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The flapper who brought pandas to America
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- čas přidán 14. 07. 2016
- In 1936, Ruth Harkness - a dressmaker from New York -- set off to China in search of the rare, elusive Giant Panda. Her goal? Bring one back alive to share the wonder of China's wildlife with the western world. She became the first explorer to do so, and so set in motion a public fascination with these creatures that continues 80 years later.
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Additional images c/o Ruth Harkness, "The Lady and the Panda," 1938, and the Chicago Zoological Society.
Special thanks to Field staff Gretchen Rings, and Sarah Ebel for their assistance in this video! Also thanks to the Field Museum gift shop staff for letting us borrow the panda for our radio interview.
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In many ways I think of Pandas like the British Royal family. It's very easy to explain why they're a waste of money to keep well preserved in high cost environments, but they do bring in a lot of tourist dollars and have ancillary benefits.
Like, the both taste good with a dash of soy sauce
LOL 5:16 the Chinese characters on top of that "Export Certificate" line literally means "Giant pandas are really awesome".
;)
Brandon Brungard
You did that on purpose did you :D
I've been fascinated with the public's fascination of pandas for a long time -- and was blown away to learn more of the story behind their introduction in American zoos, thanks to Ruth Harkness and her remarkable, unlikely journey. I hope you like this one!
I'm really happy for your work, Emily! "Public understanding of science" is often very far from actual public understanding of science, and I'm happy that you're engaging an international audience. Happy thoughts from the south of France!
Moar Pandas!!!!
This was on the memory palace podcast! You should check it out 😮😮😮 ep 91 I believe
#Istandwithunionidbivalves The questions you bring up at the end of the video are not simple ones, which makes them worth thinking about.
Great story!
Flappers?! SCIENCE? SWEET 1920s expeditions that seem to be respectful and forward thinking? Historical artifacts? This story couldn't be any better.
I really really love that shot at the beginning! Having Emily go from the diorama to her chair with the camera following her, it gives a vibe of "come on a learning adventure with me". Or something.
that was one looong continuous shot at the beginning. impressive.
I once saw a panda climb a tree, stick out it's butt and poop. Could've just done that on the ground, but I guess it's more satisfying to hear the dull thud of your poop hitting the floor. Lovely creatures.
Easily one of my top 3 favorite Brain Scoop vids. Funny, interesting and I learned about an incredible woman I've never even heard of before. Good job Emily!
I was prepared for a sad video about flappers wearing coats made of Panda pelts. Thank god I was wrong
Emily "I-don't-know-what-to-do-with-these-arms" Graslie - Its really easy you tell when you are excited about a subject. It that excitement and enthusiasm that makes the Brain Scoop so good.
Seeing Su Lin the museum always fascinated me bc I love pandas but the posture that it sits in is so elegant and different than how you see pandas usually (hunched over/sitting/laid back) I wonder what was the thinking behind that position.
What's more interesting than Panda economics is Panda politics (tho tied to economics), China essentially using the panda as a diplomatic gift or pawn towards other countries.
The Flapper and the Panda would be a great title for a children's book.
I got to meet Emily today
she's ok
+thebrainscoop are you sure? she looks mean.
What is she like in person?
+Waltham1892 funny
***** You get that impression listening to her...
the Memory Palace podcast did a great episode about this if you want to hear more.
This is my favorite Brain Scoop episode ever. Ever.
The title of this video is genius! Also, I really love how thoughtfully you presented this topic.
Fantastic editing in this episode! Really like the intro with walking from the exhibit to the chair with the light. An odd, but creative choice.
I liked the video of Su Lin and the baby panda at the zoo. The people were pushing them together all like "now kiths"
As always , a great video.... from frozen wolf to now you are the greatest ! thank you
That reminds me. Emily, do you know what happened to those specimens left in the basement at University of Montana? I hope they found a new home.
ye emily
you should make an episode entitled "What happened to UMPLW Zoological Museum"
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The pacing, the jokes, the visuals and the delivery of information reminded me a lot of John Green's CrashCourse videos. I loved it!
I actually make Crash Course...so there's that :D (but glad you loved it!)
+Brandon Brungard let's just pretend I wrote "in the" between Green's name and Crash Course in my original post :P Not my intention to diminish the effort or work put into the series by the team. And I'll take the opportunity to say that I think you're doing a great job, so thanks!
Oh, it's true! I just checked a World History 2 video and there you are in the credits.
Love your work M.Brungard! :)
Wonderful video, Emily. And the opening, with the movement from exhibit to chair, was visually brilliant.
I had a former client who claims her family's bamboo farm supplied bamboo for the first pandas brought into the country. I never inquired about it further but the property was a bamboo forest that had over run most of the property. Besides the driveways and buildings there was maybe a thousand square feet of land that wasn't covered in bamboo.
Aren't they having issues breeding pandas? From what I remember, pandas seem to be disinterested in mating, and would rather eat bamboo which doesn't have enough nutrients for them. It's almost as if they want to go extinct.
kronos6948 Yet we continue to spend millions on breeding programs and increasingly drastic measures to persuade the females into sexual interest. Their ovulation schedule is such that the females are only fertile 2-3 days out of the year.
They breed better in the wild. Also in the wild they travel to find and eat different species of bamboo in different seasons to meet their nutritional needs. It's what they're adapted to eat and why they're expensive to feed in captivity. Any old bamboo won't due.
A great story of how to steal a panda and make it sounds like a right thing to do
Emily is a perfect host! Her enthusiasm makes the story be a delight; This episode rocks! BTW, wonderful dress! :D
This video was awesome (as usual), but the production value was superb. This almost belongs on cable television.
I'm visiting Chicago next week and I'm going to visit the museum!
I really enjoy these chair and lamp videos. Very interesting and educational.
I liked this episode, could you possibly do more episodes on endangered species? I'm sure The Field Museum has some sort of pangolin collection somewhere, or maybe an extinct species like a Tasmanian tiger (maybe you guys have a pelt?).
Pangolins, please!
A beautiful story, thanks!
Wow, this is such a beautiful story.
That baby panda is so cute.
Very well done. I'm glad to have seen your red chair - and even Soon Raccoon.
What a lovely dress.
Thanks Emily for this awesome episode! I am studying anthropology and working to become a zookeeper. I appreciate your support of the conversation efforts that we are working so hard for!
Really digging the presentation style of this episode, I mean, I love everything you all do, but I found this particularly engaging. Thanks!
Wow. An interesting part of history I didn't know anything about before!
I was just looking at that yesterday! I was also able to snatch the last of your signed posters. I love this videos of learning the hidden stories of the field museum.
I bet she was so proud when she got that intro in one take! Nicely done!
I don't know what changed, but it certainly worked. Of course all of you videos are great but this one was superb and it seems that the rest of the comments section agrees!
Loving these short intros at the start of each video. It flows well.
I enjoyed this episode so much!
I remember back when many thought they were related to red pandas and weren't really bears at all.
Amazing story!!
You're so cute Emily.
Emily- "Su Lin: 1st thoughts on being in the U.S. so far?"
Su Lin- ...
Emily- "Couldn't have said better myself."
Thanks for educating us on this awesome topic and making it fun as well. I look forward to your videos all the time and your enthusiasm for your work makes it so much better. :)
Loved the creativity of this episode. Always a fan! -MD
Really well done. Thanks.
So many good reasons to visit the museum
Fascinating.
I had never heard about Ruth Harkness before. I'll have to keep an eye out for the next time I'm looking for something new to read.
Also, unrelated: that's a great dress, I love it
Now that's a story I didn't know! Thanks for telling it!
one of your best videos ever...
I absolutely adore this channel, I'm so glad I recently discovered it! I can also relate to a certain degree as I was employed at a shellfish research station that also delt with the public quite a bit. It was by no means a Museum but I got to interact with the public as well as work behind the scenes in the labs and out in the field. Also, on a completely different note, where did you find that chair? It's amazing and I want one. :)
I love this story! and I adore your dress haha.
Hi, I got to see you at the career panel at Loyola University three weeks ago and it was really cool hearing about you and getting started as a CZcamsr as well!!! By the way love your name 😂✌🏿
Emily, you are multi-talented, but please do not quit your day job to become a news reporter. This video was very informative, engaging, and totally enjoyable. Thank you. So, when can I expect that Cichlids video?
The Memory Palace just did a piece on this story!
Awesome story! Thanks for sharing!
Yes! This was particularly well done!
this is one of my favorite videos of yours ever
Love the video, love Emily, love the Field, and LOVE THAT DRESS!
Great stuff as always!.
This is great! More episodes like this please
I LOVE THIS CHANNEL!
gosh i love your channel! 🐼🐼🐼
And now my day is complete :)
"Holy shit, is that a baby panda???"
"No, it's a dog."
I always enjoy your videos 🎈
YAY! New Brain Scoop! Emily, are you ever going to dissect something again? Bring back the Gross-o-Meter!
Great episode Emily! So informative!
i'm watching this right after the notre-dame cathedral burned. i see people giving billions of dollars to restore it and other people being mad that they are restoring it instead of oceans, animals, cities of people that are dying. i think i should just be happy that humans are doing anything nice, but i feel bad for the things neglected (not cathedrals, not pandas). it is a strange thing to try to make sense of
mam, thank you for doing what you do :)
keep inspiring people out there :) Thanks
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How long did it take you to memorise all the lines at the opening shot? That's amazing.
The time it took Sheheryar and Brandon to set up the lights, pretty much. 45 minutes maybe? there was a snack break in there too
maybe she used a teleprompter...idk
if she actually memorized the whole first 58 sec at the fast rate the spoke...that would be kinda sick
Im more curious about how many takes it took
I think we got a decent take on the 3rd try since we weren't using a stabilizer - but then tried like 20 more times for safety ...
Nice, informative, thought provoking. But I'll admit I rather miss the dissection videos >.>
I. Want. That dress!!!
What a good dog
Love your intro music!
The Memory Palace podcast also had a story on Ruth Harkness and Su Lin recently:
thememorypalace.us/2016/07/natural-habitat/
It is longer and goes into more depth on Ruth's experiences.
Worth a listen.
Nice dress!
The starting sequence reminded me of Jack Roper, in a good way. Thanks for the video :)
That gramma dress is bangin!
I played Takenoko. I know all I need to know about Pandas.
That was a really great intro, I liked that
Panda panda panda panda....
(Please read the above comment to the tune of Nickelodeon's "The Amanda Show.")
🐼🐼🐼🐼🐼~♪
This made me so emotional 😞😭
pandas are still unBEARably cute.
Pandas are really quiet species
now i understand why panda conservation seems like highly overfunded. but this also makes me wondered, do human seems to be more likely spent more money on cute animals?
Yup, we are, and it's kinda turning into a problem for all those not-so-cute endangered species
Yes. #IStandWithUnionidBivalves
never heard of it before, and now i know that a mussel. but i prefer supporting mangrove trees because it can support an ecosystem.
@MicroBlogganism well thousand of years ago egyptian literally worshiping cats. so yeah, its on our gene
Also, by using super cute recognizable animals scientists can help secure more funding and support for habitat conservation which helps less "marketable" species.
Amy Griffin yeah, thats why WWF use panda in their logo. but still
Is there any relation to the recent Memory Palace podcast episode on the same topic? Or is it just coincidence? It was interesting hearing a slightly different version of the same story from you.
you didn't credit Aranda with the theme music :O who cares about the director and producer we need to know who came up with the theme song
Not to be too weird and unscience-like. But your dress here is lovely! where did yiu get it? :0
What's with the Quaker Oats advertising in the articles?
Every time I see a movie that occurs in the first half of the 20th century and they show a woman like Marion in Raiders Of the Lost Ark I think it's an anachronism. I'll never think that again after seeing that picture of Su-Lin Young and checking her short Wikipedia entry.
this is cool!
I'm just sitting here thinking, wait, it just ate formula like no big deal?!
I think Siu Linn must have been a very tough Panda in general. But this got me reading about Panda milk phys.org/news/2015-10-publish-analysis-giant-panda.html
I bet his mom was really sad when she went back to the tree and he was gone.
My damn God, you're so cute! hahaha Love your videos! Cheers from Brazil
Panda panda panda panda rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrah
Hey Emily, are you going to the "Women of Vision": National Geographic Exhibition at the Field Museum?
From the opening music, I thought that was the Pokemon Go theme song.
(rich white) women can do anything!
Of course you are prepared to tell us about the (rich black) women that did a like contribution during the 1920s....right?
Why? I think that would undermine my thesis.
Josephine Baker
Pioneering entertainer, super spy, and civil rights leader
Let's not forget the banana skirt.
"we should establish national parks and protect endangered species. Nature's important"
*guns down panda*
"I freakin' love nature"