Why 99% Of Smithsonian's Specimens Are Hidden In High-Security | Big Business | Business Insider

The Smithsonian Natural History Museum houses 147 million specimens - everything from pickled animals to priceless gems to dinosaur bones. But less than 1% of it's on display. The rest is hidden behind the scenes in what's called collections. But they're not just sitting in storage rooms collecting dust. The specimens are actively used for scientific research with real-world benefits, from preventing bird strikes to documenting invasive species. We went inside the collections to see how they acquire, maintain, and protect our Earth's treasures.
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[@helpmycatiseatingme84]

The lady: The most venomous in the world Also the lady: *Oops*

[@Aethelvlad]

*throws it at camera*

[@cakeatstake5103]

LMAOO

[@harveyzou891]

Whoops

[@abouttime2569]

@@Aethelvlad wahahaha

[@reet3773]

ikr that’s funny

[@littlerelief5029]

As a museum worker, I need to correct this video on one glaring error: the collections aren't in 'secret' storage, it's in 'secure' storage. The difference is that secure means that it has humidity control and safe storage systems. Secret implies that no-one can access them, they can be by researchers and sometimes for public tours.

[@ryangibson2831]

They didn't say "Secret" they said "Hidden".

[@eluna34]

@@ryangibson2831 No it said secret at one point as well

[@Lyndanet]

@Little Relief you’re correct the collections are in secured storage. But words like secret and hidden appeal to that part of the human spirit that like wonderment,mystery , fantasy , as well as whimsy and makes the term secured storage a little more exciting and tantalizing. Science every now and then needs a little hype in this case it seems to be ok.✌🏽

[@notnow3917]

@@Lyndanet The problem is that it somewhat supports this idea that scientists are actually disingenuous and are hiding some sort of truth from the public. There is a lot of mistrust in scientific, especially government funded, institutions at the moment and that type of language can create the wrong perception.

[@Lyndanet]

@@notnow3917 you’re right in mentioning that ..l I wasn’t thinking of it from that perspective at all most scientists , I’ve met or follow are highly ethical people with a great sense of altruism and align themselves with the betterment of our world .

[@BlueHooloovoo]

Working at the Smithsonian must be a dream job for any scientist or researcher. Having that much access to millions of artifacts would be unreal.

[@oldironsides4107]

I would love to ruin all of that.

[@annoxx399]

@@oldironsides4107 You are cringe asf lol

[@cabezadetermo248]

@@oldironsides4107 why?

[@ClarkBent68]

​@@cabezadetermo248 why not

[@oldironsides4107]

@@cabezadetermo248 I was at this antique shop and I kept “ accidentslly” trying to nudge this very old mayve crystal lamp off and ruin it. Then I realized it was held down to the table after finally pawing it. I then “ slipped” destroying the lamp and table clutching my ribs and acting sorry. I had just ruined some Indian bead dresses about a half hour earlier at the old settler days 1 by one. They will all fall

[@CaBdosdos]

In 100 years this is going to be that much more jaw dropping if that was even possible. Imagine having this archive back 200 years ago what we could have seen.

[@hikurae]

not gonna happen

[@Dwight_]

@@hikurae Why not?

[@IgnisPhantasma]

Some specimens in there were collected well over 100 years ago. Like fish that were preserved for science and then eventually donated. So you tecnically can look at what the world was like 200 years ago. Its super cool. They even have an online database you can access.

[@hikurae]

@@Dwight_ New York will be underwater at that time, hopefully not, but there is a possibility

[@kimberly5701]

Do you know you can earn online ? I have benefited from it for the past two years , thou I got scammed before meeting the right account manager Mrs Katelyn Ejmont who manage my account and made good profits for me ☺️

[@thnead]

Now THIS is something I want my tax dollars to go towards. Protecting and preserving natural history is so important. I could watch an entire series on the collections the Smithsonian has.

[@xynyde0]

@@hwfq34fajw9foiffawdiufhuaiwfhw wow...

[@MS-pi4um]

@@hwfq34fajw9foiffawdiufhuaiwfhw when it comes to helping humankind vs collecting stuff I’d rather my tax money go towards helping humankind.

[@crystaldragon1242]

@@MS-pi4um by collecting the stuff in museums, scientists can use that information to also help people so it can be a win win

[@GamingwithBlaze]

@@hwfq34fajw9foiffawdiufhuaiwfhw and also the fact that in the end russia will not go back and ukraine will get divided 😹😹😹 such a waste of money

[@GamingwithBlaze]

@/k/onnoisseur you’re investing taxpayer money in something which will ultimately lead to a bad conclusion…just the banks and weapons makers will get rich …. How is that not your problem…maybe you don’t pay taxes lol

[@salt-emoji]

You could make a multi part, hour+ long episodes, released over the course of a decade on the unseen specimens. The museums collection is inconceivably enormous.

[@jo-vf8jx]

I’ve been watching Secrets of the V&A museum. It’s a pretty neat series to watch and they recently announced on the show that they are opening a type of branch off shoot to showcase all the exhibits that they have in their collection

[@SpaceRanger187]

we should send money to Ukraine and not fix our own shit...okay..done.pssh.yall should keep voting for these people

[@michaelsamuel9917]

One of these Museums most likely have the "missing link" and don't even know it.

[@iainburgess8577]

Several times over, per major museum, worldwide.

[@TesserId]

I was thinking it would be nice if there could be funding to publish a catalog of all the specimens that would be searchable from the major search engines, particularly as an image search.

[@malibu_rum]

Carla's smile at 11:26 might the sweetest smile I've seen on a human being, like ever. She seems like such a lovely, knowledgeable lady!

[@kanzenatsume]

5:40 love that. perfect cut, perfect editing, perfect specimen

[@Zippy15]

I really appreciate the private collectors who donated their one-of-a-kind specimens for the public to learn about and enjoy rather than keeping it locked in their basement somewhere. EDIT: Enter these dumpster fire comments at your own risk 🤦‍♀️🗑

[@justanaverage1762]

*for the public* *Proceeds to store the object in some gov museum basement where the public will never see it*

[@jmd1743]

@@justanaverage1762 Climate control and what not.

[@gazzabethyname]

@@justanaverage1762 what would you know? That's why you're on KZbin guessing.

[@sankang9425]

@@gazzabethyname Why are You on KZbin?

[@aeyvan]

@@justanaverage1762 So you think absolutely none of the specimens on display for the public have been donated? None at all?

[@manueltiburtini6528]

As a botanist, I really appreciate the efforts to digitalize the plants specimens. This save me a lot of time and money and speed research

[@psirvent8]

@notfiveo I almost guessed it. So it can actually cause surface damage on dinosaur bones ?

[@saladdressing2781]

@@psirvent8 It can in the hands of someone untrained and untalented. You try taking a feather duster to a rock and come back when that rock is gone.

[@Gravvvyyy]

@@saladdressing2781 is, that.......a challenge?

[@malcolm.victoriano]

Me too!

[@magisterc4t66]

I do hope they have preserved plants though

[@piece0fcharsiu]

This should become a series!! I could watch 100 more episodes of these

[@laurendillon627]

I’m so here for this. As a museum collections manager in a natural history and culture museum it’s so awesome to see people learn about a really cool part of the museum profession that isn’t just “curator”. I’m beyond blessed to get to work with thousands of butterflies one day to critically endangered bird specimens and taxidermy the next, and in between assess the condition of ancient books/civil war-era weapons, photos that most people have never and will never see let alone touch and so much more. Collections Management/Archival Management is so cool and needs more attention like this

[@aslinger0]

We definitely need a whole series on each department. These collections must be shared

[@SpaceRanger187]

they will only show us what we are allowed to see, Lets see all the Giant human like skeletons they have hidden or all the Ancient tech

[@kiloton1920]

They will not be shared

[@pogo6543211111111]

@@kiloton1920 fake jobs

[@goldpotato1885]

you don't need it.

[@CJ-cc5jm]

They will not share the fact they house illegal goods. People would be in an uproar. This place literally stores EVERYTHING! Illegal or legal. It doesn’t matter.

[@irahgaurana2005]

i love how the butterflies are well kept, inside the glass and well arranged, meanwhile the birds where just like what my 5 year old sister would hoard

[@ZeranZeran]

its beautiful, but it also makes me angry. All around the world, they send out fake plastic ones that are hand made. Same with all fossils, bones, and artifacts. Ask a museum employee yourself. I think it's wrong that they hide all of this natural beauty.

[@jordanthirkettle3067]

Please turn your life to Christ whilst you still can listen in the bible it says “ they’ll be wars and rumours of wars” the rapture is about to happen anytime now you do not want to be left behind please make the right choice repent of your sins and turn away from them we don’t have much longer left may God bless your soul 🙏

[@omnirhythm]

@@jordanthirkettle3067 Please get professional help if you're posting that on completely unrelated videos and people's comments :)

[@miraranax7403]

@@frogsnack7072 religious people: atheists saying their opinions on religion is wrong! you are sinners and bad people! also religious people like you forcing people and dedicating 90% of your life trying to convert people. you are a sad case,the avg lifespan isn't much,and you're seriously putting so much time and thought into this?? what goes in the complex brain thoughts of another person should be absolutely none of your concern,your main concern should be to live comfortably i'd like to say you're creepy,and i view you as a threat to my comfort. please rethink of your life choices,especially religious ones,it's ok to be religious,don't force it,you become creepy and a threat.

[@matsmith5800]

@@omnirhythm that's because some of these collections are lies eg dinosaur bones or of evil nature eg-Nemphlim skulls!You need help from God if you beleive this crap!don't ask for help when you are in Hell,you had your chance!you are under demonic influence!

[@ldionneg]

The Smithsonian Natural History Museum was already my favorite museum, but this video makes me love the museum even more.

[@reklusive3435]

I have to say, this was one of the most fascinating video's I've watched. I'm so incredibly envious of the work that these people do. So trying, yet so rewarding.. Awesome video, thank you.

[@Duterasemis]

As I understand it, this is in fact the main purpose of museums. They have their display areas, of course, but they've always been meant to be something like physical libraries, a large collection of physical specimens in a particular scientific discipline that's curated mostly for use by professionals who know the significance of the objects and the necessary care required to even *view* them without damaging them.

[@laurahardy9420]

I've visited the collections of the Royal Tyrell Museum for Paleontology in Alberta. The collections of fossils in the buidling itself is immense, not even mentioning they have at least two other warehouses off site. A hoarders dream

[@albivex8610]

whoops

[@sharpe227]

@@laurahardy9420 If only billionaires could hoard and publicly show like this.

[@evil1by1]

Well then they can do it on their own dime and without legal coercion to secure artifacts

[@fs8981]

Do they have legal receipts? Because most of these Animals are protected by several protection laws in different countries. Of course a museum is important, but these animals got clearly killed by pourpuse in very good shape, Very different from natural death in their habitat.

[@torioakley6000]

We as the public can’t see this, could you imagine how popular a Netflix series of this collection could be?! I’d personally LOVE to watch that!! Just watching this, especially then hearing about the damage threat, I’d be far more inclined to donate regularly! We need a continuous documentary series on the specimens there and what’s being done with them and they need to include the link to the Smithsonian donation site to donate once or regularly.

[@officerjimlahey]

People don't want to watch boring shit.

[@sid2112]

If only the Smithsonian channel focused on the Smithsonian.

[@mihaelazlate4729]

Oh yaaaaa

[@bullpaxton2001]

This is a great idea.

[@gabriellazych730]

too bad netflix cancels everything good after one season to focus on making steaming garbage

[@grevnature]

i had a field trip in highschool to the san francisco science museum and we were so fortunate enough to see a lot of things they had in the back since we had a worker guiding us through it wow very appreciative of that

[@elizatoponce9375]

My favorite animal in the world is the giant squid, and I knew that they have one stored here, what I didn’t know was that they have another one inside the museum that anyone can see. I had to hold back tears when I saw it. This place is so amazing

[@jaymacpherson8167]

I took a class at the Smithsonian long ago. The instructor took us into the storage area to see some rare specimens. The size and organization of the storage area is amazing. This story scratches the surface of what resides in this national treasure.

[@jordanthirkettle3067]

Please turn your life to Christ whilst you still can listen in the bible it says “ they’ll be wars and rumours of wars” the rapture is about to happen anytime now you do not want to be left behind please make the right choice repent of your sins and turn away from them we don’t have much longer left may God bless your soul 🙏

[@philobetto5106]

Hey, how bout those giant humans skeletons, that nobody hears about or has ever seen yet' 100% fact they exist, they are mentioned in the bible, also by Abraham Lincoln, and 100's of newspapers going back almost 200 years and the burial mounds all over the US...

[@philobetto5106]

​@Seven Inches of Throbbing Pink Jesus your name sounds more like a desire of yours than an identity...In the autumn of (1848, Abraham Lincoln: ' It calls up the indefinite past. When Columbus first sought this continent---when Christ suffered on the cross---when Moses led Israel through the Red Sea ---nay, even, when Adam first came from the hand of his Maker---then as now, Niagara was roaring here. The eyes of that species of extinct giants, whose bones fill the mounds of America, have gazed on Niagara, as ours do now.

[@philobetto5106]

​@Seven Inches of Throbbing Pink Jesus hey, I didn't write it, Abraham Lincoln did... may I suggest that before you decide that something doesn't exist, maybe you should do some research first, or assume your college professor has done his, here's a tip, Google isn't your friend, nor is fact-checker, Wikipedia, or the government, (Grow Up)

[@ChizqiyahAbiyah]

@@jordanthirkettle3067 Matthew 15:24 KJV But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

[@ashm7955]

"Most venomous in the world - whoops!"🤣 I know it's probably no threat as a wet specimen, but it still sounded hilarious.

[@littlerelief5029]

Can still be, but for different reasons.

[@hendrikhardeman9832]

She said whoops because she accidentally dropped the specimen. Her reaction would have been exactly the same if she had accidentally dropped any other specimen.

[@MultiSneakerLover]

@@littlerelief5029 why dnt u mention u work in a museum too💀

[@jordanthirkettle3067]

Please turn your life to Christ whilst you still can listen in the bible it says “ they’ll be wars and rumours of wars” the rapture is about to happen anytime now you do not want to be left behind please make the right choice repent of your sins and turn away from them we don’t have much longer left may God bless your soul 🙏

[@desco7628]

Lol

[@lavdeepprajapati5258]

Insider is one of the best thing I find and love on you tube...kudos to its members😘

[@spookyboi8446]

They also have thousands of artifacts from native tribes that could be used in much better ways than in storage.

[@AnnatarLordOfGifts]

Uhmm.. Vatican

[@skrtskrt22]

I love how passionate and genuine these people are. they love their jobs and want to preserve what we have now not for us, but for those we will never know. something about it makes me really emotional

[@obi-wankenobi8446]

What is the point? Other than it being entertaining to look at? We can have 3d scans, videos and images of objects and information written in text Being able to look at them physically seems like just entertainment

[@jordanthirkettle3067]

Please turn your life to Christ whilst you still can listen in the bible it says “ they’ll be wars and rumours of wars” the rapture is about to happen anytime now you do not want to be left behind please make the right choice repent of your sins and turn away from them we don’t have much longer left may God bless your soul 🙏

[@CrypticZM]

@@obi-wankenobi8446 it’s not just to look at. Having them physically allows you to study so much more and is a physical vault of all species. Some are probably extinct or will go extinct too and we will have a specimen of them to study. Like they said imagine hundreds of years from now how much we will have.

[@Cam2k17]

@@jordanthirkettle3067 there won't be a rapture, everyone on this earth will have their faith tested and those who are left will inherit the kingdom but I agree with the rest of your message

[@patrik3482]

Who wouldnt love a cushy comfortable job.

[@gliscornumber151]

When I was a child I signed up to go to a camp held by the NC natural history museum, but I ended up getting sick and missed the entire thing. As compensation I was given a tour behind the scenes and let me tell you they had hundreds of animals back there, and I don't mean just specimens, I mean they were actually alive, from American bullfrogs, to rabbits, to young alligators. Truly a memorable experience

[@bonelessmice6828]

man that sounds so cool, definitely something memorable

[@larsonfamilyhouse]

Whoa crazy

[@BekahMarie11]

Wow!!!!

[@_soyaa_boon_5208]

Like a zoo?

[@laska907]

Like a animal prison

[@kyliewilson2280]

How marvellous to see such a diversity of animal , insect , aquatic , flora and gems at the fingers of the scientists who can study and learn and pass on the information to future generations that May save lives or rescue species on the verge of extinction. Let's hope that they can keep the collection safe from flooding and get the essential funding they need to accommodate the collection safely so the generations ahead can continue to add more specimens to the Smithsonian.

[@harrietpeabody2118]

Amazing! Thank you for sharing. This is on my bucket list!

[@CaravelClerihew]

This is the case for most museums. I've worked with several and I doubt more than 1% of their actual collection was ever on display at one time.

[@kuchikopi4631]

@Dave Smith Jesus the amount of money that needs to be spent on security alone!

[@mrschuyler]

Very true. There is simply not enough space to exhibit everything. To think that all the collection "ought to be exhibited' is naive in the extreme.

[@sidraMPatty]

I think if we had a series of these kinds of videos the Smithsonian might receive more donations from viewers who are interested in preserving history & learning what we can of our world.

[@turtlespirit142]

smithsonian keeps history hidden Iraq war museum specimens,Himalayan cave hindu scrolls,Grand Canyon Native American cave art...

[@sweethindi]

So they could continue to kidnap animals?.

[@jordanthirkettle3067]

Please turn your life to Christ whilst you still can listen in the bible it says “ they’ll be wars and rumours of wars” the rapture is about to happen anytime now you do not want to be left behind please make the right choice repent of your sins and turn away from them we don’t have much longer left may God bless your soul 🙏

[@kristinangelicatubig6680]

yessss, a series pleasee

[@JK-zq9vw]

A bird strike can be really really small or an absolute disaster. I’ve seen gigantic holes, engines destroyed, and some just minor dings. Collecting the samples was always seen as a hassle and a task left to the lowest ranking. I understood why it was important though and didn’t mind. The air crew would have to annotate when in the flight it happened and at what altitude (if they even noticed) and send it off with the remains. Having to clean it all up was a big hassle. I never did see the post reports of what the actually birds it was…. On any of them come to think of, we did have to call out someone because a porcupine wondered out on the flight line. Spent 2 hours with a set of pliers pulling the quills out of the landing gear tires. Still keep up the good work it has a purpose.

[@snipewa4]

I see this no differently than the seed vault. This is of the utmost importance for future generations. I can only imagine how with technological advances these preserved specimens will become even more relevant. Notwithstanding the above people don’t often realize there are SO MANY engineering related changes that only happen because of the study of the natural world, from an owls wing structure to reduce noise on the turbine blades of a jet plane to mosquito and honeybee stingers that lead to needles that reduce tissue damage. Thanks for the share and I hope that the Smithsonian receives the funding it deserves to ensure the safekeeping of all of these irreplaceable species!

[@coltonadkins7929]

Too bad it's all stolen and most of it will end up in the rich and powerfuls private collections. Not to mention how much history this museum destroyed to help push the narrative of evolution

[@jac9301]

Well you've got no chance of understanding history without feeding the people who are trying to understand it in the first place, the svalbard seed vault is essential to our survival.

[@coltonadkins7929]

@@jac9301 LOL you know what else is essential? Power. You think when this shit hits the fan THE PEOPLE are gonna matter? Nah man. We're cannon fodder. Nothing more.

[@LG-pu3wk]

Hi, I like your thoughts, could you recommend me some books to read?

[@coltonadkins7929]

@@LG-pu3wk The Great Smithsonian Coverup Congressional proof of the lies the Smithsonian has created and pushed for hundreds of years.

[@fidelabc123]

The Smithsonian museum has been the most awe-inspiring thing I've ever witnessed. It's absolutely remarkable.

[@Phoenixhunter157]

Agreed

[@mattdakin5893]

@DEZZNUTZ 1001 My favorite was the jewels rocks minerals

[@jordanthirkettle3067]

Please turn your life to Christ whilst you still can listen in the bible it says “ they’ll be wars and rumours of wars” the rapture is about to happen anytime now you do not want to be left behind please make the right choice repent of your sins and turn away from them we don’t have much longer left may God bless your soul 🙏

[@flora_7719]

It has always wanted to work in a museum with a large paleo biology collection! I've always had a fascination with those who came before us, and a large natural history collection is something straight out of a dream to me!

[@Cccoast]

This group of people seem like not only the most intelligent people, but most chill too.

[@mimini6479]

0:17 "Whoops" This really got me

[@edwardjohannes360]

I had the opportunity of examining freshwater and terrestrial mollusks in the malacological collection at the Smithsonian. Even with several visits, I saw only a portion of this collection.

[@kepler180]

that's cool I'm in a Marine Bio class in my senior year of highschool. I've loved it so much I'm considering taking Marine bio classes in college this fall or sometime down the road

[@Lyndanet]

@@kepler180if you enjoy it pursue it and best of luck with it

[@kepler180]

@@Lyndanet i might but maybe not because I’m medically unable to be SCUBA certified, I’m dangerously bad at swimming and there’s like no plants in the ocean (kelp is an algae not a plant if you were wondering) and that’s an issue because flowers and plants are my favorite parts of science

[@Lyndanet]

@@kepler180 that sucks ! There are colleges that offer degrees in botanical science ,horticulture, agricultural sciences and environmental science as well as plenty of museums, laboratories and research facilities that would hire a young person like who would bring excitement to the workplace. You’re young and so much is possible. ✌🏽best of luck 🍀

[@kepler180]

@@Lyndanet thank you. I’m already admitted to Elon University majoring in Biology to which I’m attending this fall

[@chrisl9350]

I have been in these vaults! It was part of a research I was doing with a professor during a summer between semesters!

[@IceAndFlameL755]

Idk why but that split second "squirrel" at 5:40 just gets me.

[@singhbhawana]

The last part where scrapes was mailed and she was identifying the bird based on that was intense. Such small things leading to big things like adjusting the flight trainings, saving both human and birds lives.

[@sweethindi]

We need to stop saving human lives. There are way too much of us, each of us a parasite for the planet

[@singhbhawana]

@@sweethindi Then I assume you are not gonna have any kids, or u don't have any kinds, I mean produce less parasite then. And u wouldn't like to take any medical help when faced with life threating situation coz why save a parasite.

[@Eargesplitten-Loudenboomer]

The Industrial Revolution and its consequences have been a disaster for the human race. They have greatly increased the life-expectancy of those of us who live in “advanced” countries, but they have destabilized society, have made life unfulfilling, have subjected human beings to indignities, have led to widespread psychological suffering (in the Third World to physical suffering as well) and have inflicted severe damage on the natural world.

[@xXPathXx]

Except for the fact that she said they identify the species and then “do control” so it’s not saving the birds just the humans

[@okflo]

@@xXPathXx Yeah that was an... interesting statement. Acting as if birds are the problem lol

[@andimitris24]

Nice. Now do another one with the giant humanoid skeletons that you have been hiding.

[@trevorharmon1]

Facts 💯

[@Doobert_]

Everything has to be a conspiracy.😂

[@kuechenmeisterfinn]

"The most venomous in the world" *drops it* "whoopsie" 😂

[@trappenweisseguy27]

I visited several of the Smithsonian museums (there’s more than one) 30 years ago. Gemstones twice the size of a football 😳 and a giant meteorite composed entirely of copper are just some of the things I saw.

[@cathithomas2888]

Me too! Me too! Loved those rocks, gems, etc exhibits! Fascinating!

[@trappenweisseguy27]

I could spend a week, possibly even two, going through those museums. The air and space museum alone is just jaw dropping. They had a really cool display of early space suit prototypes that I’d never even seen pictures of before.

[@legit2k508]

Also we can’t forget that all Smithsonian museums in the national mall are completely FREE of charge. These museums genuinely care about educating the public on their discoveries.

[@PraisingWithFriends]

The Hope Diamond is at the Natural History museum. I was surprisingly unimpressed.

[@professorhojo7205]

@@PraisingWithFriends so has your mum

[@bayouboy8744]

I went to high school in Washington DC. When we first went there my father took my family to the Smithsonian, which is actually made up of six or seven buildings each dedicated to a different part of science. After that at least once a month I would cut school and go to the Smithsonian and spend all day wandering around one of the buildings. About the fifth time that I did this I got caught by my parents but my father actually thought that going to the Smithsonian instead of going to my public school was probably better for my education and didn't punish me at all! If you ever go make sure you go to the building that houses the Hope Diamond because it is the most incredible thing I've ever seen in my life.

[@suhailahtucker5206]

Lol! Such a funny story! I will make sure to check out that exhibit

[@furryfury.]

Did you pursue Science as a career? Just curious! Often what fascinates us in childhood remains with us forever (or so I think at least).

[@trelyles1583]

yeah i'm blessed to live so close by. the Smithsonian is about 15 mins from here i go often

[@kimberly5701]

Do you know you can earn online ? I have benefited from it for the past two years , thou I got scammed before meeting the right account manager Mrs Katelyn Ejmont who manage my account and made good profits for me ☺️😊

[@ranjitsahoo7290]

Your father sounds awesome.

[@nicholasjackson692]

I wonder where they are hiding all the Giant skeletal remains ????

[@MakeupMobster]

“Most venomous in the world…..oops”. 😂😂😂

[@tihspidtherekciltilc5469]

My father was curator of invertebrate zoology which meant I got access to the attic as a little kid among other cool things that are responsible for how I live my life. In his 80s still working fighting cancer yet again but the ocean is his life too. Thanks dad, you rock.

[@GeorgiaGeorgette]

Heartfelt best wishes to you and your Dad.

[@katzwhite5962]

Cool dad.

[@justunithingz]

Stay strong dude. 💪

[@cameroncalzone8860]

they should make an effort to take 3D scans of every item that isn’t on public display so that the public could view them all in VR

[@justin.booth.]

Yes, also helps researchers a ton!

[@alexisalvarez9629]

Heck I wish there was a digital museum where we can see collections online.

[@taylorswiftharrystyles]

i adore the Smithsonian natural history museum! it’s just amazing! if your ever in DC definitely go experience it! my personal favorite section is the mineral section! it’s mesmerizing

[@RamadaArtist]

If you asked me to imagine what a person is like whose job it is to research and catalog parts of the animal that remain from bird strikes on commercial aircraft, Carla Dove is pretty much EXACTLY who I would have pictured.

[@KN-jr6tx]

Is it only researchers that are shipping specimens to Carla or can anyone send her stricken birds?

[@williampitt1537]

I agree, I wouldn't have imagined one of them would be the crazy evil guy from Human Centipede 2

[@jordanthirkettle3067]

Please turn your life to Christ whilst you still can listen in the bible it says “ they’ll be wars and rumours of wars” the rapture is about to happen anytime now you do not want to be left behind please make the right choice repent of your sins and turn away from them we don’t have much longer left may God bless your soul 🙏

[@darthdonkulous1810]

@@jordanthirkettle3067 Yeah the bible also asay that Jeus turned wine into water and walked on water. Joh on, lad. Take your fairy tales somewhere else and stop trying to shover your bollocx religion onto others.

[@AzureRook]

I’ll never forget my local museum held a exhibition entirely on bones and it was filled w/ animal skeletons and skulls within a completely white hall

[@123Todayy]

They could hold a pretty terrifying horror show

[@Selinxxxxxxx]

Totally would have to set a two day plan for this museum, I spent 6 hours in the American museum of natural history in Manhattan and still didn’t hit everything I wanted to! My next birthday trip is to D.C solely for the Smithsonian !!

[@ilikerice4175]

Have fun!

[@SC-gn6bc]

Awesome! It’s a fun time for sure. Also the aerospace museum is worth a visit if you haven’t already

[@laurelsilberman5705]

It’s because that’s where they’re hiding all the giant skeletons

[@bobjacobson858]

I'm an entomologist, and I've worked with specimens in the Smithsonian as well as having donated specimens, including the 'type' specimen of a species of yellow jacket I described during my graduate study. (A type specimen is one that is selected to represent a newly-recognized species by serving as a 'standard' or reference for that species, and a description of the species must be published in the scientific literature with a description of that type specimen [including where and when collected], and generally with additional notes indicating how it is different from closely-related species.) Although the flesh-eating beetles (dermestid beetles) are useful in cleaning many vertebrate specimens, they are disastrous if they get into the insect collections (or other collections of dried animals) because they can turn the specimens into little piles of dust by laying eggs resulting in their larvae eating them up. Some of the scientists based at the Smithsonian's Museum of Natural History are actually employees of the US Department of Agriculture, because some of the taxa (such insects, weeds, etc.) have implications for food production. At least with insects, this museum, and most other natural history museums, often have a huge backlog of specimens for which the scientific name isn't known--that is, many species look much alike, and it requires someone with knowledge of that group of animals (or plants) to recognize which species they have. Therefore, such museums are usually very happy when someone with this expertise is willing to take the time to label the specimens with the name of the correct species. Insects and other small specimens can often be loaned to a person willing and able to do this work, while large or fragile specimens require someone to visit the museum to do this. Each department in the museum typically has several specialists, each of whom is responsible for that part of the collection that contains specimens of his/her particular interest and expertise, and this is generally the person to contact if one needs to examine these specimens

[@Lyndanet]

Thank you ! Your work and explanation are both greatly appreciated science✌🏼

[@bobjacobson858]

@@Lyndanet You're most welcome; I'm glad it was helpful.

[@Lyndanet]

@@bobjacobson858 I’m proud of you and all the many scientists who work for the betterment of our planet (it really is not much but thank you was the least I could say)

[@bobjacobson858]

@@Lyndanet Well, thanks again. I and most of the people I know in this and similar fields have been interested in nature since we were children. We're basically just doing what we love.

[@soysprouts]

This is so cool. Thank you for sharing!

[@rwong229]

I would be more than happy and honored to pay tax to support museums and organizations like this. These works are profoundly important to the entire human race.

[@GrammaTink615]

You already do

[@DesertVox]

No tax. TAX IS CRYMINAL. Let it be on a VOLUNTARY BASIS, which is what you're willing to do, but you're calling it tax. TAX IS MORALLY WRONG except in the smallest percentages to keep the country going, not to support every agenda that ELITE that pay ZERO TAXES want to impose. TAX IS BAD. DONATIONS and GIFTS are good.

[@user-ex7yq6xq9s]

Feeding starving children can save the human race

[@Wasabi.Peas.]

@@user-ex7yq6xq9s you should donate some money 💰. Or donate more money..

[@modernskyn]

@@user-ex7yq6xq9s Going vegan would put an end to world hunger. Elon Musk gave $5.7 billion because he was told that was the amount needed to end world hunger. It didn’t even make a dent. World hunger is simply a part of life because of our society as a whole.

[@soul_asmr]

This is beyond fascinating but its so cute that Carla Dove is the living epitome of nominative determinism :)

[@LuxVi7]

This is absolutely fascinating! They should do a docuseries aout what we don’t get to see at the museums.

[@FighterFlash]

Then the can use the proceeds to fix their museum

[@silentsongbird7046]

Yesss! I would love something like The Zoo or The Aquarium for a natural history museum!

[@souhung69]

If we were to create a video which shows every specimen for just one second, it would be over 4.5 years long.

[@JRo-ld9db]

👁👄👁

[@SiikPros]

@Dave Smith lmao

[@Fuzzmo147]

Get it started!

[@zanderboemmel1783]

Accord to 6:20, with 35 million specimen total which are more than any other department combined, even at an equal rate that would only calculate 2.2+- years for a second a specimen a video btw...

[@souhung69]

@@zanderboemmel1783 there are way more though. As stated in the beginning of the video.

[@Benni777]

Worker: “This is the most poisonous fish in the world!” Also Worker: *drops most poisonous fish in the world* “eh, whoops!” 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@darkast2679]

lmao, i was like someone's getting fired

[@freeman4755]

I bet she was hoping that wouldn't end up in the final cut 😂

[@Benni777]

@@freeman4755 I’m glad it did tho 😂😂

[@Constantine_Cvl8]

I mean, it's not like its extinct, you can just get another specimen

[@batfurs3001]

Venomous, so only dangerous if the venom is injected into your body, and it's been preserved in isopropyl alcohol so the venom might have been deactivated by that It's not fragile and it only dropped a small distance, no biggie

[@atomato5378]

The vast size of this and many british museums worries me extensively. Such an insane amount of history could be destroyed by a few maniacs and some bombs, and in this day and age such a nonsensical act seems far too possible

[@dirt4333]

Mass destruction of history is nothing new, Library of Alexandria, or the tragic loss of thousands and thousands of books of trans research burned by nazis. Who knows if we will ever recover

[@GotoHere]

Like woke democrats throwing paint on art because they are childish little babies upset about fake climate change?

[@Don_key_King]

I have just found out that such a beautiful, unique, and peculiar place exists on the planet. Amazing!

[@Hummelday]

Yea a place for 2400 AD if it doesn’t burn down due to politics :/ imagine how much data was lost when the great library of Alexandria burned down :/

[@calebweldon8102]

Probably not that much since it had been in disrepair for years but yea we must preserve our institutions

[@richpt3646]

We must write everything on rock then its proven the safest methodes to save data, it last millenia lol

[@sagittario5543]

The university at Nalanda too :( Thousands of years of Indian history, philosophy and useful data about the life and skills of the era burnt down. The university existed for thousands of years before being burnt down. Remember, India, Mesopotamia and Egypt were the most advanced civilizations back then. And the most important libraries/collections of all three burnt down in history. It was the oldest university in the entire world. Imagine knowing the names of the students and alumni from there, and their descendants and complete ancestry had the books survived for longer. Indians recorded family history and relations from the time writing on Bark was invented.

[@5DNRG]

The destruction of Alexandria library is too devastating to think about.

[@TheRevering]

@@5DNRG It actually wasn't. The Library was in disrepair and just had copies of what other "libraries" had. Not a big deal like the movies make it seem.

[@BUDbizWIZ]

The fact that I’ve lived next to the Smithsonian Museum Institute my whole life and never knew the immense collection in the buildings blows my mind! Now I know.. took 30 years.. geez!

[@catsberry4858]

Go, now! When I flew there, we went in the rain and it was CLOSED 😭☔😭☔😭☔

[@chrissmith7669]

As the video briefly mentioned. After a bird strike snarge and feathers are collected and sent to the Smithsonian for identification. Knowing what type of bird caused the damage is key to determining what phase of flight it was in and so whose insurance is on the hook for the damage. I am amazed at their ability to quickly identify the former bird brain.

[@re90652]

I love this museum. And most museums with unusual collections. One museum in the Harvard university has thousands of flowers that are made from highly skilled glass blowers. So delicate & works of art.

[@Jujuoak]

It’d be so cool to get more videos like this, just going over all the different departments and people involved in it and all that. I’d love to hear more about all the unique things like Ms. Dove and her bird research that helps planes, I find things like that so intriguing

[@jordanthirkettle3067]

Please turn your life to Christ whilst you still can listen in the bible it says “ they’ll be wars and rumours of wars” the rapture is about to happen anytime now you do not want to be left behind please make the right choice repent of your sins and turn away from them we don’t have much longer left may God bless your soul 🙏

[@Vorusen]

7:52 "This is Ancient Babylon OG and it's 25$ a G ... it's some fire"

[@Memessssss]

This is interesting for history preservation!

[@spacecat7638]

The way she just DROPS the specimen and says oops…

[@matthewgose6645]

This makes me really sad that we’ve lost as many species as we have…

[@cathithomas2888]

Re-think this, Matticus…. No sadness here… just tons of things you wouldn’t otherwise have seen! Look on the reality side of this. Let’s be grateful. Peace ☮️

[@xenuno]

@@cathithomas2888 You should re-think it. I believe the root message is the ongoing sterilization of the planet by humans. Should we be grateful for that? A room full of cadavers? Instead of stewards of the planet we have unrelenting parasites ...

[@SieMiezekatze]

Crazy thing is that 99% of the especies that once lived on earth had died, just imagine how many especies we have never even seen

[@bniisantos]

🙄

[@jojodroid31]

@@cathithomas2888 what? what exactly did we get to see due to the mass extinction event we're creating right now? what a way to cope lmao. humanity is killing itself.

[@carmaela2689]

I think creating a television series on these specimens is a great idea.

[@PGHammer21A]

Actually, one exists - WETA (the PBS station in Washington, DC itself) produces it - and has run it for years.

[@jordanthirkettle3067]

Please turn your life to Christ whilst you still can listen in the bible it says “ they’ll be wars and rumours of wars” the rapture is about to happen anytime now you do not want to be left behind please make the right choice repent of your sins and turn away from them we don’t have much longer left may God bless your soul 🙏

[@amykins9870]

Please please preserve those infinitely valuable collections for the future scientists and science!!!

[@BenGunning06]

Has any other members of the public been inside the smithsonian too? I was let in when I was about 11 as my mum worked at the museum. I shook hands with that coelacanth! Creepy stuff!!

[@brandonmecklenburg6102]

5:38 "squirrel" My favorite part of the video.

[@1LuckySavage]

IMO one of our greatest responsibilities as the dominant species on this planet is to collect and pass along information to the next generation so nothing is forgotten. Could you imagine 100 years from now, kids will still be able to go to a museum and look at creatures from before/during our time. Data collection and management is one of humans strongest attributes.

[@plamoretti673]

Wish we'd had that ourselves about species thousands of years back

[@johntonssen7231]

100 years I not a long time lmao, my grandfather was born 101 years ago.. granted he passed away a few years ago at 96, but it’s not ‘crazy’ to imagine 100 years, my grandfather was born in 1921 and his father was born in the 1880s

[@xero2715]

@@johntonssen7231 In terms of loss of species diversity, it is. We've got accelerating losses, so 100 years from now people will be able to see many formerly living species.

[@mersenne2486]

seriously all this for kids to see? This is important for grownups not kids.

[@1LuckySavage]

@@mersenne2486 Bruh I was just using one example of the benefit, it doesn’t take a genius to know other age groups will be able to take advantage of this. Maybe think before you start saying nonsense.

[@benwalker3638]

I hope that the museum gets the funding it needs, personally I am fine with some of the tax payer money going to the museum.

[@ph11p3540]

Imagine how thrilled this worlds largest scientific collection agency would be if they had access to stasis fields. Nothing would ever deteriorate or change even on a sub atomic level so long as the field is active.

[@pasta-and-heroin]

isnt that a lil bit sci fi mate

[@lucasdwright]

Lol imagine if we could just stop entropy how useful would that be 😐

[@yooooooooooooooo696]

@Jesus has given you all. Repent or die. repent to deez LOL

[@imstupidbut]

@Jesus has given you all. Repent or die. no

[@woofawoof7616]

@Jesus has given you all. Repent or die. I do not repent. I grow as a person independently. If I rely on an outside source to forgive all my 'sins,' then I have eternal access to all the evils in the world, so long as I profess my sins and perform a minor penance. I would much rather work to better myself and hold myself accountable. I am not a child who should be led around, I should hold myself to the standard I see fit.

[@Celestezinha1]

That is so beautiful. I live in Brazil, here our museums also have amazing collections but they always end up turning to ashes because our governments don't care about preserving them. Every few years we also make videos about our museums, disappearing in fires like the National Museum in 2018.

[@olliefoxx7165]

That's so sad. It's like the burning of the Library of Alexandria....over and over. Brazil is such a beautiful and intriguing information. I hope the people of Brazil will find the solution to share it's treasures with future generations. If any nation can succeed at such a task it is Brazil!

[@xiampiii]

they're also keeping Nephilim skeleton bones, but we don't talk about those...

[@mariejm24m.49]

this is so amazing❤️

[@mer3350]

I LOVE the fact that Carla Doves favorite birds are chicken. She literally know so many species but choose chicken.

[@Federico84]

Maybe she like the taste of chickens

[@DGFishRfine1]

I've gotten to work in both the hidden collection and the off-site area. It's epic-it'd be physically impossible to display all of the amazing things they have

[@tbird7552]

Did you get to see the skeletons of the giant's they have hidden from public eyes ? Do they make you sign a silence agreement on what you seen hidden ? Seriously I'm curious as to why no one talks about the "hidden" ?

[@alanscott1012]

@@tbird7552 was looking for this comment!! You know what's up!

[@pasta-and-heroin]

@@tbird7552 LOL what a joke

[@johndoe-dj3iy]

@@tbird7552 if they have that, that is the type of thing they would jut keep locked up in some warehouse never to be seen again eve by workers or simply destroyed so as to preserve our current idea of history.

[@tbird7552]

@@johndoe-dj3iy they have it, amongst many other things. Just amazes me that "no" whistle blower has ever come forward knowing the findings that have been kept secret and hidden.

[@nicola3540]

I’d love to see you make a similar video, only one that’s about four hours long!

[@staticbuilds7613]

Can we use photo scan technology to make a virtual museum for these? It would be really good to see most of this collection online. And this part of the video just showed as I was typing, wow

[@OmarAbdulMalikDHEdMPASPACPAPro]

These folks have such awesome jobs! I've wanted to do this since I was a kid. My parents used to bring me to the museum of Natural History. I even set a museum up in my room. I eventually got a BS in Biology but, went into medicine and health education. 👋🏾👨🏾‍⚕️

[@kimberly5701]

Do you know you can earn online ? I have benefited from it for the past two years , thou I got scammed before meeting the right account manager Mrs Katelyn Ejmont who manage my account and made good profits for me ☺️

[@Tropicalpisces]

That's one of my happy places. 😃👏👏

[@OmarAbdulMalikDHEdMPASPACPAPro]

@@Tropicalpisces I like your tag, "Just trying to make a bit of light, in this dark, dark world"; beautiful ☺️ That's all we can do. 👍🏽🌅✨🌍

[@garydauphin3948]

I've done work with them "behind the scenes". I can confirm there are millions of items back there, but none of them "are purposely hidden from the public." Many of the items are back there because they are still being studied, but most of them are there SIMPLY BECAUSE THERE IS NO REASONABLE WAY TO DISPLAY THEM ALL TO THE PUBLIC IN A WAY THAT IS EDUCATIONALLY VALUABLE!

[@BigboiiTone]

I love the entire drawer of dead birds lmao. Macabre yet hilarious

[@Federico84]

Hans Sues really seems like a fun and joyful person to talk to :D

[@tk_the_onion]

less than 30 seconds in and we dropping some of these suckers already

[@kakishisfriend1126]

Lmao 😭

[@jessicaaguirre1229]

I would be in absolute heaven if I worked in a place like this. Everyday there would be something to learn, see, or explore ❤

[@jesuslover5968]

Right they probably don’t get paid enough though and you have to be white

[@catsberry4858]

I know. We could live there! Reminds me of "The Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler"!

[@maureenb4901]

Can insider do more Smithsonian videos cause I need to know more about all those departments

[@joshuapatrick682]

Most museums do this, putting out displays that are replicas and recreations on the promenades.

[@aethertech]

If I had Musk/Bezos money, I'd be endowing billions to the Smithsonian and similar museums. They are far more important than joy rides o space.

[@RSPSgamerHD]

Well it’s two different avenues of scientific exploration, engineers like musk help to bridge the gap into the unknown in space, while people at this specific Smithsonian museum are bridging the gap into the unknown of our natural world, there’s future science and historic science at play there

[@aethertech]

@@RSPSgamerHD Except musk isn't an Engineer, he's just rich from his Dad's money letting him buy things like Paypal, and Tesla.

[@bishop51807]

Don't use anything in the modern 21st century if you don't think space travel is important. A crap ton of direct & spin off technology came from our first launches.

[@TheQWER9]

Id say space travel is WAY more important than museums like this. If we improved the best museums in the world, we would just know a little more about our past. If we improved the best space travel, we would set ourselves so much farther into the future and planetary travel, the future implications are insane

[@TahtahmesDiary]

They aren’t going to space for science, they are going for Capitalism. They have money-making dreams up there that even include basically trapping people up there as slaves. The reality is that most of their plans are not possible without planet Earth, yet they destroy and pollute to extraordinary levels every time they blast a rocket. We’ve got to take care of this planet as a priority and only support scientifically led space missions.

[@carieyoung1111]

Some of my favorite places have been museums- I could just spend hours in them…been all over the world to many of them. Have many more I want to see.

[@davidholland3564]

Jus wished there was a way of showcasing the museum pieces to more of us that live in rural areas. If it wasn't for my high school senior trip I would not have had the chance to experience the Smithsonian at all. They could put together a nice mobile exhibition to tour around the states. But we are jus S.O.L.

[@snakelizardexoticsownerprivate]

I have a ton of taxidermy and wet specimens, I’m inspired by museums like the Smithsonian and the field museum! Most of my wet specimens were preserved myself and were either my personal pets (I own over 100 exotic pets) or birds that crashed into different windows. I also have my own colony of flesh eating beetles! I’m currently trying to get more fossils

[@brigittahoffmann9283]

An incredible collection, and incredibly important work. I do believe that the DNA of animals and plants should be preserved before we loose any specimens,

[@jesuslover5968]

Us humans are next

[@Lyndanet]

I believe so as well ✌🏽

[@saladdressing2781]

@@jesuslover5968 No shit we are next but its not gonna be in your lifetime or your great great great great grandchildren's time either lol

[@jesuslover5968]

@@saladdressing2781 I disagree. We are currently going through an ecological collapse

[@jesuslover5968]

@@saladdressing2781 why do you think there’s a race to space

[@Aholeintheozone]

I had to privilege to look through the portion of the insect collection that is stored in DC. My entomology professor studied with one of the staff and got us an inside tour. The coolest thing was an entire room of just insects in amber, I spent over an hour just looking at some of the prehistoric specimens under a microscope. The second coolest thing was a room with a leaf cutter ant habitat where they were studying behavior. It was a whole room ant farm with different environments interconnected. One thing that you might not expect is that the entire building smells like moth balls, they stopped using them years ago but the chemical soaked into all the wooden boxes.

[@AluminumTiki]

Hippity hoppity your treasures now belong in my British museum 10 stories underground.