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Breakthrough: Finding a Cancer Killer

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Dr. June and his team are developing a theory that will kill a cancer cell.

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Crash Course: Biology: Eukaryotic Transportation and Building

Hank provides an overview of the function of the Endoplasmic Reticulum (ER), Ribosomes, Golgi App...

01:55

CrashCourse: Coolest Part of the Cell

Hank explains the function of mitochondria and what makes it so cool. He also explains how scient...

06:19

Crash Course: Biology: Membranes & Transport

Hank explains active and vesicular transport then covers how cells regulate their contents and pr...

02:06

CrashCourse: Eukaryotic Nucleus

Hank explains the role of the nucleus in a eukaryotic cell. He backs up his explanation with comp...

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Seinfeld: George vs. The Geriatric Bike Gang

George pretends to be handicapped, and while riding his bike, he hits a senior man's bike. When c...

06:54

Crash Course: Biology: Animal Development

Hank explains the way in which organisms grow and develop. He covers how to determine the complex...

01:54

Animaniacs: The Senses Song

The Warners explain the five main human senses (Sight, Touch, Taste, Smell, and Hearing) and acco...

01:23

Rugrats: Cookie Withdrawal

Angelica is having withdrawal symptoms from not having cookies. She shows her desperation to the ...

03:58

The Simpsons: Marge Gets Stressed Out

Marge is put under a lot of stress with all of her responsibilities, which include solving the pr...

02:19

The Ellen DeGeneres Show: Four-Year-Old Teaches Biology

Four-year-old Brielle shares with us some facts about the human body. She covers facts about the ...

00:44

A Bug's Life: Beautiful Butterfly

Heimlich hatches from his chrysalis and turns into a "beautiful" butterfly. This clip illustrates...

01:35

Osmosis Jones: Big Bad Pickanosis

Thrax holds an evil meeting in which he highlights his successes as a viruses. He illustrates tha...

02:03

The Magic School Bus: Structure's The Thing

Ralphie and the rest of the class attempt to learn about the structure of the body in order to bu...

02:54

The Magic School Bus: Ralphie's Cell Battle

Ralphie's class enters his body to find out what is making him sick. His classmates find bacteria...

03:02

Schoolhouse Rock!: Them Not-So-Dry Bones

This clip illustrates the skeletal system and describes its purpose: to protect the body and give...

01:54

Bill Nye, the Science Guy: Cold-Blooded Reptiles

Bill Nye introduces reptiles and explains how they are able to live in different environments aro...

01:09

The Big Bang Theory: Sheldon Explains Homeostasis

Sheldon explains the concept of homeostasis to Penny and tries to convince Penny to stay in her r...

02:40

Caillou: Butterfly Surprise

Caillou and his class visit the butterfly conservatory. There, they learn about the different sta...

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Caillou: Caillou Teaches Rosie About Bugs

Caillou introduces Rosie to ants and explains that they're harmless. He then shows Rosie a caterp...

03:02

Schoolhouse Rock!: Do the Circulation

This catchy song introduces the viewer to the circulatory system and explains its basic function:...

02:39

The Ellen DeGeneres Show: Four-Year-Old Teaches Anatomy

Four-year-old Brielle teaches Ellen and the audience about the skeletal system. She identifies se...

02:08

Bill Nye, the Science Guy: Joints

Bill Nye describes the different types of joints in the body and illustrates how they contribute ...

00:51

Maggie Simpson in The Longest Daycare: Goodnight Cocoon

Maggie finds a caterpillar crawling on the floor and starts playing with it. She carries it away ...

01:12

A Bug's Life: You're Still a Seed

Dot believes that she should be able to fly since she's a Royal Ant. Flik illustrates biological ...

00:59

Rick and Morty: Welcome to Anatomy Park

Rick sends Morty to Anatomy Park so that he can find Doctor Bloom and help save Reuben's life fro...

01:20

Rick and Morty: Alveoli Forest

The group escapes from hepatitis B and enters Alveoli Forest, where they encounter the bronchial ...

03:03

Schoolhouse Rock!: The Body Machine

This clip explains the purpose of food: fuel for the body. It illustrates the digestive system an...

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02:55

Here Comes the Boom: What Happens to a Stagnant Cell?

Mr. Voss explains what a stagnant cell is by using teamwork as an analogy.

02:11

Seinfeld: Kramer's Body Clock

Kramer explains how he doesn't trust alarm clocks and instead relies on his mental alarm, or body...

02:23

The Magic School Bus: The Missing Link: Muscles

Ralphie's robot will not move, and the class learns that it doesn't move because it lacks muscles...

03:54

The Magic School Bus: How a Plant Makes Food

By observing the chloroplasts in a leaf, the students learn that plants produce their own food an...

04:05

The Magic School Bus: How Water Changes

The class goes to Water Land and learns about how water changes when it is exposed to different a...

02:04

The Simpsons: Mr. Burns Political Advert

Mr. Burns makes a political campaign to rally the support of his peers. While doing so, he introd...

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The Simpsons: Bart Catches a Three-Eyed Fish

Dave Shutton, an investigative reporter, approaches Bart and Lisa as they're fishing and talks to...

02:10

Planet of the Apes: Human See, Human Do

Bright Eyes keeps trying to form words and is very responsive to human stimuli. The apes possess ...

01:10

Rick and Morty: Small Intestine

The group takes a boat ride through the small intestine, where the workers are not only singing a...

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02:40

The Theory of Everything: It's Called Motor Neuron Disease

The doctor explains to Stephen Hawking that Motor Neuron Disease is affecting his ability to use ...

04:12

Sid the Science Kid: Plant Growth

Teacher Suzy explains to her students an experiment with plants to help them understand how plant...

03:54

Sid the Science Kid: Sid's Amazing Lungs

Teacher Suzy explains to her students how lungs work then investigates the different ways in whic...

01:33

Sid the Science Kid: Muscles Muscles Song

Teacher Suzy sings about muscles. The song mentions that muscles are everywhere throughout our bo...

03:02

Schoolhouse Rock!: Telegraph Line

This clip introduces the nervous system and illustrates its different parts. It also explains the...

01:10

The Simpsons: Homer's Evolution

Homer evolves from a single-celled organism into a modern-day human. A great depiction of evolution.

03:34

Crash Course: Biology: Eukaryopolis - Animal Cells

Hank explains the inner workings of a eukaryotic cell and the role of several organelles. He comp...

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CrashCourse: In Da Club: Membranes and Transplant

Hank explains diffusion and demonstrates the diffusion process by placing dyed salt water (in a s...

03:53

Crash Course: Biology: Heredity

Hank explains that heredity is the passing on of genetic traits from parents to offspring. He mak...

04:40

Crash Course: Biology: DNA Structure

Hank explains that DNA stores our genetic instructions and illustrates how DNA is structured. He ...

01:44

CrashCourse: Mitosis Splitting Up

Mitosis is a key function in your body that constantly remediates cuts, repairs cells and accomod...

02:35

CrashCourse: Meiosis: Where Sex Starts

Hank introduces meiosis, a special type of cell division that is necessary for sexual reproductio...

05:31

CrashCourse: Evolutionary Development

Hank explains that animals are more similar to us than we imagined. He compares the ways in which...

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Crash Course: Biology: Mitosis Prophase and Metaphase

Hank explains the first two phases of mitosis: Prophase and Metaphase.

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01:35

CrashCourse: Mitosis Anaphase and Telophase

Hank explains the last two phases of mitosis - Anaphase and Telophase.

02:58

Crash Course: Biology: Phenotype

Hank explains how one's genotype affects his/her phenotype then gives an example of male pattern ...

02:04

Gattaca: A De-gene-erate

Eugene uses his own DNA samples to help Vincent pass as a "valid," or someone with a superior gen...

07:36

Crash Course: Biology: Photosynthesis

Hank explains in-depth the series of reactions that take place for a plant to produce food for it...

04:24

Crash Course: Biology: The Calvin Cycle

Hank explains the Calvin Cycle, the light-independent reactions that occur within a plant to turn...

04:18

Crash Course: Biology: Meiosis I: The Four Phases

Hank explains the four phases of meiosis 1: prophase 1, metaphase 1, anaphase 1, and telophase 1....

02:14

Crash Course: Biology: Meiosis II

Hank explains that the process of meiosis 2 is exactly the same as mitosis, though the goal is di...

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CrashCourse: Charles Darwin and Natural Selection

Hank provides background information on the biologist who contributed to evolutionary history: Ch...

05:09

Crash Course: Biology: Speciation: Of Ligers and Men

Hank explains what defines a species: the ability to create fertile offspring. He also explains t...

04:40

Crash Course: Biology: Types of Selection

Hank lists the different types of natural selection and explains each of them. He accompanies eac...

02:02

Crash Course: Biology: Dominant and Recessive Genes

Hank explains how dominant and recessive traits work using an example of wet and dry ear wax.

00:32

Crash Course: Biology: Differences of RNA

Hank points out the three major differences between DNA and RNA. He mentions that RNA plays a cru...

05:44

Crash Course: Biology: DNA Transcription

Hank explains how DNA and three specialized versions of RNA synthesize proteins. He delves into t...

03:19

CrashCourse: DNA Translation

Hank explains the process of DNA translation, which decodes the genetic instructions to create pr...

03:20

Crash Course: Biology: ATP

Hank explains how Adenosine Triphosphate (ATP) is used in the body. He describes ATP as the curre...

03:17

CrashCourse: Glycolysis

Hank walks through the first stage of cellular respiration, Glycolysis, which is the breaking dow...

03:51

Crash Course: Biology: The Krebs Cycle

Hank explains another stage of cellular respiration, The Krebs Cycle (also known as the Citric Ac...

01:53

CrashCourse: Electron Transport Chain

Hank explains the Electron Transport Chain stage of cellular respiration. He notes that this stag...

06:10

Crash Course: Biology: Plant Cells vs. Animal Cells

Hank illustrates the differences between plant and animal cells. Both are eukaryotic cells, but t...

00:26

The Simpsons: Jesus Fish

Flanders explains to Lisa how he created the Jesus fish: through natural selection.

02:39

Teen Wolf: First Wolf-Out

Scott goes through his first transformation into a werewolf in the bathroom. Little did he know, ...

03:20

Inside Eddie Johnson: Sugar Shock

Eddie Johnson has consumed a lot of sugar, and The Pancreas Supervisor explains how he handles th...

03:16

Inside Eddie Johnson: Sugar Rush

Eddie Johnson is in study hall, and he is hungry. The Digestion Supervisor inside his stomach des...

02:48

Finding Dory: Stealthy Hank

Hank the octopus uses numerous defense mechanisms to hide, sneak around, and protect both himself...

03:05

Jurassic Park: Mr. DNA

Hammond shows the crew a video that explains how Jurassic Park scientists acquired dinosaur DNA a...

02:54

Sneakers: Sound Localization

A security professional is tasked with determining the location of an event. Through deductive re...

01:51

The Wild Thornberrys: Animal Facts

Eliza and Darwin go on several adventures to learn interesting facts about different creatures of...

02:41

Idiocracy: It's What Plants Crave

The most average man in the world is preserved. When he awakens, he is the smartest man in the wo...

03:37

Finding Nemo: Anglerfish Chase

Dory drops the scubadiving goggles that she and Marlin found, and they swim to the abyss to find ...

02:06

Thomas Edison's Secret Lab: Zero Chemistry

Von Bolt learns about the pheromones and tries to use them to get the attention of a new lady rob...

01:36

The Boys from Brazil: Cloning a Rabbit

Dr. Bruckner demonstrates cloning by injecting the blood cells of a black rabbit into a white rab...

02:26

Animated Hero Classics: Louis Pasteur

Louis Pasteur is remembered for his remarkable breakthroughs in the causes and preventions of dis...

02:48

I Love Lucy: Too Much Yeast!

Lucy and Ethel bake bread but put too much yeast. This clip can be used as an introduction to tea...

01:24

Contagion: A Viable Vaccine

The CDC attempts to find a solution for a worldwide epidemic. However, it is easier said than don...

01:04

Contagion: Modeling of a Virus

The team creates a model of the virus causing an epidemic to better understand how it behaves and...

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Bill Nye, the Science Guy: Everything That Eats Is Connected

Bill Nye explains the food web and how every living thing, even a human, is connected in it. He i...

02:21

The Simpsons: The Defective Simpsons Gene

Homer brings together relatives from the tri-state area in an attempt to prove to Lisa that there...

02:10

Beakman's World: Sneezing and Tears

Beakmans explains that onions make you cry because of the chemical that gets into your nose. He t...

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Beakman's World: Vaccines and The Immune System

Beakman explains what a vaccine is by acting like Edward Jenner. He explains how Jenner created t...

06:01

Beakman's World: Ant Anatomy

Beakman explains how ants find food using a video clip. He then shows a model of an ant and goes ...

01:44

Adaptation: Spot Your Flower

Laroche and Orlean are at a flower show looking at different flowers. Laroche spots an orchid and...

04:32

Beakman's World: Cell Restaurant

Beakman answers quick questions about blood, veins, and their functions. They demonstrate this by...

03:02

Science with Sophie: Adaptations

Sophie discusses how plants and animals need to compete in order to survive and the role that ada...

02:44

Crash Course: Biology: Classification of Fats

Hank explains the different types of fat (saturated, unsaturated, omega-3, trans) that exist and ...

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Crash Course: Biology: You Are What You Eat: Biological Molecules

Hank explains that biological molecules are essential sources of energy. They are used for energy...

04:21

Beakman's World: How the Lungs Work

Beakman explains why we breathe and then uses an anatomical model to show which parts of the lung...

04:27

Beakman's World: The Heart

Beakman explains what the heart is and how it works using a model and an animated clip. He shows ...

04:14

Beakman's World: What is Urine?

Beakman uses a model to explain how cells release waste and the kidneys need to filter it. He the...

03:21

Breakthrough: Finding a Cancer Killer

Dr. June and his team are developing a theory that will kill a cancer cell.

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03:53

Fizzy's Lunch Lab: Protein Power Up

The Lunch Labbers can’t keep up with Corporal Cup’s exercise regimen. Their muscles are tired. Fi...

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03:05

CrashCourse: Population Genetics

Hank describes the five factors that explain changes in allele frequency, which are at the heart ...

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03:13

National Geographic: Genetics Overview

What is a genome, and how are traits passed from generation to generation? Learn how pea plants h...

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02:10

Science with Sophie: Dog Diversity

Sophie tackles the question of why there are so many different breeds of dogs. She briefly discus...

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Beakman's World: Natural Selection

Beakman explains that giraffes have long necks so they can eat leaves out of trees. He mentions t...

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02:13

Bill Nye, the Science Guy: The Eyeball

Bill Nye explains some parts of the eye and explains how the eye works with the brain. Your eye c...

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Bill Nye, the Science Guy: The Ear

Bill Nye explains the flow of vibrations through the ear. Humans perceive sound after vibrations ...

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02:02

Hannah Montana: The Bone Dance

Miley Stewart memorizes the names of the bones in the human body by putting them into a song. She...

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01:06

The Big Bang Theory: Prefrontal Cortex

Amy briefly explains the roles of the prefrontal cortex, the limbic system, and the amygdala in t...

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Beakman's World: How the Nose Works

He uses a cartoon clip to explain the anatomy of the nasal cavity and where mucus is produced. He...

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Beakman's World: Why do Feet Smell?

Beakman explains that shoes stink because of the bacteria on your feet. He uses a microscope to q...

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Beakman's World: Explaining Pimples

Beakman explains what pimples are by using an animated clip. He explains normal function of your ...

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04:16

Beakman's World: Creating Music

Beakman explains what sound waves and vibration are and explains how these create music. He then ...

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04:05

Beakman's World: Hair Growth

Beakman explains how hair grows starting with the hair follicle, why hair falls out and why diffe...

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03:59

National Geographic: The Brain

The brain constitutes only about 2 percent of the human body, yet it is responsible for all of th...

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02:42

National Geographic: The Heart

The human heart beats up to 3 billion times over an average lifespan. Learn about the anatomy of ...

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National Geographic: How The Eye Makes Sense of The World

How does the eye work exactly? In the latest video from Decoder, learn some of the extraordinary ...

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05:03

Crash Course: Anatomy & Physiology: All About Nutrients

Hank explains the different types of nutrients that our body needs: water, vitamins, minerals, ca...

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01:15

Science with Sophie: Taste Buds

Sophie explains the purpose of taste buds and how they've helped humans survive. She also briefly...

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04:10

Beakman's World: Earwax Explained

Beakman explains earwax and its purpose using a giant ear with wax in it and an animated clip. He...

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Beakman's World: Allergies

Beakman explains what allergies and allergens are. He talks about how the immune system causes th...

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04:36

Beakman's World: Beakman Explains Sweat

Beakman uses an animated clip to explain how perspiration keeps us cool in the same way that a ca...

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Beakman's World: Nerve Responsibility

Beakman explains that nerves are responsible for our five senses. He uses an animated clip to exp...

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Beakman's World: Optical Illusions

Beakman explains how vision works involving the brain and eyes. He then explains how this works t...

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Beakman's World: Building up Gas

Beakman explains flatulence and why our bodies build up gas that needs to be expelled. He explain...

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02:59

Science with Sophie: Why Do We Cry?

Sophie explains the purpose of tears and discusses the different types of tears that we produce. ...

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Science with Sophie: The Role of Snot

Sophie conducts an experiment in which she creates a snot-like substance. She then explains the p...

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Science with Sophie: What Are Scabs?

Sophie explains how scabs form and how wounds are healed. She uses an analogy involving beavers b...

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02:06

Science with Sophie: All About Fear

Sophie discusses fear and explains its purpose: to keep us alive. She illustrates what happens to...

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05:23

Friends: Evolution Argument

When Phoebe states that she doesn't believe in evolution, Ross tries to convince her that it is a...

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00:56

Creation: You've Killed God, Sir

Charles Darwin struggles with the meaning of his research, and Thomas Huxley tells him that his t...

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60 Minutes: Visualizing Antibiotic Resistance

To illustrate why excessive use of antibiotics is a problem, a scientist performs an experiment. ...

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03:59

National Geographic: The Neanderthals

This clip explains the known history of the Neanderthals, who were the closest relatives to the m...

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01:27

Fly Away Home: Taking Flight

Amy and her father prepare to guide the geese south for the winter. They plan out the journey and...

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03:59

The Lion King: The Circle Of Life

All the animals in the animal kingdom rush to see the new prince of the animal kingdom, a lion cu...

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03:04

Schoolhouse Rock!: Save the Ocean

This clip promotes the protection and preservation of marine ecosystems. It explains how global w...

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The Magic School Bus: It's What Earth Day Is All About

Tim mentions to Inspector 47 that all of the plants, animals, bugs, and insects in the rainforest...

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02:47

Breakthrough (2015): Restoring Ecosystems

Sandra Postel works tirelessly to help the Colorado River once again fulfill its destiny of reach...

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03:00

National Geographic: Light Pollution

Ever since the light bulb's invention 150 years ago, artificial light has illuminated homes, stre...

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03:18

National Geographic: What are Rainforests?

This clip provides an overview of rainforests. It describes their age, unique characteristics, im...

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01:50

A Plastic Ocean: Plastic Ocean

This clip describes the disastrous impact that our use of plastic has on the environment. It desc...

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02:19

CrashCourse: That's Why Carbon is a Tramp

Hank explains the properties of Carbon and its flexible bonding criteria, which allows it to bond...

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02:00

Wild Kratts: Slow Sloths

Chris transforms into a sloth to understand how it can hang for so long. The group's impression o...

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The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy: Fish Out of Water

Billy's tiny, unhealthy, pet fish is made giant-sized by Grim as Billy was sleeping. Too big for ...