Uploaded December 2014 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
We found so many snakes with Pablo that we decided to have a few episodes devoted to these beautiful and often misunderstood creatures. First: the common Fer-de-lance!
This is a segment in a series about The Field Museum's Rapid Inventory No. 27, a journey through the forests between the rivers Tapiche and Blanco in Peru. Every year, the Museum's conservation group [the Action Center!] gathers together leading scientific experts across a number of disciplines (botany, zoology, geology, and anthropology) in order to gain an understanding of little-known areas of the rainforest. They work with local communities and their governments to help inform decisions made for conserving these unique, precious, and threatened parts of the world.
To learn more about the Rapid Inventory program, check out the other Amazon Adventures!
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLL8_5VpX9TxqmGwqyDGzSg0EXLiFo-c7D
Read more about The Field Museum's Rapid Inventory programs: fieldmuseum.org/science/blog/rapid-inventories
This expedition would not have been possible without the generosity and help of Corine Vriesendorp, Nigel Pitman, Alvaro del Campo, Tyana Wachter, Ernesto Ruelas, and the rest of the Rapid Inventory team. Thank you for allowing us to join you on this journey, and for giving us the trip of a lifetime.
Special thanks to Pablo Venegas for showing us so many amazing creatures during this expedition! Nobody knows snakes like Pablo.
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Producer, Writer, Creator, Host:
Emily Graslie
Producer, Writer, Editor, Camera:
Tom McNamara
Theme music:
Michael Aranda
Created By:
Hank Green
Production Assistant:
Katie Kirby
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Supported by:
The Field Museum in Chicago, IL
(http://www.fieldmuseum.org)
Filmed on location between the rivers Tapiche and Blanco in Peru.
Don't you think our transcriber, Waris Mohammad, and our translators, Tony Chu, Barbara Velázquez, and Martina Šafusová look particularly -striking- today?
We found so many snakes with Pablo that we decided to have a few episodes devoted to these beautiful and often misunderstood creatures. First: the common Fer-de-lance!
This is a segment in a series about The Field Museum's Rapid Inventory No. 27, a journey through the forests between the rivers Tapiche and Blanco in Peru. Every year, the Museum's conservation group [the Action Center!] gathers together leading scientific experts across a number of disciplines (botany, zoology, geology, and anthropology) in order to gain an understanding of little-known areas of the rainforest. They work with local communities and their governments to help inform decisions made for conserving these unique, precious, and threatened parts of the world.
To learn more about the Rapid Inventory program, check out the other Amazon Adventures!
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLL8_5VpX9TxqmGwqyDGzSg0EXLiFo-c7D
Read more about The Field Museum's Rapid Inventory programs: fieldmuseum.org/science/blog/rapid-inventories
This expedition would not have been possible without the generosity and help of Corine Vriesendorp, Nigel Pitman, Alvaro del Campo, Tyana Wachter, Ernesto Ruelas, and the rest of the Rapid Inventory team. Thank you for allowing us to join you on this journey, and for giving us the trip of a lifetime.
Special thanks to Pablo Venegas for showing us so many amazing creatures during this expedition! Nobody knows snakes like Pablo.
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Subreddit: reddit.com/r/thebrainscoop
Facebook: facebook.com/thebrainscoop
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Producer, Writer, Creator, Host:
Emily Graslie
Producer, Writer, Editor, Camera:
Tom McNamara
Theme music:
Michael Aranda
Created By:
Hank Green
Production Assistant:
Katie Kirby
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Supported by:
The Field Museum in Chicago, IL
(http://www.fieldmuseum.org)
Filmed on location between the rivers Tapiche and Blanco in Peru.
Don't you think our transcriber, Waris Mohammad, and our translators, Tony Chu, Barbara Velázquez, and Martina Šafusová look particularly -striking- today?
![Im Lichen this Car Door [60 Second Specimens]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/kuftR3QJliY/mqdefault.jpg "Im Lichen this Car Door [60 Second Specimens]
Exciting discoveries can be found in the most unremarkable of places... like, on this rusty car door, for example.
Field Museum scientists and their collaborators came across this 1984 Ford Bronco parked on the side of the road in Puerto Rico during a research expedition. They were looking for lichens: plant-like organisms that are comprised of a symbiotic relationship between an algae, and a fungus. After trying to figure out how to get the entire vehicle back to the Field in Chicago, they settled on taking the door. Today, were still learning new things about the lichens that call this rusty door home.
More 60 Second Specimen stories:
Murder by Birder: https://youtu.be/F-ohbDZaYVg
The playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list...
Created by:
Emily Graslie Brandon Brungard Sheheryar Ahsan
This episode is filmed at and supported by The Field Museum in Chicago, Illinois.
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![Birding adventures w/ the Audubon Society [Part 2]!](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/lrqS0O1YWyY/mqdefault.jpg "Birding adventures w/ the Audubon Society [Part 2]!
I’ve teamed up with @audubongreatlakes7343 to check out some of the restoration work they’re doing in the Calumet region on the southeast side of Chicago. It’s such an interesting area, as major industry has reshaped the wetlands where so many elusive marshland birds and other animals call home.
Indian Ridge Marsh and Powderhorn Lake are two such areas. Together with the Forest Preserves of Cook County, and the Chicago Parks District, Audubon Great Lakes is working on the ground to put conservation efforts into action - like (strategic) fires!
This is No. 2 in a 3-part series w/ Audubon GL - stay tuned for our final chapter next week where I interview their Conservation Director about the progress they’re making and learn more about secretive marsh birds 🔎🐦⬛
#protectilwaters
#protectilwetlands
@NationalAudubon")
![Searching for secretive marsh birds 🔎🐦⬛ [w/ the Audubon Society!] - Pt. 3](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/mzr6dNRfeLM/mqdefault.jpg "Searching for secretive marsh birds 🔎🐦⬛ [w/ the Audubon Society!] - Pt. 3
I’ve teamed up with @audubongreatlakes7343 to check out some of the restoration work they’re doing in the Calumet region on the southeast side of Chicago. It’s such an interesting area, as major industry has reshaped the wetlands where so many elusive marshland birds and other animals call home.
This is the last video in our miniseries together, and while I’m so bummed to be wrapping this up I can’t wait to go out this Spring to see what migrants decide to pass through. If you get a chance to look for birds out here I’d love to hear what you find!
Stay in the know: https://act.audubon.org/a/subscribe-agl-today
#protectilwaters
#protectilwetlands
@NationalAudubon")
