Hey friends! Today Ben talks about magnets, we learn about the smell of raindrops on footpaths, and we follow a Sea Turtle all the way home! DONATE to the Barbados Sea Turtle Project: http://www.barbadosseaturtles.org/pages/resources/index.html DONATE to the Australian Sea Turtle Foundation: https://seaturtlefoundation.org/donate ••••• Your host: Ben the Quasi-Ecologist ••••• Looking to explore on more platforms? Insta: https://www.instagram.com/naturalworldexplored/ Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@naturalworldexplored ••••• Thank you so much to everyone who’s checked out my YouTube Membership! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsuWQV4_s-Wt-JE8kvv7E1w/join Or my patreon page! https://patreon.com/NaturalWorldExplored Your support means everything to me! ••••• Been exploring for new merch or a sick profile pic? Check out the Explored website! https://naturalworldexplored.com ••••• Audio Credits: Intro Music by Aakash Gandhi Also Sprach Zarathustra, composed by Richard Strauss and premiered in 1896. Link to license: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Richard_Strauss_-_Also_Sprach_Zarathustra.ogg#:~:text=Licensing,distribute%20and%20transmit%20the%20work ••••• Sources mentioned: Boyle, A. (2023). Episodic memory in animals: Optimism, kind scepticism and pluralism. Current Controversies in Philosophy of Memory (Chapter 9). https://books.google.co.nz/books?hl=en&lr=&id=s4V0EAAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PT224#v=onepage&q&f=false Rattenborg, N.C. & Martinez-Gonzalez, D. (2011). A bird-brain view of episodic memory. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0166432811002191 Hofer, M. K., Collins, H. K., Whillans, A. V., & Chen, F. S. (2018). Olfactory cues from romantic partners and strangers influence women’s responses to stress. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 114(1), 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1037/pspa0000110 ••••• Photo credits GEOMAR, Coastal Upwelling Diagram. https://www.geomar.de/en/discover/ocean-and-climate/climate-change-in-the-ocean/upwelling The Ocean Cleanup, Turtle trapped in garbage: https://theoceancleanup.com/great-pacific-garbage-patch/ Cleanhub, Great Pacific Garbage Patch: https://blog.cleanhub.com/the-great-pacific-garbage-patch-how-marine-plastic-impacts-our-biggest-ocean Planet Earth II, BBC: https://cms.bbcearth.com/sites/default/files/2020-12/2ecmt0000001000.jpg https://static.independent.co.uk/s3fs-public/thumbnails/image/2016/12/12/09/turtles-planet-earth.jpg?width=1200&height=630&fit=crop Barbados Sea Turtle Project, Hawksbill Rum: https://www.hawksbillrum.co.uk/news/barbados-sea-turtle-project ••••• 00:00 Try Not To Get Lost 00:52 Memory 03:02 I. The Geodynamo 05:50 II. Point Break 09:39 III. Eternal Sunshine of the Plotless Find 11:47 IV. The Scent Of Water 13:00 V. Turtle Recall #animal #turtle #migration #memory #science #wildlife #documentary #reptile

Hey friends! Today Ben looks at the fastest animals on Earth, we get the first ever metabolic rate tier list [not clickbati!!!] and Ben tries to put together the hardest soundtrack of any animal video on YouTube. ••••• Your host: Ben the Quasi-Ecologist ••••• Looking to explore on more platforms? Insta: https://www.instagram.com/naturalworldexplored/ Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@naturalworldexplored ••••• Thank you so much to everyone who’s checked out my YouTube Membership! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsuWQV4_s-Wt-JE8kvv7E1w/join Or my patreon page! https://patreon.com/NaturalWorldExplored Your support means everything to me! ••••• Been exploring for new merch or a sick profile pic? Check out the Explored website! https://naturalworldexplored.com ••••• Audio Credits Intro Music by Aakash Gandhi Voiceover Editing by Wojciech B. ••••• Sources mentioned: Domenici, P., Wilson, A. D. M., Kurvers, R. H. J. M., Marras, S., Herbert-Read, J. E., Steffensen, J. F., Krause, S., Viblanc, P. E., Couillaud, P., & Krause, J. (2016). Maximum swimming speeds of sailfish and three other large marine predatory fish species. Biology Open, 5(10), 1415-1419. https://journals.biologists.com/bio/article/5/10/1415/1485/Maximum-swimming-speeds-of-sailfish-and-three#:~:text=URL%3A%20https%3A%2F%2Fjournals.biologists.com%2Fbio%2Farticle%2F5%2F10%2F1415%2F1485%2FMaximumKing, R. (2008, May). Falling with the falcon. Smithsonian Magazine. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/air-space-magazine/falling-with-the-falcon-7491768/Queen's University, Belfast. (2013, September 5). New insight into how Cheetahs catch their prey. ScienceDaily. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/09/130905085644.htm ••••• Photo credits Proprioception scan 1: https://neurosciencenews.com/proprioception-genetics-22044/ Proprioception scan 2: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2022.07.29.501977v1.full Peregrine Falcon scan: https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Peregrine-falcon-radiography-Ventrodorsal-A-and-lateral-B-radiographic-view-showing_fig1_349169490 Football boots: Photo by Hal Gatewood on Unsplash Ford Focus: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:2008_Ford_Focus_Zetec_TD_109_1.6_Front.jpg 00:00 I Am Speed 00:26 Natural World Explored 00:40 Speed Record Holders 3:06 I. Proprioception 4:42 II. Metabolism 9:32 IV. Acceleration

Hey friends! Today Ben explores a big blue beast, we hear all about why bugs are little (thankfully), and take a little trip through space and time. ••••• Your host: Ben Cooper, the quasi-ecologist ••••• Looking to explore on more platforms? Insta: https://www.instagram.com/naturalworldexplored/ Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@naturalworldexplored ••••• Thank you so much to everyone who’s checked out my patreon page! https://patreon.com/NaturalWorldExplored Your support means everything to me! ••••• Been exploring for some sweet nature merch? You can score some here: https://naturalworldexplored.com Credits ••••• Intro Music by Aakash Gandhi Audio Editing by Wojciech B. ••••• #nature #explore #animal #nz #whale #newzealand #evolution #wildlife #bird #dinosaur #science

Hey friends! Today Ben explores two animals with the same name, we find out that there are more than one type of thumb and meet a few critters that are unexpectedly related to these animals. Donate to the Red Panda Network: https://redpandanetwork.org/ Donate to the World Wildlife Fund: https://wwf.panda.org/support_wwf/ ••••• Your host: Ben Cooper, the quasi-ecologist ••••• Looking to explore on more platforms? Insta: https://www.instagram.com/naturalworldexplored/ Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@naturalworldexplored ••••• Thank you so much to everyone who’s checked out my patreon page! https://patreon.com/NaturalWorldExplored Your support means everything to me! ••••• Been exploring for some sweet nature merch? You can score some here: https://naturalworldexplored.com 0:00 Introduction 0:46 Red Panda 2:00 Giant Panda 3:13 I. Similarities 4:46 II. Differences 7:57 Game: The Panda Conundrum 8:59 What are they? Credits ••••• Intro Music by Aakash Gandhi Audio Editing by Wojciech B. ••••• Study of mammalian mitochondrial genomes for todays game: Hassanin, A.; Veron, G.; Ropiquet, A.; van Vuuren, B. J.; Lécu, A.; Goodman, S. M.; Haider, J.; Nguyen, T. T. (2021). "Evolutionary history of Carnivora (Mammalia, Laurasiatheria) inferred from mitochondrial genomes" Other papers: Groves, C. (2021). "The taxonomy and phylogeny of Ailurus". In Glatston, A. R. (ed.). Red Panda: Biology and Conservation of the First Panda (Second ed.). London: Academic Press. pp. 95–117. ISBN 978-0-12-823753-3 O'Brien, S.J.; Nash, W.G.; Wildt, D.E.; Bush, M.E. & Benveniste, R.E. (1985). "A molecular solution to the riddle of the giant panda's phylogeny". Nature. 317 (6033): 140–144. Bibcode:1985Natur.317..140O. doi:10.1038/317140a0. PMID 4033795. S2CID 4352629 Photos used: Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, E.; Cuvier, F. (1824) Histoire naturelle des mammifères : avec des figures originales, coloriées, dessinées d'aprèsdes animaux vivans https://archive.org/details/HistoirenaturelVGeof/page/LII/mode/2up Dreamworks’ Kung Fu Panda (2008) Image URL: https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/kungfupanda/images/2/25/Vlcsnap2011040213h54m20.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/1920?cb=20130323171021 Sounds used: Red Panda Sound Effect | Ailurus fulgens (2020) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsqNWQtB1ac&ab_channel=77%E9%9F%B3%E6%95%88 Videos used: Red Panda Scared by Big Piece of Rock - Red Panda goes Crazy - Crazy - Crazy -Crazy !! (2017) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dI6ULnKkHus&ab_channel=BESTFUNNYVIDEOEVER-BFVE Pandas trying to make themselves extinct - Funny fails compilation (2016) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qf-IQyL7qPE&ab_channel=AnimalShorts #nature #explore #science #documentary #animals #panda #redpanda

Hello and bienvenue, today Ben explores large little animals, surveys cat owners on their hunting habits and learns all about a bug that freezes itself for literally zero gain. ••••• Your host: Ben Cooper, the quasi-ecologist ••••• Looking to explore on more platforms? Insta: https://www.instagram.com/naturalworldexplored/ Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@naturalworldexplored ••••• Thank you so much to everyone who’s checked out my patreon page! https://www.patreon.com/NaturalWorldExplored Your support means everything to me! Been exploring for some sweet nature merch? You can score some here: https://naturalworldexplored.com ••••• Bird Song Source: Department of Conservation (NZ) New Intro Music by Aakash Gandhi ••••• Weta Photo by Dinobass: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Wetapunga.jpg/2880px-Wetapunga.jpg King Kong (2005) by Universal Pictures ••••• #nature #explore #insect #weta #aotearoa #newzealand