thebrainscoop's video: The Sistine Chapel of Taxidermy - Conserving Akeley s Elephants

Come to our meet up at the Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin on January 27th! RSVP & details here: http://bit.ly/2FmhkJB The Akeley's Fighting African Elephants are some of the best examples of taxidermy ever created-- but they'll need help if they're to survive the next 100 years. ↓↓↓ Our earlier video (from 2013!) about the Akeley's elephants: https://youtu.be/-UQk7bKf9FI More on Carl Akeley from the Field Museum: http://bit.ly/2DJktTj Thanks to George Dante and John Janelli for taking time out of their day for these interviews! ----------------------------------------­----------------------------- Help support our videos! http://bit.ly/1TjMRAo Under 'Designation,' put 'The Brain Scoop' - all proceeds go exclusively towards helping the show. We appreciate whatever you can give! -- Come hang out in our Subreddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/thebrainscoop/ Instagram.com/egraslie Twitters: @ehmee Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/thebrainscoop Tumblr: thebrainscoop.tumblr.com We have a Newsletter! Sign up for updates!: http://bit.ly/2oYTY6p ----------------------------------------­----------------------------- Producer, Writer, Creator, Host: Emily Graslie Producer, Camera, Graphics, Director: Sheheryar Ahsan Producer, Editor, Graphics, Director: Brandon Brungard ----------------------------------------­----------------------------- This episode is filmed at and supported by The Field Museum in Chicago, Illinois. http://www.fieldmuseum.org ---------------------------------------------------------------------