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Ive just learned theres a job called mammal preparator. this is a job done by dr. anna goldman. and its performed right here at chicagos field museum. >> this is the mammals prep lab. this is an example of what we do. these are are studied skins. tan skins. youre actually going to be making one of these today. >> why? >> what were trying to is track change over time. we want to have our finger on the pulse of the environment. >> well, to ask, like, the screamingly obvious, why, why is it importa...

Ive just learned theres a job called mammal preparator. this is a job done by dr. anna goldman. and its performed right here at chicagos field museum. >> this is the mammals prep lab. this is an example of what we do. these are are studied skins. tan skins. youre actually going to be making one of these today. >> why? >> what were trying to is track change over time. we want to have our finger on the pulse of the environment. >> well, to ask, like, the screamingly obvious, why, why is it importa...

Wasnt as heavily used after the mid 80s is because they found out it was one of the leading causes of the bald eagle decline and found this by looking at egg shells from the early 1900s and comparing them to egg shells in the 1980s and they found out that ddt actually resonates in these egg shells and makes them thinner. therefore, theres less survival rate of their chicks. >> thats an excellent answer. >> so these are my volunteers and interns. they give me their free time. >> yeah. >> and i pu...

Mid 1980s and the reason why it wasnt as heavily used after the mid 80s is because they found out it was one of the leading causes of the bald eagle decline and found this by looking at egg shells from the early 1900s and comparing them to egg shells in the 1980s and they found out that ddt actually resonates in these egg shells and makes them thinner. therefore, theres less survival rate of their chicks. >> thats an excellent answer. >> so these are my volunteers and interns. they give me their...

You. for the people that react to the bites which is only 20% of people, they literally go crazy. i mean were theyre constantly itching. they know they have bugs. theyre embarrassed. you almost need some type of counseling besides extermination just to get through your everyday life until the problem is gone. >> the staff uses cameras to record some of their most extreme cases. and there are many. if you think youre hearing more stories about bedbugs lately, youre right. >> you talk to anybody t...

For the people that react to the bites which is only 20% of people, they literally go crazy. i mean were theyre constantly itching. they know they have bugs. theyre embarrassed. you almost need some type of counseling besides extermination just to get through your everyday life until the problem is gone. >> the staff uses cameras to record some of their most extreme cases. and there are many. if you think youre hearing more stories about bedbugs lately, youre right. >> you talk to anybody thats ...

Hitches onto your laptop, your luggage, and you bring it with you. for the people that react to the bites, which is only 20% of people, they literally go crazy. i mean were theyre constantly itching. they know they have bugs. theyre embarrassed. you almost need some type of counseling besides extermination just to get through your everyday life until the problem is gone. >> the staff uses cameras to record some of their most extreme cases. and there are many. if you think youre hearing more stor...

You. and for the people that react to the bites, which is only 20% of people, they literally go crazy. i mean, theyre constantly itching. they know they have bugs. theyre embarrassed. you almost need some type of counseling besides extermination just to get through your everyday life until the problem is gone. >> the staff uses cameras to record some of their most extreme cases. and there are many. if you think youre hearing more stories about bedbugs lately, youre right. >> you talk to anybody ...

Let me put it to you this way. everything in the ocean is plastic today. and if that isnt bad enough, the plastics are the most perfect sponges for ddt, pcbs, flame retardants, phthalates and a little bit of poison. biomagnifies up the food chain 100,000 times. so when you have your fish, youre having a lot of poison, ed. >> thats not good news, because i love to eat fish and i love to catch them too. you know, this is scary stuff. paul, would we have anticipated this some five years ago. >> the...

People, they literally go crazy. i mean were theyre constantly itching. they know they have bugs. theyre embarrassed. you almost need some type of counseling besides termination just to get through your everyday life until the problem is gone. >> the staff uses cameras to record some of their most extreme cases. and there are many. if you think youre hearing more stories about bedbugs lately, youre right. >> you talk to anybody thats 80 years or older, theyll remember bedbugs in the united state...