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On this episode of Animal Fact Files discover what looks like the demon spawn of a scorpion and a spider (not trying to hate; they're freaking cool!).
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Credits via Youtube:
Meat the Creeper - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Mif5dh_els
Daniel Margadant - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thW6mxfVjKI
Luis Cuellar Balleza - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkbhJKncHNk
Ruben Alonso - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVqy0IzilxY
Credits via Flickr:
Pavel Kirillov - https://www.flickr.com/photos/pasha_k/15502406119, https://www.flickr.com/photos/pasha_k/8062866199
Judy Gallagher - https://www.flickr.com/photos/52450054@N04/8433381577, https://www.flickr.com/photos/52450054@N04/8452581126
Ryan Somma - https://www.flickr.com/photos/ideonexus/5923986944
jemsweb - https://www.flickr.com/photos/jemsweb/4922031904
caspar s - https://www.flickr.com/photos/60172932@N06/5622710157
bgv23 - https://www.flickr.com/photos/panamapictures/2958664593
Dick Culbert - https://www.flickr.com/photos/92252798@N07/15547323689
Bernard DUPONT - https://www.flickr.com/photos/berniedup/6781196847, https://www.flickr.com/photos/berniedup/8066442609
sdbeazley - https://www.flickr.com/photos/sdbeazley/5355876376
Nick Johnson - https://www.flickr.com/photos/npj/4797793733
Richard Parker - https://www.flickr.com/photos/28722516@N02/4125932060
Richard Adams - https://www.flickr.com/photos/thenatureblog/34330032540
Julian Tysoe - https://www.flickr.com/photos/kradlum/1953924902
Baylee's 8 Legged Art - https://www.flickr.com/photos/thebaylees/3537359307
D. Sikes - https://www.flickr.com/photos/alaskaent/2773151933
Graham Wise - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amblypygi#/media/File:Heterophrynus_02.jpg
Credits via Wiki Users:
Annejones - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amblypygi#/media/File:Damon_diadema_female.jpg
Greg Hume - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amblypygi#/media/File:AmblypygiDorsal.jpg
Brujogomez - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ara%C3%B1a_L%C3%A1tigo_-_tailless_whip-scorpion.jpg
Websites used for research collection:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amblypygi
http://eol.org/pages/256/overview
http://bugguide.net/node/view/4603
http://backwaterreptilesblog.com/care-whip-spider-amblypygi-sp/
http://bugoftheweek.com/blog/2017/1/23/at-night-in-the-rainforest-whip-spiders-amblypygi
https://phrynus.wordpress.com/tag/amblypygi/
http://www.australasian-arachnology.org/arachnology/amblypygi/
https://www.orkin.com/stinging-pests/scorpions/tailless-whip-scorpion/
http://www.oaklandzoo.org/Tailless_Whip_Scorpion.php
http://cincinnatizoo.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/Whip-Spider-Amblypygid.pdf
*you can find information about all the different types of CC licenses here: https://creativecommons.org/
On this episode of Animal Fact Files discover a leaf-like bug you might be more familiar with than you think.
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Credits via Youtube:
ASMR Landscapes - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_MdI4SIHow
Reiner Richter - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GP5NpXcYc8A
Petr Husták - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mzgjJbn6kg
Dan - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rzbu2V13hM
Credits via Flickr:
David Hill - https://www.flickr.com/search/?user_id=23233631%40N00&view_all=1&text=katydid
gailhampshire - https://www.flickr.com/search/?user_id=43272765%40N04&view_all=1&text=katydid
Bernard DUPONT - https://www.flickr.com/search/?user_id=65695019%40N07&view_all=1&text=katydid
Pavel Kirillov - https://www.flickr.com/photos/pasha_k/14636324337
Graham Wise - https://www.flickr.com/search/?user_id=108308648%40N03&view_all=1&text=katydid
Katja Schulz - https://www.flickr.com/search/?user_id=86548370%40N00&view_all=1&text=katydid
Whit Andrews - https://www.flickr.com/photos/whita/7741430556
Websites used for research collection:
https://www.britannica.com/animal/katydid
http://www2.fcps.edu/islandcreekes/ecology/true_katydid.htm
http://www.bugfacts.net/katydid.php
http://bugguide.net/node/view/164
http://www.insectidentification.org/insect-description.asp?identification=katydid
http://hubpages.com/education/Katydid-Love
http://factslegend.org/30-interesting-giant-long-legged-katydid-facts/
http://www.accessatlanta.com/weblogs/buzz/2014/jul/07/cicadas-vs-katydids-whos-singing-summer/
http://entnemdept.ifas.ufl.edu/walker/buzz/i00dis.htm
http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/walker/buzz/a00samples.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ensifera
http://www.factzoo.com/insects/giant-katydid-long-legged-leaf-imitators.html
http://animals.mom.me/life-span-katydids-5169.html
*you can find information about all the different types of CC licenses here: https://creativecommons.org/
On this episode of Animal Fact Files discover what really happens when a pufferfish blows up.
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Credits via Youtube:
epSos.de - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIe_AAjbrps, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gU_L76-SbOY
AE YONG - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iu1qkgDF8XU
Andrey Edrev - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLB0_qZ8zws
Chris Thompson - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOlkGoZ7ESA
craigcap7 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7bhCoy9Fac
Richard Fuchs - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiY3gRjMxwM
Mad Mitochondria! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gVCYwO9HjUo
Pigment Ajans I Stock Footage - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmxVcL7MwKM
Credits via Flickr:
Jon Connell - https://www.flickr.com/photos/ciamabue/5661609033
Scott Hughes - https://www.flickr.com/photos/globalreset/531741743
Leszek Leszczynski - https://www.flickr.com/photos/leszekleszczynski/4666050342
Liam Clancy - https://www.flickr.com/photos/metafeather/3967987015
q phia - https://www.flickr.com/photos/q-phia/8453585901/
mrhayata - https://www.flickr.com/photos/mrhayata/8375974673
LASZLO ILYES - https://www.flickr.com/photos/laszlo-photo/2057399545/
Credits via Wiki Users:
Chiswick Chap - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Giant_Puffer_fish_skin_pattern.JPG
albert kok - https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiger_shark#/media/File:Tigershark2.jpg
Other Attributions:
Brocken Inaglory -https://sites.google.com/site/thebrockeninglory/
Websites used for research collection:
http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/fish/pufferfish/
http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/animals/pufferfish/#pufferfish-closeup.jpg
http://a-z-animals.com/animals/puffer-fish/
http://io9.gizmodo.com/5879406/how-the-puffer-fish-gets-you-high-zombifies-you-and-kills-you
http://www.latimes.com/world/la-fg-japan-blowfish1-2009apr01-story.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fugu
http://www.livescience.com/40132-underwater-mystery-circles.html
http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20141205-new-pufferfish-named
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetraodontidae
http://www.fishbase.org/summary/Tetraodon-mbu.html
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/2013/08/15/underwater-crop-circles-mystery-solved/#.WLSQhTvyuM9
*you can find information about all the different types of CC licenses here: https://creativecommons.org/
On this episode of Animal Fact Files discover a bone-chilling creature.
Many of the images in this episode were obtained from Montery Bay Aquarium Research Institute (https://www.mbari.org). Definitely check out their site for more information!
You can learn more about other animals on:
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Credits via Youtube:
??? - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXdjCxzWaPE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FmHwmsu2vlM
Pigment Ajans - Visual Effects - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmxVcL7MwKM
AR Sound Effects - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXJ723WeDMM
Credits via Wiki Users:
Epipelagic - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Evolution_of_placoderms.png**
Nobu Tamura - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolution_of_cetaceans#/media/File:Dorudon_BW.jpg
Other attributions:
Greg Rouse - http://chess.myspecies.info/sites/chess.myspecies.info/files/O_frankpressi_lab_300.jpg
Robert Vrijenhoek (et al) - http://chess.myspecies.info/sites/chess.myspecies.info/files/o._frankpressi.jpg; http://chess.myspecies.info/sites/chess.myspecies.info/files/O.rubiplumus.jpg; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osedax#/media/File:Osedax_roseus.jpg; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osedax#/media/File:Osedax_frankpressi.jpg
Katsunori Fujikura - http://chess.myspecies.info/sites/chess.myspecies.info/files/osedax_japonicus.jpg
Thomas Dahlgren - http://chess.myspecies.info/sites/chess.myspecies.info/files/osedax_2_dahlgren.jpg; http://chess.myspecies.info/sites/chess.myspecies.info/files/osedax_3_dahlgren.jpg
Adrian Glover - http://chess.myspecies.info/sites/chess.myspecies.info/files/osedax_mucofloris_live_dissected_out_bone.jpg
Dr. Nickolas Higgs - https://www.nickhiggs.com/resources--media.html; https://www.nickhiggs.com/publications.html
Vrijenhoek et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. 2009 - https://bmcbiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1741-7007-7-74
mbari.org - https://www.mbari.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/osedax-image.jpg; https://www.mbari.org/2013_05_18-cruise-log/
Websites used for research collection:
https://books.google.com/books?id=8vPkv6VbudQC&pg=PA563
https://books.google.com/books?id=LJApAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA53
https://books.google.com/books?id=7aOoCwAAQBAJ&pg=PT212
http://ocean.si.edu/ocean-news/zombie-worms-crave-bone
https://www.montereybayaquarium.org/animal-guide/invertebrates/whale-worm
http://eol.org/pages/393217/details
http://eol.org/pages/49241/overview
http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=265008
https://bmcbiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1741-7007-7-74
https://www.mbari.org/bone-eating-worms/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osedax
https://www.nickhiggs.com/osedax-worms.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 dragons who technically aren't dragons but we're gonna call them dragons anyway.
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Credits via Youtube:
Mad Mitochondria - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YGtSgWD1xg
Daniel M - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-Fi9MxP6GE
Sorin Luca - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-Fi9MxP6GE
micknyer - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1JKLOfX3u4
Credits via Flickr:
anoldent - https://www.flickr.com/photos/anoldent/549583971
Jorge Láscar - https://www.flickr.com/photos/jlascar/17120186705; https://www.flickr.com/photos/jlascar/17119486301
Eden, Janine and Jim - https://www.flickr.com/photos/edenpictures/40556245491
Bryn Pinzgauer - https://www.flickr.com/photos/12394349@N06/16657575883
Adhi Rachdian - https://www.flickr.com/photos/rachdian/5418187901
herval - https://www.flickr.com/photos/herval/385041420
Sergei - https://www.flickr.com/photos/5of7/5527963992
anoldent - https://www.flickr.com/photos/anoldent/549381773
Daniel Ramirez - https://www.flickr.com/photos/danramarch/4565234742
Byrn Pinzgauer - https://www.flickr.com/photos/12394349@N06/14746965037
Credits via Wiki Users:
Bahnfrend - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Komodo_Dragon_juvenile,_Komodo,_2016_(01).jpg
Spence Weart - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Komodo-mating.JPG
Brocken Inaglory - https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File%3AKomodo_dragons_video.ogv
Ivanhoe - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Komodo_dragon,_Zoo,_Budapest_2.JPG
Danadi Sutjianto - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Komodo_dragon#/media/File:KomodoDragon_Skull.jpg
Websites used for research collection:
http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/266/1435/2269.short
http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2009/05/15/0810883106
https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/physzool.68.4.30166348
https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/18226520.pdf
https://zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1974.tb03169.x
http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0026226
https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=9zkJDgAAQBAJ
https://nationalzoo.si.edu/animals/komodo-dragon
https://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/animals/stories/surprising-facts-about-komodo-dragons
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/reptiles/k/komodo-dragon/
https://www.britannica.com/animal/Komodo-dragon
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/phenomena/2013/06/27/the-myth-of-the-komodo-dragons-dirty-mouth/
https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Varanus_komodoensis/
https://kittyclysm.com/how-fast-can-cats-run/
*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 a spotted deer with some amazing antlers.
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Facebook - https://facebook.com/animalfactfiles
***At around 1:33 we mention fallow deer being the only deer with palmate antlers. Technically, they are the only "Old World deer" with palmate antlers, however, moose also have palmate antlers (and moose are technically deer, too!).
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Credits via Youtube:
Morten Schultz - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i07WdCcEDGM
Peter Broster - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0F5foFS6uc
Mato Krivulka - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnyhB2MP5Gs
Credits via Flickr:
Mark Cummins - https://www.flickr.com/photos/artimagesmarkcummins/300548679
Credits via Wiki Users:
SuperJew - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Persian_Fallow_Deer_fawn.jpg
Websites used for research collection:
http://www.arkive.org/fallow-deer/dama-dama/
http://www.bds.org.uk/index.php/advice-education/species/fallow-deer
http://www.nsrl.ttu.edu/tmot1/cervdama.htm
http://www.outdooralabama.com/fallow-deer
http://www.deerworlds.com/fallow-deer/
http://www.blueplanetbiomes.org/fallow_deer.htm
http://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Dama_dama/
http://protectthewhitedeer.com/whitedeer-in-myths-and-legends
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deer_park_(England)
https://www.jstor.org/stable/40569087?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents
*you can find information about all the different types of CC licenses here: https://creativecommons.org/
**changes were made from the original
On this episode of Animal Fact Files discover some isopods who decided life in the sea wasn't enough!
You can learn more on:
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Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/animalfactfiles/
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Credits via Youtube:
Credits via Flickr:
Leslie Seaton - https://www.flickr.com/photos/lacatholique/7123549063
Scott Schiller - https://www.flickr.com/photos/schill/5848522057
Andy Reago & Chrissy McClarren - https://www.flickr.com/photos/wildreturn/12071223425
Katja Schulz - https://www.flickr.com/photos/treegrow/39024228031
Josef Wells - https://www.flickr.com/photos/josefwells/8717996593
Donald Hobern - https://www.flickr.com/photos/dhobern/23188833854; https://www.flickr.com/photos/dhobern/19158064721
Peter O'Connor - https://www.flickr.com/photos/anemoneprojectors/19824392646
Vahe Matirosyan - https://www.flickr.com/photos/vahemart/29362135966
Mark Freeth - https://www.flickr.com/photos/freetheimage/29857128804
Becky Mastubara - https://www.flickr.com/photos/beckymatsubara/42573174172
Katya - https://www.flickr.com/photos/katunchik/34075599522
Larry Jacobsen - https://www.flickr.com/photos/ljguitar/2578309092
Melissa McMasters - https://www.flickr.com/photos/cricketsblog/28509283724
Dave Huth - https://www.flickr.com/photos/davemedia/6061290876
gailhampshire - https://www.flickr.com/photos/gails_pictures/8415633735
Kai Schreiber - https://www.flickr.com/photos/genista/9148021643; https://www.flickr.com/photos/genista/9148022439
AJC1 - https://www.flickr.com/photos/ajc1/19200132419
sissou - https://www.flickr.com/photos/sissou/9713662280
Amante Darmanin - https://www.flickr.com/photos/amantedar/30583382780
Ryn Hodnett - https://www.flickr.com/photos/ryanhodnett/23560491578
Judy Gallagher - https://www.flickr.com/photos/52450054@N04/9190382846
Orin Zebest - https://www.flickr.com/photos/orinrobertjohn/5576348532
Credits via Wiki Users:
The Nature Box - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pill_woodlouse_(Armadillidium_vulgare).webm
Robert Webster / xpda.com / CC-BY-SA-4.0 - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Armadillidium_P1390138a.jpg; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Armadillidium_P1390133a.jpg
Archeo - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Armadillidium_lagrecai.tif
benjamint444 - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Slater_rolled_up_for_wiki.jpg
Walter Siegmund - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Armadillidium_vulgare_2418.JPG; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Armadillidium_vulgare_2421.JPG
Agrillo Mario - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CloporteV01.ogv; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:CloporteV02.ogv
Franco Folini - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Armadillidium_vulgare_001.jpg
twosistersinthewild - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Invertebrate_Common_Pillbug_Armadillidium_vulgare.jpg
Other attributions:
Patrick Roper - https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5478810
knufda - https://freesound.org/people/knufds/sounds/92024
Websites used for research collection:
https://study.com/academy/lesson/armadillidiidae-habitat-diet.html
http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=148639
https://www.pestworld.org/pest-guide/occasional-invaders/pillbugs/
http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/MISC/Armadillidium_vulgare.htm
https://www.britannica.com/animal/pill-bug
https://www3.northern.edu/natsource/INVERT1/Pillbu1.htm
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/science/pill-bugs-emerged-sea-conquer-earth
https://bugguide.net/node/view/94180
http://www.aos.org/orchids/orchid-pests-diseases/sow-bugs-and-pill-bugs.aspx
*you can find information about all the different types of CC licenses here: https://creativecommons.org/
**changes were made to the original