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How Ingenious Animals Have Engineered Air Conditioning

Join Joe Hanson as he explores curiosity and illuminates the science behind… well, everything.

How Ingenious Animals Have Engineered Air Conditioning

Season 5 Episode 20 | 3m 54s | CC

Are humans nature’s greatest architects? When we look elsewhere in nature, we find some pretty amazing animal architects. Species like ants, termites, prairie dogs, birds, and more have engineered some incredible structures. This week we look at how a few of these species have mastered physics to install air conditioning in their homes!

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