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The beaver (genus Castor) is a primarily nocturnal, large, semiaquatic rodent. Castor includes two extant species, the North American beaver (Castor canadensis) (native to North America) and Eurasian beaver (Castor fiber) (Eurasia). Beavers are known for building dams, canals, and lodges (homes). They are the second-largest rodent in the world (after the capybara). Their colonies create one or more dams to provide still, deep water to protect against predators, and to float food and building material. The North American beaver population was once more than 60 million, but as of 1988 was 6–12 million. This population decline is the result of extensive hunting for fur, for glands used as medicine and perfume, and because the beavers' harvesting of trees and flooding of waterways may interfere with other land uses.
Beavers, along with pocket gophers and kangaroo rats, are castorimorph rodents, a suborder of rodents mostly restricted to North America. Although just two closely related species exist today, beavers have a long fossil history in the Northern Hemisphere beginning in the Eocene, and many species of giant beaver existed until quite recently, such as Trogontherium in Europe, and Castoroides in North America.
An alphabet song is any of various songs used to teach children an alphabet. Alphabet songs typically follow the alphabetic principle (though the phonics method offers variants). In languages such as English with morphophonemic variation (e.g. "cake" is /ˈkeɪk/, not [ˈkaːkɛ]), an alphabet song usually chooses a particular pronunciation for each letter in the alphabet and also typically for some words in the song.
"The A.B.C." /ˌeɪˌbiːˈsiː/ or "A.B.Cs" /ˌeɪˌbiːˈsiːz/ is one of the best-known English language alphabet songs, and perhaps the one most frequently referred to as "the alphabet song", especially in the United States.
The song was first copyrighted in 1835 by the Boston-based music publisher Charles Bradlee, and given the title "The A.B.C., a German air with variations for the flute with an easy accompaniment for the piano forte". The musical arrangement was attributed to Louis Le Maire (sometimes Lemaire), an 18th-century composer. This was "Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1835, by C. Bradlee, in the clerk's office of the District Court of Massachusetts", according to the Newberry Library, which also says, "The theme is that used by Mozart for his piano variations, Ah, vous dirai-je, maman." This tune is the same as the tune for "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" and "Baa, Baa, Black Sheep".
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A nursery rhyme is a traditional poem or song for young children in Britain and many other countries, but usage only dates from the late 18th /early 19th century. In North America the term Mother Goose Rhymes, introduced in the mid-18th century, is still often used.
The oldest children's songs of which we have records are lullabies, intended to help a child sleep. Lullabies can be found in every human culture. The English term lullaby is thought to come from "lu, lu" or "la la" sound made by mothers or nurses to calm children, and "by by" or "bye bye", either another lulling sound, or a term for good night. Until the modern era lullabies were usually only recorded incidentally in written sources. The Roman nurses' lullaby, "Lalla, Lalla, Lalla, aut dormi, aut lacta", is recorded in a scholium on Persius and may be the oldest to survive.
Many medieval English verses associated with the birth of Jesus take the form of a lullaby, including "Lullay, my liking, my dere son, my sweting" and may be versions of contemporary lullabies. However, most of those used today date from the 17th century. For example, a well known lullaby such as "Rock-a-bye, baby on a tree top", cannot be found in records until the late-18th century when it was printed by John Newbery (c. 1765).
An alphabet is a standard set of letters (basic written symbols or graphemes) which is used to write one or more languages based on the general principle that the letters represent phonemes (basic significant sounds) of the spoken language. This is in contrast to other types of writing systems, such as syllabaries (in which each character represents a syllable) and logographies (in which each character represents a word, morpheme, or semantic unit).
The Proto-Canaanite script, later known as the Phoenician alphabet, is the first fully phonemic script. Thus the Phoenician alphabet is considered to be the first alphabet. The Phoenician alphabet is the ancestor of most modern alphabets, including Arabic, Greek, Latin, Cyrillic, Hebrew, and possibly Brahmic. According to terminology introduced by Peter T. Daniels, an "alphabet" is a script that represents both vowels and consonants as letters equally. In this narrow sense of the word the first "true" alphabet was the Greek alphabet, which was developed on the basis of the earlier Phoenician alphabet. In other alphabetic scripts such as the original Phoenician, Hebrew or Arabic, letters predominantly or exclusively represent consonants; such a script is also called an abjad. A third type, called abugida or alphasyllabary, is one where vowels are shown by diacritics or modifications of consonantal base letters, as in Devanagari and other South Asian scripts.
Actors: Toni Braxton (actress), Christopher Lloyd (actor), Jaime Pressly (actress), Chazz Palminteri (actor), Cary Elwes (actor), Cloris Leachman (actress), Michael Buster (miscellaneous crew), Lee Meltzer (miscellaneous crew), Matthew Diamond (director), Timothy Martin (miscellaneous crew), Paul Isakson (miscellaneous crew), Paul Isakson (actor), Doug Kolbicz (miscellaneous crew), Girish Bhargava (editor), Maya Stange (actress),
Plot: It's Schluufy's birthday, and the Oogieloves (Goobie, Zoozie and Toofie), along with their friends J. Edgar, Windy Window and Ruffy, are organizing a party. (Shh! It's a secret.) Everything is going along just perfectly until J. Edgar trips and loses the last five magical balloons in all of Lovelyloveville--OH NO! The Oogiloves set out to find the magical balloons in time to save their friend's party. Along the way, they meet some very interesting characters indeed, including Dotty Rounder (Cloris Leachman), Bobby Wobbly (Carey Elwes), Milky Marvin (Chazz Palminteri), Rosalie Rosebud (Toni Braxton) and Lola and Lero Sombero (Christopher Lloyd and Jaime Pressly). Can these new friends help them recover the magical balloons and get back to the cottage in time to celebrate Schluufy's surprise birthday?
Keywords: based-on-film, box-office-flop, critically-bashedActors: Mel Blanc (actor), Ben Hardaway (actor), Grace Stafford (actress), Grace Stafford (actress), Grace Stafford (actress), Grace Stafford (actress), Grace Stafford (actress), Walter Lantz (producer), Clarence Wheeler (composer), Walter Lantz (director),
Genres: Animation, Comedy, Family, Short,Actors: Mel Blanc (actor), Mel Blanc (actor), Mel Blanc (actor), Frank Graham (actor), Edward Selzer (producer), Tedd Pierce (writer), Carl W. Stalling (composer), Chuck Jones (director), Treg Brown (editor),
Plot: Anxious to get to work with the big guys damming the river before the flood hits, a little beaver keeps getting in the way of their work. Finally, the foreman sends him off to chop down that big tree "way over there." Meanwhile, the flood rushes closer and closer.
Keywords: beaver, cartoon-beaver, english-subtitles-in-original, flood, hungarian-rhapsody-by-liszt, merrie-melodies, surrealism, termite, william-tell-overtureActors: Jimmy Durante (actor), Ernie Alexander (actor), Harry Barris (actor), Frank Austin (actor), Billy Bletcher (actor), Sidney Bracey (actor), Charles Butterworth (actor), Jack Byron (actor), Richard Carle (actor), George Beranger (actor), Baldwin Cooke (actor), Ray Cooke (actor), Richard Cramer (actor), Walt Disney (actor), Jimmy Durante (actor),
Plot: Jimmy Durante is jungle star Schnarzan the Conqueror, but the public is tiring of his fake lions. So when Baron Munchausen comes to town with real man-eating lions, Durante throws a big party with so that he might use the lions in his next movie. His film rival sneaks into the party to buy the lions before Durante.
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Watch the full-length program at http://video.pbs.org/video/2365243455/?utm_source=youtube&utm;_medium=pbsofficial&utm;_campaign=naat_covefullprogram (US Only) "Leave it to Beavers" on NATURE tells the story of beavers in North America -- their history, their near extinction, and their current comeback as modern day eco-heroes. The program airs Wednesday, May 14 at 8 p.m. (ET) on PBS (check local listings). After the broadcast, the episode will be available for online streaming at pbs.org/nature.
Kids Learn Today the Alphabet & Two Words for Each Letter in this Busy Beavers Collection with a Fun & Catchy Melody. Babies & Toddlers will also Have Fun Singing Along to Nursery Rhymes & Educational Videos. The Alphabet Song No.1 (3D) 00:09 Busy Beavers From Amazon 03:11 Animal Alphabet Song 05:16 ABC Song 07:02 Alphabet Phonics Level 1 Lower Case "t" 07:54 Alphabet Phonics with Surprise Eggs 10:09 The Orange is Orange 12:54 The Alphabet Song No.2 (3D) 15:43 5 Little Monkeys 18:51 Island Shapes Groove 20:53 Princess ABCS Alphabet Mermaid 20:17 Alphabet Phonics Level 1 Lower Case "T" 26:50 Baa Baa Black Sheep 29:05 Wheels on the Bus Pink 29:56 Busy Beavers TV Show Song 31:41 Humpty Dumpty 34:13 Letters of the Alphabet 36:51 The Alphabet Song (3D) 37:39 Alphabet Phonics Level 2 Lower Case...
DURATION: 30 MINUTES David Attenborough narrates a documentary on beavers. One of nature's most industrious animals, beavers, divert rivers, fell trees and build log cabins. But unlike humans, any one beaver can embody all the skills of a lumberjack, a carpenter, an architect, a surveyor and a hydro-engineer. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007cklf
The American beaver's ability to nibble wood demonstrates the stunning adaptability of these amazing mammals. In addition to creating their own lake, this family of beavers construct a make-shift fridge and winter-time snug. From the BBC's Life of Mammals documentary series. Watch more high quality videos on the BBC Earth YouTube channel here: http://www.youtube.com/BBCEarth and visit http://www.BBCEarth.com for all the latest natural history exclusives and fantastic new wildlife videos.
Babies & Toddlers Learn the Alphabet Phonics with this Fun & Colorful Busy Beavers Collection for Kids. Have Fun Learning the ABCs, 123s, Colors, Shapes, Nursery Rhymes & More. Alphabet Phonics Song (3D) 00:08 Surprise Eggs ABCs 03:17 Busy Beavers From Amazon 04:41 Dolphin Finger Family with Surprise Eggs 06:46 I Love to Sing the ABCs (3D) 07:55 Red Circle Blue Circle (3D) 10:38 Alphabet Phonics Level 1 Lower Case ""r"" 12:44 Baa Baa Black Sheep 14:56 Animal Alphabet Song 15:48 Alphabet Song 18:06 Ice Cream ABCs 18:58 What Time Is It 21:30 ABC Smooth Groove 24:22 Alphabet Phonics Level 1 Upper Case ""R"" 27:35 Wheels on the Bus Purple 30:05 Busy Beavers TV Show Song 31:47 Campfire ABCs 34:19 The Paint is Pink (3D) 37:39 Counting to 30 (3D) 39:47 Electric Colors (3D) 42:33 Alphabet Phonics...
SciShow shares fun facts about nature's greatest engineers: the beaver! Special thanks to Dr. Heidi Perryman of http://www.martinezbeavers.org/ for pointing out some of our photo examples were of nutria, also called coypu, another large aquatic rodent, that is also cute, but not a beaver. --------- Want to learn more about Animal Wonders? https://www.youtube.com/user/Anmlwndrs ---------- Like SciShow? Want to help support us, and also get things to put on your walls, cover your torso and hold your liquids? Check out our awesome products over at DFTBA Records: http://dftba.com/artist/52/SciShow Or help support us by subscribing to our page on Subbable: https://subbable.com/scishow ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter:...
Due to the volume of VERY disturbing comments we have gotten on this video, ALL comments are by approval ONLY! Any hateful, mean or offensive comments will be deleted. The sound in the video IS the baby beavers, we have no baby humans here! Everything in this video is VERY legal and done with permission of all appropriate authorities. You can visit our website at www.nc-claws.org or you can visit us on facebook under CLAWS, Inc. Beaver trapping and killing is very common in NC. The law says they must be put back where they came from if rehabilitated. We couldn't do this, they'd be killed. These beavers have a happy ending. Remember, most rehabilitators are not allowed to tell the public how to raise wildlife. So if you find links with formulas, they typically aren't actually good f...
Sir David Attenborough narrates this fascinating animal video recording the way in which beavers build a lodge in just 20 days. Includes cute footage of baby beavers. Interesting wildlife video from BBC show 'Beavers: The Master Builder'.
On Animal Planet's series "Fooled by Nature," Beavers create dams in order to make their living area collect more water. One beaver can chop down 200 trees a year and it only takes a few hours for them to gnaw through one.
Listened to me. Saw right through me.
Didn't know me like you thought you knew me.
That's the danger of calling someone friend.
Hard heart, no pulse, still veins,
The vision comes over and over again.
Mistake you made
You jumped in and honestly thought it was safe.
My brave new heart will wander the streets like a dog.