The Philip L. Wright Zoological Museum

Wherein I give you the personal, behind-the-scenes tour of our vast collection and its variable rooms.
Welcome to The Brain Scoop. My name is Emily, and I will be your host.
Facebook: thebrainscoop
The Brain Scoop is written and hosted by:
Emily Graslie
Directed, Edited, and Scored by:
Michael Aranda
Created By:
Hank Green
Transcriptions and translations contributed by Martina Šafusová, Rachel Prunty, Linamaría Gallegos Mayorga, Nur Iskandar Nuruddin, Giulia Mancini, João Henrique Diniz, John-Alan Pascoe, Ulla Aeschbacher, Anne-Sophie Caron, Tomer Halevy, Nat Phon-or, Sabrina, Karolina Zetterlund, Joyce Ong, Tony Chu, Adam Wojniłło, Lisa Kurenshchikova, Jenny Grøterud, Bedour Alshaigy, Roman Wasarab, Seth Bergenholtz, and Topi Viljamaa. You guys are THE ABSOLUTE BEST!!!

[@Inueyes6667]

Love that they casually zoom in on the bugs as the mount each other. xD

[@JanatRandom]

Things I love about this video: 1. The extent of the collection (bison in bulk storage cartons)! 2. Climate control concerns in the refrigerated area (my archivist is showing, isn't it?) 3. Phylus cabintetsis 4. Emily's bracelet (seriously, that is some awesome hardware) 5. Campus orgy 6. This is probably one of the best shot and edited videos I've seen on KZbin.

[@rayhs1984]

Poor bunny never got the fame of Soon Raccoon.

[@mrthemuffinman246]

At least 50% of the time I spend on the Internet is watching high quality, educational content like this. I don't understand why anyone would every say time wasted on the Internet is waste.

[@anselzw]

Finally see the real brain scoop!

[@DFTBACleaves]

I seriously love Emily. She's so chill and funny. Very charismatic, and I love that she loves everything about the museum.

[@tmaaz]

"... but I have a fluffy orange boyfriend named..." Mr. Howl, as in the noise? Or is it Mr. Howell, like Gilligan's Island? Or... going out on a limb here... is it Mr. Howell, after the famous anthropologist F. Clark Howell? Inquiring minds want to know. =)

[@ArchonPook]

This never got an answer, and because of that I am sad.

[@Racnenn]

This is literally my favorite thing on the internet. Between Brain Scoop and Oddities, my life is complete.

[@TheMrCarnification]

Was this the actual time you said: "(...) it still has brains on it."????

[@jimday666]

At no time before that was it ever said in a published segment of dissection. Might be a good thing for "Ask Emily"

[@plushoo]

I'm so happy that this channel exists! It's obvious that Emily knows and loves her subject. The beetles were my favourite part :D

[@qpid8110]

Prehensile tailed porcupine?! You didnt take Kimosabe did you? 😱

[@farhanahmed2508]

Qupid VOneOhOne Haha. I love Kemosabe.

[@firnantok]

This show is awesome. Seriously. This is the kind of reality tv i want to watch. Emily is awesome and the whole team behind the scenes does an amazing job.

[@Alimira1000]

Emily you are seriously one of my new favorite people. You should have a Brain Scoop tour sometime where you have meetups at various natural history and zoological museums around the country.

[@BobbyRouse]

I love that I live in a world that can provide me with entertainment such as this.

[@wepples]

I love how excited you are about working/volunteering in a museum! And how excited you got when talking about Archaeology! Keep up the amazing work!

[@OrsoIclaim]

Oh my god she's perfect, complete deadpan the whole time...hilarious and informative

[@thecassman]

I would gladly spend days wondering around that place being shown every single exhibit! Not usually a museum-y kind of person but that would be awesome. Fascinating.

[@doomkoala]

I really like Michael Aranda's style. The jump cuts, typography, sound design. Pretty awesome.

[@Karaisoke]

I need this job more than anything in the whole world. And she is so adorbs.

[@ferrous719]

you have got to be the most interesting person one could possibly meet at a party. and clearly you love what you do. also your editor is humorous.

[@ZeeZeeZeeZeeZeeZeeZeeZee]

I love her. So enthusiastic and entertaining, with some education thrown in there!

[@ellakruz]

Like the top comments say, I think that this will be a great youtube channel for various reasons. Firstly, Emily is like the nerdy, zoologically inclined queen of youtube. Secondly, Aranda and Hank are editing gods, and highlight educational things along with hilarity. Also, it's something a lot of people are interested in yet don't have entertaining online resources about. ALSO, this will probably be good for their dept. Lastly, ERMERGERD, I LOVE ZOOLOGY. So glad Hank/Aranda support this.

[@Misterdrow]

I love this! The contents of the museum are fascinating, Emily is a natural on camera... easily one of my favorite new channels on KZbin.

[@opossumfinder]

I am SO exited ti watch this show. I can tell it will very quickly become one of my favorite channels.

[@madieliz1996]

This is perfect. Haven't been this excited about a KZbin series in a while!

[@heyitsphilosophie]

This is my favourite show and Emily is one of my favourite people.

[@biawazima]

This is my favorite youtube channel of the whole universe of the world

[@bbbbaked]

this is the greatest thing. I am going to LOVE this series. Emily you are wonderful!

[@NumbuhLaughing247]

This is quickly becoming one of my favorite channels on KZbin, really great stuff!

[@youcancallmeBalke]

Emily you're so natural. I'm real happy you are now going to be making videos.

[@Pengelly2001]

Meeting you and visiting that museum had just made my Bucket List!

[@scuzleymann]

"Phylus cabinetsis" -- worth watching for that alone... Thank you, Emily!

[@ljm792]

I am so freaking stoked on all of this. Emily (it has been readily established) is totally fantastic, but I would just like to add that I love the production; the editing style, the cinematography(?) and the block letters, the way that the that the voice over/music is used. It's just really clean and I think it does a lot towards making the show really interesting and showcasing Emily perfectly (that last part sounded creepy, but ya). Thanks you guys, awesome work Michael.

[@davidglenn878787]

This is going to be one of my new favorite shows.

[@PhreekItOut]

I am so glad this place now has a channel - here is hoping with more and more interest the museum can move to a bigger place to display all those amazing creatures.

[@TheBlazingSilver]

Hey Michael, I just wanted to say that I really dig the music on this show so far. Its a nice counterpoint to such a potentially morbid subject and it makes me smile.

[@sirhoboman]

Holy cow, this is the best thing ever! Emily, you're so smart and talented and funny and you're a natural in front of the camera and WOW! I loved this. Can't wait for more!!!

[@OneUpdateataTime]

It was the right decision to subscribe to this. Educational AND entertaining! The perfect alliterative combination.

[@magical0bando]

Love this! The amount of excitement and passion Emily has for her work there is inspiring.

[@ktbgood4598]

So excited to see Brain Scoop up and running! Keep up the good work.

[@77Palindrome]

Guys, I visited this museum a few days ago and it is the coolest place I have ever been.

[@TheBuddsO]

This is my new favorite channel. I absolutely love zoology and Emily is so funny and a great teacher/tour guide person! I also love all the captions :)

[@superlimerick123]

This is SO AWESOME. Definitely my favorite new show here on the youtubes.

[@fritopie394]

This show is fantastic!!!!! Its educational , interesting , funny, and Emily you are just so captivating! I've watched it four times already! I will be waiting in suspense until your next installment!

[@simsamsammie]

*cries in it still has brains on it* I entirely blame this show for getting me into vulture culture and sparking my bone curiosity/obsession. A few months ago my partner gave me a possum skull they found in the woods as a present. I miss this show a lot so I'm going back and watching a bunch of it again

[@floofytown]

Man, this is so well edited. I can't wait for this to be my new favorite channel. Kinda already is!

[@Super_Swank]

It's here it's here it's here! I feel like I've been waiting for this for months and now it's perfect and it's heeeeeerrrrreeee!

[@darthvaderchic]

I love it when you talk nerdy to us! (You're so adorable! Excited to see more!)

[@Onami3]

I've been on a Bones-watching marathon, so watching this was just perfect. :D Can't wait to see more from this channel, you're great!

[@McChuckster]

If I ever went to this museum, it would probably become my second favorite series of rooms I've ever been in. Second to the archaeology lab at my university

[@acfourn]

I am so unbelieveably excited that this video is finally up!! So funny, and amazingly awesome! I can't wait for more!

[@MaggieSerendipity]

You should do a "Stories With Emily" series (or some more creative name) where Emily tells stories about her experiences working in the museum, or just funny stories. I love her enthusiasm and passion for her work; I think she'd be a great storyteller!

[@jngo123456789]

Emily, you're such a good presenter! This was really interesting, can't wait for the next episode.

[@thePirateQueenKt]

The bird room is my favourite so far, I hope we go through there slowly in the future

[@Deimoclese]

So jelly of Mr. Howell. So cute, so charming, and so smart!

[@rowbsie]

I thoroughly enjoyed this video. Especially the bits where Michael decided to add captions

[@velosarahptorx]

It's so great how you are so excited by what you do! It really inspires me because I want to break into the science field (preferably in microbiology) after I graduate, and it's great to have role models like you.

[@theoriginalnetsirk]

Your enthusiasm is contagious! Love this channel already!

[@13SilentSandy13]

Yippy! Brain Scoop is launched and HAPPENING! This is so cool.

[@sarcasmrocks3]

I've been procrastinating from watching this for weeks but omfg I loved it i wish I'd watched it sooner

[@aquaguy34]

I'm so glad Hank found this museum!

[@CGlacia]

I'm freaking addicted to you, Emily. Can't wait to see more. Also, that brain scoop looks just like the microspatulas I've had to use in chem labs.

[@heygwenhay]

I am so looking forward to all of the videos that will happen on this channel! Awesome introduction, Emily!

[@KarKar711]

Emily has got to be a long-lost Green sibling. Loving this already!

[@bigheartedloony]

I'm really not a sciency person. But watching videos like yours or Hank's on youtube has taught me so much interesting stuff!

[@stealawayinthetardis]

I love this. Who knew learning about dead things could be so much fun?

[@mscaptainwinchester]

This makes me so happy! I can't wait to see what you have for us next!

[@flirtyfarie99]

As a wildlife studies student I think this is the coolest thing ever! I look forward to learning more!

[@xxkylexyxx]

What an awesome show!! So informative and entertaining and so well edited!! Good job Michael!!

[@pushplaydreamer]

Wow, this is really well put-together! Great job Michael! and Emily is a charming host!

[@Exitaph]

Love this channel already! Emily is definitely not forgetting to be awesome.

[@Blondie5652]

Emily, you are awesome. Never change, ever...

[@Alactriann]

most original and naturally funny videos I've seen in a while

[@sundustii]

I am loving the editing and typography of these :D awesome job michael! Also emily has the best sound bites/random phrases and sentences bahaha

[@KB42moomoo]

I have nothing more to say than: I love Emily SO MUCH. It still has brains on it :'D

[@demonsrun425]

This is classic Michael Aranda. You guys make a great team. Never really liked bio, but the two of you are stellar. DFTBA!

[@starrynightzkai]

Ah, everything about this is so fantastic! Great script/narration from Emily and awesome editing by Michael! Can't wait to see more! :D

[@musiclover2165]

I am so excited to see what else comes out of this channel!

[@clearmenser]

Emily for president... of the Universe of the World!

[@Sarahisaherz]

I know this comment will be lost in the great abyss of overflowing love and fangirling, but I just wanted to say keep up the good work, Emily! It's a great show you've got there! :)

[@myidiosyncrasy]

I had to scroll down and not watch the bird room part, but other than that, I am way more interested in this channel than I ever thought I would be. I'm sure your enthusiasm is more than half the reason.

[@xxkylexyxx]

Yeah! I agree with most ppl that this is my new favorite channel right now!!

[@galaxa13]

This is the cutest, funniest, smartest thing ever.

[@KymBB95]

Ok. This is probably the best video I have ever seen. I can't even mention all the comments I have in just one comment. Loved it! Can't wait for more! :)

[@technicallie]

I know most of these comments are in praise of Emily (which is cool, because she's AWESOME and totally deserves it. Fo realz), but I would just like to compliment Michael Aranda on his superb editing. I always like the style of the videos he puts together. Four for you, Michael Aranda. You go, Michael Aranda.

[@thisisnotmelissa]

It makes me so ridiculously happy to see how well this is taking off! I thought you were charming and charismatic in Hank's video and I love you more and more every time I see you post on tumblr (in a non-creepy loving-over-the-internet-because-you're-awesome sort of way). So excited to see more! :D

[@SALIG295]

Going to be one of my new favourite channels for sure!

[@missgraaccee]

I ALREADY LOVE THIS.. EMILY IS SO AWESOME. It might be odd trying to describe how good this chanel is to other people without sounding like a crazy person!!

[@Chizel88]

I really like the extra visual word line things on the screen. And Emily of course, Emily is great.

[@cloverhighfive]

Love your editing, Michael! This was really fun to watch. And I already love you, Emily!!!! You are so interesting! :)

[@SquiggleOs]

I am so excited about this channel, oh my gosh. Emily is so awesome and science and YES.

[@morsfero]

Emily. I just want to say, you did an amazing job with this first video! Keep it up please!

[@stuttersomthing]

SO in love with her, and wow this was an awesome video. This channel is already one of my favorites

[@self6942]

Ok. I have to confess, I didn't think it would be as good as it was. Yeah, I really liked that. Well done!

[@thelog222]

I already am in love with this channel. Emily is awesome!

[@MandaPanda1795]

She's so adorable! totally excited about this channel. :) 5 bazillion thumbs up!!!

[@RockOutBritty]

This is going to be an amazing channel to watch. I adore you already!

[@terralynn9]

This is fantastic. I'm so excited about future episodes!

[@SirWolfPaws]

This video needs more views! I'm incredibly excited that Emily has her own channel now :D

[@samiesset115]

I AM SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS SHOW!!!!!!!!!!!