Hi, Emily! I wanted to thank you for talking to my Intro to Natural History Museums class last week. You really made an effort to answer all our questions, and I feel like I learned a lot from the conversation. Brain Scoop has been my favorite channel for a few years now, and it was a really amazing experience to have you call in. Keep up the good work! :)
!! Aaahhhh! So glad you got something out of it! I love the chance to talk with classes about museums and natural history research-- you all will be carrying the torch in the years to come. Very excited to see where you all take us. :)
I can't get over how many spiders have been described. 47,000 !!!!! To give you perspective there are around 5,500 mammal species in the world. There are so many more spiders!
Hi Emily! (And Hi Dr. Dunlop, since you're likely reading these as well) Thank you for talking about fossil spiders, and for in general talking about arachnids on The Brain Scoop. They are my favorite animals (and have been since I was a small child) and it's always great to see very informative videos on them that don't play nearly as much on the fear factor that many people associate with arachnids in general. Hope to see more videos like this on other not-as-loved animals, and also hope to see more work in paleoarachnology! -A dedicated fan
I will never be able to hear that name and not think of some fantasy slave plantation. "Serah the barbarian, for defying the king you are sentenced to toil in the Burmese amber mines until you expire!"
this is weird as hell bc i could've sworn i saw emily in berlin but figured it couldn't have been her bc there was no sign on her social media about berlin but damn...now i think i really did see her
when was this filmed? So crazy, I was in Berlin about 5 weeks ago and passed this museum, snapped a quick picture of the front of the building. Sadly had no time to visit
No matter how many times I hear Emily say "It still has brains on it" at the end of this channel's videos, my inner ten year old still lets out an impish giggle!
I say the ammount of people studying fossil spiders will double in a couple of years because of this video. lots of people see these videos. some of them are biologists. some of those dont have any idea what to study. and some of those will go for fossil spiders.
Why do we say spiders have 8 legs when clearly they have those 2 up front that make for 10. Are those not legs, not used in locomotion so they’re not considered true legs or something like that? Honestly I am genuinely asking for answers. Why are those two frontal “legs” not counted as legs? Any information which helps me answer this inquiry will be greatly appreciated.
Is "different to" a common phrasing in British English (e.g., 4:23)? I believe I've only ever heard this sequence of words used by Britons (or by other anglophones from the Commonwealth). *Edit:* Is it the standard usage? Do British-English speakers ever say "different from" or "different than" as do Americans?
I would be very, very happy if every spider went extinct. Every. Single. Solitary. One. Yup. Did I mention that no spiders would make me happy?? Because it would. Make me happy. 😉
LiquoriceLover Plenty of lizards that eat them. I'd rather have lizards than spiders. Little lizards of course. No need to have a komodo dragon in my backyard. Lol.
The amount of mosquitoes a lizard can eat is nothing compared to spiders, and not all spiders are capable of biting through skin, so no reason to kill them all off :-)
Easter egg found: Emily is wearing bacculum earrings :) cheeky!
A Book on Fossil Spiders for Children would be a good idea.
Hi, Emily! I wanted to thank you for talking to my Intro to Natural History Museums class last week. You really made an effort to answer all our questions, and I feel like I learned a lot from the conversation. Brain Scoop has been my favorite channel for a few years now, and it was a really amazing experience to have you call in. Keep up the good work! :)
!! Aaahhhh! So glad you got something out of it! I love the chance to talk with classes about museums and natural history research-- you all will be carrying the torch in the years to come. Very excited to see where you all take us. :)
Anyone else wants to rename the spider database to "Fantastic Spiders and Where to find them"
I can't get over how many spiders have been described. 47,000 !!!!! To give you perspective there are around 5,500 mammal species in the world. There are so many more spiders!
The itsy bitsy spider
Got caught in amber, thick
He’d seen a lady spider
Erect became his...
Nevermind.
😆
LOL!
🕷😉🕸
Hi Emily! (And Hi Dr. Dunlop, since you're likely reading these as well) Thank you for talking about fossil spiders, and for in general talking about arachnids on The Brain Scoop. They are my favorite animals (and have been since I was a small child) and it's always great to see very informative videos on them that don't play nearly as much on the fear factor that many people associate with arachnids in general. Hope to see more videos like this on other not-as-loved animals, and also hope to see more work in paleoarachnology! -A dedicated fan
You could say they discovered... an Arach-tion.
This is the best type of clickbait
After housing many, well, house spiders, I’ve learned to love them! They are big creatures. So smart and fast
a children's book about ancient spiders would be pretty great
would multiply the amout of fossil spider researchers by quite a considerable ammount I suppose
I was not prepared for this video title to show up on my notification list.
Since YT's notifications to subscribers have been pretty lacking, we had to be a little more... uh.. adventurous.
I cannot imagine what such a preparation could look like.
I would never have guessed that there were spiders at the time of the dinosaurs. I always learn something new watching this channel
I am scared to death of spiders, but that was fascinating. Thank you so much.
I have Arachnophobia, but do love jumping spiders.
Quality at its finest
I love all your videos!! Never stop what your are doing!! You do such a good job!
+1
Mark my words: the Burmese amber mines are the future of paleontology. Thanks for an excellent episode on a fascinating specimen
I will never be able to hear that name and not think of some fantasy slave plantation.
"Serah the barbarian, for defying the king you are sentenced to toil in the Burmese amber mines until you expire!"
And oddly enough, this is what will keep the music of Mission fo Burma alive for many generations to come. :P
Thanks! I didn't know there were spiders with segmented abdomen alive today!
Silkworm +
this is weird as hell bc i could've sworn i saw emily in berlin but figured it couldn't have been her bc there was no sign on her social media about berlin but damn...now i think i really did see her
I love these episodes about arachnids. Spiders are one of my most favorite organisms! There are even spiders climbing out of my eye in my picture.
the way you say Naturkunde is so cute!
also i really love the awesome work brainscoop does!
Super interesting! A branch of paleontology I never even thought about before
I love learning from your videos.
The amber and fossil look mysterious and beautiful, like frozen in time
Insects in Amber are fascinating, this was informative and entertaining.
I love arachnids, except ticks. I could happily go forever without crossing another tick.
Fantastic episode
Well done, Emily. That was another very interesting video.
when was this filmed? So crazy, I was in Berlin about 5 weeks ago and passed this museum, snapped a quick picture of the front of the building. Sadly had no time to visit
Last week of January! Sorry to miss you~ it's worth a visit, promise!
No matter how many times I hear Emily say "It still has brains on it" at the end of this channel's videos, my inner ten year old still lets out an impish giggle!
I guess you could say , that spider is.....hung.
Bdmmm-tsssss
..like a rock
I say the ammount of people studying fossil spiders will double in a couple of years because of this video. lots of people see these videos. some of them are biologists. some of those dont have any idea what to study. and some of those will go for fossil spiders.
Great video! I didn't know that this specific field existed.
I would love to study fossilized spiders! Very interesting.
Great vid!
I love arachnids, particularly spiders, always have since I was a kid... yet butterflies and moths terrify me ;c
3:55 it would be so cool to wear something like this as a pendant...
Arachnids (living or otherwise) are under appreciated.
Maybe if I was encased in amber people would express an interest in my junk. *sigh*
I love amber! I think the spider in that amber was an interesting discovery!
can he just talk some more?? please?? Audible, grab this guy!!!
I like this story.
Great stuff
WOW, very interesting. I really like spiders very much.
Why do we say spiders have 8 legs when clearly they have those 2 up front that make for 10. Are those not legs, not used in locomotion so they’re not considered true legs or something like that? Honestly I am genuinely asking for answers. Why are those two frontal “legs” not counted as legs? Any information which helps me answer this inquiry will be greatly appreciated.
So, what DID spiders evolve from?
Thats amazing and so creepy at the same time.
I found a giant petrified preastoric spider big as a basket ball and need expert advice if you can help and maybe let some experts know
As a beekeeper, I have a rather tense relationship with a particular group of arachnids...
I know this is a rather late reply, but what particular arachnid are you talking about?
I'm talking about mites, especially Varroa Destructor.
Regular ticks bother me, too, but not as much.
"...and people sort of really _jumped on_ this idea..."
This guy. Hah.
Just glad its not title"Giant spider."
"they're actually a really important group"... says every scientist ever about their own field of interest.
Well when there's only 12 of you in the whole world studying a thing, you'd better speak up for it
Is "different to" a common phrasing in British English (e.g., 4:23)? I believe I've only ever heard this sequence of words used by Britons (or by other anglophones from the Commonwealth).
*Edit:* Is it the standard usage? Do British-English speakers ever say "different from" or "different than" as do Americans?
declup yes
Yergh... Another spider video. It's real interesting, but I had to alt-tab out of the window and look at something else while I listened to this.
But.. opiliones (harvestmen) aren't spiders.. so all of those articles are crap
They're misleading, sure. Harvestmen are a type of arachnid- they're related to spiders, but you're right, we're talking about very different animals.
This is what she said...
Well at least the title of this vid has a pun in it
If you want someone interesting to talk to The head of entomology at Manchester University is someone who is very interesting .
I like this.
Only 12? Wow
I guess you could say he had a woodie
Get it ?
he sounds like jon ronson
But can it be turned into earrings?
For those who want help to deal with arachnophobia I present Lucas: th-cam.com/video/VrS6akzR3sk/w-d-xo.html
GAH SPIDERS!!!
He said penis! xD
Well I'm not good with spiders....but this vid helped me to kill time, thanks.
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This is the only video i would watch with CLICK-BAIT XD
I wish there was a spider warning.
Arachnid is in the title.
Elric the Impaler yah but no one really look at the title.
You need a "Spider-Sense" to warn you by tingling.
TRIGGERED
417th😊
Like any respectable man of course you have to measure it lol 0.2 mm will make most asian guys feeling proud of themselves ;)
I would be very, very happy if every spider went extinct. Every. Single. Solitary. One. Yup. Did I mention that no spiders would make me happy?? Because it would. Make me happy. 😉
:( spiders want to be your friend, that's why they keep hanging around you. they just want to chill
But spiders are the reason we aren't all being eaten alive by mosquitoes all of the time.
thebrainscoop Actually I've been bitten and wind up with approx 5 shots in my arse every time so they are NO friends of mine.
LiquoriceLover Plenty of lizards that eat them. I'd rather have lizards than spiders. Little lizards of course. No need to have a komodo dragon in my backyard. Lol.
The amount of mosquitoes a lizard can eat is nothing compared to spiders, and not all spiders are capable of biting through skin, so no reason to kill them all off :-)