The sperm whale is the largest toothed whale. They have 20-26 teeth on each side of their lower jaws. Technically they have upper teeth, too, but these are vestigial and rarely erupt. Sperm whales are deep ocean dwelling animals making dives up to 6,500 feet (2,000m) to find food in the form of gian
For whales, sound plays a central role. But it is becoming increasingly noisy in the oceans. Man-made noise from a wide variety of sources is increasingly drowning out the whales' calls - and thus disrupting their sense of direction. Author: ZDF/Terra X/Group 5 Film Production/Tamar Baumgarten/Scop
More than 1000 pilot whales live between Madeira, the Azores and the Canary Islands. They have settled down there, since the sea around the island flanks offers ideal feeding conditions. Author: ZDF/Terra X/E. z. Eulenburg, I. Zink, Oliver Roetz, WENDEVARGA, Region Five Translation and dubbing: al
On this episode of Animal Fact Files discover some whales who aren't whales at all. You can learn more on: Twitter - https://twitter.com/animalfactfiles Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/animalfactfiles/ --- We always do what we can to be as accurate as possible but we're only human; if you cat
The parasites begin their life cycle as eggs. They reach the digestive tract of whales and dolphins via several intermediate hosts as adult worms. The eggs laid there by the females are returned to the sea with the excrement of the host. Author: ZDF/Terra X/Group 5 Film Production/Tamar Baumgarten/
Your life is incredibly precious, so what had to happen for you to be here? Follow Us! https://twitter.com/LifeNoggin https://facebook.com/LifeNoggin Click here to see more videos: https://alugha.com/LifeNoggin Life Noggin is a weekly animated educational series. Whether it's science, pop culture
Click here to see more videos: https://alugha.com/FuseSchool CREDITS Animation & Design: Bing Rijper Narration: Bing Rijper Script: Alex Reis There are two types of cell division processes. Mitosis & Meiosis. The simpler one is Mitosis, which produces two identical cells with exactly the same gene
Click here to see more videos: https://alugha.com/FuseSchool CREDITS Animation & Design: Jean-Pierre Louw Narration: Dale Bennett Script: Gemma Young When we talk about clones in science, we mean organisms that are identical copies. They have the same DNA as each other. Identical twins are example
Hormones are chemical messengers secreted by glands and have specific target organs. In this lesson, you will learn about hormones that stimulate changes to your body during puberty. Puberty is the timeframe when secondary sexual characteristics develop – in other words, when a boy matures physi
In the nucleus of each eukaryotic cell, the DNA is packaged together into chromosomes. Each chromosome is made up of DNA that is tightly coiled around proteins that give it the structure. Chromosomes usually occur in pairs, except for gametes (eggs and sperm cells) but the number of chromosomes
All living organisms are made up of cells - they are the basic building blocks of life. There are two important categories of cells: plant cells and animal cells. In this video we look at animal cells in more detail. Animal cells are the type of cell that make up our bodies... and the bodies of al
CREDITS Animation & Design: Chloe Adams, Jean-Pierre Louw, Joshua thomas Narration: Russel Arnott Script: Incredible Oceans Click here to see more videos: https://alugha.com/FuseSchool Hi My name is Russell Arnott I'm a marine biologist at Bath University and I'm here today to talk a little bit ab
