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MLA Full: "Rat Dissection: The Cutest Parts Are on the Outside." YouTube, uploaded by thebrainscoop, 16 August 2024, www.youtube.com/watch?v=P65InFr1eBI.
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https://youtube.com/watch?v=P65InFr1eBI.
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I'm joined by @robscallon @BeckyStern and friendly local nature museum taxidermist Rob Kelsey to learn more about one of the world's most prolific animals, from the inside out.
Check out Becky's video! https://youtu.be/og_AAE2s2wo?feature=shared
The one where Rob Scallon and I pick up the rats: https://youtu.be/PtgaHtEmG48?feature=shared

@PeggyNotebaertNatureMuseum
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Creator, Writer, Host: Emily Graslie
Director of Photography: Smokey Nelson
Addt'l Camera: Chris Owsiany
Sound: Anthony Mariotto
Editor: Carolyn Yao
Gfx +: Production Consultant: Sheheryar Ahsan

Special thanks:
Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum // Dawn Roberts
Rose Pest Solutions // Janelle Iaccino
Prey Taxidermy // Allis Markham

Video accessibility services provided by the Described and Captioned Media Project http://www.dcmp.org
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Timestamps:
00:00 Beginning
00:17 Rob Kelsey (AKA Rob K) Intro
00:38 Rob Scallon Intro
00:52 Becky Stern Intro
01:03 We're taxidermying today!
01:30 Exact midpoint between a stuffed animal and a mummy
01:38 Rat calisthenics
02:13 Did I tell you I had pet rats growing up
02:19 Slippage
02:35 Initial Incision
2:35 Resume
02:43 There is more than one way to skin a Rat
02:56 Fascia
03:21 Red Dead Redemption
03:33 How attached is my skin to my face?
03:52 Massaging fascia
04:29 Continuing to open incision
05:19 Investigating the Fascia
06:05 Next Step - pushing meat back from skin
07:05 Rat feet/legs
07:56 Life Mount vs Study Skin
08:29 Popping knee out
08:53 How many animals has Rob K taxidermied?
09:20 Best Way to Learn Anatomy
09:41 Drippy guts
09:47 Rats are fatty
11:09 Cronch
11:59 Rob has preparation lab in museum :)
12:30 Our Corner of the Internet - Typical Brain Scoop
12:34 Turn foot inside out and zhoop!
12:49 Rob cronches the leg
12:57 Rob cut the ankle
13:13 Drying process
13:42 The Cronchening
14:06 Through both legs down towards tail
15:08 Use scrotal droppage to tell age
16:02 Meet skin together in spine
16:16 Penis and testicles
16:48 Taxidermic Origin Story - I was terrified of dead animals
17:26 Passion from place of fear
17:38 Rob Skydiving
18:17 Dream animal to dissect?
19:12 Shlooping the tail
20:23 In-person mentor
20:33 Did you hear that?
20:56 Timelapse
20:59 A Really Special Butthole
21:39 Becky shloop!
22:07 Are we the weird ones?
23:45 Tail slippage
24:00 Hernia
25:01 Rat punching
25:15 Rob K - Working up the back
25:45 Going through stomach contents?
26:40 CSI: Rats
27:22 Shoutout to Allis Markham skinning raccoon video
27:48 Bruising
28:12 Loose skin
28:28 Coloring of fur
28:56 Rats are liquid
29:14 Rob K - Cutting off wrists
29:23 Perforated ribcage
29:45 Rob cutting the rat wrist off - Woohoo!
30:21 Tripod CSI
30:54 Rob K skull info
31:17 Rob eardrum
31:51 Rob K eyes and nose info
32:20 Lil Dried Blueberries
32:44 Fake eyes
33:23 Rob K - Lips/Nose
34:19 Popped an eye
34:31 Rob K - Empty Face, Peel off Remaining Fat
35:14 Gravity
35:55 Resist the Urge
36:23 Teeth
36:43 Tongue
37:07 The Finger Puppet
37:31 What will happen to my pelt and rat after today?
38:41 Stuffing w/ cotton
39:21 Shenanigans
39:47 Make Em Kiss
40:59 Adding Wire
41:37 Elephant shrew brainiac
42:11 Adding wire Timelapse
42:20 Dried + Pinned Rat Example by Janelle
42:42 THE BRAIN SCOOP
43:03 Off with their heads!
44:00 Brain Scooping Begins...
44:52 Thank you, Rob
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