VISITING WITH HUELL HOWSER IS MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH A GENEROUS GRANT FROM THE RALPH M PARSON'S FOUNDATION.

>> Huell: WELL HELLO EVERYBODY I'M HUELL HOWSER, AND HERE WE ARE ON THIS BEAUTIFUL DAY.

HERE IN RIVERSIDE, CALIFORNIA.

SPECIFICALLY WE'RE ON THE BEAUTIFUL WOODED CAMPUS AT LA SIERRA UNIVERSITY.

AND THIS IS GOING TO BE A LEARNING EXPERIENCE FOR US ALL.

BECAUSE DOCTOR ALAN YOU'RE HERE TO GREET US, BILL ALAN.

I'VE NEVER HEARD OF LA SIERRA UNIVERSITY.

BRING US UP-TO-DATE.

>> WE'RE A PRIVATE 7th DAY ADD CONVENIENT ADD--ADVENTIST AND TODAY WE'LL GO THROUGH LIBERAL ARTS UNIVERSITY WITH GRADUATE UNIVERSITY.

>> Huell: SO IT'S A 7th DAY ADVENTIST, UNIVERSITY.

>> WITH HEAVY EMPHASIS FOR STUDENTS WANTING TO GO INTO THE HEALTH EMPHASIS.

>> >> Huell: AND I'M SURE YOU'VE GOT DIFFERENT KIDS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD.

>> DOZEN OF NATIONS, AND MOST OF THE STATES OF THE UNITED STATES.

>> Huell: YOU'RE ALSO NOTED FOR YOUR MUSEUM RIGHT HERE.

THE WORLD MUSEUM OF HISTORY, SOMEBODY, AND I'M NOT SURE WHO IT WAS.

SENT US A LETTER INVITING US TO COME HERE.

YOU'VE GOT A LOT INTERESTING THINGS IN THERE BUT ONE THING THAT MAKES YOU DIFFERENT FROM ANY MUSEUM IN THE WORLD.

IT'S A REAL EYE CATCHER.

DON'T GIVE IT AWAY YET.

>> YES, IT'S A SHOW STOPPER.

STOPS YOU IN YOUR TRACKS.

>> Huell: I'VE ALREADY PEAKED INSIDE THE FRONT DOOR, IT'S THE FIRST DAY THAT GREETS YOU WHEN YOU WALK IN THE DOOR.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO RIGHT NOW TO START OUR DAY HERE IN THE CAMPUS OF LA SIERRA UNIVERSITY.

LET'S GO THROUGH THE MUSEUM AND SEE WHAT THEY HAVE HERE THAT NO OTHER MUSEUM HAS.

AND BELIEVE BHE IT'S A SHOW STOPPER.

>> WE'RE DID HE LIGHTED THAT YOU'RE HERE TODAY.

>> Huell: THIS IS YOUR PRIZED EXHIBIT.

>> YES, THAT'S WHY WE HAVE IT IN THE ENTRANCE.

>> Huell: IT'S NAME IS?

>> IT'S MINI THE KAMODO DRAGON.

>> Huell: AND I THINK YOU'RE GOINGñr TO TELL BUS MINI.

>> Huell: MINI.

>> BILLY ANSINS ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF THE MUSEUM.

>> Huell: GOOD MORNING.

TELL US ABOUT YOUR BABY RIGHT HERE.

TELL US ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THIS BIG OL' LIZARD?

>> THIS LIZARD, ORIGINATED AT THE ST. LOUIS ZOO IN 1903, BROUGHT FROM INDONESIA, FROM TWO STUDIES.

>> Huell: WILD KINGDOM.

>> WHEN HE WAS THE CURATOR AT THE AIN'T LOSE ZOO.

>> Huell: BUT DIDN'T LIVE VERY LONG?

>> IT WAS BROUGHT BY SHIP, HAVE VIA ALASKA, ON TOP OF A DECK, EXPOSED TO THE COLD ALASKAN WEATHER AND LASTED TWO WEEKS AND DIED OF PNEUMONIA AND PREPARED BY A FAMOUS TAXIDERMIST.

THE SEARCH BROTHERS TAXIDERMY STUDIO.

>> Huell: BUT DIDN'T IT HAVE A CHECKERED PAST.

ONCE IT DIED, IT'S HAD OTHER HOMES?

>> YES, I THINK THE BONES ENDED UP IN THE MUSEUM IN CHICAGO.

AND IT'S BEEN AT A SCHOOL, BAR--.

>> Huell: IT WAS A BAR?

>> YES, AND AT THE CITY DUMP A NUMBER OF PLACES.

>> Huell: AND DIDN'T I READ THAT WHEN IT WAS AT A SCHOOL, IT WAS OUT IN THE PLAYGROUND AND THE KIDS WERE CLIMBING ALL OVER IT.

>> JUST LIKE A TOY.

>> Huell: AND IT HOLDS A DISTINCTION IN THE GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS AS?

>> THE HEAVIEST AND LONGEST.

>> Huell: LARGEST--.

>> IT MAY NOT BE TS LONGEST.

THERE IS A CROCODILE MONDAY TON IN NEW GUINEA WHICH IS LONGER BUT LIGHTER WEIGHT.

BUT IT'S THE HEAVIEST RECORDED.

IT WEIGHED 260 POUND WHEN IT DIED.

>> Huell: WOW.

>> THE NEXT HEAVIEST IS ABOUT 200 POUNDS.

>> Huell: NOW IS THIS A FRIENDLY ANIMAL?

>> WELL.

>> Huell: IF YOU WERE TO RUN TO THIS IN THE JUNGLE?

>> WELL THESE ANIMALS ARE--THEY'RE LIKE A LAND SHARK.

THEY'RE PREDATORY.

>> Huell: ARE THEY MEAT EATERS?

>> THEY ARE MEAT EATERS.

>> YOU WOULD HOPE THAT IT HAD A GOOD MEAL RECENTLY.

>> Huell: I CAN IMAGINE.

WHAT YEAR WAS THIS?

>> IT WAS BROUGHT TO THE ST. LOUIS ZOO, IT WAS PURCHASED FROM BY THESE TWO GUYS FROM THE ST. LOUIS ZOO IN INDEPENDENTONESIA--.

>> Huell: IN WHAT YEAR?

>> 1933, SO IT'S ABOUT 68 YEARS OLD.

AS FAR AS THE MOUNT.

>> Huell: IS THAT IT'S REAL TONGUE?

>> THAT'S ARTIFICIAL.

>> Huell: I KNOW, BUT THAT HOW LONG THE TONGUE WOULD HAVE BEEN?

>> YEAH, IT HAS A PRETTY LONG TONGUE.

>> Huell: AND THE CLAWS.

>> THOSE ARE THE REAL CLAWS ON IT.

THE BODY IS ABOUT 70 INCHES IN SIR CIRCUMFERENCE--IT WAS OBESE.

>> Huell: WE'VE GOT A PICTURE OF IT AT THE ST. LOUIS ZOO BEFORE DIED.

IT'S A WONDER IT LASTED TO ST. LOUIS.

THIS REALLY CAPTUREED PEOPLE'S--WHEN THEY WALK IN THE DOORS.

THEY EITHER WANT TO GO IN FURTHER OR TURN AWAY AND LEAVE.

>> THAT'S PROBABLY THE IMPRESSION THAT PEOPLE HAVE.

>> Huell: SHE'S HERE, SHE'S IN THE FRONT LOBBY HERE.

BUT WE'VE GOT OTHER THINGS TO LOOK AT AS WELL.

LET'S GO BACK IN HERE, BECAUSE THIS IS A VERY INTERESTING COLLECTION OF--THESE ARE LITTLE MONKEYS AND CHIMPANZEES AND GORILLAS?

>> THIS IS AN INTRODUCTORY EXHIBIT TO THE MUSEUM WHICH IS PRIMATES OF THE WORLD NEW AND OLD WORLD PRIMATES.

SORT OF A--OF A MONKEYS AND GREATER APES.

THIS IS THE LARGE ONE, AND BACK IS THE WESTERN CHIMPANZEE.

>> Huell: WHERE DO YOU GET THESE THINGS?

BECAUSE I LOT OF THESE I WOULD THINK ARE ENDANGERED.

>> A LOT OF THE SPECIMEN ARE OBTAINED THROUGH ZOO LOGICAL PARTS WHEN THEY HAVE MORTALITY.

>> SO THEY DONATE THEM TO YOU?

>> WELL TO VARIOUS MUSEUMS INCLUDING OURS.

>> Huell: LET'S LOOK AT SOME OF THIS STUFF, OH MY GOSH--LOOK AT THIS!

WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT HERE?

>> THIS IS ENTRY TO THE HALL OF REPTILES.

THE SYSTEMATIC DISPLAY.

THERE ARE CROCODILEIANS REFERS TO CROCODILES ALLIGATOR.

THERE IS ABOUT 19-20 SPECIES.

>> Huell: LOOK AT THIS ONE.

>> THIS IS GAVIOL IT HAS TWO DIFFERENT NAMES FROM INDIA.

AT ONE TIME THEY WERE ALMOST EXTINCT NOW THEY ARE REPRODUCING THEM.

>> Huell: SNAKES, BIG SNAKES?

WHERE DID THEY COME FROM.

>> YOU'RE LOOKING AT PYTHONS AND BOA, THIS IS AN INDIA ROCK PYTHON FROM INDIA.

AND THAT'S AN ANACONDA, THE WORLD'S LARGEST SNAKE.

>> Huell: AND WHAT IS THIS?

LOOK AT THE FACE ON THIS THING.

>> THAT'S A--THIS HERE IS PROBABLY THE INSPIRATION FOR THE NINJA TURTLE.

THIS SPIS MINUTE--SPESCIMEN IS WORLD RECORDS.

270 POUNDS AND WHEN IT DIED IT WAS ABOUT 250 YEARS OLD.

>> Huell: I BET YOU SPECIALIZE IN THINGS HERE.

>> LIZARDS, STILL IN THE PROCESS OF SAVING THIS PLACE HERE.

THERE IS A COLLECTION OF MONITORS.

THE KAMODO DRAGON ARE THE LARGEST THESE ARE RELATED TO THEM.

>> Huell: WOW, BIRDS!

>> THIS IS A POISONOUS, POISONOUS REPTILES OF THE WORLD.

POISONOUS SNAKES, VIEPERS, KOEB--COULDBRAS, CHORAL SNAKES.

>> Huell: THEY'RE THE ONES THAT ARE SO LITTLE BUT YET SO DEADLY.

>> VERY REALLY--.

>> Huell: WHEN IS THIS ON THE TREE?

>> IT'S A NARBORIA COBRA.

IT'S STILL IN THAT WORLD.

>> Huell: I WOULD MOVE AWAY FROM THE SNAKE EXHIBIT IF YOU DON'T MIND, THAT'S NOT MY FAVORITE.

LOOK AT THE BIRDS, THIS IS--IS THIS AN EAGLE?

>> YEAH, THIS IS--THIS SECTION IS A BIRD'S OF THE WORLD.

YOU'RE ENTERING NOW.

THIS IS THE CENTER, THIS HERE IS THE BIRDS THE PRAY.

HAWKS, EAGLES, FALCONS AND VOLTURES IT WAS AN EAGLE THAT WAS ALMOST EXTINCT.

>> Huell: THESE HAVE GOT TO BE EXOTIC PARROTS.

>> THESE ARE NOT PA RATS.

>> Huell: I'VE NEVE çR SEEN A BIRD LIKE THIS.

>> THESE ARE ASIAN HORN BILLS.

THEY ARE BUILD LIKE SOLID LIKE IVORY.

>> Huell: AND OVER HERE WE HAVE WOLVES, AND CATS, AND ALL KINDS OF THINGS.

>> YES, THIS IS--THIS IS ENTRY TO THE MAMMALS OF THE WORLD SECTION.

SYSTEMATIC DISPLAYS OF THE MAMMALS OF THE WORLD.

AND HERE WE HAVE A NUMBER OF SIVETS UP IN THE--MOSTLY ASIA SIVETS OTTERS THAT ARE RELATED TO THEM.

AND SOME OF THE FOXES, WOLVES, AND CATS HERE.

>> Huell: BUT WAIT A MINUTE, I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS?

WHAT IS THIS?

>> THIS IS THE YOUNG SPECIMEN OF THE LARGEST RODENT.

GROWS UP TO 150 POUNDS.

THAT ONE IS ABOUT A 60 POUND SPECIMEN.

>> Huell: WHERE IS THAT FOUND?

>> IN SOUTH AMERICA, IT'S LIKE A GIANT GUINEA PIG.

>> Huell: AND THIS IS?

>> A GIANT ARMADILLO.

>> Huell: AND WHAT IS THIS ONE UP HERE?

LOOK AT THIS?

THE SCALES ON THIS THING?

>> THIS IS CALLED A PAN DEL-WORD OLIN PANGOLIN FROM INDIA.

>> Huell: THESE THINGS LOOK PREHISTORIC?

>> YEAH, THEY'RE MOSTLY ANT EATERS, THEY EAT IET--TERMITES.

>> Huell: THIS HAS TO BE ONE OF THE FINEST EXHIBITS OF EX SO EXOTIC AND STRANGE ANIMALS THAT I'VE EVER SEEN.

IS THAT WHAT MAKES THIS MUSEUM SO INTERESTING.

>> THIS IS CALLED THE MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, WHICH THE NAME DENOUNCE THE WORLDWIDE SCOPE, NOT JUST LOCAL WILDLIFE.

>> Huell: YEAH, YOU JUST DON'T SEE THINGS LIKE THAT.

>> EVENTUALLY HAVE A MUSEUM WITH COMPREHENSIVE DISPLAYS OF WORLDWIDE LIFE, ON A VAS SCALE.

MOST MUSEUMS SHOW A SAMPLING OF THE EXOTIC LIFE AND MOST OF THE COLLECTIONS ARE IN THE BACK ROOMS AND NOT AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC.

WE'RE REVERSING OF THAT AND MAKING MOST OF THE COLLECTIONS TO THE PUBLIC.

>> Huell: SCHOOL KIDS HAVE GOT TO LOVE THIS.

I CAN HEAR THEM OOHING AND AWEING, WHAT IS THIS BRAWN--LOOK OVER HERE TROY, I'M LOOKING AT ITS FACE.

I'VE NEVER SEEN ç ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

>> THAT'S A WILD CAT FROM DOWN UNDER.

>> Huell: AUSTRALIA?

>> YEAH.

>> Huell: ALL RIGHT NOW YOUR PART OF THE PROGRAM IS GOING TO BE INTERRUPTED.

BILL WHERE ARE YOU?

HE'S HIDING.

ONE OF THE OTHER ASPECTS OF THE MUSEUM HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE ANIMALS, AND REPTILES AND MAMMALS, IT HAS TO DO WITH?

>> MINERALS, PETRIFIED WOOD, AND FOSSILS.

>> Huell: THAT'S AN INTERESTING COMBINATION ALL THE ANIMALS AND GEM.

>> I DON'T THINK IT'S UNNATURAL FOR A MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY.

WE HAVE DONORS AND COLLECTIONS COMING TO US.

OUR VISION INCREASES AS WELL.

>> Huell: LET'S START OFF BY LOOKING AT THE FLUORESCENT EXHIBIT.

WHAT IS THIS WE'RE LOOKING AT?

>> A LARGE NUMBER OF MINERALS THAT UNDER THE ç ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT WILL GIVE UP A GLOW.

>> Huell: THIS IS FASCINATING WHAT HAPPENED HERE.

>> THIS IS GREAT FOR THE YOUNGSTERS.

>> Huell: OH, LOOK AT THESE, AND THESE ARE ALL NATURAL FLUORESCENT, WHAT MAKES THEM SHINE LIKE THAT?

>> IF THEY HAVE A PARTICULAR CHARACTERISTICS WHEN THEY ARE ALUM--ILLUMINATED AND THEY I MI VISIBLE WAVELENGTHS.

>> Huell: I KNOW THE KIDS LIKE THIS.

>> THEY LOVE IT.

ABSOLUTELY.

>> Huell: LET'S CUT THE PLIGHT BACK ON?

>> IT'S GOT A MIND OF ITS OWN.

>> Huell: WHAT DO WE HAVE OUT HERE.

WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF TIME.

HOW ARE WE GOING TO LOOK AT.

LOOK AT THIS BALLS.

WHAT IS THIS SDM.

>> A NUMBER OF PEOPLE ARE INTERESTING IN TAKING MINERALS, CUTTING THEM.

SLABING THEM AND POLISHING, AND ONE OF THE HOBBIES IS TO CUT THEM INTO ROUND BALLS.

AND THAT'S BEING GOING ON FOR A VERY VERY LONG TIME.

>> Huell: LIKE HUNDREDS OF YEARS.

>> UH-HUH.

>> Huell: AND OVER HERE IS WHERE THEY HAVE CUT THE SLABS.

>> THESE PETRIFIED WOODS FROM DIFFERENT PLACES.

JUST OVER HERE, TO YOUR LEFT OVER HERE--.

>> Huell: OVER HERE.

>> THIS IS THE WORLD'S GREATEST COLLECTION OF JOSHUA FREE WOOD.

>> Huell: AND ALL OF THIS DOWN HERE IS ALL PETRIFIED.

>> ALL KINDS OF PETRIFIED WOOD.

>> Huell: AND LOOK, YOU'VE GOT EM RARLZ.

>> NICE DISPLAY FROM EMERALDS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD.

>> Huell: DIDN'T YOU HAVE A NATIVE AMERICA COLLECTION?

>> BACK AROUND THE OTHER SIDE.

>> Huell: THAT'S INTERESTING.

>> VERY FASCINATED.

MANY OF THE THINGS ARE HERE IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.

AND I'M FASCINATED THAT THE ITEMS ARE DECORATIVE.

>> Huell: THESE ARE BEAUTIFUL.

WHAT IN THE WORLD WERE THESE USED FOR IN.

>> SOME FOR CEREMONIALS PURPOSES.

>> Huell: BOY, THIS IS A WONDERFUL WONDERFUL COLLECTION.

>> WE'RE JUST DID HE LIGHTED TO HAVE YOU.

>> Huell: THERE IS A SPECIMEN THAT YOU IN PARTICULAR HAVE NOT SEEN.

>> I HAVE NOT SEEN HARDLY ANYTHING AROUND HERE.

>> DOES THIS SPECIMEN NOT MITT IN WITH ONE OF YOUR PROGRAM?

>> Huell: OH GOLD?

>> XAFL GOLD.

>> >> Huell: CALIFORNIA GOLD.

>> THIS IS CRYSTAL GOLD.

AND THIS IS THE FORM THAT WOULD BE IN THE ROCK BEFORE IT GOT BROKEN UP AND BEFORE THE RIVER AND BECAME A NUGGET.

>> Huell: OH LOOK!

LOOK AT THESE.

ç THIS IS AMAZING?

WHAT A COLLECTION.

>> THAT'S A COLLECTION.

>> Huell: WOULD THAT HAVE BEEN ONE PERSON'S COLLECTION?

>> THIS IS ONE INDIVIDUAL'S COLLECTION?

AND.

>> AND YOU'RE OF OUR CURATEER WAS ABLE TO GET IT.

>> Huell: HOW DO YOU PUT A PRICE TAG ON THIS.

>> YOU HAVE A DIFFICULT TIME.

AND WHEN HE MADE THE DONATIONS, THE IRS HAD A DIFFICULT TIME TOO.

>> Huell: BILLY AND I HAVE LEFT THE MUSEUM AND WALKED A COUPLE OF HUNDRED YARDS ACROSS THE CAMPUS WITH SOMETHING INTERESTING GOING ON INSIDE?

WHAT IS THIS?

>> THIS IS A CAST OF MADE FROM A BODY OF A--ADULT MALE GORILLA OF 550 LO LAND GORILLA THAT DIED OF NATURAL CAUSES.

>> Huell: THIS ISN'T?

>> THIS IS THE ARTIFICIAL BODY.

>> Huell: HOW DID YOU GET THIS BODY?

>> I SHOULD EXPLAIN A PROCESS OF HOW WE PREPARE OUR SPECIMENS THAT YOU SEE ON DISPLAY.

>> Huell: OKAY.

>> PROCESS CALLED MUSEUM HE'S TAXIDERMY, THE PROCESS WHERE YOU REMOVE THE SKIN AND BUILD ON IT.

>> Huell: WAIMENT.

>> >> WE'VE GOT PICTURES.

>> Huell: THIS IS THE SKIN WITH THE FUR.

>> REMOVED THE SKIN AND DEFATING.

>> Huell: AND HERE IS THE BODY ITSELF.

>> THIS IS THE BODY SET UP ON A SPECIAL RACK WHICH IN A NATURAL POSE.

>> Huell: SO THIS IS THE ACTUAL GORILLA.

>> SKINNED GORILLA.

>> Huell: AND THEN YOU PUT PLASTER.

>> 13-PIECE MOLD AND THEN PULLED OFF--.

>> Huell: SO YOU'RE ACTUALLY MAKING A BLASTER MOLD OF THE ACTUAL GORILLA BODY WITHOUT çúT YOU'RE GETTING THE MUSCLE AND BONES.

>> WE'RE TRYING TO REPRODUCE THE GORILLA.

>> Huell: AND THAT'S WHAT THIS IS?

>> THAT'S WHAT THIS IS THAT GABE WILL--.

>> Huell: TELL US ABOUT IT.

>> YOUR NAME AGAIN.

>> GABE BARTESIS.

>> Huell: TELL US WHAT YOU'RE DOING.

>> ONCE THE MOLD IS TAKEN OFF THE GORILLA MUSCLE SHAPE, INTO THAT BE BUILD ON ARMORTOUR TO GIVE IT STRENGTH AND PULL AWAY THE BANDAGE AND WE'VE GOT THIS, ç THE PERFECT REPRODUCTION.

AND WE START TO CLEAN UP THE IMPERFECTIONS, WHAT WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO DO AND WHAT IS SO EXCITING ABOUT BUILDING THE MUSEUM, A CELEBRATION TO KAEP IT REAL TO LET ADULTS AND KIDS UNDERSTAND THE DETAILS OF THE ANATOMY THAT'S INTERESTING.

>> Huell: AND YOU CAN GET THAT BY TAKING AN ACTUAL MOLD OF ç THE ç REAL GORILLA.

>> EXACTLY ALL THE NOOKS AND CAN--CRANNYS.

I'M CLEANING IT UP AND BALANCING OUT THE TRANSITIONS, MAKING AWAY ANY OF THE AIR BUBBLES.

NOW THIS KNOWING THAT THE HAIR SHAPE IS OVER IT, IT'S A LITTLE MORE LIBERALS.

WHEN THEY GO INTO THE DETAIL ORIENTED, OVER HERE.

>> Huell: WHAT IS THIS?

>> THIS IS THE ACTUAL FACE XAFT TAKEN BEFORE THE GORILLA BEFORE THE SKIN WAS TAKEN OFF.

>> Huell: SO THIS IS THE DPAEGT MASK OF THE GORILLA?

>> YES.

WE TAKE ALGAE NATE WE HEAVILY VASLENE AND MOISTURIZE, ONCE THAT SETS THAT TERLT IS PULLED OFF AND IN THIS CASE, IT'S CALLED HYDRO CAL 30, THE AMAZING THING WITH THE ALGAE IS EVERY WRIFRNG--WRIFRNGNKLE EVERY FOLD.

>> Huell: IS THIS WHAT THE GORILLA WILL LOOK LIKE?

>> YES.

>> Huell: BUT IT WILL BE THIS LOOK?

>> IT WILL LOOK LIKE A SNAP SHOT.

I RUN A SPECIAL AFFECTS FOR MOTION PICTURES.

WE DO UPON STERS AND MAKE UPS.

WHEN THE RECREATION, A LOT OF THE MATERIALS AND TECHNIQUES WE USE FOR CINEMA WE APPLY HERE.

GORILLAS AND ALMOST LIVING MONSTERS.

>> Huell: THIS IS A WORLD CLASS MUSEUM.

>> IT IS, I THINK THAT'S WHAT MAKES IT SPECIAL.

THE CARE AND REPRODUCTION, THAT'S WHAT MAKES IT GOOD FOR ME.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT SOMETHING, THE KAMODO DRAGON, EVERY WRINKLE EVERY SCALE, WE DON'T TRY TO INTERRUPT IT, IT'S REALLY A REPRODUCTION, GIVING IT BACK TO NOERT NATURE.

>> Huell: SO A COUPLE OF MONTHS FROM NOW, IF WE CAME UP TO VISIT THE MUSEUM, WE WOULD SEE THIS GORILLA, WITH ITS ORIGINAL SKIN, AND ORIGINAL HAIR PUT BACK ON HIM AND HE WOULD LOOK EXACTLY LIKE HE DID WHEN HE WAS ALIVE OUT IN THE WILD OR AT THE ZOO WHERE HE DIED.

>> THAT'S RIGHT.

AND THAT'S WHAT SEPARATES THIS AND MAKES IT INTERESTING, THIS IS A CUSTOM REPRODUCTION, THERE ARE GENERIC FORM, BILL IS LET'S GET IT DOWN TO THE ANATOMY.

>> Huell: THIS IS A REAL ART FORM?

>> YOU KNOW, IT IS.

I GUESS ANYTHING YOU PUT ANY ATTENTION TO IT, CAN BECOME AN ART FORM.

SO WITH THIS, THOUGH THEY ARE THE VARIOUS ARTIST MATERIALS.

GIVING IT THIS CARE AND TLC, I THINK WE'RE ALL ANIMAL LOVERS HERE.

IT'S A FUN THING TO PUT THE ENERGY TO.

>> Huell: THAT'S IT, THAT'S BEEN OUR DAY HERE AT THE WORLD MUSEUM UNIVERSITY.

IN RIVERSIDE.

BILL YOU'RE A DOSE HERE.

>> YOU CAN VISIT US ANY SATURDAY FROM 2:00 TO 56789 WE'RE WE'RE RIVERSIDE BEST KEPT SECRET.

>> Huell: WEEM JUST COME IN AND WONDER AROUND?

>> YES.

>> Huell: WHAT DO PEOPLE LOVE THE MOST?

>> THE KIDS KEEP ASKING THE DRAGON IS ALIVE.

>> Huell: DEFINITELY NOT ALIVE?

>> DEFINITELY NOT ALIVE.

BUT THEY DON'T KNOW FOR SURE UNTIL THEY GET CLOSE.

>> Huell: THEY REALLY MUST GET INTO IT.

THIS IS A HANDS-ON ANYTHING THEY CAN DO ANYTHING THEY WANT.

>> Huell: WELL IT'S VERY ENJOYABLE FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS.

YOU'RE ONTO SOMETHING HERE, THIS IS GREAT.

>> YES, IN DEED AND THE PROFESSIONALS, PEOPLE INTO THE HOBBIES APPRECIATE THE FINE RARE SPECIMENS WE HAVE AS WELL.

>> Huell: IT'S A WORLD CLASS MUSEUM, THE WORLD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, IT'S A KNOWN PLACE TUCKED AWAY IN THIS BEAUTIFUL COLLEGE CAMPUS, I HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT FOR YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS.

ONLY OPEN ON SATURDAYS BUT BOY YOU CAN HAVE FUN INSIDE THIS MUSEUM.

CONGRATULATIONS IT'S A WONDERFUL MUSEUM.

HERE ARE THE PEOPLE WHO HELPED IT MAKE WORK.

CONGRATULATIONS, BILLY.

AND CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF YOU ON THIS WONDERFUL MUSEUM HERE IN RIVERSIDE.