Biological Classification System

Hi, and welcome to this video about classification! Have you ever thought about the millions of organisms that exist and how they’re all connected? Maybe you’ve thought about how a marmot and a bear might be related because they’re both furry and walk on all fours. If you’re thinking like this, you’re thinking a lot like Carl Linnaeus, the founder of the modern taxonomy system we use to group organisms for scientific research and understanding. Linnaeus used his observations about plants and animals to sort them into taxa, or groups, so that everything was simplified and organized.

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