115: LIVE - Eyevolution III & Fat Bear Week
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It's our first ever LIVE SHOW!!! We return to the threequel of eyevolution to look at... eyelids? How interesting could that be? And Caroline teaches us about the competition, the science, and the adorable bears of fat bear week!
Images we talk about:
(Also available at https://www.letslearneverything.com/115/)
Tom's Topic Reveal Slide
Special Guest
Seal
Bear 480: Otis 1
Bear 480: Otis 2
Bear 480: Otis Comparison
Bear 132 Cub 1
Bear 132 Cub 2
Bear Bracket
Bear 89 Backpack 1
Bear 89 Backpack 2
Bear 89 Backpack 3
Bear 747 Bear Force One 1
Bear 747 Bear Force One 2
Timestamps:
(00:00:00) Intro
(00:06:51) Eyevolution III
(00:28:06) Fat Bear Week
(00:52:01) Outro
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We also learn about:
Sources:
The origin of blinking in both mudskippers and tetrapods
Southwest Eye Institue Blinking and Eye Health
Review of Opthamology on Blinking and Tears
Review of Lacrimal Gland from Journal of Opthamology
Advances in Clinical Chemistry: Chapter on Tear Film
Alaska Department of Fish and Game on Seal Tear Ducts
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Four Paws: Torpor vs Hibernation
North American Bear Centre: Bear Activity and Hibernation
Four Paws: The Brown Bear: Way of Life & Offspring
Explore: Bear of Fat Bear Week
DOI: Everything You Want to Know About Katmai National Park’s Fat Bears
Explore: FBW 2026
BBC: 'Backpack' declared Alaska's Fat Bear Week winner
Wiki: Fat Bear Week
National Park Service: Bears of Katmai
Explore: FBW Hall of Champions
Guardian: Backpack Wins Fat Bear Week
PBS: Gentle Giant Backpack Declared Winner of Alaska's Fat Bear Week
Friends of Bridger Teton: When You Have to Eat All Day – Hyperphagia
FWS: Fat Bear Diet Plan
National Park Service: FBW Past and Present
Wiki: Hibernation
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