Most Dangerous Snakes in Africa

Steve Irwin wrangles a very angry Egyptian cobra:







 Let's skip to number 1 - the black maaamba
 

Most Dangerous Snakes in the World

Here the Crocodile Hunter looks for the 10 most dangerous snakes.


















Here is number 1!

Cobra vs. Mongoose

Mongoose attacks a cobra.

Garter Snake Dissection

This is a fresh kill dissection so it will look different from the snake you dissected in class.  There is still blood in the blood vessels and even air in the lungs.

Garter Snake Live Birth

Contrary to popular belief....garter snakes do not lay eggs.  They give birth to live young.  The first birth in this video is at 2:35.

Dangerous Mollusk (if you're a shark)

The Mollusk Phylum includes clams, squids, octopus, and snails.  See what happened when the Seattle Aquarium put a mollusk in the shark tank.

Most Dangerous "Insects" in America

This article from Camping Life Magazine lists the most dangerous ARTHROPODS in the United States.  Most of the animals featured are not insects but arachnids or centipedes.

Click HERE to read the article.

Bill Nye Video - Invertebrates

For CSI Students

Click HERE to read an article from NPR about a new iPad app from the Centers for Disease Control.  This app has been designed for kids and teachers to use to solve mysteries about how diseases spread.

I thought some of you might be interested in this.

Insect Videos

Click HERE to watch videos about amazing insects.  I like the first video about parasitic wasps!

Also click on the above link to play games about insects.

Grasshopper Pre-Dissection

Watch these videos before your grasshopper dissection.

Virtual Earthworm Dissection

CLICK HERE for Virtual Earthworm Dissection

Phylum Cnidaria - Jellyfish and Sea Anemone

A video from our favorite Canadian biologist showing the anatomy of jellyfish and sea anemone.

Clam Dissection

Mollusk Phylum

1.  Evolutionary Biology Website
     Pictures of a clam dissection.

2.  CLICK on the pictures to make the blurry pictures clear.  Pictures of clam dissection.
   
3.  Biology Junction Virtual Clam Dissection
     It may take a minute for the pictures to load but they are large, clear and well-labeled.

4.  Clam Anatomy Dissection Part I





5.  Clam Dissection Part II




6.  Clam Dissection Part III




7.  Clam Eating Salt

Sea Star Dissection

1. Evolutionary Biology Sea Star Dissection Pictures


2. Youtube Dissection Video




3. Youtube video of a sea star feeding.  Notice that it's stomach is coming out of its mouth!




4.  Other Echinoderms (Sea Urchins and a Sea Cucumber) run for their lives from a giant sea star.

Earthworm Dissection Links

1.  Evolutionary Biology - Earthworm
         pictures of earthworm dissection

2.  Earthworm Dissection on Youtube with our favorite Canadian biologist