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Blood Types Are Weirder Than You Think

Season 13 Episode 8 | 16m 20s

Across life on Earth, blood comes in blue, green, purple, even clear. But why? And what makes your blood different from mine? This is the strange world of blood—what it does, why it varies, and why we can’t live without it.

Aired: 07/09/25
Extras
It's the finale and two rounds of cooking remain before one of the finalists gets named the winner.
Miss Elaina imagines she's a mermaid swimming in space!
A song about how if something seems hard to do, you can try it a little bit at a time.
When Daniel wants to color a big box, he remembers he can do it a little bit at a time.
Meera goes swimming with her dad and she even swims to the end of the pool all by herself!
When Miss Elaina wants to swim far, she takes breaks and swims a little bit at a time.
A song about how it's good to go slow to pay attention to all the things around you!
Katerina imagines she's a baker at a mozie bakery!
Khian makes a boat while learning about origami, the Japanese art of folding paper!
Katerina learns to go slow when she forgets to put something important into the mozie mix!
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