I believe in an earlier blog post I mentioned how much I like Emily Graslie and her YouTube channel, "The Brain Scoop." She is currently the Chicago Field Museum's first Chief Curiosity Correspondent, and stars in highly entertaining videos about the collections at science museums. I'm not going to give her full background here, but you can check out her Wikipedia page, this Robert Krulwich post (cohost of NPR's RadioLab) on why he likes Emily so much as well, and this article from the Chicago Tribune. "Like" The Brain Scoop's Facebook page to get updates on Emily's new videos, news stories and cool museum specimens.
I wanted to share this video she starred in for Mental Floss on 21 really awesome, extinct animals. You all know about the T-Rex, and Lucy (the fossil skeleton of Australopithicus afarensis), but I bet you didn't know about Eurypterids (giant sea scorpions up to 8 feet long), or the Helicoprion (shark with a spiral-shaped "tooth whorl"), and lots of other fun facts.
The Brain Scoop's YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/thebrainscoop
I find almost everything she shows fascinating, but I'll admit I'm too squeamish to watch her animal dissections or preparing animal museum specimens.
The MentalFloss video below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Okmj0xxpqxM
I wanted to share this video she starred in for Mental Floss on 21 really awesome, extinct animals. You all know about the T-Rex, and Lucy (the fossil skeleton of Australopithicus afarensis), but I bet you didn't know about Eurypterids (giant sea scorpions up to 8 feet long), or the Helicoprion (shark with a spiral-shaped "tooth whorl"), and lots of other fun facts.
The Brain Scoop's YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/thebrainscoop
I find almost everything she shows fascinating, but I'll admit I'm too squeamish to watch her animal dissections or preparing animal museum specimens.
The MentalFloss video below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Okmj0xxpqxM