We are hanging out with Mayim Bialik.
- Mm-hmm. - And we have decided to dissect a frog together,
because, um, you can teach science.
- You know science? - You've done that?
I do, I have done that.
Yeah, and, um, we're gonna learn
- at the feet of a master. - ( laughs )
- By-- by dissecting a frog. - I think that's slightly overstated, but--
and, we-- this is the frog we have.
We didn't get a real frog because,
if we had a real frog on this show, we would just
be forced to eat it, because that's basically,
that what happens on this show.
- ( laughs ) - If you put something in front of us
- we have to start consuming it. - Eventually, we will eat it.
- So, and also you're a vegan, - Yeah!
So, we just, like, we'll go plastic frog.
- Thank you. Appreciate it. - This is, this is--
You can learn a lot from a plastic frog.
- Yeah. Well, let's find out just what we can. - What do you have?
- I have this. - A vision of-- ooh.
Yeah, that's convenient.
- It's a pointer. - Are you gonna hit us with that,
- or point things out? - No, I'm gonna--
point things out.
- Okay, frog and frog. - Frog and frog. Okay, are we ready to get started?
- Yeah. - Oh, yeah.
- Okay, let's get started. - I've got a whole kit here with sharp things.
- Yes, you do. - Yes, finally! Sharp things again!
- That's... that's nice. - I don't know if we'll need super sharp things, but--
Link doesn't know that those are rubber.
Okay, I'm gonna put this down.
Okay. First thing we need to do--
Is name him.
- Okay. ( laughs ) - This is...
Makes it a little bit harder to then cut him open, but go ahead.
- This is Frandy. - ( laughs )
It's Randy but with an F because he's a frog.
- Frandy and... - Mine is named Charles.
- And Charles. - That's my name, you jerk.
- Yeah. - ( laughter )
Is this some sort of voodoo thing that you're gonna do here?
Well, maybe.
- ( laughs ) - My middle name is Link and I didn't make up Link.
There's people that always think my name is Charles.
- You don't have to defend yourself. - I don't want to get into it.
- Don't defend yourself. - I'm also not short.
- ( laughter ) - I'm six feet tall.
- Okay let's get into this. - Right.
- That's true. - He's very not short, though...
- Right, right. - is the problem
- Exactly, yeah. - He is the problem.
- This is true. - Yes.
All right, please turn Frandy and Charles over.
This is their ventral side.
Okay.
Link: Look at that, made in China.
- Right, like all frogs. - ( laughter )
First, we're gonna look a little bit at the, um,
external anatomy of Frandy and Charles.
Uh-huh.
Can you determine the sex of Frandy and Charles?
( laughs )
Um, female. Definitely.
Wha-- why-- why do you say that?
- No penis. - No frenis.
Is what they call it on a frog.
So, interestingly, you won't--
Don't tell me it's on the inside.
Don't tell me they've got an internal penis.
You won't see it on the outside.
This opening...
- What a bummer for a frog. - I don't really like touching it with my finger.
even though it's not real.
This opening is called the cloaca.
- Okay. - Oh, that's where everything everything comes out.
That-- everything goes in and out.
- Yes. - Do you want me to make it bigger?
- What? No! - ( laughter )
- All right. - That's what that thing is for.
Now... so that's the-- that's the cloaca.
So, the way that we-- there are external, um,
ways to sometimes determine if it's a male or a female.
- You ask it. - It--
- Or you just-- - You sniff it.
- No, it usually has to do with the musculature. - Okay.
Males have different muscles.
Males are generally smaller than females.
Um, we can't really tell about Frandy and Charles,
but you can tell on the inside
if it's a boy or a girl.
Sometimes there's eggs. We'll get to that in a minute.
Let's, let's get in there.
- Do you know if-- - I really wanna get in there.
Okay, so hold on one second. One more thing.
Um, ah. One more thing that's on our like general
when you dissect a frog.
Please find the mouth and eyes.
- This is gonna be difficult. - Good.
Ding, ding, ding, ding.
Eyes. I found it.
- Now, great. - I don't why it's on the list, but it's a thing.
- Okay. - Oh, dear.
- I found the tongue. - Oh! Man...
Oh, gosh.
I don't, okay, well, let's cut the mouth open.
- Cut the mouth open? - Well, there's-- it's hinged.
So for this, you'd probably, you usually would use a scalpel.
- That's sharp. - I have a very sharp scalpel here.
Why are you holding it like that?
It's pinned down.
Last time I was trusted with a sharp thing,
- Oh, there we go, oh, got it! - Whoa! Okay.
- Popped it. - Great.
- Okay. - Look at that gross, gross--
Let's not-- okay, we don't use words like gross when we dissect...
- interesting, - Oh, that's interesting.
- Look at that throaty. - Exactly.
Can I see...
Can you see teeth, tongue, or esophagus in there?
- Uh... - I can see a dotted thing,
looks like a hand painted toothpick.
I think that's where the tongue is going to attach 'cause it's a muscle.
- ( laughs ) - I think I got a toothless frog, it must be an old one.
Let's see. Well there's no teeth in this one.
I don't think they have teeth.
- ( laughs ) - Little ones.
Next.
We would like to lift and cut through the muscles and the breast bones,
so, we're gonna remove the panel as it were--
Oh, okay. Just like that.
Is that how it works on a real frog?
- Not at all. - Pops right off like the hood of an Oldsmobile.
No, ( chuckles ) usually on a real frog
you'd make more of a-- kind of a-- a T-shape.
- Yeah. - And pin the flaps.
- How are kids supposed to learn anything? - ( laughs )
Kids are gonna be going up to frogs and just,
( makes popping sound ) and, "Nothing's happening, Mom."
( both making popping noises )
- Okay. - There's a lot of blackness in here.
Yeah, there is a lot blackness in there.
- Frog's been eating licorice. - This is normal--
This is normally the time that you would be able to tell
if it was a male or female.
There are usually egg sacks
and they're quite prominent.
- Are they black. - No, that-- that's not the egg sacks.
- What is the blackness. - Um, that's the liver, I believe.
Okay, let me pop that off.
I'm not gonna use the knife for a while
because you're scared of it.
- Okay, so. - Know thyself.
Well, what do you think is here with the--
whoops, excuse me.
What do you think's here at the top?
- That's a heart. - That is the heart.
- I win. - That is the heart.
So, you can, um, take off the liver.
is what I'm assuming we're gonna do next.
- Link: All right. - Rhett: Golly, I think this thing's got cirrhosis.
Link: Remove the licorice patch.
Mayim: ( laughs ) It's not a licorice--
Oh, wow, the heart came off with it.
Oh, dear. ( laughs )
Hold on. Why do they have to have such a big liver.
Wait for it.
I don't know, hold on.
I think that's a testicle.
That's not the testicle.
Hold on.
Well, these are the intestines obviously.
- Yeah. - Wait for it.
Hmm. Interesting, just like when you dissect a real frog,
it looks nothing like the diagram.
- Hm. - I got everything.
Oh, you just took it all out.
- Mm-hmm. - Okay, great.
- So, now-- - Now the hard part is putting it back.
And then breathing life into it.
Put it all on the side.
Okay, once you took everything out we can see
those are the kidneys.
Well, dang, I haven't taken everything out.
Well, it's pretty easy.
- Kidneys are in there. - Uh-huh.
That's all the vasculature.
This is a stomach. The bladder's at the bottom.
Here's the-- here's the stomach.
- That looks stomachy. - It looks like it can be a human stomach.
- Well, yeah. It's a-- you know, it's a chordate. - It's a bean.
- It's a chordate. - It's a chordate, of course.
Mayim: Um, the bladder is down by the cloaca.
It serves as the receptacle for liquid waste
before it is passed through the cloaca.
- I love that part. - Uh, the remaining two removal parts
- are fat bodies. Mm. - Fat bodies?
- Mm. - Fat bodies?
- Fat bodies. - This is a fat body.
I have a feeling that's a fat body.
I wonder if they eat that.
- Um. - Like, people who eat...
- stuff from frogs. - So this is just like insulation for the organs.
It's extra fat that they accumulate and that's also one of the ways
that you can between males and females,
'cause they have different fat distribution.
- With-- - This also, probably the thing that we should eat
because let's just face it...
- Uh. - now that I see it in front of me,
- I kinda wanna eat it. - No.
- No! - Well I feel like we've created a bowl, you know?
- It's like a, it's like a-- - What? No!
Just kinda get your water and then right out the cloaca.
- ( laughter ) - Oh, my God!
Does it coming out there? Can you suck on it hard enough?
I'm giving it all I've got, Captain.
It's not a real cloaca, it's not functional.
I'm just gonna have to get in there.
( slurping )
I think-- I think we're done here.
All right, man, we learned a lot, Mayim.
Man, I learned so much.
- ( laughter ) - All right, kids, drink out of your frogs.
They're gonna take my doctorate back.
That's what's gonna happen.
They're gonna take away my PhD.
I've also eaten a worm's anus.
- ( laughter ) - It's the way to a woman's heart.
Okay, thanks to Mayim for getting sciency with us.
You can watch Mayim in "The Big Bang Theory"
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