The Butterfly Collector - Objectivity 229

We visit Bournemouth Natural Science Society to look at an awesome array of specimens and objects - many from renowned entomologist Margaret Brooks. More links below ↓↓↓
Featuring Mark Spencer from Bournemouth Natural Science Society.
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Check out more episodes at BNSS:
Ancient Oil Lamps: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mGOueYmZmLeNedU
Opening a Mummy's Coffin: kzbin.info/www/bejne/naa7lH6Lgrd-fK8
Dinosaur Footprints: kzbin.info/www/bejne/ap6qn3t_pJ6Gnpo
Awesome Orrery: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gYuroWqlYsqNqsU
Bournemouth Natural Science Society’s website: bnss.org.uk/
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[@otschie]

ahh yes the wholesome places of youtube, glad to be here.

[@ObjectivityVideos]

Glad to have you.

[@otschie]

@@ObjectivityVideos awww, thank you and have a wonderful day.

[@gonnathrowyouatomato5304]

@@ObjectivityVideos glove to have you 😂

[@marshmelows]

Fun fact, the Death's head mark moth is the moth featured in the Silence of the Lambs movie poster.

[@Petertronic]

What a gorgeous moth. I name her "Clarice".

[@davidrenton]

that's what i love about Brady's channels, there is always something new , unusual and unexpected.

[@BRP42]

I think this is one of your coolest videos, Brady! Mark is a international treasure too!

[@sydthegoat88]

Deaths Head moth now has PTSD after being in that room of pinned carcasses

[@ObjectivityVideos]

We made sure she didn’t see them! ;)

[@bluemalamute]

lol

[@TheZindarod]

Why is this video just 8 minutes long? I could have watched an hour long video of Brady and Mark going through all those specimens.

[@ObjectivityVideos]

I would have loved an hour looking at them too.

[@OnkelPeters]

Objectivity Please do return! Maybe for an hour of watching (an actual) slide show!

[@kguy152000]

This was friggin fascinating

[@piccalillipit9211]

OMG - I had those books as a kid - as well as the "Observers Book Of Moths" and "Observers Book Of Butterflies"

[@TheOwlman]

Mark's reference to pill boxes cast my mind back more than 50 years to poring over Watkins & Doncaster's catalogue (which I still have somwhere) and all of the beautiful equipment that I could never afford. Imagine my surprise to find that they are still going strong (and they still have varnished card pill boxes, though the bases are probably plastic now!) I still can't afford the cabinets though.

[@skarrambo1]

I may be a Physicist/Meteorologist, but this video made me smile ear to ear with the human story :) You can tell how much Mark admired Margaret, and clearly with good reason.

[@txhunter144]

My favorite channel of all time.

[@Nolanthegardener]

Amazing episode!

[@ObjectivityVideos]

Thanks!

[@Wobbuffet0]

What a great Lepidopterist

[@wvut]

A casual extinct Great Alk in the background at 05:02, would have loved to hear more about that!

[@bethanypalumbo6703]

It's actually a replica built of other bird specimens, but I guess that's also kinda cool

[@ChristianAkacro]

I've always been an amateur lepidopterist. The work of these greats is amazing!

[@soasertsus]

That moth is amazing! I love insects and preserving them so I'd be really interested to see more videos of this entomology collection!

[@nymphalisantiopa3888]

Everyone should make a collection of butterflies and moths. I have thousands of pinned specimens and it has brought me a lifetime of education and joy.

[@davetremaine9763]

I was reading a text I got and looked back to the video at 5:10 and I was like "wow that's a cool moth" and I was so surprised when it started walking, didn't realize it was a live specimen lol. And wow 35-45 mph, that's nuts!

[@EasterWitch]

Moths are so underrated. I am currently helping cataloging Geometridae at my university's collection so I get to see a lot of cook patterns and colours. Our collection is quite large but not nearly as large as this one.

[@WoLpH]

The outro clilp was weird even when seeing the image. Excellent

[@CybranM]

Didnt expect to see a living specimen on this channel, the death's-head hawkmoth was really cool!

[@fordsfords]

WHOA! That is an AMAZING moth!!!!! This was a wonderful episode! Thank you Dr. Haran!

[@marshmelows]

5:49 * spy theme starts playing* Bloody cool that moth!!!!

[@morkmon]

that's such a cool moth

[@philiplettley]

Remember finding deaths head Caterpillar on my step and picking it up wondering what it was. Very strong, wrapped itself round my finger. Released after photographing it

[@sommelierofstench]

that moth at the end was awesome. whoa

[@russellfranklinwrites]

That last moth was beautiful. Also Brady needs to tell us his secret for getting better looking with age.

[@Fairview104]

Such beautiful creatures.

[@smaakjeks]

I like Mark Spencer. He seems nice. I hope you revisit him and this collection :-)

[@JapaneseModernist]

I could listen to that guy talk about moths and butterflies all day

[@Macarite]

Beautiful moth, staggering

[@iteerrex8166]

Nice omega watch Brady!

[@dominiquelaurain6427]

Amazing collecting work :-)

[@felipevitorino7745]

6:33 that Watch is 🔥

[@munjee2]

I have never been afraid of the skull on the moth's back but after realising it looks like a giant wasp right before it was said ; I'm terrified

[@doridear1604]

I literally rolled back a meter in my office chair. Normally I'm alright with moths, even big ones, as long as they are sitting there chilling, but that mimicri is not ok

[@FoxDren]

James is a beautiful moth

[@colincomposer]

That's a nice Omega!

[@JustOneAsbesto]

Ernest Rutherford said: "All science is either physics or stamp collecting." While that's not quite right, there's this.

[@henrifischer1119]

Last two day's I've been listening to the audio book of The Silence of the Lambs, featuring the Death's-Head Hawkmoth.

[@ude4225]

Real life Animal Crossing and I love this

[@huleboermannhule44]

The end with the James being female was so good.

[@j0nthegreat]

that's a nice looking watch

[@lutz18692]

lookin good Brady!

[@DDdreamer90]

You missed the perfect opportunity to call this video "Madame Butterfly"! Ah well, it's a fairly obscure reference anyway. xD

[@FredStam]

Nice video, Brady, but........ too short

[@Qwerty-jk8sh]

What type of photographs did Margaret take? (3:00)

[@jcortese3300]

Call her Margaret, of course! 0:44 -- top center one looks like a bilateral gynandromorph ... ?

[@SoleaGalilei]

My wife is terrified of moths. If she saw that last one she'd probably faint!

[@michaelsheffield6852]

Very interesting

[@sjcwoor]

brady. haha. that outro

[@f_ogs]

i'm confused, was this filmed earlier in the year?

[@crazzilla7203]

They've only just recently started releasing clips filmed from quarantine (in which they follow social distancing guidelines), so this was most likely filmed before, and uploaded from a backlog.

[@ObjectivityVideos]

Yes - this was filmed long before lockdown and social distancing came into effect

[@f_ogs]

@@ObjectivityVideos thanks for the reply!

[@Lauraphoid]

Moths and butterflies give me the creeps! Too bad, they are so beautiful and very interesting.

[@Jacksirrom]

What a monster moth

[@jordanmullaney9263]

My daughter would like for you to name the moth “Cora”.

[@dattebenforcer]

What about Mothra?

[@Veptis]

Moths don't eat? Mimicry is interesting. Thermal cameras on a warming up moth... If you still got the T1020 from Periodic videos....

[@Karius7]

Sooo... not going to mention Silence of the Lambs? Ok... I'll do it for you, that's how nice I am

[@acesul8811]

I have to ask the awkward question - did these specimens die of natural causes or were they sacrificed for science.

[@bethanypalumbo6703]

All sacrifices I'm afraid, collected long before the impact of such practices was fully understood.

[@graphite2786]

You can source ethically collected butterflies now days. Captive bred and euthanized after they mate and lay eggs. As most butterfly + moths die shortly after breeding, the process has no impact on wild populations. It also helps the local economies in impoverished communities. ( By the way , butterflies have a horrible way of dying. After they breed they just stop eating and basically fall apart. A bit like salmon.)

[@normagutierrez5028]

How much are they worth

[@stumpy990]

I was expecting the moth to get named Garth

[@ASilentS]

It puts the lotion on it's skin........

[@tamaboyle]

Surely you should call it Jame?

[@garrysekelli6776]

Garry Larson would be proud.

[@RFC-3514]

The moth isn't "trying" to look like anything. It just looks a bit like a wasp because moths that looked a bit like wasps (due to random mutations) had a slightly higher survival rate. *_Natural selection is not a goal-driven process._*

[@bluemalamute]

I've grown to like the teleological/ anthropomorphic language--as long as we recognize it as such--shorter to say/ resonates more, perhaps

[@RFC-3514]

@@bluemalamute - The problem is, people who don't know better think it's actually describing how evolution works, and people trying to spread "intelligent design" nonsense use it to justify their BS.

[@justincaseoh]

Please do Hello Internet

[@Zavstar]

I can see brady was scared

[@BL3446]

Wait until this guy comes to WV, USA and finds out about Mothman.

[@zakiranderson722]

Everything's okay calm down 💀

[@pookie7584]

I love butterflies, but I don’t think it’s right to kill them for your own collection, escpecially endangered ones.

[@jacksonmerencillo894]

Are interested to buy a butterfly ,,

[@Kuzon9]

I have a pretty large butterfly collection in Animal Crossing.

[@laser8389]

I mean, beauty is in the eye of the mothholder and whatnot, but those all did seem pretty drab and bland to me, compared to those vibrant butterflies. Certainly worth looking at, just not what I'd call "not drab and bland."

[@bluemalamute]

mothholder--I see what you did there, lol

[@Toobula]

LOl, "This is a species that went extinct in 1970" ... pulls out a drawer of 90 of them. Extinction partially explained.

[@Simbosan]

"You have to do it without any damage to the specimens" Well, apart from catching, killing and impaling them on metal spikes!

[@hectors03]

Moths are prettier than butterflies!!

[@travelprint]

🇺🇲☀️😘 #IHearHerSqueekingNow 👑🦋🎶🐝🌳📐💫

[@phyarth8082]

0:31 Stubborn Euclidian mathematician Lewis Carroll hated Al Jabra , Arabic meaning "reunion of broken parts"[1] and "bonesetting"[2]) (Algebra) caterpillar=butterfly with hookah pipe LoL, transformation is algebra and in Euclidian geometry algebra transformation never happens :))))))))))) Lewis Carroll is 21 century with smartphones aka mini-computers where everything is just big Al Jabra and zero geometry :) Victoria age he was man of that time :)

[@SergeMatveenko]

I'm not sure how I feel about that. Those creatures were slaughtered alive for science. Is this better than torturing creatures in med labs or worse?

[@nenharma82]

It’s quite macabre! Not a fan of it either.

[@j0nthegreat]

first

[@TheMisterGege1]

That’s awful 🙁