Collecting the World: Inside the Smithsonian
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- Опубликовано: 30 сен 2024
- The Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History has over 144 million different objects in its collections. A sample of these collections are on display to the public, but 99 percent of the Smithsonian’s treasures remain behind the scenes. Scientists work with these objects to study and decipher the world we live in, each specimen offering its own tiny clue to the natural world.
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Nice job. A woman who works with birds with the last name "Dove"
I find it's pretty common that people surnames match their profession.
Maybe Mr Robbins was stuck in the bird division because of his name (despite being a lepidopterist) and then when she showed up, he said “her last name is also a type of bird- may I please move over to butterflies? Please?” And they finally let him
Maybe Ms Dove is actually a geologist
I should become an ornithologist then 😂
(My name means dove in Hebrew)
@@nemo9396 i dont see Smiths working in factories or smithing any kind of thing
@@91010186 Why not?
Imagine the time it takes to edit a video like this... jeez man.
not an extreme amount of time. 3d animations for even a short take years.
Dude... don't compare this to 3D animations.. Compare this to your normal RUclips video.
Don't be that dick.
What?
Camera work in this video was awesome. Keep it up guys
Tian Wu editor is also the hero!
Tian Wu _
Tian Wu yeah
Thanks!
I agree but one thing that I noticed and was bothered by was for everybody else but Dr. Floyd Shockley they seemed to zoom in at eye height. But for him they seemed to have the camera about waist height. and that seemed a bit rude
Imagine there's a hidden department headed by the Curator of Humans.
Chris H. The anatomy collection, yeah, pretty much
😐
Chris H. Be careful of what you say, you might be actually right.
Maybe human deformity. I'll believe that.
Chris H. Giants 😉
Never knew I wanted to know these things lol. Great video
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Dr Dove= the bird one lol
Lei I know that seems so perfect right?! haha
First i thought he says it for dramatic effect
So fascinating! These people have really awesome jobs!
really
indeed
Taking it really seriously.
So impressive!
I know .... Floyd has a huge belly ❤️
hey! I love your channel- keep up the great work!
Just image this..
The world practically destroys itself and some how the Smithsonian survives and the people of the future find all of this stuff that would be crazy
Proud son of a marine biologist working at Smithsonian Institute in Panama :D
Kirk G what do they do?
marine biology, i'm guessing
Aniket Mondal maybe marine biology but idk just a wild guess
Kirk G woah, I'm from Panama, that's amazing!
I am from panama! We go to the Smithsonian for field trips!
This made me smile. I currently work at this museum, for many years in the botany department. The collection is so massive, people have no idea what we have. And yes, it is so awesome to work there.
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HOW MANY SASQUATCH/RELICT HOMIN BODIES/SKELETONS ARE CURRENTLY HOUSED THERE ?
You're living my dream job.
Amazing place...love to see it in person!
Lol you said in person
I've been going to the Smithsonian since the age of 6 and it's one of my favorite places, but finding parking is quite a hassle since it's in Washington DC😂 I live around the area
Elaine Warren Aaah the smithsonians..........Yeah the only institute fully responsible for the giants skeletons that have gone missing since the late 1800s. I would like to see it’s destruction. The smithsonians do not have my respect.
"Jeff, u got another rock?"
"THEY´RE MINERALS, MARIE, GODDAMMIT!"
Top tier comment
the mineralguy does he have kryptonite
no, batman bought them all
Von Chacal damn batman he was my bae😭
so i just realized i like knowing all sorts of stuff, but only if you guys tell them to me.
wow it was like playing a video game and choosing which class i want to be
Where are all the '"Giant's skeletons" you confiscated, Smithsonian institute??
Give us the truth
I almost cried, those collections are beautiful! I would do anything for an opportunity to look at their fossil collection.
This Chanel content is amazingly good I don't understand how it doesn't have over 1 million subscribers
Alle Mik They r not a part of illuminati
I just viewed your channel in an online commercial, and I absolutely loved it. These are one of the channels who can make a difference in the world.😉
Who knew?! Great video!
I did :)
620 thousand birds, 20 million mollusks, 35 million insects, 2500 minerals. Just seems like the mineral guy needs to step it up.
Redvines69 the minerals are quite expensive though
@Maribelle Sallway, lmao no excuses, mineral guy needs to step it up lol
They need Hank
@@hayzmation5354 no
So basically a mass grave for animals
Ayame Haruka can u imagine if there was one for humans
Ella Orisho 0_0 that's some deep Web shit...
Ella Orisho there are. in medical museum.
Ayame Haruka and Tony Hawk's first skateboard!
A highly ORGANIZED cemetery, pretty much (not to suggest I'm against them collecting specimens)
i drop my jaw cuz this place looks like where i belong...
WOOOW JUST LOOK AT ALL THE DIFFRENT SPECIES OF BUTTERYFLYS GLASS WINGED , BIRD WING AND EVEN LEAF WING OMG OMG OMG AND EVEN SHELLS AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH SOO GOOD AND THE BEST PART IS MINERALSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OMG OMG AND THEY ARE ALL ORGANIZE IN DRAWERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OMG MY HAVEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i am so drama and nerdy :p
Anan Zhang I admire your wholesomeness
The most impressive place in the world..
MrToasty222 you should visit, it's quite enormous and very interesting, of course if your around virginia
WHERE are the giant skeletons documented in many newspaper articles found in mounds across America in the 1800s and early 1900s? The discoveries are well documented and the Smithsonian was noted in these articles as receiving them & displaying them. Nowadays, nobody at the Smithsonian has ever heard of them. why? Where did they go and how come America is deprived of this knowledge of its history?
Anyone Got Really Anxious When All Drawers Were Pulled Out?
THE BIGGEST BOI FOR THE SMALLEST SPECIMEN OH MAN DO I LOVE HUMANITY
This deserves way more views and likes...like seriously this is just so fascinating you're giving us a look into the different departments and their curators (which we might not get the opportunity to do ourselves) and for free. Ya'll are the real heroes. Keep doing it because there people who fascinated by your videos like me. One day this channel will be huge!
I wonder how do they manage to preserve those dead living things without any sign of decaying??
Great video indeed (:
They're dried. Just like how we dry fish by exposing it into the sun and rubbing some good amount of salt and it stops decaying,
Two things I love about America is its wildlife and the science community. Much respect for folks like these!
Anyone else want to know where the bird department keeps the ostrich?
"Stealing the world"
It was oddly satisfying seeing everything all organized and categorized.
wow! I never knew museums had more storage full of this stuff, but why keep it all in storage and why soo much? what are you doing with it all?
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I was getting teary eyed a little bit... all these experts really dedicating their life to one thing, taking care of it for 8+ hours a day and generally just going hard for the planet and our future :'( someone pass me a tissue
You don't need to be sad. There's a very high chance that this is their passion. They wouldn't last in this kind of job if it's not their passion. If it's your passion you don't feel really bored.
CAN I LIVE THERE OMG
Why dont those animals/insects rot away? how can they stay so "perfectly" preserved?
Its called specimen preparation. A number of techniques can be used to make it so that the tissues are strongly resistant to degradation while maintaining color relatively well. One part of preparation involves removing all the internal organs, because they are so vulnerable to rot. Inside the larger specimens (birds, mammals, etc.) is probably a wire frame and bulk cotton. Though I've heard that it's not strictly necessary to remove the wing bones of birds, so sometimes you get a combination of bone and framing. Insect skeletons don't degrade very quickly in dark, dry conditions, so they may have just been killed and pined quickly after to reduce the risk of cracking the skeleton if it dries out.
I'm the curator wine bottle corks. I have just over 9 of them, and I keep them in a jar for posterity and study.
this video helps me realize how beautiful our planet is, and yet we are destroying it every single day
Wait but why are all the drawers made out of wood? That would be a pretty shitty fire if one were to ever start
Video: Smithsonian
My brain: PeRcy JaCKsOn
I hope they have good fire insurance not like "the general"
I wish I could see them all, my grandmother helped do some of the animal stuffing/documenting
I really love the video☺. It shows the real beauty of the world and creatures living in it. ☺keep it up guys!!
Carla DOVE?? in the division of BIRDS!!!???? if that isn't a match made in heaven
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Wow! Never expected such large collections at the Smithsonian! Very impressive!
Omg I need to work with them, let me study fish all day ❤️❤️❤️❤️
this is so satisfying wtf
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Do they perserve them after they die naturally or do they kill current species? Just curious
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Dr Jeff Post reminds me of Jeb Bush
These men and women are quite literally archiving our planets history... the Smithsonian is just one big time capsule!
Does anybody know where they get their birds specimens? Are they alive and then the curator kills them? Or they just order them Dead on line?
The guy in charge of iNSECTS is really reALLY biG.
i really want a full detail of each department/section. believe that there are tons of stories behind each dept./sect. this is way too short!!!
You guys easily became one of my favorite RUclips channels
The Fortified basement vault contains Nephilim skeletons department
Entomology is definitely my department lol 😂 so cool would love to visit
I almost busy laughing when I saw that fat guy I'm glad his fits between the shelves when he going through
Anyone knows how they edit to make a vintage scene in the first part? :( especially the audio
For the video they just changed the color scale. For audio they probably ran it through a filter. Both are easy to come by. As a filmmaker I found their “antique” footage humorously unimpressive!
I was lucky enough to do some training at the Smithsonian in the late 70's . It was a real delight.
i stayed in the insect exhibit for so long a kind man showed me the room with all their spiders !! they said they never do that for people and i hope to work there one day !
Did they kill the animals or collect them when it died? For the animal ones?
The only problem we have on earth is people destroying it
I collect gems and was gonna be mad if it wasnt on here lol
I'm just wondering, when I'm older of course and have the money, could I buy some of these for decorations in my house?
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They're basically creating earth's pokedex
why is there a whole department for butterflies outside of entomology? it seems like just a small splash when compared to the study of the entire insecta group.
So y'all are basically Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. but for real life artifacts instead of Marvel universe stuff. Man I'd hate to be the guys protecting that collection, must be a hard fucking task
Wow. Love the butterflies!
Imagine bring all these people to a forest and all of them are like "i know this species" "i know where this originated from" "i know the scientific name for this" "this one might be around 10 years old".
Wow.
Wow .. I am 35 and I realize now, that I want to be one of them ... what a shame, after all I am NOT going to be one; too late I guess. :( Why don't we have some good ones like these in India :(
I want to see the entire geological collection they have.... Like, all of it...:L
fell Sans me too
Castor Darkheart come to Washington dc 😆 sometimes I go to the Smithsonian on the weekends, it really is breathtaking
as a steven universe fan..
i want to as well
omg that is what i dream about my collection in my future :O
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Who has a bigger natural history collection the Smithsonian or the Chicago Field Museum?
The Smithsonian natural history collection is the largest in the world. SI's Natural History collection is approximately 144 million. Field Museum's collection is approximately 32 million objects. That being said, ALL natural history collections are part of one global "library" of biological, geological and anthropological data. Or as we say here at NMNH, our mission is "Understanding the natural world and our place in it." And we are all working together to that common goal to preserve these objects and make them accessible for scientific research and public education.
Thank you for your dedication towards the cataloguing and advancement of understanding of our home, Floyd. Although considered small by most standards, our planet is still an immensely wondrous one.
I couldn't agree more. And it's up to all of us (not just those of us working in the natural history museums of the world) to work and fight to protect it and preserve it for future generations.
those crystals were beautiful!!! I loved the malachite ♡
How the glorious creation that shows us how much infinitely more glorious the Creator God is, who created it all in just 6 days.
00:32 Doctor Carla DOVE Bird Division Smithsonian Museum...
they are looking right at creation by the Supreme Being... And still they are looking for answers... Wow... Humans.
While watching the video, all I could think about was "What if the Smithsonian gets blown up?" Everything, just gone ...
We'd be in really deep shit.
I really want to see a documentary on their lives and how they got to where they are!
what about the july 1919 giant skeleton found by oil prospector can you convert to 3d printer file....maybe the whole collection (someone just got a new job)
I was looking for something about the smithsonian stuff, if that also includes the channel, because I watched something which mentioned them buying/taking certain historical things but this would actually make sense...
HA! try and stop this peta
Damn, and I thought completing the museum in Animal Crossing was impressive.
I wish I was the mineral curator. For now I will be a amateur geologist and continue to work in a lapidary while learning jewelry history. ;) maybe one day!
Am I the only one who finds it amusing that dr. Carla DOVE works at the division of BIRDS???
I love the butterfly guy
The Background sounds like it came straight out of Willy Wonka Or Mary poppins :>
i wonder if an earthquake occur and the whole building collapse. They need to start again from scratch. I would be crying for a week
we should do the same with humans... they are so many on earth (much more than us)... a few in a cupboard will probably help us to let the planet safe (my name is John, the blue butterfly).
i love how this was filmeddd
This video was such a flex for the Smithsonian. Like they weren't cool enough already
birds, butterflies, mullosks, insects & rocks. pretty cool. sooooo what else you guys have?
THE SMITHSONIAN NEEDS TO BE 100% TRANSPARENT WITH IT'S COLLECTION. NO MORE HIDDEN ROOMS, LOCKED DOORS, RESTRICTED ACCESS, ETC.
Wheres all the giants bones you guys were responsible for? Why cover it up? Theres a higher power you people are working for and I hope you see you're on the wrong side my friends
I don't know but I don't like it much I mean those were live birds or insects once. before they were taken as specimen sorry but this is not so amazing
Any Grand Canyon artifacts in there from the cave above mile marker 59? Asking for a friend
DO U GUYS KILL THEM FOR NOTHING?! or just wait for them to die?
Oohhhhh Lalala I like it
Carla Dove is in bird division.
Dove is a type of bird.
Coincidence?
I think not!
dang i wanna be there