More Out-Takes from the Museum
Here Hank and I talk about albino skunks, vampire bats, human skulls, and finger monkeys. Transcriptions provided by Martina Šafusová, Michaela Medková, Rachel Prunty, Lorena Pimentel...
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An albino skunk? Yeah. 1970. Where did he come from? Missoula county, right here in, I think, Missoula. Yep. Albino animals typically don't last too long in the wild. He's pretty big though. Well, yeah, he is pretty big. I guess skunks can live longer as albinos because they have such a good defense mechanism. Yeah. Well that doesn't really look like they're trying to hide too much. They have that, it's like a warning coloration more than a... - Yeah. Like "Hey, I'm a skunk and I will secrete my anal glands at you." Are they lucky? Lucky skunk foot? - Lucky skunk feet? This is one of my favorite cabinets. I was mentioning the primate cabinet. It tends to creep people out. Oh, 'cause it's like little baby skulls!...
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An albino skunk? Yeah. 1970. Where did he come from? Missoula county, right here in, I think, Missoula. Yep. Albino animals typically don't last too long in the wild. He's pretty big though. Well, yeah, he is pretty big. I guess skunks can live longer as albinos because they have such a good defense mechanism. Yeah. Well that doesn't really look like they're trying to hide too much. They have that, it's like a warning coloration more than a... - Yeah. Like "Hey, I'm a skunk and I will secrete my anal glands at you." Are they lucky? Lucky skunk foot? - Lucky skunk feet? This is one of my favorite cabinets. I was mentioning the primate cabinet. It tends to creep people out. Oh, 'cause it's like little baby skulls!...
