Camel Spiders: Neither Camels, nor Spiders
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Dr. Paula Cushing has been studying these strange animals for nearly 17 years, and says there is so little known about them, that anyone can discover something new. They're camel spiders: neither camels, nor spiders! So... what are they, anyway?
We've set out from The Field Museum in Chicago to collaborate with the Denver Museum of Nature & Science. Check out our first video on the Human Biology Collection: https://youtu.be/shKWGMdvmJQ
And our video with anthropologist Dr. Steve Nash, about their collection of Native American Peace Medals: https://youtu.be/3-AGSdwVQRQ
Learn more about Dr. Cushing’s work, and camel spiders:
http://www.dmns.org/science/museum-scientists/paula-cushing/
The 3D-reconstruction at 5:49 is from the paper, "Morphology of the tracheal system of camel spiders (Chelicerata: Solifugae) based on micro-CT and 3D-reconstruction in exemplar species from three families: http://bit.ly/2w1madp
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Producer, Writer, Creator, Host:
Emily Graslie
Producer, Camera:
Brandon Brungard
Producer, Camera, Editor:
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Interview with:
Dr. Paula Cushing
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This episode is a collaboration between
The Field Museum in Chicago, IL
(http://www.fieldmuseum.org)
and
The Denver Museum of Nature & Science
(http://www.dmns.org/)
And filmed on location in beautiful Denver, Colorado.
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