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Artist Hilariously Illustrates The Biggest Mistakes Scientists Have Confessed To

These were even better than expected.

Artist Hilariously Illustrates The Biggest Mistakes Scientists Have Confessed To

French illustrator Elizabeth Gilbert has a talent for making science feel playful, and her latest project turns that gift toward the messy side of research. Instead of polished lab success stories, she is drawing the awkward, funny, and sometimes alarming mistakes scientists have admitted along the way.

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Working with researchers from around the world, Gilbert is building a book that mixes wildlife facts, science explanations, and everyday moments from scientific life. The result is a collection that feels equal parts educational and chaotic, especially once the confessions start getting weird.

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These illustrations prove that even scientists have very human moments. Read on.

1. Baboons: Confirmed Pranksters

1. Baboons: Confirmed PrankstersJim Jourdane
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2. A frustrating waste of cash, apparently.

2. A frustrating waste of cash, apparently.Jim Jourdane
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Some of these confessions get funny fast.

3. Whoops. Well, it was memorable.

3. Whoops. Well, it was memorable.Jim Jourdane

4. For a moment, I wondered why monkeys were stashing AK-47s.

4. For a moment, I wondered why monkeys were stashing AK-47s.Jim Jourdane

The next few are even more chaotic.

5. "Hey, knock it off, you jerk."

5. "Hey, knock it off, you jerk."Jim Jordane

6. Surprisingly Horrifying.

6. Surprisingly Horrifying.Jim Jourdane

7. Not very smart.

7. Not very smart.Jim Jourdane

8. Wow, what boring lions don't enjoy AC/DC? Lame.

8. Wow, what boring lions don't enjoy AC/DC? Lame.Jim Jourdane

Even the wildlife has opinions here.

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9. "My name is Inigo Montoya. You peed on my tree. Prepare to die."

9. "My name is Inigo Montoya. You peed on my tree. Prepare to die."Jim Jourdane

10. I don't care who you are... that's funny. And terrifying.

10. I don't care who you are... that's funny. And terrifying.Jim Jourdane

11. That's a weird kink.

11. That's a weird kink.Jim Jourdane

12. Nerds are always accidentally getting in trouble.

12. Nerds are always accidentally getting in trouble.Jim Jourdane

13. Mama Eagle does NOT appreciate peeping Toms.

13. Mama Eagle does NOT appreciate peeping Toms.Jim Jourdane

The final stretch does not calm down at all.

14. Do not recommend trying this at home.

14. Do not recommend trying this at home.Jim Jourdane

15. This would be quite the way to go out.

15. This would be quite the way to go out.Jim Jourdane

Don't forget to share these amusing illustrations with all the nerds in your life.

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