On this episode of Animal Fact Files discover the nudibranchs also known as the butterflies of the ocean. You can learn more on: Twitter - https://twitter.com/animalfactfiles Facebook - https://facebook.com/animalfactfiles/ --- We always do what we can to be as accurate as possible but we're only human; if you catch a mistake please let us know and provide a link for verification! --- All images, videos and sound effects used herein are 1) public domain, 2) used under a Creative Commons license*, 3) used with the express permission of the copyright holder, or 4) used under the parameters of Fair Use law. Credits via Flickr: q phia - https://www.flickr.com/photos/q-phia/33931838296 Kris-Mikael Krister - https://www.flickr.com/photos/148835878@N08/39073340595; https://www.flickr.com/photos/148835878@N08/28191566479; https://www.flickr.com/photos/148835878@N08/39971058431 Steve Childs - https://www.flickr.com/photos/steve_childs/3704072124; https://www.flickr.com/photos/steve_childs/3166548624; https://www.flickr.com/photos/11076453@N00/2646311458 Doug Beckers - https://www.flickr.com/photos/dougbeckers/6779236759* prilfish - https://www.flickr.com/photos/silkebaron/4727412681; https://www.flickr.com/photos/silkebaron/24843223282; https://www.flickr.com/photos/silkebaron/41441254965 EOL Learning and Education Group (Patrick Krug) - https://www.flickr.com/photos/44919417@N04/5884159357* Elias Levy - https://www.flickr.com/photos/elevy/6851464814 Jerry Kirkhart - https://www.flickr.com/photos/jkirkhart35/5843469215; https://www.flickr.com/photos/33466410@N00/5161166105 Credits via Wiki Users: Bernard Picton - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:B150318_Goniobranchus_reticulatus.jpg; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:20170204-B179660.jpg VS - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tambja_marbellensis.jpg Robert Agarwal - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eubranchus_rustyus_from_Santa_Cruz,_California.jpg Frode Steen - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Goniaeolis_typica_Sars_M_1861_01.jpg Sébastien Vasquez - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dendrodoris_fumata.jpg Nhobgood - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kubaryana_eating_clavelina.jpg; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Chromodoris_nudibranch_komodo.jpg Other attributions: Nudibranch Marine Discovery Productions (Peter van Rodijnen); Stichting Natuurbeelden - https://www.openbeelden.nl/media/808540; https://www.openbeelden.nl/media/812243; https://www.openbeelden.nl/media/808559; https://www.openbeelden.nl/media/810814; https://www.openbeelden.nl/media/811894; https://www.openbeelden.nl/media/810472; https://www.openbeelden.nl/media/813579 carmsie - https://freesound.org/people/carmsie/sounds/329915/ Websites used for research collection: https://ocean.si.edu/ocean-life/invertebrates/collage-nudibranch-colors https://www.livingoceansfoundation.org/a-colorful-defense/ https://www.thoughtco.com/facts-about-nudibranchs-2291859 https://www.britannica.com/animal/nudibranch http://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/nudibranchs-psychedelic-thieves-of-the-sea.html https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/invertebrates/group/nudibranchs/ https://www.hakaimagazine.com/videos-visuals/nudibranchs-armed-and-fabulous/ https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-have-described-five-new-nudibranchs-that-look-stranger-than-ever https://www.cbsnews.com/news/nature-up-close-nudibranchs-are-just-weird-mollusks/ https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/10/181029102807.htm https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2018/07/solar-powered-photosynthetic-sea-slugs-in-decline-news/ https://www.earthtouchnews.com/wtf/wtf/this-is-a-parasitic-sea-slug-that-glows-in-the-dark/ https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/07/150723-sea-slug-nudibranch-sea-bunny-ocean-animals-science/ https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1096-3642.1966.tb00082.x https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF00391526 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0022098174900276 http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/predrecord http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/6464 https://www.dive-the-world.com/creatures-nudibranchs.php http://www.seaslugforum.net/lifespan.htm http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/16633 http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/4558 http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/3086 http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1762 *you can find information about all the different types of CC licenses here: https://creativecommons.org/ **changes were made to the original

On this episode of Animal Fact Files discover the bloodsucking demons of the depths (they don't actually suck blood...). You can learn more on: Twitter - https://twitter.com/animalfactfiles Facebook - https://facebook.com/animalfactfiles/ --- We always do what we can to be as accurate as possible, but we're only human; if you catch a mistake please let us know and provide a link for verification! --- All images, videos and sound effects used herein are 1) public domain, 2) used under a Creative Commons license*, 3) used with the express permission of the copyright holder, or 4) used under the parameters of Fair Use law. Credits via Youtube: Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sl-UsqUipo Credits via Flickr: nerissa's ring - Vampyroteuthis infernalis Anna-Lise Heinrichs - https://www.flickr.com/photos/snigl3t/2111032672 Robynne Blume - https://www.flickr.com/photos/12986848@N00/3146087990 D. Sikes - https://www.flickr.com/photos/alaskaent/3557560080 Credits via Wiki Users: Citron / CC-BY-SA-3.0 - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vampire_des_abysses.jpg Martin J, Rogers K, Chagneau C, Brûlet P, Callaerts P - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:In-vivo--Bioluminescence-Imaging-of-Ca-2%2B--Signalling-in-the-Brain-of--Drosophila-pone.0000275.s008.ogv Other attributions: InspectorJ - https://freesound.org/people/InspectorJ/sounds/339324 klankbeeld - https://freesound.org/people/klankbeeld/sounds/133100 a ritger - https://vimeo.com/165700199 Websites used for research collection: https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Vampyroteuthis_infernalis/ https://marinebio.org/species/vampire-squid/vampyroteuthis-infernalis/ http://tolweb.org/Vampyroteuthis_infernalis/20084 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8oWnbcLI40 https://books.google.com/books?id=0VyNcS1_xeAC https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.2307/1543231 http://jeb.biologists.org/content/201/16/2413.short https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/abs/10.1098/rstb.1989.0038 https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Michael_Vecchione/publication/268435263_Morphological_Observations_On_A_Hatchling_And_A_Paralarva_Of_The_Vampire_Squid_Vampyroteuthis_Infernalis_Chun_Mollusca_Cephalopoda/links/55b7adb808aed621de04792a.pdf http://www.seasky.org/deep-sea/vampire-squid.html *you can find information about all the different types of CC licenses here: https://creativecommons.org/ **changes were made to the original

On this episode of Animal Fact Files discover an animal who would make a dentist really happy. You can learn more on: Twitter - https://twitter.com/animalfactfiles Facebook - https://facebook.com/animalfactfiles --- We always do what we can to be as accurate as possible but we're only human; if you catch a mistake please let us know and provide a link for verification! --- All images, videos and sound effects used herein are 1) public domain, 2) used under a Creative Commons license*, 3) used with the express permission of the copyright holder, or 4) used under the parameters of Fair Use law. Credits via Flickr: jencu - https://www.flickr.com/photos/jennycu/4741073845 Dave Matos - https://www.flickr.com/photos/dmatos/3340261022 NOAA Ocean Exploration - https://www.flickr.com/photos/dmatos/3340261022 saipai - https://www.flickr.com/photos/saipal/205845263 Credits via Wiki Users: Chris huh - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narwhal#/media/File:Narwhal_size.svg Sansculotte - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narwhal#/media/File:Narwhal_distribution_map.png soebe - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narwhal#/media/File:Narwalschaedel.jpg Pcb21 - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cetacea_range_map_Narwhal.png Other attributions: Dietz et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. - https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File%3AUpside-down-swimming-behaviour-of-free-ranging-narwhals-1472-6785-7-14-S2.ogv#file; https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File%3AUpside-down-swimming-behaviour-of-free-ranging-narwhals-1472-6785-7-14-S1.ogv Hans-Petter Fjeld - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gadus_morhua_Cod-2b-Atlanterhavsparken-Norway.JPG Websites used for research collection: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/n/narwhal/ https://www.worldwildlife.org/stories/unicorn-of-the-sea-narwhal-facts# https://defenders.org/narwhal/basic-facts https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YO58kt-jETA https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/in-search-of-the-mysterious-narwhal-124904726/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/does-narwhals-majestic-tusk-have-point-180964245/ http://wwf.panda.org/what_we_do/where_we_work/arctic/wildlife/whales/narwhal/ https://www.britannica.com/animal/narwhal http://eol.org/pages/328542/overview http://www.encyclopedia.com/plants-and-animals/animals/vertebrate-zoology/narwhal http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Narwhal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monodontidae https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narwhal https://www.afsc.noaa.gov/nmml/education/cetaceans/narwhals.php https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/narwhal *you can find information about all the different types of CC licenses here: https://creativecommons.org/ **changes were made to the original

On this episode of Animal Fact Files discover some of the biggest lizards living in North America who just want to eat some flowers. You can learn more on: Twitter - https://twitter.com/animalfactfiles Facebook - https://facebook.com/animalfactfiles --- We always do what we can to be as accurate as possible, but we're only human; if you catch a mistake please let us know and provide a link for verification! --- All images, videos and sound effects used herein are 1) public domain, 2) used under a Creative Commons license*, 3) used with the express permission of the copyright holder, or 4) used under the parameters of Fair Use law. Credits via Youtube: Pawel Was - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAa5OeshzSI Pigment Ajans - Visual Effects - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ra2N2BasBLY Credits via Flickr: gailhampshire - https://www.flickr.com/photos/gails_pictures/10405484754 Bree McGhee - https://www.flickr.com/photos/soulsurvivor08/3552833209 gilaman - https://www.flickr.com/photos/145486436@N07/31933973967; https://www.flickr.com/photos/145486436@N07/39910448053 Phanatic - https://www.flickr.com/photos/phanatic/30894208202 Ken Lund - https://www.flickr.com/photos/kenlund/16749513715; https://www.flickr.com/photos/kenlund/16748342491; https://www.flickr.com/photos/kenlund/16563405629 Joe Decruyenaere - https://www.flickr.com/photos/38213125@N00/5568205908 Paul - https://www.flickr.com/photos/mogrith/3550964492 Credits via Wiki Users: Fastly - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Exhibits_at_Monterey_Bay_Aquarium_6_2017-11-21.webm Michael Dorausch - https://www.flickr.com/photos/chiropractic/6912871776 DKGeneralLee - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Common_Chuckwalla_Female.jpg Nicholas Stadie - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Basking_Chuckwalla.jpg IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, species assessors and the authors of the spatial data./rbrausse - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Sauromalus_hispidus_distribution.png; totodu74 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Sauromalus_ater_distribution.svg H. Zell - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sauromalus_hispidus_-_Reptilium_Landau.jpg Stan Shebs - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sauromalus_ater_2.jpg Other attributions: squidfilms - https://vimeo.com/107108616 Websites used for research collection: https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=173945#null https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=586022#null https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Sauromalus_ater/ https://www.jstor.org/stable/1442363?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.0014-3820.2002.tb00130.x https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1890/0012-9658%281999%29080%5B0259%3ADIBSAC%5D2.0.CO%3B2 https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.2307/2937081 https://academic.oup.com/biolinnean/article/88/2/215/2691607 https://academic.oup.com/beheco/article/13/2/201/200739 https://www.iucnredlist.org/search?query=Sauromalus&searchType=species https://www.researchgate.net/publication/266884458_Common_chuckwallas_Sauromalus_ater_in_urban_preserves_Do_food_plants_or_crevice_retreats_influence_abundance https://books.google.com/books?id=Dyb8bNBh5nwC&pg=PA43 https://books.google.com/books?id=ScslDQAAQBAJ http://rosamondgiffordzoo.org/assets/uploads/animals/pdf/DesertChuckwalla.pdf https://www.usgs.gov/media/images/common-chuckwalla http://sfzoodocents.org/notebook/FactSheets/REPTILIA/Chuckwalla.pdf http://beta.escholarship.org/content/qt4dx538r7/qt4dx538r7.pdf?t=krnms2 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Esteban_chuckwalla *you can find information about all the different types of CC licenses here: https://creativecommons.org/ **changes were made to the original