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In this episode of CreatureCast, the strangler fig first avoids having to sprout in the dark understory of the rainforest by growing in the tops of the trees closer to the sun, and then avoids getting too dehydrated up there by dropping roots to the forest floor. Finally it grows back up to the top of the tree, surrounding and strangling the host tree on the way, taking advantage of the tree's structural integrity to support its own hollow body.Narration by Matt Ogburn of the Edwards lab at Brown University. Artwork and editing by Sophia Tintori. Original score by Amil Byleckie. This video was funded by the National Science Foundation grant # IOS-08432321 and is release under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 license. Check out CreatureCast.org for more stories about animals, plants and fungi.
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Eastern Pacific Ocean, Duration 20 seconds, Shot includes Conolophus subcristatus (Galapagos land iguana)
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Eastern Pacific Ocean, Duration 17 seconds, Shot includes Conolophus subcristatus (Galapagos land iguana)
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Eastern Pacific Ocean, Duration 18 seconds, Shot includes Conolophus subcristatus (Galapagos land iguana)
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Eastern Pacific Ocean, Duration 13 seconds
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Eastern Pacific Ocean, Duration 11 seconds
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Eastern Pacific Ocean, Duration 14 seconds, Shot includes Conolophus subcristatus (Galapagos land iguana), Creagrus furcatus (Swallowtail gull)
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Eastern Pacific Ocean, Duration 11 seconds
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Coral Sea, Duration 33 seconds
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Coral Sea, Duration 39 seconds
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Coral Sea, Duration 27 seconds
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[taxonomy:class=Oligochaeta]
Date:
9 Sep 2011, originally collected mid-Aug
Location:
Freshwater fish pond in concrete tank, outside Life Science Lab 7. Walls were covered in filamentous cyanobacteria, and the bottom with fish waste. Water was mostly clear.
Pipetted sample from floc at bottom of tube which has settled after > two weeks
Microscope:
Bright-field with closed condenser aperture.
Camera:
Nikon D7000
Collector:
Brandon Seah
Scale:
20830 pixels/mm = 20.8 pixels/µm (40x)
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David C. Montgomery
vimeo
Originally a quick clip I threw together for the "NIN Ghosts Film Festival," I reworked it in HD and thought I'd throw it up here in the spirit of Creative Commons.
[taxonomy:binomial=Erodium cicutarium]
youtube.com/group/ninghosts
silverfishcloset.com
music: NIN "7 Ghosts I," CC - BY NC SA
animation/footage: David Montgomery, CC - BY SA
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In this video we explore the world of biodiversity and evolution by speaking with Botany Department Curator Dr. Rick Ree on his research with the plant Pedicularis.
Science at FMNM is a podcast and video series that explores the behind-the-scenes science, collections and research at Chicagoâs Field Museum.
[taxonomy:genus=Pedicularis]
[taxonomy:family=Scrophulariaceae]
[taxonomy:order=Scrophulariales]
[taxonomy:class=Magnoliopsida]
[taxonomy: division=Magnoliophyta]
[taxonomy:kingdom=Plantae]
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We continue our discussion with Rick Ree by exploring how the shape of floral tubes influences the evolution of flowers.
Science at FMNH is a podcast and video series that explores the behind-the-scenes science, collections and research at Chicagoâs Field Museum.
[taxonomy:genus=Pedicularis]
[taxonomy:family=Scrophulariaceae]
[taxonomy:order=Scrophulariales]
[taxonomy:class=Magnoliopsida]
[taxonomy: division=Magnoliophyta]
[taxonomy:kingdom=Plantae]
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We continue our discussion with Rick Ree by exploring how flower color influences the evolution of flowers.
Science at FMNH is a podcast and video series that explores the behind-the-scenes science, collections and research at Chicagoâs Field Museum.
[taxonomy:genus=Pedicularis]
[taxonomy:family=Scrophulariaceae]
[taxonomy:order=Scrophulariales]
[taxonomy:class=Magnoliopsida]
[taxonomy: division=Magnoliophyta]
[taxonomy:kingdom=Plantae]
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We continue our discussion with Rick Ree by exploring how the structure of floral beaks influences the evolution of flowers.
Science at FMNH is a podcast and video series that explores the behind-the-scenes science, collections and research at Chicagoâs Field Museum.
[taxonomy:genus=Pedicularis]
[taxonomy:family=Scrophulariaceae]
[taxonomy:order=Scrophulariales]
[taxonomy:class=Magnoliopsida]
[taxonomy: division=Magnoliophyta]
[taxonomy:kingdom=Plantae]
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Description: Čeština :
Kroužilka běžná na
maliníku. Filmováno v Burgwaldu v Německu v červnu 2009Deutsch: Empis tessellata an Himbeerblüten. Gefilmt im Burgwald, Mittelhessen im Juni 2009English: Dance fly (Empis tessellata) on raspberry flowers. Filmed in Burgwald, Hesse, Germany in June 2009.Français :
Empis tessellata sur des fleurs de
framboises. Film pris à
Burgwald, dans le land de la
Hesse en
Allemagne. (Durée : 2 m 27 s). Date: 14 February 2010. Source: Own work. Author:
Pristurus.
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Description: Prunus persica. Date: 14 July 2013, 15:03:06. Source: Own work. Author:
FASTILY.
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Description: Prunus persica. Date: 14 July 2013, 15:00:15. Source: Own work. Author:
FASTILY.
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Description: Original caption: "This high-speed video (500 frames/s, total time = 1.5 s) shows the fall and retention of a fly (Calliphora vomitoria) thrown into the digestive fluid on its dorsal surface. The fly is wetted by the digestive fluid and is unable to move its wings and extract its legs, which are retained by sticky filaments typical of complex fluids such as mucus or saliva (QuickTime, 8.7 MB).". Date: 2007. Source: Gaume, L. & Y. Forterre 2007. A viscoelastic deadly fluid in carnivorous pitcher plants. PLoS ONE 2(11): e1185.
doi:
10.1371/journal.pone.0001185. Author: Gaume & Forterre. : This file is licensed under the
Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 Generic license.:. You are free: to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work to remix – to adapt the work Under the following conditions: attribution – You must attribute the work in the manner specified by the author or licensor (but not in any way that suggests that they endorse you or your use of the work). http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5 CC BY 2.5 Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 truetrue. This file was published in a
Public Library of Science journal.
Their website states that the content of all PLOS journals is published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license (or its previous version depending on the publication date), unless indicated otherwise.
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Description: Mexican Jumping Beans in action, 2nd clip, One Larva Active others are dead/dormant, Widescreen Video 17 seconds. Date: 3 November 2007. Source: Own work. Author:
Jesper Jurcenoks.
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Description: Mexican Jumping Beans in action, with Regular pen as size indicator, only Larva in one bean is active others are dormant/dead, length 10 seconds. format WideScreen. Date: 3 November 2007. Source: Own work. Author:
Jesper Jurcenoks.
