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Happy National Dog Day!🐕 We’re still figuring out the details, but most scientists agree that it took thousands of years of interactions to develop our deep bond with dogs. When did they first become domesticated? Where did this happen? And what did the process look like, in terms of genetics and anatomy?

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Happy Naming Day, Borealopelta markmitchelli !! #OTD in 2017, a new armored dinosaur was described based on an exceptionally preserved specimen from northern Alberta, Canada.
Be sure to watch our episode, "The Dinosaur Who Was Buried at Sea", to learn more about this incredible fossil.

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Buzzzz...its World Mosquito Day! 🦟 To learn more about these pesky insects and our role in their evolution, check out our episode, "We Helped Make Mosquitoes A Problem".

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Today is World Lizard Day! 🦎To help you celebrate, check out our episode, "When Lizards Took Over the World"!

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Kallie recently made an appearance on ‪@BizarreBeasts‬ with Hank Green and Eons Producer Sarah Suta to determine which blobby animal is the blobbiest. Check it out!

1 week ago | [YT] | 178

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These are some of the folks that help make Eons possible! 👏

We're gearing up for our 8th season, and that's due in part to support from our audience. You can join us at patreon.com/eons.

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Meet the fossil hunter who holds the Guinness Record for... the world's largest collection of dinosaur poop? George Frandsen has amassed thousands of coprolites (aka dinosaur dung), which hold surprisingly valuable secrets about the lives of dinosaurs. To find out more about George's lifelong quest to give these fossils the respect they deserve, check out the latest Walking with Dinosaurs Unearthed episode on PBS Terra https://youtu.be/lAsEZRiL_nM and learn more about coprolites with our most recent video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNR5v...

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Be sure to check out these Eons episodes to help you celebrate World Snake Day!

🐍 How Snake Venom Sparked An Evolutionary Arms Race - https://youtu.be/_zGy_tr_tY4
🐍 The Great Snake Debate - https://youtu.be/gIvrGtgVtr8
🐍 Primates vs Snakes (An Evolutionary Arms Race) - https://youtu.be/FbCoKIW0LGE
🐍 How a Hot Planet Created the World's Biggest Snake - https://youtu.be/T-hDNbM-WLk

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In celebration of the return of Walking With Dinosaurs, we’ve created a group of special, themed episodes. This week's video is about how the presence of giant dinosaurs engineered ancient ecosystems, and the extinction of the dinosaurs gave us fruit.

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To celebrate Shark Awareness Day, check out these Eons episodes!

🦈Why Megalodon (Definitely) Went Extinct - https://youtu.be/BTPcq2HczVY
🦈When Sharks Swam the Great Plains - https://youtu.be/xvAvN5xn5oY
🦈The Strange Case of the Buzzsaw Jaws - https://youtu.be/S5GHg27wYLI

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