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#animals #zoology #textbooktravel Life in the trees requires a specific set of skills that are aided by certain physical attributes that make climbing, balancing and gliding much easier. In this short video, we'll explore the term "arboreal locomotion" and see how animals have adapted to life in the trees and move efficiently through them.

#animals #biodiversity #textbooktravel The distribution of the world’s fauna can be broken down into 8 areas known as Biogeographical Realms. Each of these realms is separated for various reasons and contains unique wildlife that has been evolving separately for millions of years. In this video, we’ll delve into each realm and explore the geographical features and biodiversity found therein.

#animals #marsupials #textbooktravel Marsupials are one of the most fascinating groups of animals and vary greatly in size and appearance with 7 orders, 19 families and over 300 species. Perhaps most interestingly, they differ from other mammals by their reproductive strategy; young are born premature and make their way to a pouch called a marsupium where they are further nourished by milk. In this guide, we'll take a look at all 19 families, where they're located with range maps, and how they're related with cladograms.

#animals #textbooktravel #ungulates Ungulates are split between odd-toed individuals such as tapirs and rhinos, and even-toed individuals, which include bovids, giraffes, regular deer, mouse deer and, rather bizarrely, whales who are the closest extant relatives to the hippopotamus, another ungulate. In this guide, we'll explore all 13 types of ungulate, how they evolved and where they are located.

#animals #weasel #textbooktravel Mustelids are some of the most heartwarming creatures on the planet. Mustelidae contains 8 subfamilies and roughly 60 species including weasels, martens, otters, badgers and the wolverine. It is the largest family within the order Carnivora and is part of Musteloidea, a superfamily of weasels that also contains the red panda, raccoons and skunks. In this guide, we’ll explore each subfamily, where they’re located and the species found therein.

#birdsofprey #animals #textbooktravel All birds of prey pursue other animals for food. What sets them apart from birds such as kingfishers and albatross—who also prey on other animals—are their hooked beaks used to tear apart flesh and their sharp talons, which allow them to catch larger prey than regular birds. They are often referred to as raptors, which comes from the Latin word raptare meaning “to seize and carry off” In this guide, we’ll explore 13 types of raptor including eagles, old-world vultures, new-world vultures, the beautiful secretary bird and owls.

#bears #animals #textbooktravel Bears are one of the most magical animals on the planet. There are 8 species found on 4 of the 7 continents. From the gigantic polar bears of the Arctic to the tiny sun bears of Southeast Asia, the Ursidae family also contains many interesting subspecies featuring a wide range of colour morphs. In this guide, we'll explore 15 species/subspecies and where they abide.

#animals #snakes #textbooktravel Snakes are some of the most colourful and interesting animals on the planet. In total, there are 18 families, over 500 genera and almost 4,000 species of snake including boas, pythons, vipers, elapids, typical snakes and blind snakes. In this guide, we'll explore an array of colourful and interesting snakes including a quick overview of the most common families and the most weird and wonderful species including the elephant trunk snake and the blind snake.

#animals #biomes #textbooktravel Biomes are collections of living organisms, all of which have evolved to exist in a specific climate. In the broadest sense, there are five main types of biome: Tundra, Forest, Grassland, Desert & Aquatic. What is now debated, is how to further characterise these biomes. In the late 1940s the botanist, Leslie Holdridge developed a matrix that included temperature and precipitation and lead to the further specification of each of these main categories. In this video, we'll discuss 11 types of biome and the animals found therein. textbook travel, textbook travel youtube, youtube textbook travel, educational, video essay, biogeography, ecology, zoology, nature, natural world, outdoors, animals, animal kingdom, species, animal species, birds, reptiles, mammals, insects, fish, tundra, arctic tundra, alpine tundra, forest, temperate forest, tropical forest, boreal forest, tropical grassland, savanna, temperate grassland, steppe, desert, seawater, freshwater, marine, ecosystem, Antarctic Tundra, river, lake, coral reef, rainforest

#dogs #animals #textbooktravel There are 3 categories of wild dogs; wolf-like canines, South American canines and fox-like canines. In this guide, we'll explore all 15 species of wild dogs including wolves, jackals, wild dogs and a few odd stragglers such as the bush dog and the racoon dog. These animals are the closest relatives to the domesticated dog and are found in every ecozone on earth. textbook travel, textbook travel youtube, youtube textbook travel, educational, relatives, zoology, ecology, nature, natural world, animals, animal kingdom, animals guide, species, animal species, mammals, carnivora, carnivore, predator, wild dog, wild dogs, dogs relatives, wolf, wolves, grey wolf, coyote, african wild dog, maned wolf, bush dog, racoon dog, canine, canines, canid, canids, dhole, closest relatives to dogs, dog species, species of dogs, species of wild dog, canines species, dogs

#cats #animals #textbooktravel Wildcats are some of the most beautiful and interesting animals on the planet. There are 40 species of wildcat separated into 8 distinct lineages providing one of the most interesting stories of evolution in the animal kingdom. The oldest split between all remaining extant species of cat occurred more than 10 million years ago when Pantherine containing the big five split from Felinae containing the rest of the felids. The Felinae family then continued to diverge until around 1-3 million years ago producing amount others, the Caracal, Ocelot, Lynx, Puma and Domestic Cat lineages. In this guide, we'll explore each split in the Felidae family and the lineages and species of wild cats these evolutionary divergences produced.