Multicellular claymation

I'm liking these CreatureCast videos from Casey Dunn — I showed the first in this series, now here's the second. It uses very simple animation to illustrate basic concepts…like the evolution of multicellularity in this one.

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This is a wonderfully done, very clear explanation of squid color, made using simple hand-drawn animation. See, this is communicating science! CreatureCast Episode 1 from Casey Dunn on Vimeo. (From the Creature Cast at the Dunn lab)
I'm really liking these CreatureCast videos Casey Dunn's students put together — and there are two new ones, on moray eels and stomatopods. That's communicating science! Also, Dunn has a new book, Practical Computing for Biologists, also available on Amazon right now. I'm going to have to get a…
Here's another of Casey Dunn's Creature Casts, this time on shifting color spots in marine snails. CreatureCast - Flamingo Tongue Snails from Casey Dunn on Vimeo. Pigment cells are always very, very cool. I've been intrigued by them for a long time — they show up in my time-lapse recordings of…
They're amazing multicellular animals that complicate the issue of individuality. Check out this creaturecast! CreatureCast - Siphonophores and Individuality from Casey Dunn on Vimeo.