Caleb Eubanks
@thatcalebbird.bsky.social
Aspiring Collections Manager. I love all things osteology, taxidermy, and I have a particular love for birds of prey. Opinions are my own
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Look, I love me a good pair of curved forceps in my dissecting kit, but I think this might be a bit excessive.
November 25, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Look, I love me a good pair of curved forceps in my dissecting kit, but I think this might be a bit excessive.
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My recommendation to my students tomorrow is that if they get stuck in an uncomfortable Thanksgiving conversation with family, just start manually tearing apart the turkey to show off the theropod synapomorphies. I promise that will derail whatever the previous topic was.
a turkey is standing in a grassy field with other birds .
Alt: a turkey running awkwardly in a grassy field with other birds
media.tenor.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:34 PM
My recommendation to my students tomorrow is that if they get stuck in an uncomfortable Thanksgiving conversation with family, just start manually tearing apart the turkey to show off the theropod synapomorphies. I promise that will derail whatever the previous topic was.
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Don’t let anyone tell you fish are boring.
October 8, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Don’t let anyone tell you fish are boring.
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There have been two hosts in the history of Reading Rainbow. The Legend of Literacy, LeVar Burton! And... me, Mychal Threets, a librarian 🥹🤯
I am a reader, a librarian because LeVar Burton and Reading Rainbow made us believe and see we belong in books, we belong everywhere ✨
youtu.be/e7es7qdWVnU
I am a reader, a librarian because LeVar Burton and Reading Rainbow made us believe and see we belong in books, we belong everywhere ✨
youtu.be/e7es7qdWVnU
October 1, 2025 at 5:51 PM
There have been two hosts in the history of Reading Rainbow. The Legend of Literacy, LeVar Burton! And... me, Mychal Threets, a librarian 🥹🤯
I am a reader, a librarian because LeVar Burton and Reading Rainbow made us believe and see we belong in books, we belong everywhere ✨
youtu.be/e7es7qdWVnU
I am a reader, a librarian because LeVar Burton and Reading Rainbow made us believe and see we belong in books, we belong everywhere ✨
youtu.be/e7es7qdWVnU
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You like #frogs, right? I'm thrilled with the recently released #Toymany frogs set, which includes such species as Budgett's frog, Wallace's flying frog and Darwin's frog. Buy the set here toymany.com/products/fro... and use code TMAMDN10 to get a discount! #amphibians
September 24, 2025 at 12:03 PM
You like #frogs, right? I'm thrilled with the recently released #Toymany frogs set, which includes such species as Budgett's frog, Wallace's flying frog and Darwin's frog. Buy the set here toymany.com/products/fro... and use code TMAMDN10 to get a discount! #amphibians
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Hi! We need lice for our diversity and adaptation project. Specifically, we need lice from zebras, camelids (camels, llamas, alpacas, vicuñas, guanacos) & aardvarks. If you or someone you know might have lice, I'm happy to discuss our inclusive collaboration plans!
sites.google.com/nhm.org/anop...
sites.google.com/nhm.org/anop...
Mammals & Lice
We are interested in understanding what drives host-parasite relationships. We are using the Anoplura (sucking lice) parasite and mammalian host system to generate a comprehensive sucking louse phylog...
sites.google.com
September 23, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Hi! We need lice for our diversity and adaptation project. Specifically, we need lice from zebras, camelids (camels, llamas, alpacas, vicuñas, guanacos) & aardvarks. If you or someone you know might have lice, I'm happy to discuss our inclusive collaboration plans!
sites.google.com/nhm.org/anop...
sites.google.com/nhm.org/anop...
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I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
September 24, 2025 at 8:30 PM
I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
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![Comic. The Most-Observed Animal and Plant in Each State on iNaturalist. (Not the most common species in the state, just the one people have reported the most times.) [labeled map of the US] WA: Mallard/Western Sword Fern. OR: Mule Deer/Western Ponderosa Pine. CA: Western Fence Lizard/California Poppy. HI: Green Sea Turtle/‘Ōhi’a Lehua. ID: Mallard/Big Sagebrush. NV: Common Side-Blotched Lizard/Creosote Bush. MT: White-Tailed Deer/Common Yarrow. WY: American Bison/Sticky Geranium. UT: Mule Deer/Utah Juniper. AZ: Ornate Tree Lizard/Saguaro. CO: Mule Deer/Great Mullein. NM: Mule Deer/Creosote Bush. AK: Moose/Fireweed. ND: American Bison/Prairie Rose. SD: American Bison/Hoary Vervain. NE: American Robin/Common Milkweed. KS: Ornate Box Turtle/Amur Honeysuckle. OK: Pond Slider/Eastern Redcedar. TX: Northern Cardinal/Pinladies. MN, WI, IL: Common Eastern Bumble Bee/Common Milkweed. IA, MI: White-Tailed Deer/Common Milkweed. MO: Brown-Belted Bumble Bee/Amur Honeysuckle. AR: Three-toed Box Turtle/Chinese Privet. LA: Green Anole/Baldcypress. IN: American Robin/Amur Honeysuckle. OH: Eastern Pondhawk/Virginia Springbeauty. KY: Common Box Turtle/Amur Honeysuckle. TN: American Robin/Christmas Fern. MS: Northern Cardinal/Pale Pitcher Plant. AL: Gulf Fritillary/American Sweetgum. GA: Green Anole/American Sweetgum. FL: Brown Anole/White Beggarticks. NY: Eastern Gray Squirrel/White Snakeroot. PA: White-Tailed Deer/Garlic Mustard. WV: White-Tailed Deer/Great Rhododendron. VA: White-Tailed Deer/Eastern Poison Ivy. MD: White-Tailed Deer/Wineberry. DE: Fowler’s Toad/American Pokeweed. NC: Eastern Gray Squirrel/Christmas Fern. SC: Northern Cardinal/American Sweetgum. NJ: Spotted Lanternfly/Common Mugwort. VT: Common Eastern Bumble Bee/Eastern White Pine. NH: White-Tailed Deer/Eastern White Pine. MA: Common Eastern Bumble Bee/Eastern White Pine. CT: Common Eastern Bumble Bee/Striped Wintergreen. RI: American Herring Gull. ME: American Herring Gull/Canadian Bunchberry.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreic4f56ywseq7bqc7zza3y76pxyzn5c5htebrior6jdbrfszhuiquy@jpeg)
July 22, 2025 at 7:52 PM
I tried the concrete enrichment thing for Hex and she's obsessed with it, she's been using it as a pillow for her naps 😭
July 20, 2025 at 6:49 PM
I tried the concrete enrichment thing for Hex and she's obsessed with it, she's been using it as a pillow for her naps 😭
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Oh, this is wonderful. Please share liberally with folks impacted in LA.
www.getty.edu/calendar/con...
www.getty.edu/calendar/con...
Fire Recovery Conservation Clinic | Getty Event
A free service for those affected by the fires, including assessments of recovered artworks and belongings, cleaning, demos, and storage.
www.getty.edu
June 4, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Oh, this is wonderful. Please share liberally with folks impacted in LA.
www.getty.edu/calendar/con...
www.getty.edu/calendar/con...
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better yet, consider unsubscribing from HBO/Max the week before her show comes out (& if you rejoin, wait until the HP season is over). it's not enough to *not* watch it – HBO needs to know it will hurt their bottom line if they continue producing it
if you care about trans people, do not watch the new jk rowling show. don’t even hate watch it or you will be funding this new intentionally transphobic organization. we cannot allow hateful people take away more of our rights
June 2, 2025 at 4:46 PM
better yet, consider unsubscribing from HBO/Max the week before her show comes out (& if you rejoin, wait until the HP season is over). it's not enough to *not* watch it – HBO needs to know it will hurt their bottom line if they continue producing it
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🚨Report your NSF grant terminations! 🚨
We are starting to collect information on NSF grant terminations to create a shared resource as we have for NIH. The more information we collect, the more we can organize, advocate, and fight back! Please share widely!
airtable.com/appGKlSVeXni...
We are starting to collect information on NSF grant terminations to create a shared resource as we have for NIH. The more information we collect, the more we can organize, advocate, and fight back! Please share widely!
airtable.com/appGKlSVeXni...
April 19, 2025 at 12:11 AM
🚨Report your NSF grant terminations! 🚨
We are starting to collect information on NSF grant terminations to create a shared resource as we have for NIH. The more information we collect, the more we can organize, advocate, and fight back! Please share widely!
airtable.com/appGKlSVeXni...
We are starting to collect information on NSF grant terminations to create a shared resource as we have for NIH. The more information we collect, the more we can organize, advocate, and fight back! Please share widely!
airtable.com/appGKlSVeXni...
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The Alf Museum @alfpaleo.bsky.social is hiring a fossil preparator (aiming to begin in first half of June) -- info here: workforcenow.adp.com/mascsr/defau...
Recruitment
workforcenow.adp.com
April 3, 2025 at 5:59 PM
The Alf Museum @alfpaleo.bsky.social is hiring a fossil preparator (aiming to begin in first half of June) -- info here: workforcenow.adp.com/mascsr/defau...
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Since it is officially announced, it is time to spread the word:
The 2026 Association for Materials and Methods in Paleontology annual meeting will be hosted by @ndgspaleo.bsky.social in Bismarck, North Dakota!
Mark your calendars for April 15-17th next Spring and join us for a great meeting!
The 2026 Association for Materials and Methods in Paleontology annual meeting will be hosted by @ndgspaleo.bsky.social in Bismarck, North Dakota!
Mark your calendars for April 15-17th next Spring and join us for a great meeting!
April 4, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Since it is officially announced, it is time to spread the word:
The 2026 Association for Materials and Methods in Paleontology annual meeting will be hosted by @ndgspaleo.bsky.social in Bismarck, North Dakota!
Mark your calendars for April 15-17th next Spring and join us for a great meeting!
The 2026 Association for Materials and Methods in Paleontology annual meeting will be hosted by @ndgspaleo.bsky.social in Bismarck, North Dakota!
Mark your calendars for April 15-17th next Spring and join us for a great meeting!
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ZOOP!, 2015
What if dromaeosaurs did the heron thing?
What if dromaeosaurs did the heron thing?
March 14, 2025 at 5:58 PM
ZOOP!, 2015
What if dromaeosaurs did the heron thing?
What if dromaeosaurs did the heron thing?
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Something you can do to stand against RFK jr’s attempt to make us all sicker is wear a mask when you share air with others. Resist mask bans. People who cannot afford to get sick have a right to exist in public. Masking will protect your health from him too.
BREAKING: RFK Jr. was just confirmed HHS Secretary 48-52.
February 13, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Something you can do to stand against RFK jr’s attempt to make us all sicker is wear a mask when you share air with others. Resist mask bans. People who cannot afford to get sick have a right to exist in public. Masking will protect your health from him too.
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🚨 New Museum research reveals that birds-of-paradise—known for their dramatic plumage and elaborate courtship displays—can be added to the list of more than 500 species of animals that are biofluorescent.
➡️ Read more about the findings in our latest blog post: bit.ly/4hWOnoK
➡️ Read more about the findings in our latest blog post: bit.ly/4hWOnoK
February 13, 2025 at 7:17 PM
🚨 New Museum research reveals that birds-of-paradise—known for their dramatic plumage and elaborate courtship displays—can be added to the list of more than 500 species of animals that are biofluorescent.
➡️ Read more about the findings in our latest blog post: bit.ly/4hWOnoK
➡️ Read more about the findings in our latest blog post: bit.ly/4hWOnoK
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If you're a federal employee and feel like your research needs to make it into a place where it can be seen by the public, feel free to get a hold of me via signal or something else. I will literally build the infrastructure to make sure your work sees the light of day.
BREAKING NEWS: CDC orders mass retraction and revision of submitted research across all science and medicine journals. Banned terms must be scrubbed.
Goes beyond MMWR +other CDC pubs. Applies to research already submitted to top medical journals.
Take a look.
open.substack.com/pub/insideme...
Goes beyond MMWR +other CDC pubs. Applies to research already submitted to top medical journals.
Take a look.
open.substack.com/pub/insideme...
BREAKING NEWS: CDC orders mass retraction and revision of submitted research across all science and medicine journals. Banned terms must be scrubbed.
Any unpublished manuscript mentioning certain topics, including gender and "LGBT," must be pulled or revised.
open.substack.com
February 1, 2025 at 10:27 PM
If you're a federal employee and feel like your research needs to make it into a place where it can be seen by the public, feel free to get a hold of me via signal or something else. I will literally build the infrastructure to make sure your work sees the light of day.
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The last few years have seen an influx of advances in palaeornithology. @fieldpalaeo.bsky.social’s recent review covers the origins of bird brains, palate, wing osteology and air-filled skeleton! This is definitely a seminal read!
doi.org/10.1098/rsbl...
doi.org/10.1098/rsbl...
January 22, 2025 at 7:17 PM
The last few years have seen an influx of advances in palaeornithology. @fieldpalaeo.bsky.social’s recent review covers the origins of bird brains, palate, wing osteology and air-filled skeleton! This is definitely a seminal read!
doi.org/10.1098/rsbl...
doi.org/10.1098/rsbl...
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Anyone up for another bird skeleton guessing game? I’ve left the label in the photo, if you want to use location clues to figure out what this bird is. 🧪🪶 🧵
If you want to test your bone identification, I’ve posted a photo with each bone labeled in the next post of this thread.
If you want to test your bone identification, I’ve posted a photo with each bone labeled in the next post of this thread.
January 22, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Anyone up for another bird skeleton guessing game? I’ve left the label in the photo, if you want to use location clues to figure out what this bird is. 🧪🪶 🧵
If you want to test your bone identification, I’ve posted a photo with each bone labeled in the next post of this thread.
If you want to test your bone identification, I’ve posted a photo with each bone labeled in the next post of this thread.
Omgggg
If they ever release a bird version then I'm cooked
If they ever release a bird version then I'm cooked
January 23, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Omgggg
If they ever release a bird version then I'm cooked
If they ever release a bird version then I'm cooked
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#NHMLAC is currently accepting applications for the next cohort of #UNLAB postbaccalaureate researchers! Apply to spend a year working with a curator on a biodiversity research project in L.A.—view program details, eligibility requirements, and more: nhm.org/how-apply-un...
January 22, 2025 at 10:34 PM
#NHMLAC is currently accepting applications for the next cohort of #UNLAB postbaccalaureate researchers! Apply to spend a year working with a curator on a biodiversity research project in L.A.—view program details, eligibility requirements, and more: nhm.org/how-apply-un...
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Shoe/boot cleaning is encouraged if you hike in areas with geese/ducks/etc around. I currently have a separate set of boots for my local park hikes that I take off as soon as I get back to my car and bag until I can clean them at home.
December 29, 2024 at 9:57 PM
Shoe/boot cleaning is encouraged if you hike in areas with geese/ducks/etc around. I currently have a separate set of boots for my local park hikes that I take off as soon as I get back to my car and bag until I can clean them at home.
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So pleased that our team’s work made the cover of @journalofanatomy.bsky.social for January 2025! This project on African Grey Parrot air sacs and pneumaticity was led by my former PhD student Dr Adam B Lawson (now anatomy faculty at Tulane Med) 🥳🦜🦆🦅🦉#BirdAgenda
December 30, 2024 at 6:14 PM
So pleased that our team’s work made the cover of @journalofanatomy.bsky.social for January 2025! This project on African Grey Parrot air sacs and pneumaticity was led by my former PhD student Dr Adam B Lawson (now anatomy faculty at Tulane Med) 🥳🦜🦆🦅🦉#BirdAgenda