How To Taxidermy A Squirrel: Part II

[@thebrainscoop]

The "or whatever" part of our call to action: 1. Print out a poster and hang it up at your work/school! 2. Tell your students or teachers or labmates or coworkers! 3. Share on social media! You guys are good at using the Internets, right? 4. Stop random people in the street and ask HEY DOES IT STILL HAVE BRAINS ON IT?!

[@davidshi451]

***** AND CAN THOSE BRAINS BE SCOOPED???

[@danielhallriggins9008]

Another addition to favorite Emily quotes: "I feel like a beautician. But I don't know any beauticians who have blow-dried a dead squirrel."

[@sandrastreifel6452]

Daniel Riggins: Unless that beautician’s hobbies include taxidermy!

[@narc0manic]

The taxidermy videos return! And with them return my somewhat ill-advised tradition of eating dinner while watching these. :p

[@RMoribayashi]

narc0manic I did that with HoseNose and had to stop the video. I watch TheBrainScoop on an empty stomach now just in case.

[@BriWhoSaysNi]

Lol. Remember that wolf video from ages ago? I not only ate dinner during that, but a dinner of noodles. Wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. That abscessed squirrel from a while back on the other hand, that was too much. Blood and guts, sure. But pus? I'm out.

[@AnnoyingAsianWitch]

narc0manic I am doing this too!

[@juno7424]

Same

[@theyxaj]

I would love to watch y'all taxidermy a bird. It seems a bit different with the feathers. Do taxidermied fish exist?

[@renschuon4992]

Yxaj yes taxidermied fish do exist but I don't know anything about it. I just know that our swim team has a taxidermied Piranha that sometimes comes to meets because our mascot is a piranha

[@ninetoedlizard6650]

Most taxidermied fish are recreated. You give the dimensions of the fish, pictures, and someone will recreate it from scratch using airbrushing and paint. If you use the actual skin it wrinkles loses color and has some other issues.

[@cajenner]

Yes they actually do! Weird right?

[@Indiez12]

That must be complicated

[@TheYambo121]

I want to watch this, but the sound of the scraping on the polystyrene is giving me goosebumps!

[@AbnormalWrench]

"I don't know any beauticians that have blow-dried a dead squirrel..." SOMEBODY has to do Donald Trumps hair...

[@EasterWitch]

Coming home from work and watching this while eating dinner was really nice :-)

[@TheVlog]

LiquoriceLover I'm doing the same, except school!

[@Rithene]

You know you've been watching the Brain Scoop for a long time when: the grossometer pops up and you shrug and grab another potato chip.

[@tudorsike736]

The next time that you're doing specimen preparation or other minute work, could Tom or Greg really get close up with the camera? I feel like we're missing out on a lot of the details. Thanks ^_^

[@mastodon1314]

Please do more videos with Katie Innamorato! Thanks

[@schmittelt]

If I woke up dead and found out I had rocks for eyeballs, I'd be in a creepy mood too.

[@shinjishi]

This channel is so amazing, I love you Emily Graslie, I just wished it would more frequent updates

[@pvic6959]

a video with the grossmeter is a good video

[@Naiadryade]

Yay, I'm so glad you posted this video!! I was really curious about the process with the eyes and lips.

[@sandrastreifel6452]

Naiadryade: It’s so great how they give the face a lifelike expression!

[@thany3]

Question: how do you taxidermy a really very small animal, like a small mouse or a gerbil or even smaller? Same process but more fiddly?

[@StoneOfMoon]

I would assume it's more fiddly ahah

[@charlottecuffe191]

Katie's laugh! Omg it's so adorable!!

[@KrazyPi]

I get so excited when I see these videos in my sub box!!! Thank you for making my day a little brighter :D

[@Omni315]

"Taxidermy means movement of skin" Tax-dermy, holy hell! How have I never noticed that!

[@mervecatalbas6811]

wow Tnx

[@ljmastertroll]

Taxidermy - makeovers for dead things.

[@DeadeyeLefty]

Old video now I know, but I'm curious as to why you would slit the squirrel up the back where you have to hide the seam vs case-skinning it, where the seam becomes invisible as it's somewhere that isn't typically on display.

[@0martina00]

Soon has rocks instead of eyes? I've never noticed!

[@thebrainscoop]

That's part of his charm. Or creepiness tbh I can't tell anymore

[@BlackBobby69]

***** Don't worry. The inability to tell charm from creepiness is very common among KZbin commenters ;-)

[@ragnkja]

Excellent! These were the bits I felt were missing from part 1. =D

[@3kids2cats1dog]

Do the squirrels have names yet? I feel Soon Raccoon needs a buddy. Or maybe as a perk for Project Hyena?

[@kozukenma1762]

Does anyone know exactly what Anna’s job is called? I’d love to do what she does

[@laurentpavot9374]

Hurray for the second return of the grossometer !!

[@eerbrev]

Hey *****, the indiegogo campaign link is wrong somehow.

[@ragnkja]

eerbrev Here's the correct address: www.indiegogo.com/projects/project-hyena-diorama

[@eerbrev]

Nillie thanks, i found it. I just wanted to let the channel know so that they could mod the description and annotations appropriately. Cheers!

[@thebrainscoop]

eerbrev Phew - thanks! Updated it in the description.

[@ragnkja]

eerbrev I assumed you would, and just wanted to make it easy for other people to find it as well. =)

[@Palewolf]

Is there a 3rd part coming? Otherwise i would've like to see a closer look at the squirrels once finished.

[@thebrainscoop]

We posted a few on Tumblr! thebrainscoop.tumblr.com/post/113897882511/some-teaser-photos-from-our-shoot-with-katie

[@Palewolf]

***** Oh, nice! And sorry, i realized it was posted in the description moments after writing the comment ^_^

[@slopez6332]

i love your videos you put a lot of hard effort on it

[@ImpossiblyBitsy]

To test my ability to watch these videos, I successfully ate a piece of pizza while watching the awesomeness

[@Studphish]

I rather enjoy these taxidermy segments. What's at the top end of the grossometer?

[@learningftw6559]

Studphish I think it's "HOLY F**K" but I could be wrong

[@pvic6959]

Studphish it was there in one of the fox/wolf episodes i think

[@jebus6kryst]

I love Anna's reaction after see saw the model with one eye in it. :)

[@BLTwinity]

Dear Emily, love your show. Sadly your new video "An Electric Eel and a Caiman" can't be watched in germany because it appearently contains music from SME. You once uploaded a video to a different site. Hope you can help germany out here. Keep up the good work!

[@karleybioanthro]

Does Anna prepare birds as well!?

[@thebrainscoop]

I think she's done a few, but they're way different and more sensitive than mammals. When time allows I go into the bird prep lab and practice, usually it's my end-of-week treat. I want to be really good before we film an episode in the lab!

[@karleybioanthro]

Cool. Oh and by any chance do you know who gives the behind the scenes tours? My biology club will be coming and I was hoping it would be you! *****​​

[@davidshi451]

***** Is it because they have hollow bones, or just more ornate plumage?

[@ShadeSlayer1911]

She did mention that her brain scoop was used on some starlings.

[@ShadeSlayer1911]

David Shi I don't think it's cuz of the bones, since pneumatic bones are nearly as structurally strong as regular bones. I prepared a bird specimen once, and it was terrible. But I haven't done a mammal yet, so I don't have anything to compare it to, but I will say that it is a struggle to keep the feathers looking nice.

[@theburgerbrains]

Thank you so much for making these videos :)

[@LikelyToBeEatenByAGrue]

Hi Emily; I just wanted to tell you that you are an amazing, intelligent, funny, and beautiful woman. I respect your decision to follow your passion and admire your success. Thank you for making these amazing videos for me and please don't stop. Very sincerely, me.

[@Missyshenanigan88]

I am a licensed cosmetologist and I have taxidermied squirrels, bunnies, a chipmunk, and a racoon. :D

[@thebrainscoop]

We would have so much to talk about if you cut my hair!

[@melharch3331]

***** oh my goodness, so relatable, hairdresser small talk is awful! I usually just sit there awkwardly hoping they're doing a good job (I can't see because they've asked me to take off my glasses of course haha)

[@Missyshenanigan88]

***** oh definitely! Taxidermy, pinning bugs, specimen jars, boiling bones....

[@littleman8674469]

How are the mites taken off or any other small bugs?

[@TheBandScanner]

My favorite racoon gets a buddy, how cool.

[@aaamk3938]

Does anyone know what they ended up doing for the feet?

[@Haruta18]

D: None of your videos lately have been showing up in my subscriptions!

[@josephfrank3948]

Is there any way that we could meet the interns that I see posting on Facebook? They seem really cool!

[@WilcoxOutdoors]

what type of taxidermy is that?

[@ZuzuWildmonkey]

this was extreme on the grossometer? only a few seconds of the inside body tho

[@jellybeansi]

Those squirrels look like they could use some dry shampoo. 😂

[@davidshi451]

Didn't you mention that Carl Akeley also made the mistake of using too large a form on one of the Fighting African Elephants?

[@thebrainscoop]

Yea, but it wasn't a mistake. His wife Delia felled the larger of the two elephants and Carl wanted to compensate so he made the form for his larger than the elephant was in life. Now Delia's looks great and his elephant is cracking because it was literally stretched too thin. Silly Carl, nobody cares your elephant was smaller because UMMM YOU TAXIDERMIED ELEPHANTS. HELLLLOOOO

[@davidshi451]

***** He can't hear you over the sound of #ProjectHyenaDiorama and the vast accumulation of knowledge at The Field Museum! Also he's dead, so.

[@Acquavallo]

"But I don't know any beauticians who have blowdried a dead squirrel"

[@Turalcar]

Acquavallo "Blowdrying a dead squirrel" sound positively like some kind of a euphemism.

[@jennystratton1448]

this video makes me jealous that botanists cannot do taxidermy on plants...

[@Quantm179]

Is it expensive to get taxidermy done for something, say like a cat?

[@FelicitasSews]

my nana was a funeral directer, so she did dead *people's* hair.

[@castrocafe8049]

I've heard we already reached 30%..my goodness...

[@cdsaylor2]

Don't suppose you could do an episode on how Whales evolved? kzbin.info/www/bejne/bpTRYZ6cbdKbiZY

[@Newtype93]

Anyone else remember Squirrel McNastyFace?

[@Thatonefarmerguy]

Look It isa bird it's a plane it's a squrle

[@joanneduffy7218]

FRENCH THE LLAMA WHY ARE YOU NOT WEARING LAB COATS

[@amistenson2535]

Camera guy is slacking! 👈

[@apostle333]

lose the glasses, and use makeup that makes you eyes appear father apart. The rest of your facial structure is just like Jenifer Lawrence, your body language is similar also.

[@CozenedMask]

Green shirt is so annoying.