Olinguito

Today we're talking to Bill Stanley about Kris Helgen's Olinguito!
Here's Kris's paper: bit.ly/17jZalu
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The Brain Scoop is written and hosted by:
Emily Graslie
Created By:
Hank Green
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Michael Aranda
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Thank you to Martina Šafusová, Diana Raynes, John-Alan Pascoe, Enrico Cioni, Stefanie Winter, Tony Chu, Mariano Cepeda, Marie-Elsa Beaudon, and Seth Bergenholtz for their help in transcribing these videos! :D

[@Bobbydog66]

I'm sad to watch this knowing bill has passed away, always loved when he was on here.

[@rb7297]

+Bobbydog66 what? Oh noooo. :c I really liked him!

[@thinanguyen9628]

Excuse me, he passed away? That's so sad indeed, Bill was a cool guy :(

[@JackOfAllTrades0404]

Bobbydog66 how did he die?

[@Bobbydog66]

I want to say it was a heart attack on an expedition, I could be wrong. There's a video somewhere on the channel about his passing.

[@Kimmaline]

@@Bobbydog66 he was doing field work in Ethiopia and passed suddenly. I don't think an official cause was announced - at least not that I have heard.

[@cscha101]

The moral of all our stories is to just look through all the drawers again, in home and the museum.

[@romantheflash]

Wow, 35 years since I new species. So happy Emily was able to cover this :D

[@SciJoy]

How often are new species in general found because of museums?

[@garethbaus5471]

Presumably pretty often it is hard to distinguish a new species from old without specimens to compare to.

[@michaelesposito2629]

This new species was found IN the museum

[@TheThomasto123]

Ohh gawd... His beard, it's so beautiful c:

[@NaihanchinKempo]

You still Need T--shirts.."this still has Brains on it" would be perfect for a BrainScooop T-shirt and it could make the Museum some money..id buy four

[@devorahacts]

There was a place in DC where I used to see a yellow squirrel. I'm guessing he was related to a white one I also saw in the area. It's neat to hear these things and have it remind me.

[@meredith7299]

I'm sooo happy to see you at home in The Field Museum. I live too far away to go there more than a couple of times a year, but I still feel like it's my museum home base. It makes me more happy than I can tell that they are sponsoring this channel now.

[@OwlishFun]

Oh wow, thanks for this video guys

[@somewony]

Awesome! I was hoping you'd make an episode about this animal ever since i heard that it was discovered in the Field Museum.

[@Germankipp]

i was hoping for this video! thank you emily, you are awesome

[@Shonnna00]

These videos are so great! I can't thank you guys enough for all your hard work :)

[@WhichDoctor1]

When I heard about this story on the news I wondered how long it would be till there was a brainscoop about it. You didn't disappoint!

[@kamaakestad]

Awesome episode! I am so happy for the brainscoop now that it's supported by the Chicago Field Museum. It makes me want to take a trip to Chicago just to see the museum, and the show!

[@PuissantPike]

Loving the show! Keep up the great work!

[@GradyPeterson]

I don't often comment on KZbin videos but I just wanted to say, if this is what is to come from this channel, I'm extremely excited. I have loved The Brain Scoop from the start but honestly, this is the best video you have ever done, the science is strong in this one, I really feel like I'm smarter now for watching. Keep it up Emily and team, this is EXCITING!

[@khango6006]

It's October of 2017, and I'm still going back and find older videos that I haven't seen. It's like a lil treasure of knowledge

[@elitothenth]

This is such an amazing series. Working in education I see students become apathetic about science and their teachers aren't necessarily able to make it interesting, either due to resources or want. But for those out there this show, as well as Sci Show and Crash Course, really make science/history/life become relevant. Thank you! I get so excited when I see a new video!

[@weshard1]

It's nice to see that Bill has immersed himself in the subject of the olinguito, to the degree that he was willing to don one of the forgotten pelts, and wear it on his face. Nice one, Bill.

[@TheBuddsO]

I'm so glad you made a video about this! I read all about it a couple days ago and was so excited. Then I heard that Helgen came to the Field Museum and thought maybe you guys would do a video on the olinguitos and you did! Thanks!

[@gabrielleb74]

That was a really good explanation of how it was discovered. I think Emily just brings good luck where ever she goes.

[@keepbabbling]

Emily is the perfect host for this show because she knows enough to ask very intelligent questions, but has enough left to learn (and the passion to learn it) that the answers she gets are of interest to many other people who wouldn't know the right questions to ask.

[@CathyMissy]

Is only me who cries a little bit from happiness for Emily when "brought to you by The Field Museum" pops up?

[@jeanbeanization]

This is such an amazing show. I'm so glad that it exists :)

[@nudl3Zz]

I love these Field Museum episodes :-) and now there is an infinite number of them :-D

[@PogieJoe]

I first heard about this discovery on SciShow and I literally gasped when I heard it was found at the Chicago Field Museum. :D

[@TheStartandTheBean]

I love this channel!

[@celenameg]

This is such an interesting and amazing video. Thanks everyone for showing us this super cool discovery!

[@theLadySpies]

Thank you for making this video, it is eye-opening and really makes me understand more about what you guys do and why you do it. Very interesting video! ~Tiffy

[@whatareallofthis]

I've been hoping you'd do a video on olinguitos since they were discovered, and I was not disappointed! Thanks Emily!

[@cscha101]

Thanks for sharing this wonderful story.

[@Ab1Bibliophile]

I knew that a new species was found, but this cleared it up completely. You covered the back story, the proof and even showed us clearly the difference. Thank you!

[@wtx23j]

Love this channel

[@Bahnzye]

I saw Emily at the Field Museum today! She was busy so I didn't stop to say hi, but I was thrilled to see her at her new

[@Hollowthroat]

NEW EPISODE YAY!!!

[@booksandcat]

so fascinating! Love this channel :)

[@TheLonelyScribe01]

These interview-style videos are very informative, but I subscribed to this channel because I love to listen to Emily talking. I get that tgere are a lot of cool people in the museum, but I feel that the Brain Scoop is at its best when it's just Emily talking to us.

[@Kbroadd1]

very cool. can't wait to see what other neat stuff you find in the museum drawers!

[@heddie152]

So cool to see the actual specimens used!!

[@TwinkTwinkle]

I immediately thought about Emily when I read the news! Awesome vid!

[@BoldOpal]

Exciting to find something like this. And, it is awesome that we now have an insider at the Field Museum to get us the down low on this historic discovery.

[@kate122]

This is so awesome!

[@Bobbydog66]

Mind-blowing!

[@KatieAerene]

In all of my anthro classes (I'm a major), we've discussed how there is really more genetic variation within human populations than between them. The differences we see are just phenotypes (the physical expression of the genes), meaning that the genes themselves are not necessarily too varied. Well, that's my understanding. If you start thinking this way and start looking at facial structures from people all over the world, you'll see a lot more variation within populations than you did before!

[@old-moose]

Cool explanation of the importance of these collections. Thanks.

[@lordkrispy]

I heard about this discovery on the BBC website, saw it involved the Field Museum and immediately thought of you guys!

[@radishraccoon3657]

This was such a good explanation of why multiple specimens are useful.

[@crazytapper117]

Great episode‼

[@cartograp]

god i love this show.

[@jillianwalker22]

A very intelligent conversation, but edited in a way that we can all understand. Such an interesting topic!!

[@deejaydubla]

So AWESOME.

[@beccaschmelzel6164]

My AP Biology teacher talked to us about this on the first day of school! she was so excited!

[@QueenxRook]

The new intro is amazing, you guys.

[@thewordshifter]

Bill Stanley is my favorite!!!

[@ghandiesel]

congrats emily! im hungry for more brainscoop

[@jwjubee2893]

"So the moral of the story is I need I spend more time going three the drawers around here." Haha that is what I was thinking the whole time!

[@13BenVan]

I saw this on scishow. This is really exciting! I want to go through those drawers now haha.

[@SummerLeppanen]

They cover it in different ways, so yes!

[@KatieContinues]

This is so cool! It's amazing, sometimes, how much we still don't know about this planet we live on.

[@zhubajie6940]

Thanks for doing the show that I had suggested 2 weeks ago. But it was probably a no brainer (no pun intented) because of the news and that it was found at the Field Museum.

[@Teuwntjuh]

I was reading the news announcement of this and immediately wondered whether this would be on the brainscoop soon

[@UntamedScience]

For our piece I interviewed Chris and visited Roland at the NC museum, two of the authors on the paper. The discovery was really because he was studying pelts, but they found out later that there was one in zoos that wouldn't breed. They took DNA from the preserved Zoo specimen and found out that it was in fact an Olinguito as well. But the way I understood it, it didn't "lead" to the discovery. Just an interesting side-note.

[@thecassman]

Great video, interesting stuff! I particularly liked Bill's analogy of the diversity of Humans to explain why large collections are needed in museums! Oh, and i agree Kristofer Helgen has a nice beard... But i found myself growing increasingly envious of Bill's!

[@googolplexbyte]

Some sweet editing in this video. GJ

[@anzarea]

This was a really well done and engaging video, especially considering that it was just two people chatting

[@ptrskrz]

Thanks for making this video. I enjoyed it very much. x

[@orangutanlibrarian]

Since I Hank's scishow about this I have been dying for Emily to do a video about this. Thanks

[@daisyashfield3283]

YYAHHHH i love her new offices :)

[@Callordin]

Yay Rogue, yay beards, yay new carnivores still happily eating critters in their natural habitats, and yay brain scoop! I also look forward to dissections...and maybe Emily finding new species in a drawer in the field museum and getting amazing publication. Good luck.

[@davidng8732]

THAT'S SO AWESOME!!!

[@edwinzea]

I always wait till the "still has brains on it" part :D

[@WikiRiffs]

WOW Bill Stanley has a beard. Plot twist! I love that we're still discovering things that have been under our noses this entire time. Absolutely fascinating.

[@Zile.e]

The new intro is great but its also pretty funny. It's a nice female smiling happily while introducing us to (her) wonderful collection of preserved scientific specimens. Not what you would expect, and wholly ironic. Love it.

[@CelebratingPi]

Excellent!

[@veritasium]

Is there any truth to the story that part of the discovery occurred due to a failed breeding program where an olinguito was sent to mate with olingos?

[@deomapile1721]

didn't expect to see veritasium here

[@11thNite]

I like how the brain scoop and sci show can cover the same topic without it feeling redundant.

[@AtticusAmericanus]

It is always great to see people wearing great beards. I for one am also in posseion of one as well. It is exactly 1919 years old.

[@lilimax555]

That is so cool !

[@AwesomesMan]

That's soo cool!!!

[@desertdumitran]

yay that was so neat, I can't get enough brainscoop. does anyone else wait for the end where she says "it still has brains on it." ?

[@Shinlung66]

Great video, you look great as usual, and good luck finding you own new species :)

[@theLadySpies]

Hank Green originally went to a Missoula museum and met Emily who was the curator there and was like "Hey what you do here is really interesting I want more people to know about you and this place, can we do a show on youtube based around this?" and there ya go :) ~Tiffy

[@okashi10]

This is such a perfect example of WHY we need these natural history resources!

[@hidenseek14]

Go Emily!

[@lxUn1c0]

The first thing I thought when I saw this video was that it would make a great starting point for people who don't understand how evolutionary biology progresses. It's a great jumping off point for a discussion on how a hypothesis becomes an accepted theory.

[@Matt-vv7fl]

just goes to show, never stop reviewing your date. what's true today could be wrong tomorrow, or 30 years from now.

[@thekateresponder]

I love that you're at the Field Museum, but keep us posted on Montana please! Is there anything we can do to help/save the collection there?

[@christianpnorris]

I saw one in @ '98 in the Black Range in New Mexico. Smallerish and more tawny colored, though i saw mostly it's underside. The snout seemed a tad more puggish.

[@Galakyllz]

It's just a matter of time before Emily opens every drawer in that place, lol. I'm glad things are working out with the Chicago Field Museum.

[@30MinutesLater]

Congrats with the new (few months old) job! Your show actually made me want to visit a natural history museum. I'll let you know when I've had the time to go ;)

[@finthefishsep20toma]

Did you go yet

[@AJarOfYams]

I love how you guys make the texts follow what happens in the video xD

[@Centfla60]

Great new intro, but better than that is the Tag Line "...It still has brains on it. Way to go keeping that, Emily!

[@Shadpweaver]

those specimens were already a part of the collection, people had not realised they were a different species until recently.

[@MonkshoodPictures]

So you should, it is magnificent.

[@daniels6303]

Yes - In Kris Helgen's AMA on Reddit, he mentions the failed breeding programs in zoos. It's just a few comments down if you google "reddit olinguito ama" and click on the first link.

[@mr1hanky]

damn i could listen to this guy talking about animals all day every day

[@YouCantFoolOwlss]

love it

[@jaime_lee_g]

Very cool. It just goes to show how little we actually know about our planet. That there are all these species and sub-species that have been around for 100 years or more that we had no idea existed.

[@avilacanario]

GREAT!!!

[@retardo1000]

Emily, if you find a new species of Racoon, can you call it Rocket? Nah, but still, love these episodes and how awesome it could be to find a new species in your workplace. Sortal like finding a rare game or comic in your grandparent's house.