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2011/12 KETKY Program Schedule
- 101. All About Eyes
- Humans share binocular vision with animal predators like leopards and condors, but the preyed-upon zebra and many birds watch for attackers with eyes on the sides of their heads.
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- 102. All About Feet
- Water striders skip, waders stand tall, and penguins have short, fat feet for snow and ice. Birds catch prey with talons; hoofed animals run to escape; raccoons climb. Footless snakes and worms crawl, sea anemones take root, and starfish swim.
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- 103. All About Ears
- Water animals have small ears, if any. Fish "hear" vibrations with their lateral lines, and snakes "hear" with their bellies. Animals that hunt or are hunted need excellent hearing. Rabbits and elephants lose body heat through their ears. The ears of owls, ostriches, and grasshoppers are hidden. Bats use their ears for echolocation.
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- 104. All About Tails
- Skunks "talk" with their tails, kinkajous use theirs to grasp branches, and giraffes swat flies with theirs. Tails help animals balance and are handles for elephant babies, bushy blankets for snow leopards, and chairs for wallaroos.
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- 105. Animal Costumes
- Colors and patterns help insects, birds, fish, and mammals court their mates, hide from their enemies, and sneak up on their prey. Even brightly colored animals are hard to see in certain environments.
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- 106. Animal Defenses
- Some animals fly or climb to escape predators. Others look like their surroundings. Armor, bad smells, and bad tastes protect goliath beetles, skunks, and butterflies.
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- 107. The Importance of Predators
- Predators are part of the natural cycle. The vulture is "nature's garbageman." Insect eaters prey as efficiently as leopards and sharks. Starfish wait for their prey, but piranha attack in schools. Spiders keep the fly and mosquito populations down.
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- 108. Do Animals Talk?
- Kookaburras, crickets, gibbons, and rattlesnakes communicate with sound. Deer, eagles, and hawks give visual signals. Ferrets leave their scent. Bees dance to tell the hive where to find flowers.
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- 109. How and What Animals Eat
- Ferrets use their noses to find food, snakes their tongues, big cats their vision, and the sea anemone its sense of touch. Snapping turtles, fish, pelicans, and vampire bats catch prey with their specialized mouths. Plant-eating animals include the rabbit, the blesbok, and the elephant.
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- 110. How Animals Move
- Animals climb, run, swim, fly, and crawl to get food and to escape predators. Viewers see some special aids to swimmers—flippers, air bladders, a flat tail, and webbed feet—and the different ways in which snakes and snails crawl.
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- 111. How Animals Help Each Other
- Remora fish feed on shark parasites, and the sharks protect the remora. Prairie dog tunnels provide homes for other animals. Lions hunt in prides, bees share warmth, and ants carry the aphids that give them nectar.
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- 112. Zoo Babies
- Snakes need no mothering; ducklings and goslings, very little. Robins, alpacas, lions, gorillas, and humans need a lot. An opossum depends on its mother's pouch, the seahorse on its father's, but both parents raise Canada geese. If zoo animals reject babies, specially trained people take over.
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- 113. Animal Houses
- Some animals burrow; others live in trees. Social insects and coral make large, complex structures. Spider homes help catch their food, and insect galls are both homes and food. Barn owls are becoming as rare as the old barns in which they live.
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- 114. Animal Groups
- Animals that live together benefit from many eyes, ears, and noses. Animals that live alone will come together to a common source of food. Some insects and most spiders are loners, but others live in sophisticated groupings.
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- 115. Who Works at the Zoo?
- It isn't easy to give a shot to a Bengal tiger; unusual equipment helps zoo doctors. Zookeepers monitor the water in the aquarium and the heat in the insect zoo. The nursery cares for abandoned babies.
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- 116. Where Animals Live
- You can tell where many animals live simply by looking at them. Viewers see special adaptations of waders, swimmers, climbers, and plant eaters. Animals from cold places are contrasted with desert animals.
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