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SURVEY OF THE ANIMAL KINGDOM VIDEOS
The definitive multimedia review of the broad array of animal life found on earth. Hundreds of spectacular images, exhaus- tively detailed text. 10 video bundle.
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$799.95

SURVEY OF THE ANIMAL KINGDOM VIDEOS

This exhaustive, award winning work is the definitive multimedia review of the great
variety of animal life found on this planet. Meticulously detailed, massively documented, with
extensive teachers' guide materials, this review provides in one encyclopedic package a library
full of carefully organized, hard to find information.

Eye-stopping photographs of live animals augmented by graphics where appropriate
makes this a memorable visual extravaganza! The combination of clearly presented facts and
fabulous photography presents an unparalleled learning experience! These 10 programs will earn
a unique place among your most useful teaching tools! Each part is available individually or as
part of a series.
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INVERTEBRATE ANIMALS


PART I: SPONGES, ANEMONES, CORALS AND FLATWORMS. Order # FV-1319V....$89.95

Shows how taxonomic classification brings order to the immense variety of living
things, yet is also being revised constantly. Introduces the four subkingdoms: Protozoa,
Parazoa, Mesozoa and Metazoa. Photographic coverage includes volvox, euglenas,
amoebas, ciliates, Porifera, Cnidaria, flatworms, round worms, rotifers, bryozoans and
brachiopods.


PART II: MOLLUSCS, SEGMENTED WORMS AND MINOR PHYLA.
Order # FV-1320V.....$89.95

Detailed coverage of the molluscs (includes chiton, abalone, limpet, cowry,
periwinkle, conch, cone, whelk, murex, nudibranchs, sea hare, land snails, slug,
bivalves, octopus, nautilus, squid); segmented worms (featherduster, myxicola,
earthworm, leech) and waterbears.


PART III: THE INSECTS. Order # FV-1321V....... $89.95

The significance of the class Insecta, which contains over a million species.
Illustrates the great range and variety of insect adaptations, details of development and
anatomy, and their great diversity. Photographic coverage of live insects is very
comprehensive and wide-ranging.


PART IV: NONINSECT ARTHROPODS AND ECHINODERMS. Order # FV-1322V......$89.95

Surveys the remaining 11 classes of arthropods and the echinoderms: krill,
shrimp, lobster, crayfish, crabs, spiders, scorpions, mites, ticks, starfish, sea cucumber,
sand dollar, brittlestar, basketstar.


REVIEWS:

"...imaginative use of sound effects and music.... The photography is truly splendid
...viewers may even wish to proceed frame by frame as if these were slides." Media Review.

"A useful resource for high school and college media centers..." Library Journal.

"...fulfills the need for a detailed overview of factual information...an excellent
collection of animal photographs..." Curriculum Review.
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VERTEBRATE ANIMALS


PART I: UROCHORDATES AND CRANIATA (VERTEBRATA)--THROUGH FISH
Order # FV-1323V.......... $89.95

Primitive chordates and those that have remained largely confined to aquatic
environments. Includes tunicates, lamprey, hagfish, sharks, rays, coelacanth, lungfish,
ray-finned fish, sturgeon, paddlefish, gar, bowfin, and extensive coverage of the modern
bony fishes.


PART II: AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES Order # FV-1324V.......... $89.95

The first terrestrial vertebrates. Describes poikilothermic temperature regulation,
larval stages, respiration, reproduction, significance of amniotic egg, evolution and
adaptation. Covers salamanders, toads, frogs, tuatara, turtles and tortoises, snakes,
lizards, crocodilians.


PART III: BIRDS--OSTRICH THROUGH GUINEA FOWL Order # FV-1325V.......... $89.95

Introduces the first of the homoiothermic classes. Describes the distinguishing
characteristics of the class Aves, presents descriptions and behaviors of 13 of the 27
orders of birds covering 31 families.


PART IV: BIRDS--CRANES THROUGH PASSERINES Order # FV-1326V......... $89.95

Presents the remaining orders of Aves. Photographic coverage of 12 orders, 59
families including many passerine species.


PART V: MAMMALS--ECHIDNA THROUGH WHALES Order # FV-1327V........ $89.95

Introduces and surveys the most highly evolved of all animals, the mammals, up
through the pinnipeds. Presents distinguishing characteristics, behaviors, reproduction
and adaptation of monotremes, marsupials and eutherias.


PART VI: MAMMALS--CANIDS THROUGH SHEEP Order # FV-1328V.......... $89.95

Completes the survey of mammals and the Animal Kingdom and pulls together
the vertebrate material.


REVIEWS:

"The organization of the material makes ... easy to use within a class period... long
enough to allow for thorough coverage of their topics. The teacher's guide will be of tremendous
value to the biology teacher. Recommended." The Book Report.

"The photographs are excellent...most useful." School Library Journal.

"...marvelous.... No other series is so comprehensive... technical qualities are superb....
Highly recommended." Choice.

"...a cornucopia of images and information at reasonable cost." Science Books and
Films.

GOLD PLAQUE AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE The Industrial Film Festival.

SILVER APPLE AWARD National Educational Films and Video Festival.

OUTSTANDING NONPRINT MATERIAL Choice Magazine



ORIGINAL VERSION STILL AVAILABLE ON FILMSTRIPS


INVERTEBRATES: Part I, II, III, & IV (4) Order # FS-1058.......... $99.95

VERTEBRATES: Part I, II, III, IV, V, & VI (6) Order # FS-1059.......... $149.95


BOTH FILMSTRIP SERIES (10) PROGRAMS Order # FS-1058X.........$249.95

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See also CD-ROMS:

THE COMPLETE SURVEY OF THE INVERTEBRATES (4 CD-ROM BUNDLE)
Order #CDR-1319X……$174.95
THE COMPLETE SURVEY OF THE VERTEBRATES (6 CD-ROM BUNDLE)
Order #CDR-1323X......$274.95


THE COMPLETE SURVEY OF THE ANIMAL KINGDOM (10 CD-ROM BUNDLE)
Order #CDR-1328X......$399.95
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THE ANIMAL KINGDOM SLIDE SERIES

These three slide sets provide an introductory survey of the major divisions of
animal life and their characteristics. Representatives of each phylum listed are illustrated
by full color photographs (almost all taken live) selected to demonstrate the diversity of
form existing within and across phyla. Numerous multiple image frames aid comparisons.
Each set is a complete, independent unit and may be purchased and used separately.
Each set contains 20 slides and detailed guide. Entire series consists of 60 slides and
3 guides.
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PART I Slime molds, protozoa, sponges, coelenterates, flatworms,
nematodes and rotifers, moss animals, lamp shells, molluscs and segmented worms.
Order #484..........$42.50

CONTENT SAMPLE: 23384 One would hardly think of the lowly earthworm (Lumbricus
terrestris) as a highly developed creature. Yet this animal represents the phylum Annelida, which
has developed a complex body structure with several advantages over previous forms. First, these
worms have segments, each with four pairs of bristles called setae. Setae give the animal
purchase against burrow walls and greatly facilitate movement; they also make it difficult to pull
worms from the ground. Second, because of the complex muscles required to move and
coordinate the setae, annelid worms developed a set of segmental nerves, directed by a central
brain. To supply all the segments with nutrition and oxygen, a closed system of blood vessels
evolved, with five aortic arches to pump blood. Finally, the digestive system became enclosed
and protected by a diaphragm-like membrane. These structures make the segmented worms
efficient feeders.

They are efficient, too, at reproduction—all earthworms are hermaphroditic, and can
cross-fertilize with any other worm of the same species. Earthworms mate on the soil surface with
their heads pointed in opposite directions. They pass sperm to their partner's sperm receptacles
through slime with which they have covered each other. The worms then separate. Later, the
clitellum (a swollen, yellowish, glandular band of skin) secretes a mucous ring which slides
forward gathering several eggs from the oviducts and sperm from the receptacles. Fertilization
occurs and the ring slips off the worm, closing at both ends to form a capsule. In about two
weeks, one or two worms hatch from the capsule, or cocoon.

It is estimated that an acre of good soil contains 63,000 earthworms and that the worms
deposit approximately 18 tons of castings each year. Worms eat decaying organic matter,
generally by eating the soil containing it, then deposit the bulk of the soil as wastes, called
castings, upon the ground. These castings contain partially digested material that enriches the
soil. Common earthworms grow to about 25 cm. Giant Australian earthworms (Drawida sp.)
grow to a length of 3 m and a diameter of 2.5 cm.

Darwin was among the first of the modern scientists to recognize the great value of
earthworms and the role they played in churning the soil. Over a period of many years he
watched how surface rocks in a field were gradually buried as earthworms mined the ground
beneath them and threw up their castings.
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PART II Arthropods (insects, crustaceans, spiders and allies) and
echinoderms (starfish, sea urchin, sea cucumber). Order #485.......$42.50

CONTENT SAMPLE: 23402 These two horseshoe crabs (Limulus polyphemus) are
members of the Merostomata class of arthropods. They are primitive animals that are almost
the same today as fossil forms dating from the Silurian period. Horseshoe crabs are covered
with a flattened, hard cuticle bearing a pair of compound eyes. Underneath, there are six pairs of
jointed limbs. The long tail is used to push the animal into the mud or to turn itself over if it is
inverted.

These crabs are mating, after which the female will bury and leave her eggs in the sand.
Free-swimming larvae soon hatch, becoming adult in form through successive molts. Horseshoe
crabs are omnivorous, feeding on animal and plant material on the sea floor. They are common
along marine shores, Large numbers are presently being used for scientific research on vision
and blood chemistry.
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PART III Chordates (tunicates) and vertebrates (fish, amphibians,
reptiles, birds, mammals). Order #486..........$42.50

CONTENT SAMPLE: 23414 The earliest warm-blooded vertebrate animals were prob-
ably the birds, class Aves. Birds have many reptilian features: scales on their feet and legs, and
beaks and claws that are similar in form to the mouths of turtles and the claws of reptiles. The
most obvious distinguishing characteristic of birds, however, is feathers--dermal structures formed,
like hair, fur and scales, of a protein called keratin. Though some birds, like this Australian
cassowary (Casuarius casuarius) are flightless, all birds have wings. In the cassowary and other
flightless birds, the wings are rudimentary and the legs and feet are well-developed for running.
Bird beaks have evolved into a great variety of forms from the thin, probing beaks of curlews and
woodcock to the tearing beaks of hawks and vultures, depending on the type of food consumed.

REVIEWS: “...a richly detailed, accurate and informative educational experience...
slide quality is superb. Photography is technically excellent, and the variety of animal life shown
is exciting and informative.” Media Review. “...thorough...fine sets for junior and senior high
school science.” Booklist.
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