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In this video, we look at the adaptations of living organisms. First we explore what is meant by anatomical, behavioural and physiological adaptations, giving examples of each. We then explore what is meant by convergent evolution and look at how this is seen in placental moles and marsupial moles.

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Butterfly fish
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chaetodon_capistratus_14zz.jpg
Photo by David J. Stang, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Polyphemus Moth
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Antheraea_polyphemus_-_Polyphemus_Moth.jpg
Ilona Loser, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Automeris io
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Patrick Coin (Patrick Coin), CC BY-SA 2.5 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5, via Wikimedia Commons

Mycalesis patnia
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L. Shyamal, CC BY-SA 2.5 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5, via Wikimedia Commons

Sand lizard
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Zauneidechse_1469.jpg
Pelz, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Dolphin
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dolphind.jpg
sheilapic76, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Marram Grass
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Marram_Grass,_Goswick_Sand_Dunes_-_geograph.org.uk_-_2135294.jpg
Marram Grass, Goswick Sand Dunes by Mick Garratt, CC BY-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Bonobo using stick
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_Bonobo_at_the_San_Diego_Zoo_%22fishing%22_for_termites.jpg
Mike Richey, CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/, via Wikimedia Commons

Spider web
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Spider_and_his_web._(49532089713).jpg
DAVID S. FERRY III from PLANT CITY,FL., U.S.A., CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

Myoxocephalus scorpius PAQ
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Myoxocephalus_scorpius_PAQ.jpg
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b8/Myoxocephalus_scorpius_PAQ.jpg

Myoxocephalus scorpius 01
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Myoxocephalus_scorpius_01.jpg
TinoStrauss, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Southern marsupial mole
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Notoryctes_typhlops,_Southern_Marsupial_Mole,_mount._Registration_no._C_28198_(cropped_4-3).jpg
Heath Warwick, CC BY 4.0
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Placental mole
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:ScalopusAquaticus.jpg#file
Kenneth Catania, CC BY-SA 3.0
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Pregnant woman
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David Roseborough from Los Angeles, United States, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Joey in pouch
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Joey_in_pouch.jpg
Geoff Shaw, CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/, via Wikimedia Commons

Kangaroo and joey
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kangaroo_and_joey06.jpg
jenny-bee, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Large Ground Finch
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Large_ground_finch_(4229035966).jpg
Peter Wilton, CC BY 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Medium Ground Finch
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Female_Gal%C3%A1pagos_medium_ground_finch.jpg
Charles J. Sharp, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Small Tree Finch
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Camarhynchus_parvulus.jpg
Mike Comber, CC BY-SA 2.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Green Warbler Finch
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Certhidea_olivacea_-_Green_Wabler_Finch.jpg
2000 – Paul McFarling, Charles Darwin Foundation, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Charles Darwin
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Charles_Darwin_aged_51.jpg
Messrs. Maull and Fox, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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