VIDEO PROGRAMS

A wide variety of our popular filmstrip
programs and some live action now
available on video for easy presentation.

REPTILE VIDEOS
Video coverage of endangered North American reptiles--one of which has made a comeback: massauga, bog turtle and alligator. 3 videos (2 live action).
#EV-2176X VIDEOS
$159.95

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ENDANGERED SPECIES: MASSASAUGA RATTLER AND BOG TURTLE
Video order #EV-2176V........$79.95

Faced with human apathy, prejudice, antipathy, ignorance, habitat destruction
and chemical pollution, the massasauga rattler and bog turtle are rapidly decreasing in
number and face extinction throughout a large portion of their range. Their needs and how
to meet them are the focus of this presentation. Live action video.
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RETURN OF THE DRAGON Video order #EV-2236V...............$79.95

Recounts the story of the American alligator, our largest native reptile. Once
threatened with extinction because of poaching and habitat destruction, but now plentiful
because of the protection it received under the Endangered Species Laws, alligators have
made such a comeback in the wild that they are now dangerous pests in some regions.
Live action video.
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THE AMERICAN ALLIGATOR Video order #FV-1392V.............$59.95

The American alligator is an indelible part of the fabric of Florida lore, history and
current affairs. Its fight for survival in shrinking wetlands, near-extinction and remarkable
comeback sits at the heart of Florida's environmental crisis. A clear and concise portrait
of these amazing animals, from Precolombian times through today's environmental
headlines. (Filmstrip order FS-1392F........$49.95.)

CONTENT SAMPLE:

12. Alligators are found on the Gulf Coast from Texas to Florida, and up the East Coast
of the United States as far as North Carolina.

13. Thousands of years before Columbus discovered America, prehistoric Indians
hunted alligators. They ate their meat, used the skin for clothing and made jewelry from bones
and teeth.

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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. Also available on CD-ROM.

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.
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MARINE REPTILES Order SS-1050S...........$34.95

Found predominantly in tropical waters and in limited varieties, marine reptiles
are easy to overlook. But 8 turtle species, a lizard species, 50 snake species, and a
crocodile species frequent the oceans. 10 frames, cassette and guide. (Filmstrip order
SS-1050F..... $15.00.)

CONTENT SAMPLE: 7. Of the 3,000 or so species of living snakes some 50 species
have adapted to life in the ocean. Some are truly pelagic and may be encountered a thousand
miles from shore; others inhabit salt-water marshes and coastal bays. All of the marine snakes
belong to the family Hydrophiidae. All are poisonous and resemble the cobras and their allies
(family Elapidae) in the structure of their fangs and most other characteristics.

The marine snakes display an array of adaptations for marine life, however. Their tails
are laterally flattened and are sculled in paddle-like fashion during swimming. Most sea snakes
are covered with small, round scales and lack the enlarged ventral scales that characterize
terrestrial species. The nostrils are valvular--they can be closed when the snake submerges--and
may be displaced toward the top of the head. Nasal glands are believed to excrete excess salt.
Another modification that reflects their aquatic life is a reduction in the length of their tongues, as
the detection of airborne odors is of limited use to these fish-eaters; only the fork of the tongue
protrudes from the mouth.

Most sea snakes range from 3 to 4 ft in length, and a few may attain lengths of 8 ft.
Most inhabit coastal waters of the tropical Indian and western Pacific Oceans. One species
ranges throughout the Indian and Pacific Oceans, including the western coast of Central
America: the yellow-bellied sea snake Pelamis platurus. This truly pelagic snake is
distinguished by its sharply contrasting coloration, dark brownish back above and bright yellow
belly, that presumably helps to conceal it from predatory seabirds and fish.
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TO KNOW A POND Video order #FV-1001.........$79.95

A detailed, far-ranging photographic exploration of the complex web of life that
develops in a pond. Two parts (127 & 123 frames), very extensive 51 page guide, rich
sound track. (Filmstrip order FS-1001.)

PART I: Details the wide variety of ponds. Shoreside, carnivorous and water
plants. Introduces such diverse pond residents as plankton, insects, various scavengers
(snails, crayfish, turtles and fish), sunfish, pickerel, carp, gar, eels, bass and their
spawning behavior. Throughout, the continuity of the food chain through predation is
presented.

PART II: Presents the poikilotherms and their life patterns--frogs, salamanders,
turtles, snakes and alligators. Reproduction and development of frogs, salamanders and
turtles. The importance of ponds to skunks, raccoons, otters, moose, muskrats, beavers
and various water birds is detailed. Emphasis is on the interdependence of all elements
of the pond biosphere.

CONTENT SAMPLE:

48. . . . This bladderwort supplements its diet with minute pond creatures, plankton, tiny
invertebrate animals of many kinds.

49. "Wort" means plant and the "bladders" are the little air sacks all over the under water
part of the plant. Each sack is about 1/16 of an inch in size and is used to catch and digest its
prey.

48-49 Bladderwort has feathery underwater leaves near the surface and yellow
flowers protruding above it. The "bladders" all along its stems help keep it floating at the surface
and also trap and digest tiny water organisms that give the plant some of its nourishment. These
bladders are like little traps, set to go off if touched. When set, the walls of the bladders are
tightly compressed. When insect larvae or other plankton enter the outer openings of the
bladders, their movement springs the trap by causing a valve to open. The walls of the bladder
suddenly expand causing a rapid inrush of water which sweeps the tiny creature into the bladder
where, when the valve closes, it is held fast and digested. A plant only seven inches long may
capture 150,000 crustaceans and other small animals.

Bladderwort is most abundant in tropical waters and is found in streams, ponds, ditches
and bogs. The flowers are not always yellow--they may be white, purple or blue and the plant
may be submerged or creeping on the bottom, as well as floating at the surface. Moose and a
number of water birds feed on this plant.

REVIEWS:

AWARD FOR CREATIVE EXCELLENCE U.S. Industrial Film Festival

"...beautifully photographed, with a low-keyed narration that is almost poetic at times."
Bay Area Media Evaluation Guide.

"Overall--very interesting--informative--an excellent program....Very worthwhile to
purchase." M.E. North Park Elementary.
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