Chicago Adventure, Part Six: The Spice of Life
Wherein we discuss the underrated smell of dead chipmunks. Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/thebrainscoop The Brain Scoop is hosted and written by: Emily Graslie Created By: Hank Green...
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The Chicago Field Museum is one of the largest and most respectednatural history museums in the world.Join me as we go behind the scenes!Dun dun dun!So, uh, how we pickle specimens is first, we take a tissue sampleand we'll make just like a small incision in the belly and squeeze the liver through.Take some- Take some liver. - Ew. Yeah.And we put it in a solution of formalinthat they soak for a week.And then we will put it in an alcohol bath.Okay.Um, a certain percentage at a time, so like we start with 20%, 40%...Yeah.Slowly increasing up to 70.Mmkay.And then, that way, once again, we can preserve them for hundreds and hundreds of years to come.They just last forever. - They just last forever. They do.That's, yeah, just-Jars and jars and cabinets and cabine...
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The Chicago Field Museum is one of the largest and most respectednatural history museums in the world.Join me as we go behind the scenes!Dun dun dun!So, uh, how we pickle specimens is first, we take a tissue sampleand we'll make just like a small incision in the belly and squeeze the liver through.Take some- Take some liver. - Ew. Yeah.And we put it in a solution of formalinthat they soak for a week.And then we will put it in an alcohol bath.Okay.Um, a certain percentage at a time, so like we start with 20%, 40%...Yeah.Slowly increasing up to 70.Mmkay.And then, that way, once again, we can preserve them for hundreds and hundreds of years to come.They just last forever. - They just last forever. They do.That's, yeah, just-Jars and jars and cabinets and cabine...
