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What's the difference between a venom and a poison? We looked at some cool reptiles and amphibians to learn more about how they use their natural toxins to stay ahead in the evolutionary arms race!
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Raven Forrest
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This episode is filmed on location at the Field Museum in Chicago, Illinois.
fieldmuseum.org
What's the difference between a venom and a poison? We looked at some cool reptiles and amphibians to learn more about how they use their natural toxins to stay ahead in the evolutionary arms race!
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Come hang out in our Subreddit: reddit.com/r/thebrainscoop
Instagram.com/egraslie
Twitters: @ehmee
Facebook: facebook.com/thebrainscoop
We have a Newsletter! Sign up for updates!: bit.ly/2oYTY6p
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Executive Producer, Creator, Host:
Emily Graslie
Producer, Director, Editor:
Sheheryar Ahsan
Production Assistant, Content Developer, Writer:
Raven Forrest
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This episode is filmed on location at the Field Museum in Chicago, Illinois.
fieldmuseum.org





![The Fer-de-Lance
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 Museums Rapid Inventory No. 27, a journey through the forests between the rivers Tapiche and Blanco in Peru. Every year, the Museums 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!
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLL8_5VpX9TxqmGwqyDGzSg0EXLiFo-c7D
Read more about The Field Museums Rapid Inventory programs: http://www.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
Supported by:
The Field Museum in Chicago, IL
(http://www.fieldmuseum.org)
Filmed on location between the rivers Tapiche and Blanco in Peru.
Dont you think our transcriber, Waris Mohammad, and our translators, Tony Chu, Barbara Velázquez, and Martina Šafusová look particularly -striking- today? The Fer-de-Lance](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/jEpn1JXH-jY/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.
http://www.fieldmuseum.org Im Lichen this Car Door [60 Second Specimens]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/kuftR3QJliY/mqdefault.jpg)

