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  1. Sensory Structures (2017)

    Subject
    Biology; Natural history

    Podcast. Professor Kenneth Catania, of Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, discusses some of the ways in which some vertebrates sense their environment, beyond the five senses of touch, taste,...

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  2. David Attenborough’s Rise of Animals: Triumph of the Vertebrates (2013)

    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 148 minutes), £17.99

    Using the latest scientific knowledge and research into fossils, David Attenborough investigates how animals have evolved from a small number of ancient life forms and in what ways modern human beings...

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  3. Body Plans (1991 Video)

    Producer
    Rissa de la Paz
    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 1998 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Sea urchins and snails, worms and whales, crabs and crayfish - the ocean seethes with a wealth of animal forms. Can we tease any underlying patterns from this immense diversity? This programme looks at a...

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  4. Biology Series 3: Courtship and Reproduction (1981 Multimedia)

    Producer
    David W MacDonald
    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    out of distribution, Slides. 20-30 slides per set. col.

    Variously detailed accounts of the behaviours and adaptations involved in reproduction. Set titles: 1. Reproduction in Invertebrates. 2. Reproduction in Vertebrates. 3. Reproduction in Mammals. 4. Larval Forms.

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  5. Evolution of the Vertebrate Limb, The (1965 Video)

    Director
    A J Midson
    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    out of distribution, Videocassette. VHS. sd. col. 20 min.

    Illustrates the evolution of the vertebrate limb, from the earliest appearance of lateral fins in fishes to the variety of limbs in modern tetrapods. Evidence for each stage of development is considered....

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  6. Lymph Vessel Movement (Studies in the Mesentery of the Rat) (1953 Film)

    Director
    Rolf Meier
    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Cinemicrographs (dark ground and phase contrast) of the lymph vessels, showing rhythmic contractions, the movements of the valves and the contraction and relaxation induced by drugs.

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  7. Chameleon (1950 Video)

    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    out of distribution, Videocassette. VHS. b&w. 8 min.

    Demonstrates the habits and characteristics of the chameleon. Shows the animal in its normal habitat, camouflaged against leaves and moving among branches. Also illustrates some of the protective changes of...

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