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Size Matters

Evolutionary biologist and master skeleton builder Ben Garrod shows us what bone is constructed from and how it can support animals that are both minuscule- a frog just a few millimeters long- and massive- the blue whale, 200 million times bigger.

Other Authors: Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm), Infobase.
Format: Video
Language: English
Published: New York, N.Y. : Infobase, [2014], c2014.
Physical Description: 1 streaming video file (30 min.) : sound, color.
Series: Secrets of Bones.
Subjects:
Animal paleopathology.
Animal remains (Archaeology)
Bones.
Physiology.
Educational films.
Internet videos.
Videorecording.
Summary: Evolutionary biologist and master skeleton builder Ben Garrod shows us what bone is constructed from and how it can support animals that are both minuscule- a frog just a few millimeters long- and massive- the blue whale, 200 million times bigger.
Item Description: Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on November 26, 2014.
Films on Demand is distributed by Infobase for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware.
Introduction: Secrets of Bones: Size Matters (2:18) -- Museum of Natural History: Paris (2:54) -- Bone Composition (2:44) -- Femur vs. Concrete: Sideways Force (3:12) -- Need for Skeletal Strength (2:59) -- Bone Regeneration (2:08) -- Wolff's Law (4:18) -- Fin Whale Bones (1:08) -- Elephant Bones (2:10) -- Rhino Femur (3:38) -- Episode Preview (1:04) -- Credits: Secrets of Bones: Size Matters (0:40)
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Evolutionary biologist and master skeleton builder Ben Garrod shows us what bone is constructed from and how it can support animals that are both minuscule- a frog just a few millimeters long- and massive- the blue whale, 200 million times bigger.
6 & up.
Mode of access: Internet.
System requirements: FOD playback platform.
Closed-captioned.
Physical Description: 1 streaming video file (30 min.) : sound, color.
Format: Mode of access: Internet.
System requirements: FOD playback platform.
Audience: 6 & up.
Access: Access requires authentication through Films on Demand.

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