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Image by: Jan Šev?ík, BioLib.cz  

Water Hyacinth ~ Eichhornia crassipes

Series: One Species at a Time ~ The Encyclopedia of Life
From: Atlantic Public Media
Length: 00:05:30

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Also in the One Species at a Time ~ The Encyclopedia of Life series

Caption: Hypholoma fasciculare., Credit:  Albert P. Bekker, CalPhotos. CC BY-NC-SA

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From: Atlantic Public Media

Working under cover, it sends its ghostly tendrils into almost every corner of the terrestrial world.
Caption: Amorphophallus titanum, Credit:  Paul Morris, BY-SA

Corpse Flower ~ Amorphophallus (00:05:29)
From: Atlantic Public Media

When you think of charismatic megaflora, chances are you have in mind something majestic, like a towering Sequoia, or something ancient, like a Joshua tree. But a plant with ...
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Marabou Stork ~ Leptoptilos crumeniferus (00:05:30)
From: Atlantic Public Media

The marabou stork of southern Africa isn’t much to look at—it’s large, ungainly, and bald like a vulture, with a nasty appetite for carrion.
Caption: Arctic Tern, Credit: Blake Matheson, Flickr: EOL Images

Arctic Tern ~Sterna paradisaea (00:05:38)
From: Atlantic Public Media

A lifetime of migration: equal the distance to the moon and back, three times.
Caption: Eremomidas arabicus, Credit: Brigitte Howarth~Emirates Natural History Group/Zayed University

Mydas Fly ~ Eremomidas arabicus (00:05:25)
From: Atlantic Public Media

Water in the desert is not always an oasis. A cautionary tale from the United Arab Emirates
Caption: Starling, Credit: Philip Heron

Starlings ~ Sturnus vulgaris (00:06:06)
From: Atlantic Public Media

A story in two acts of the starling: omnivorous, gregarious, adaptable, and highly successful in its adopted land.
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Ugandan Butterflies ~ Pieridae (00:05:01)
From: Atlantic Public Media

Measuring change in a landscape by the span of a butterfly's wings
Caption: Angulatum

Sanibel Shells ~ Epitonium angulatum (00:05:38)
From: Atlantic Public Media

Smaller than a grain of rice..
Caption: NURC/UNCW and NOAA/FGBNMS

Sea Grapes ~ Caulerpa racemosa variety cylindracea (00:05:27)
From: Atlantic Public Media

“Sea grapes” may sound like something Poseidon would snack on, but names can be deceiving. This is a killer algae.
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Greenland Shark ~ Somniosus microcephalus (00:05:34)
From: Atlantic Public Media

Surviving the Arctic ice water

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A live host could cut the opening self id and use one of the following suggested intros:  
Next up, our special series, One Species at a Time with Ari Daniel Shapiro from The Encyclopedia of Life
OR
From the Encyclopedia of Life, here's Ari Daniel Shapiro for One Species At a Time.  

 
NB: Each piece has a back announce with credits and music mixed in. 

Musical Works

Title Artist Album Label Year Length
Land Theme Georg Brandl Egloff 2010 00:00

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