https://www.flickr.com/photos/hyku/343117155
Nathan Forget - https://www.flickr.com/photos/nathanf/12961607024
PROJennifer Feuchter - https://www.flickr.com/photos/jennerosity/2611667439
su neko - https://www.flickr.com/photos/suneko/193358031
TANAKA Juuyoh (????) - https://www.flickr.com/photos/tanaka_juuyoh/3354742583
osseous - https://www.flickr.com/photos/osseous/5920989339
Navin - https://www.flickr.com/photos/navink/4276230096
James St. John - https://www.flickr.com/photos/jsjgeology/15997766917
Jake Mohan - https://www.flickr.com/photos/70761351@N00/4476716347/
John Voo - https://www.flickr.com/photos/138248475@N03/26529825076
Credits via Wiki Users:
Albert kok - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lorenzini.jpg
Other attributions:
OpenCage.net - http://opencage.net/pics.e/large_19070.asp
Websites used for research collection:
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/fish/group/hammerhead-sharks/
http://www.sharks-world.com/hammerhead_shark/
https://www.sharksider.com/hammerhead-shark/
http://www.adventureaquarium.com/What-To-Do/Aquarium-Animals/Great-Hammerhead-Shark
http://www.nationalgeographic.com.au/animals/this-shark-eats-grass-and-no-one-knows-why.aspx
http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-21741648
http://images.nationalgeographic.com/wpf/sites/kids/NGS/wpf/printcreature/hammerhead-shark.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ampullae_of_Lorenzini
http://www.sharksinfo.com/sharks-in-mythology.html
http://www.aquaticcommunity.com/sharkfish/hammerheadshark.php
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2390672/
http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2013/f/zt03702p178.pdf
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hammerhead_shark
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On this episode of Animal Fact Files discover some beetles with a shining exterior and a hungry appetite.
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gailhampshire - https://www.flickr.com/photos/gails_pictures/15263857443; https://www.flickr.com/photos/gails_pictures/15881512911
Raewyn - https://www.flickr.com/photos/37999014@N00/2945548428
James Niland - https://www.flickr.com/photos/bareego/6336558087
Credits via Wiki Users:
Graham Wise - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Halmus_chalybeus_(19189036220).jpg
DGedye - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:H-chalybeus_eating_monarch_egg.jpg
Richard001 - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Two_Halmus_chalybeus_in_hand.jpg
Siobhan Leachman - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Steelblue_Ladybird_Nymph.jpg
SB_Johnny - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Oystershell_scale_on_young_blueberry.JPG
Other attributions:
Brumley, C.J. - http://www.padil.gov.au/pests-and-diseases/pest/main/136066/15743
Paul - https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/34477510; https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/24727338; https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/18868603; https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/16967854
Shaun Lee - https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/29354664
Andrew Townsend - https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/28239655
Steve Kerr - https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/6135078
jeremy_rolfe - https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/3081805
Johnathon Ridden - https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/10808793; https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/10835411
Shaun - https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/11802114; https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/14116333
tharkibo - https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/13416302; https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/13736611; https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/13736606; https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/13736603
Conrad Bullock - https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/34158273
tikitu - https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/29175899
Richard Fuller - https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/12005463
Siobhan Leachman - https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/10657362; https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/10587110; https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/5894301; https://www.inaturalist.org/photos/5894094
kangaroovindaloo - https://freesound.org/people/kangaroovindaloo/sounds/396479/
Websites used for research collection:
http://www.ento.csiro.au/biology/ladybirds/lucid/key/lucidKey/Media/Html/halmuChalybeus1.htm
https://nzacfactsheets.landcareresearch.co.nz/factsheet/InterestingInsects/Steelblue-ladybird---Halmus-chalybeus.html
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10526-017-9797-9
http://publications.ento.org.nz/index.php/weta/article/view/90
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1365-294X.2004.02216.x
http://publications.ento.org.nz/index.php/weta/article/view/30
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09583150020029745
http://www.brisbaneinsects.com/brisbane_ladybirds/Steelblue.htm
http://www.ozanimals.com/Insect/Steelblue-Ladybird/Halmus/chalybeus.html
https://www.thoughtco.com/aphid-herding-ants-1968237
https://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/1629666004
https://books.google.com/books?id=2Z1CAQAAMAAJ
https://books.google.com/books?id=aq49CQAAQBAJ&pg=PT109
https://grammarist.com/interesting-words/ladybug-and-ladybird/
http://ipm.ucanr.edu/PMG/GARDEN/FRUIT/PESTS/citrredmite.html
http://ipm.ucanr.edu/PMG/PESTNOTES/pn7404.html
https://www.natureworldnews.com/articles/15047/20150605/honest-ladybugs-reveal-their-toxicity.htm
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