The 'Sistine Chapel of Taxidermy' - Conserving Akeley's Elephants
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 ม.ค. 2018
- Come to our meet up at the Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin on January 27th! RSVP & details here: bit.ly/2FmhkJB
The Akeley's Fighting African Elephants are some of the best examples of taxidermy ever created-- but they'll need help if they're to survive the next 100 years.
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Our earlier video (from 2013!) about the Akeley's elephants: • Carl Akeley's Fighting...
More on Carl Akeley from the Field Museum: bit.ly/2DJktTj
Thanks to George Dante and John Janelli for taking time out of their day for these interviews!
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The meet up on the 27th is free, but you must RSVP and show the person at the ticket counter your reservation from eventbrite! More info/ RSVP here: bit.ly/2FmhkJB
thebrainscoop are you guys allowed to tell me how many tickets there are?
We're just meeting/hanging out in the exhibitions area so there's not really a limit. Everyone is welcome!
thebrainscoop okidoki!
Sadly Berlin is too far away from me :( (9 hour drive...)
If only you would come to the Netherlands, then I'd definitely be there!!
If you like good taxidermy the royal BC museum in Victoria Canada has a full sized recreation of a wooly mammoth covered in Bison skin.
I visited the Field Museum recently and let me tell you those elephants are larger and look even more impressive in person than they do in this video, if anyone gets the chance to take a trip to the Field Museum I highly recommend you do so without hesitation.
Kaneanite If they came 2 life they'd kill everyone
Emily, I so hope you continue to do the Brain Scoop. I am 66 and learn from you with every video. I appreciate your questions that approach your subjects from a basic level and draw the experts out into scientific explanations. This satisfies my ignorance and curiosity. You are a pro and clearly doing a huge service for the Field Museum and your 500,000 subscribers. Nice work Ms. Grasley, thanks.
John Lowe, Photographist I could not have said it better!
I love these episodes. I continue to learn so much from them.I also enjoy Emily’s joyful enthusiasm.
I remember walking into the Field for the first time, and seeing Akeley's elephants, and instantly feeling...I guess I could say "at home" standing beneath them. Looking up, I had my first experience of, "This is it--this is where I'm supposed to be." It was absolutely inspiring.
My life goal is to be as happy as Emily operating a lift.
Please make lots of videos showing the progress of these restorations!
And possibly a time-lapse of the entire process.
I can't believe the last elephant video was in 2013! I've been watching you since before that, and I didn't realize how long it's been. I love the show and am so excited to go listen to the podcast after I'm done watching this!
I was volunteering that day to explain to visitors what was going on with the elephants. It was great, and I got to talk to John Janelli for a while and his enthusiasm and love for Akeley was absolutely contagious. He was fascinating and I'm so glad I got to meet him!
You don't even know how fast I got my tickets after you said Berlin. I am so excited!!
I can really never get enough of you and this show. Every time I click the play button I learn something new. The Field Museum is lucky to have you.
Man I don’t know why he told he could have hit them with the script but he not suger code it he told them what he told him don’t call my phone no more got nothing to say he lied to me in my face don’t know what he on no more I ever ask him is it true he told me na lil bro man what u lie for could a did that time you got I’m crying bro oh you a witness now I bet da gave u some food say u be getting out the realest I know u done turn Mickey Mouse just sit you dumb ass down
That bit about the liquid stucco to create filled-out soft folds with mass under them is just amazing. Never heard anything like it before.
Also, who made the anime visible Emily head at the top of the Stand By card?
Right?! Fun fact, in addition to inventing a bunch of new taxidermy techniques, he also invented a motion-picture camera and shotcrete.
Can I JUST SAY as an Abenaki (First Nations/ Native person) that I am so grateful that your "please stand by" screen doesn't have the chief head (but instead has that amazing logo)? Like, I already love Emily and this channel, but it's really the little things, people.
great video Emily, thank you for always putting in a fantastic effort to keep taxidermy in the forefront
This was an amazing video! Thanks for leading the conversation in the way that you did. I think this video puts up such a great argument for the conservation of not only this piece but other taxidermy pieces as well.
Thanks a lot for this amazing video. Your amazing voice adds to everything.
Curation videos are my favorite! I’m so impressed by what people can do to make collections like this last for so long. Thanks for giving us the inside scoop!
BRAVO, Emily, for covering this important story! Even better seeing my two oldest compadres - John 'JJ' Janelli and Georgie Dante - in the video! Well done, and thank you!
Brainscoop Videos are the happiest thing of my day when they come out. No matter what
The Field Museum is one of my favorite places in the US. We went to see the Tsavo Lions in the 90’s and have been back several times.
Omg I LOVE George Dante’s work! He is bloody amazing
Sadly I missed your visit to Berlin.
I would be very happy to see you in germany one day.
Your show amazes me and makes me happy.
Thanks for you work and curiosity 🤗
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Really love your videos. They are entertaining, smartly written and remind me that there are a host of really cool scientists working today to bring the wonderers of our world into view or sharper focus. 🐘🐘🐘👍
Fantastic choice of music towards the end. There's a sense of wonder and living movement. Pairs well with the topic.
Wonderful video, thank you!
I can't make it to Chicago, but here in Tucson, we have the International Wildlife Museum, an entire museum of taxidermied critters from all over the world.
Hi I'm really behind on TH-cam- but I KNEW I recognized George Dante. He did Lonesome George, the giant tortoise!
Great vid!
Emily, are you going to keep us up to date as the restoration goes on? I'd like to see the outcome once it's finished, and I'm sure I'm not the only one.
NWRefund yeah! Thanks to the community tab we can share images and things!
Awesome! Thanks~!
This is so cool!
Cool Video. Thanks!
Your smile is infectious.
I follow the Field Museum on Instagram so I got to see this weeks ago. I feel special. :3
Great video as always, but toward the end I had difficulty concentrating on the material, because the piano music was so good! What piece is that?
this channel is brilliant please come to manchester in the UK the museum is great there :)
The podcast is great BTW.
you are the best!!!
So they will do a proper documentation on the conservation. Neat!
So cool!
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You are awesome!
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Hi! Can you do an episode about Tiktallik and the evolution of tetrapods? That would be so cool!
Oh I'm so down for the Berlin meetup!
Yaaay!
I missed the visit in Berlin 😭
Will you be doing meetups outside of Berlin as well? (Aka COME TO THE NETHERLANDS PLZZZ)
I have a question to the other subscribers. Hey guys, I've been subscribing to a lot of channels over the years and right now I'm with more than fifty different channels, some of them I barely even remember what they were about. But I always loved brain scoop and their high quality and carefully implemented content, watching it whenever a new video came up. Usually the channels are organised from top to bottom related to the frequency and time you check it. So, for some weird reason I don't know, thebrainscoop was at the bottomest spot of the list right now, and this video didn't show on the newsfeed. Did this happen to you guys as well? Could this be youtube's AI doing weird things?
I'm asking this because there wasn't that many views on this video, even though it is really great like the others. So it could have happened to others. But don't worry brainscoop, if youtube for some reason didn't show this video on the feed, I'm coming here manually from time to time in order to force the AI to make you show up again. You guys are awesome! Keep being awesome!
Idk why but I like your smile
I wonder if you were to make a super high detailed 3d scan of the elephants, how long it would take to 3d print a full size model so we have a physical record of them as they are
At 6:00, Emily Grasslie, Chief Devil's Advocate Correspondant, AKA "just Curiosity"
hey, just anticipating the naysayers !
Very necessary! Thanks!
I love how science turns us all into 10 year olds... Her face when that lift started was priceless.
Shoutout to Mike Paha in exhibits who let me drive the lift. He's a gem.
will you continue to show the process? will they stay on display?
Please visit the netherlands too
Berlin, yaay!
I hope some day i can come see these elephants.
Aloha Emily, do you happen to be a gamer? Your Please Stand By intro screen is very reminiscent of the Fallout series 😊
I wanted to like Fallout so bad but it was too scary! :x I'm a big fan of games like Skyrim, BotW, Kingdom Hearts etc
Ha. Editor here. I play Fallout Shelter (the iOS / Android game) - which inspired it. But the real OG is RCA which used the indian-head test pattern in the 40's. A pretty interesting read: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian-head_test_pattern
Brandon Brungard interesting read indeed, thank you for the link 👍🏼
Such a happy smile while working the lift! It made me smile in response.
Hi Emily, you are so wonderful to behold! (~8
emily you are awesome
If an controlled environment can help specimens last longer, couldn't the museum build an environment control dome over the elephants after this round of repairs?
If money is limitless then the world is our oyster- unfortunately the repairs are costly enough as it is.
That makes sense, but is also unfortunate. It seems that if the museum could raise the funds for something like that, then costly repairs like the ones being done now would be needed less down the road. Of course, that doesn't change the difficultly in raising even more money right on the heals of this project. Especially since the museum surely has to consider other projects that are also in need of funds.
Thank you for talking about this. Maybe the right philanthropist will see this video and fully fund the building of an environmental control dome for the elephants? (Yes, not likely, but, you never know, right?)
I like your sweater 🙂
I though Emily looked different; by 6:30 I'd realised that she's lost weight. Totally irrelevant to the (excellent) vid, but I notice everything.
I don't see exploreastory on SoundCloud. Anyone know if it will be?
This is a great video. Ive seen these elephants my whole life, but didn't know this info!
Berlin? Awww, too bad I was hoping you'd visit a museum abroad - but alas, not 'mine'. Let us know if you ever make it to Frankfurt, I'm sure you'd find some inetersting collections or research departments to look at.
Ah man, I really want to go the museum, but it's a 6 hour train ride. So close and yet so far.
What i love about Emily is that, she's a human hamster.. squishy bubbly character...
THE BEST EMILY EVER.
I know where your from 😐 Rapid City, South Dakota 😐 😐 😐And I love there
No fall protection?
iemand die vanuit Nederland met de auto / trein gaat? anyone from the Netherlands going by car or train?
Omg, I need a ticket to Berlin!
...I'm broke though...
I have to confess animals which have been preserved like this creep the hell out of me - I am a wimp that doesn’t like looking at dead animals
i so wanna go to berlin! but it's my birthday and i'm having a party. stupid party. 😭😭😭
have fun in germany! 😀🖤❤💛
I got a poster and you signed it and my name is Molly and my sister Ellie
Yaaaay what a way to start my day
No braid?
Pa Pinkelman I was wondering what I was missing, but that's it! I love her braid.
What happened to the audio? Lol sounds like the Chipmunks
thank you so so much for this video. every video you put out inspires me so much and I keep on learning. I really want to combine taxidermy and art... that might be my dream job.
Question: do we get to see the process of the preservation of those elephants? I would really love to see that!
I hope I can make it to Berlin next week, would love to see you and tell you this in person =)
Will you ever take a trip to the Indiana Dunes? They’re really amazing, and have loads of biodiversity. With this, human populations continue to creep closer.
Now I will convince my parents to drive 700km!
Oh no... .__. I would love to come to Berlin to meet you, but that's a 4:30h & 60€ expensive train ride from here. I mean, flying is faster, sure, but also even more expensive and very environmental unfriendly, so... nope.
Fred Bear Museum
hate that sharp noise!!!! don't do that!!!!
this just renews my desire to rub some lotion on an elephant's chapped skin
They need some lotion
i was just in berlin a week ago. im so sad
Those elephants look a hot mess.
Will you be dissecting any beavers in Germany?
Valdagast I bet an european beaver is quite a different experience to dissect than an canadian/american beaver. :^)
The podcast is great BTW.