Why 11 Million Embalmed Specimens Are Stored In The Field Museum's Basement | Colossal Collections

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The Field Museum in Chicago preserves everything from fish and snakes to frogs and Komodo dragons in their basement.
These 11 million fluid specimens are preserved in jars or tanks. Preparing and storing them is a centuries-long commitment, so why do it? This method effectively keeps their shape and, in some cases, even DNA. Not only that, but it has helped researchers do groundbreaking work, like developing new techniques for getting old DNA and discovering new species right among the shelves.
We went to the Field Museum to see how new specimens are added to the ever-growing collection.
0:00 - Intro
0:53 - Acquisition
1:15 - Water Snake
3:40 - Catfish
4:19 - Komodo dragon
4:56 - Diaphonized Fish
6:40 - Spider-Tailed Horned Viper
7:45 - Frogs
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Why 11 Million Embalmed Specimens Are Stored In The Field Museum's Basement | Colossal Collections

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@moammilzafar Год назад

McDonald's tray?? so that's where the meat comes from...

@mateuszcielas3362 Год назад

which minute?

@Gorrgrim Год назад

They stole it...

@ernemller6428 Год назад

Like fr lol mcds ??? Lol

@Stephan905 Год назад

@Mateusz Cielas 1:03

@Knownsky Год назад

*taco bell bong sound affect*

@andrewhartmangunsmith2755 Год назад

A Lizard collected in 1838! Wow that's amazing. You guys are what the future generations will depend upon. So all the best from Dallas. Very informative video.

@scoobkwtsou2463 Год назад

biology bachelor then masters in that field

@bearbones4347 Год назад

They made presidency

@josephsalcido1639 Год назад

I preserved my sand boa like this. Now he is with me forever. Its been over a year and he still looks like the day I injected the formalin. Amazing

@alainapristine3305 Год назад

Just like my mother☺️

@PostTraumaticSwagDisorder Год назад

wow

@kly8105 Год назад

Do they move around like Rowdy?

@mr.p1814 2 месяца назад

@@alainapristine3305make sure to change the jar often for change of air😊

@danielbazarnik00 7 месяцев назад

i feel like the mcdonalds tray at 1:20 shows how much gets invested into our museums

@ahmadahadyar5738 Год назад

Their work is so valuable for science.

@k-noori08 Год назад

Atta

@fynkozari9271 Год назад

Why did they steal McD tray? Not enough budget?

@MERIDIAN2251 Год назад

@@fynkozari9271 someone’s gotta eat

@cant.fall.without.jumping2143 Год назад

@@fynkozari9271 i mean, a trays a tray, it was probably needed for budget at the time and then just kept , or various places also donate tools and stuff to science research centers so youll see dental tools, old artist brushes and sculpting tools etc a mcdonalds tray isnt too farfetched

@alessiobaley1792 Год назад

says the one who destroyed the twin towers

@alphasky03 Год назад

I wouldn't be able to walk thru this museum. I would feel creeped out by everything. Feeling like it would jump up and grab me at any point. Props to all of these folks who do this.

@RCDRONE1010 Год назад

You should really check it out if you have the chance, also don’t forget to check out Sue!

@renderuntocaesarwhatiscaes2300 Год назад

I’m with you Dan. They could actually make a show out of that 2 guys scared and creepy out in the field Museum lol I wonder is there a market for that.

@antonioramos8804 Год назад

Maybe but the rest of the "Field" is beautifully laid out with great panoramas. You'll need at least three days. As a kid growing up in Chicago, I loved this place. Go when its cool. Watch out for California's tourists, super rude. You'll be taking a picture of something and they'll step into your "frame". Good luck

@greensky01 9 месяцев назад

HAHA, don't worry, you won't see them. As stated at the beginning of the video, these specimens are kept in the basement. The main museum constantly presents new exhibits and most often does not include these for the public.

@alexsander_at 9 месяцев назад

As a biologist, I can say that I can smell the formaldehyde from here 😂

@littlecreatureslife7118 5 месяцев назад

😄😄

@lmfaolol78 Год назад

imagine you died just to become a display and specimen for centuries

@Loafyloop Год назад

Just sad as hell

@fooxling Год назад

i’d be honoured to be honest. someone looked at me and thought i was good enough to be displayed and used to help science! that’s pretty good if you ask me

@tigris115 Год назад

Honestly, that'd be pretty cool

@lmfaolol78 Год назад

@@fooxling if thats an honor to you that sounds horror to me

@ResasRandomStuff 3 месяца назад

There are people who donate their body for that reason.

@danomeral Год назад

Woah, cool to see how the Spidertail viper was identified. Ive seen videos of it, they live up high on cliff faces using the little tail to behave like a spider to attract birds to eat. Its cool! Also, seeing that poor water snake on a mcdonalds tray made me laugh. I love snakes, didnt expect youtube to recommend something like this to me lol!!

@thegaynomad Год назад

Just thought I'd let everyone know since I missed everything that was said in this video after having muzzled out by the sound of my hacking and gasping for air throughout the whole video

@danomeral Год назад

@@thegaynomad based on this comment i can only assume they were trying to petrify u too

@cagneybillingsley2165 Год назад

peta dorks: omg i love science. also peta dorks: animals are killed in the process of scientific research?

@OfficiallySnek Год назад

Snek

@mfik4196 Год назад

I'm just thinking if they preserve large animal such as cow

@jx995 Год назад

I would definitely like a part 2 to this

@Your_average_filipino Год назад

Ikr it’s so interesting

@taskmastersnowyang4315 Год назад

A whole series going through each and every specimen would be amazing

@IntrepidFraidyCat Год назад

Yes! We need some deep dives into this topic. I especially love the clear fish.

@ICEDOUTv9 Год назад

comment section drained?

@jx995 Год назад

@@ICEDOUTv9 In the sewer all alone 💎

@lefty9419 7 месяцев назад

The Field Museum is so amazing. Went there on my first and only trip to Chicago. Wish there had been a tour for something like this. The dinosaur collection was worth the visit. Hope more people get the chance to go there

@MylotheZooLovingScientist Год назад

Ah! The spider-tailed viper! Such an amazing, incredible species! So unbelievable apparently that the Field Museum had one and couldn't tell its lure was actually an insane appendage and not an anomaly. So, so cool to hear this story and see this species spotlighted in this video. The entire video, of course, is brilliant, but the viper was definitely an unexpected treat. Ugh, museum collections never fail to impress me.

@JaiShreeRam_901 Год назад

*Takes a pickle out of the jar and eats it* Everyone in The Field Museum's Basement- 😨😨😨😨

@broskiblue726 Год назад

"Nooooo we didn't examine it, that was the last Cucumberous Vinegarous "

@gliscornumber151 Год назад

"you fool! That was a sea cucumber not a regular cucumber!"

@bensophin Год назад

“MY AUNT!!!!!! NO!!!!!”

@e_is_for_existential_crisis Год назад

*multiple diseases joined the chat*

@stevedenis8292 Год назад

Series finally of Rick and Morty. Roll credits not out bumper.

@wandahastings8470 Год назад

We were at the field museum in Chicago just a few months ago. That place is huge and so much to see.

@InesElm-dj9tn 5 месяцев назад

They stole mcdonald's tray 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

@robertbartosik8339 5 месяцев назад

They use a tray from McDonald's lol.

@kray97 Год назад

My college anatomy class did a field trip here. I freaked when the guy pulled out a huge electric eel from the formalin trunk.

@HannahBanana126 Год назад

I love videos like this where we get to look at animal or rock museums that involve the process of collecting and admiring them all! 😍

@freezaphreeze4298 Год назад

there's a nature for that

@MrShanester117 Год назад

Admiring the thing you slaughtered to stick in a jar? Wow, such admiration

@freezaphreeze4298 Год назад

Would that make institution a people zoo?

@HannahBanana126 Год назад

@@MrShanester117 Dude, it's for research and to understand evolution in animals for the future to look back on. We are not looking at cruelty and abuse to dead animals. We are seeing their beauty, and to help understand their species and bring it from close extinction.

@GeorgiaGeorgette Год назад

@@HannahBanana126 No one mentioned cruelty or abuse to dead animals. It's the fact they were made to be dead in the first place.

@kyrab7914 Год назад

I love videos like this bc it's informative on smthn I didn't know much about. That said, it also makes me want to go talk to a scientist for hours

@bulgeun-wihyeob Год назад

i think that this is so cool. i could never walk down rows and rows of preserved animal shelves though, or rifle through tanks of them, or touch them (with gloves or without). kudos to these researchers and scientists!! what a fascinating career

@robertomandal4135 4 месяца назад

WHAT you mean?

@2TMarie Год назад

Preservation of species is very important work! When Sara pulled out that water snake, did anyone notice that she put it on a McDonald's tray?? How Scientific! 😂

@novaenricarter705 Год назад

@@freezaphreeze4298 Why do you write in haiku

@tlacuache4448 Год назад

@@novaenricarter705 😂

@bearzdlc2172 Год назад

whats wrong with that? they probably got it all from donations and theyre solid nice trays.

@haiseruu2184 Год назад

im surprised they arent coughing from the formalin because of how strong it is. Maybe I'm not used to it because we brought out our preserved frogs the other day and the formalin was really strong it made my nose ache xD

@Crispr_CAS9 Год назад

You get used to it.

@bhushan0_078 Месяц назад

I smiled all throughout the video, how casual all this is touching and operating ... on the other side i will get slight shivers by just looking at any reptile even if its dead.

@martinchitembo1883 Год назад

I hope in future by extracting their DNA we can bring them back to life with the advancement in technology of stem cells.

@Ocean_Man Год назад

Sadly thats almost impossible. Even if stem cell tech keeps improving that far, the amount of time and resources needed to even atempt to create fertile animals would (and kinda should tbh) certainly be put in medical advancements

@peggedyourdad9560 Год назад

@@Ocean_Man Maybe through discovering how to use those techniques we could figure out how to apply the same techniques for humans.

@Ocean_Man Год назад

@@peggedyourdad9560 I want to believe that theres an ethical way to do that but a life lived as an artificially created neanderthal living under constant observation isnt one id wish on anyone

@peggedyourdad9560 Год назад

@@Ocean_Man I mean, there are already people that exist who were developed in a lab. You ever hear of test tube babies? So far those people turned out normal.

@Ocean_Man Год назад

@@peggedyourdad9560 thats goofy as hell, your talking about normal people that where created from living humans DNA as theyr children, not about science project babies of another human species created for testing

@nilujoseph8536 Год назад

Forbidden pickles 👀

@Naveenkumar-gz3fj Год назад

☠️☠️☠️

@MarijnvdSterre Год назад

Love Sara's enthusiasm about her field. I bet a diner or drinks with her could lead to some fascinating conversations.

@wemakeasiansurveys4U Год назад

Simp

@MarijnvdSterre Год назад

@@wemakeasiansurveys4U lol, you poor incel boy

@kasieeee Год назад

💀

@fanaticalplel1003 Год назад

Negative rizz

@AlphaNerd132 Год назад

I'v seen a used pickle jar (the wooden handle phax glass barre) and a mc donalds tray. i love the way this lab works

@magicknight13 Год назад

I've never been to chicago before but now I'm adding the field museum to my go-to list whenever I do go!!

@lefty9419 7 месяцев назад

Please do. The place is absolutely incredible. The dinosaur collection is amazing. You should definitely go. So many unbelievable things to see!

@christopherskipp1525 4 месяца назад

Another reason to stay away from Chicago.

@FreshO2 Год назад

I still can't imagine if there's a human trapped in a jar on that lab

@DeanDangerousTDD7 Год назад

research dr ulrich george klopfer

@aru-YT Год назад

nah im more curious on a diaphonized human

@piddgy.-.4402 Год назад

what if that place has a pony in a jar

@Earley405 Год назад

I was wondering if you could "clear" a human, lol.

@IntrepidFraidyCat Год назад

Very interesting! I'd love a video going into more detail on making the little fish clear with colored bones. 👍🏻😀

@Lewisiaisoutofcontext Год назад

Staining small wet specimens is called diaphonization! It's really cool!

@jayemeljay2117 Год назад

@@Lewisiaisoutofcontext wow .. but could they do something similar with a horse??

@Lewisiaisoutofcontext Год назад

@@jayemeljay2117 Unfortunately not. Diaphonization starts with "bleaching" all the tissues with a type of enzyme that begins to break it down, turning it transparent. If the specimen is too large it won't be able to turn all the tissue transparent before it actually starts destroying it instead. So it's mostly used for small and brittle specimens.

@jqv94 Год назад

I may visit a museum with a human body preserved this way.

@steve6888 Год назад

there's a channel that goes by the name of Odd Animal Specimen that specifically talks and showcases these speciments, really cool channel!

@Rayz4 Год назад

Looks like a good level design for The last of us. Imagine walking through an abandoned building full of preserved animals.

@nawr494 Год назад

I love how many people genuinely interested in this topic are in the comments instead of just trolling the content ❤️❤️ this is very wholesome to see

@onemaddad3823 Год назад

The stolen McDonald’s tray lol. I thought only my friends and I stole those things (in high school), so we could go “tray sliding” in our cars lol. If you’ve never gone tray sliding, you need to. Just need a front wheel drive car. Put two trays under each rear tire, pull the e-break, and get to driving! Lol

@fmar.8311 Год назад

We actually did this a few times in my first car (mazda mx3) in high school at the mcdonald's parking lot about 20+ years ago. LOL

@lucifer5788 Год назад

Yall giving me anxiety

@RyanAl92 Год назад

Do you know how many kids died or got critically injured this way?

@onemaddad3823 Год назад

@@RyanAl92 I’m sure plenty. Kids are stupid. We never got hurt cuz we only did it in empty parking lots…

@onemaddad3823 Год назад

@@sal50111 yea, they’re also marinating chicken in NyQuil. So I think tray sliding is pretty tame compared to that lol

@Zantides Год назад

This was way more interesting than i thought it'd be.

@kimberlyguinn3440 Год назад

this is so cool to me, i love things like this

@RonSmith472 Год назад

That was so cool!!! This is the part of the Field I'd love to tour!

@sarvaraidu2811 Год назад

More of this please

@readersfragment 7 месяцев назад

What course do you have to take to get into this field of work

@GracieHays Год назад

Those fish are SICK. It's like art

@DoraEmon-xf8br Год назад

0:08 «Live in the basement» Well, that’s one way to put it…

@skykingtheo Год назад

🤣🤣🤣

@Yung_Fettuccine Год назад

"More than 11 million fluid specimens are dead in the basement"

@thatguy-xt7dz Год назад

Its good they are doing this so the future can see what alot of these things looked like. The way things are going not much will be left in the future

@TylerPerry-qd7us Год назад

yeah so better start killing everything so we can talk about what a wonderful world we once had!

@user-vj2oz1jv2u Год назад

А не проще ли не уничтожать природы

@logimoe Год назад

Yes especially with that woman catching them and putting them in jars instead of letting them live and reproduce

@SetuwoKecik Год назад

But it's sadder when you're realized that the future generations probably can only see those creatures from these jars, not on wildlife :(

@SetuwoKecik Год назад

@@logimoe you don't understand the point of this preservation, do you?

@KEMCHANIE 3 месяца назад

Watching it in larger size is amazing

@joshualagger 3 месяца назад

Sara is so passionate and knowledgeable :)

@Tjk468 Год назад

The McDonald’s tray😂

@karenaouwad2697 Год назад

Very cool and informative video.. great content

@EmryssMacLeod Месяц назад

I had three pet water snakes and they love to bite! Seriously the best pets I've ever owned. They had a massive 70gal semi aquatic bioactive tank with lots of warm rocks and vines. They used every inch of their enclosure. Lived over 15 years!

@konecny_mik Год назад

I love how she prepares the snake on the McDonads food tray

@MultiWeb23 Год назад

That is simply amazing! In the video they showed many fishes, amphibians and reptiles, but what about the other animals, are they stored like these?

@emilyboyce2147 Год назад

I think with other animals like mammals they are preserved dry more often due to their fur and hair and such.

@Ambuttx Год назад

they can be stored like this as well it's just difficult because they're generally larger

@mashi4525 Год назад

They gutted it n deflesh it and stuffed it with something( in my workplace, they put just cotton). There are other process too but i dont remember

@DRC-zn9dg Год назад

The female Dr. Is like an auto mechanic working on cars. She loves her job so well she dives right into them jars without gloves. Cool!

@Lithic.flakes Год назад

She's awesome haha

@losingmymind611 Год назад

The Field Museum!! My favorite childhood destination 🥺

@idklol6037 Год назад

Other than me gagging, throwing up in my mouth, and loosing my appetite, this is so cool!

@deadhorse1391 Год назад

My girlfriend is into wet specimens , fun thing to collect. We collect frogs, salamanders, small snakes and lizards to put into jars Back in the spring found a dead possum along the road that had a pouch of babies. Kept one and sold the rest. My nieces work for a vet and we get some neat things from them Have jar full of deer eyes Actually wet specimens are pretty popular now

@Yung_Fettuccine Год назад

That’s gross as hell bro. I wouldn’t want that in my house

@Justin-yc1ig Год назад

😐

@deadhorse1391 Год назад

@@Yung_Fettuccine I collect human bones and oddities Have an articulated Victorian human skeleton hanging in the kitchen, most of another in old nail keg and a mummified head and 5 other skulls Then 6 children coffins and etc So no my girlfriend’s wet specimens don’t bother me

@vidoxi Год назад

thats awesome that you have a partner to share that interest with! the other people replying to you are lame af lol

@user-iq7en1lg3i Год назад

@@Yung_Fettuccine I know right. That's scary af and bit psychopathic

@aaronjohnson718 Год назад

This is amazing and is science at its best

@terrianajosephinemariefort5837 10 месяцев назад

That snake lady is crazy good at her job!

@Jm649 Год назад

Wow the diaphonized fish.. So interesting

@Apathymiller Год назад

Very very cool video. I am curious who stole the McDonald's tray though lol

@ChapitZulkefli Год назад

HAHA

@starlightanddreams1317 Год назад

It was my very first thought! 🤣 "Oh this tray would be perfect in the lab!'

@plakat8155 Год назад

I remember learning about this from the brain scoop, it was a channel that was from the field museum and it went more in depth about this stuff

@OPTIMUS200 4 месяца назад

Bro like this is sooo interesting i wanna visit this museum

@Cyeri2806 Год назад

OMG! is that a Mcdonald tray I see when they preparing the snake! haha

@kash8220 Год назад

1:20 she’s using a McDonalds food tray hahahaha

@bl4nkdemn863 Год назад

That lady putting her hand in the jar without gloves gives me anxiety

@artparabel 9 месяцев назад

I love they put snake casually on McD's tray

@faizarashid3703 Год назад

This is so interesting, would love to visit.

@samghost1727 Год назад

Ok but why is Mr. Josh lying on the floor at 00:03??😹

@gustavopilotti 2 месяца назад

3:40 to be precise, that's not a catfish, that fish is called "Cachara", that pattern of lines and dots are very unique to the species

@Scottingham Год назад

The smell of formalin is one you never forget.

@Sid-uu8of Год назад

I can imagine a movie where all these creatures come alive

@mypalsalvintage135 Год назад

The Field Museum in Chicago is interesting to visit

@mulsanne2852 Год назад

Those fish are so cool!

@Dr.Kunal_Jawalia День назад

Damn! That Mc SR 1291 snakey, should be on the menu

@supercutofus Год назад

1:16 mcdonalds tray 😂

@soyburglar1878 Год назад

The most memorable thing about this video that stuck with me is the snake on a McDonald’s tray. I’m sure someone could take a screenshot of that and make into a decent meme or Facebook news story about the new McSsssss…

@michaelbrinks8089 Год назад

Makes me think of the head in jar scene from Silence Of The Lambs.

@Zantides Год назад

6:27 You need new glasses if those fish look identical. They're nothing alike except for the size.

@t.michaelbodine4341 Год назад

I'm donating my body to USC for science and I do hope chunks of me will be hanging around in jars in basements for centuries.

@vsznry Месяц назад

The fish bone stain was incredible.. probably what gave somebody the idea of the Bodies exhibition.

@Carrymejane 2 месяца назад

This place is gold

@Mocktailmetal Год назад

Imagine we advance science so much that we use the DNA of these species and go to some other earth like planet but little be different and drop the DNA in the environment, and then seat back and watch the whole different level of show!

@curlyhairdudeify Год назад

Aka, panspermia and terra forming.

@SetuwoKecik Год назад

Might takes centuries to flourish but still possible.

@sarahbelles7582 3 месяца назад

I knew y’all would be on that Macdonald’s tray!!

@mephistopheles7377 4 месяца назад

Dying the fish bones and making them see through. That is one of the coolest things ive seen.

@henriqueborsariabe1982 Год назад

Please, part 2!

@rajarshi1432 Год назад

I'm really interested in zoology. What degrees do I need to have an occupation like Sara's?

@PuffOfSmoke Год назад

Start wit Biology and then afterwards you can get additional degree in DNA analysis.

@daniell5740 Год назад

Don’t get a real job

@SanilJadhav711 Год назад

wishing you a successful future

@applepie8308 Год назад

Science subjects,for example;integrated science

@randysampang2944 5 месяцев назад

Using a Mc Donald's tray for specimen preparation is the most American thing I will see in a long long time.

@winkwest7166 Год назад

This immediately reminded me of that serial killers head that was well preserved.

@cheridoris Год назад

0:17 "and why keep them wet?" 💀

@thomaschristopherwhite9043 Год назад

How the hell did a McDonald's tray end up there?

@LelouchOfBritannia Год назад

where do u think the unusable specimens go to?

@retematic2351 Год назад

this seems like the coolest hobby

@ronson6569 Год назад

I love how the lob use MC D trays

@jjpamisa Год назад

Nice lab tray. Where did you get that?

@Watashiwa.Noodle Год назад

I have a question for you. How does your hair grow? Before it grows, where is it stored? I would like if you can make a video answering my question, thank you!

@troye.1309 Год назад

Yeah.... just like toenails and fingernails 🤔

@Tihhs 9 месяцев назад

I'm lovin' the McDonalds tray

@Tyler.i.81 Год назад

Wow what a interesting place to work

@angryhusky2467 Год назад

How does she remembers the species name of the snake and speaks so fluently 😮😮😮

@floofypoofybread Год назад

Its a pain tbh, when we study medical plants, we have to remember all of their latin names, and the worst part is we have to remember their old name or other names as well. For example Piper lolot and Piper sarmentosum, same thing

@h.p.lovecraftscat8476 Год назад

Giant salamander be like 😆 Even in the afterlife he'd be 😆

@AV-bp3bc Год назад

That fish part looked like doin transparent part in solidworks 🤣

@L_Train 4 месяца назад

That spider tailed horned viper is the coolest thing ever! Look it up. It waves the end of its tail making it look just like a spider. Then, when a bird swoops down for it, the snake strikes and eats the bird.

@mateuszcielas3362 Год назад

5:15 whats the name of this method?

@triniscouting4369 Год назад

Diaphonization

@mateuszcielas3362 Год назад

@@triniscouting4369 thanks

@signupisannoying Год назад

Isn't formalin highly toxic? There's evaporation going on as they prepare the specimens.

@wafiqnasna4638 Год назад

The evaporated formalin isn't as toxic as how you think it is, it hurt your eyes and nose a bit but the pain wouldn't last long. Source: i am a vet met student