Chicago Adventure, Part Four: Rodents of Unusual Size (And Other Mammals, Too)
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The Chicago Field Museum is one of the largest and most respected natural history museums in the world. Join me as we go behind the scenes! Dun dun dun! Are these elephants?! Yes. - Oh my god! Here, oh let me just open my cabinet of elephants. Good thing I've been working out. Oh my god! This is one half of an ancient elephant jaw. - Oh my god. So, this was sawed at the synthesis between the two dentaries. - Yeah. This is one dentary, right? This is one tooth, okay? And elephants are bizzare - In one mandible. in that their tooth replacement is not like you and me, it's from behind. What? - Yeah, so, the tooth is- the new tooth is formed back here and as the elephant grows, it migrates forward and pushes this one out. That's crazy! And in ...
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The Chicago Field Museum is one of the largest and most respected natural history museums in the world. Join me as we go behind the scenes! Dun dun dun! Are these elephants?! Yes. - Oh my god! Here, oh let me just open my cabinet of elephants. Good thing I've been working out. Oh my god! This is one half of an ancient elephant jaw. - Oh my god. So, this was sawed at the synthesis between the two dentaries. - Yeah. This is one dentary, right? This is one tooth, okay? And elephants are bizzare - In one mandible. in that their tooth replacement is not like you and me, it's from behind. What? - Yeah, so, the tooth is- the new tooth is formed back here and as the elephant grows, it migrates forward and pushes this one out. That's crazy! And in ...
