3:06Animals · Science
Skeleton on the Outside!
A skeleton party where some guests wear theirs on the outside.
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3:16A song. A few new discoveries.
Compare an endoskeleton inside the body with an exoskeleton outside. Follow molting from the old shell to a bigger, soft new one, and meet animals that challenge our guesses: a snake keeps its bones when it sheds skin, a turtle's shell is part of its skeleton, and an octopus has no bones.
Made for curious kids around ages 6–12 and the grown-ups watching with them. Music and animation created with AI tools under Mike Sego’s direction. YouTube’s video description includes the release notes and credits.
Read the sing-along lyrics
Smarty Party!
Rattling, clattering, creak and grin,
There's a skeleton hiding under your skin!
Cats have bones and bats have bones,
Fish and birds have bones of their own!
Bones on the inside, growing with you:
Endoskeleton! Inside! Ooo-ooo-ooo!
Skeleton on the outside! Ooo-ooo!
Skeleton on the inside! Ooo-ooo!
Crabs wear armor, you wear skin,
Rattle your bones and let the party begin!
Skeleton on the outside! Ooo-ooo!
Skeleton on the inside! Boo!
Exoskeleton, outside!
Endoskeleton, inside! Ooo-ooo-ooo!
Crabs and beetles and spiders too
Wear their skeletons outside, who knew?
Hard as a helmet, made of chitin,
Light and strong and a little frightenin'!
Exo means outside, give it a shout:
Exoskeleton! Outside! The skeleton's out!
Skeleton on the outside! Ooo-ooo!
Skeleton on the inside! Ooo-ooo!
Crabs wear armor, you wear skin,
Rattle your bones and let the party begin!
Skeleton on the outside! Ooo-ooo!
Skeleton on the inside! Boo!
Exoskeleton, outside!
Endoskeleton, inside! Ooo-ooo-ooo!
But armor won't stretch, so what can they do?
They grow a soft new skeleton, then wriggle through!
Split goes the back, out comes leg and claw,
Gulp, gulp, puff! They're bigger than before!
They hide for a few days till the new shell's hard,
And leave an empty ghost to guard the yard!
A cicada leaves a ghost on a tree, Ooo!
A snake sheds skin, but its bones stay in, see? Ooo!
A turtle's shell? Grown from ribs and spine! Ooo!
An octopus? No bones! It squeezes through just fine!
Skeleton on the outside! Ooo-ooo!
Skeleton on the inside! Ooo-ooo!
Crabs wear armor, you wear skin,
Rattle your bones and let the party begin!
Skeleton on the outside! Ooo-ooo!
Skeleton on the inside! Boo!
Exoskeleton, outside!
Endoskeleton, inside! Ooo-ooo-ooo!
Skeleton on the outside!
Skeleton on the outside! Boo!
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Lyrics from the published video’s caption file.
Keep the discoveries coming.
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