Adam Summers
@fishguy.bsky.social
Biomechanist/biomaterials wonk, island North of Seattle. Cutting edge gear at the water's edge. UW prof. Pilot. Morphology. Fish. CT scanning.
Antonio the capybara has grown a lot since I saw him last. He was his usual gregarious self. Snuggled anyone who wanted and put up with my examination of the soles of his feet.
SciPo was a great success, and the readings tonight will be awesome.
#capybara
SciPo was a great success, and the readings tonight will be awesome.
#capybara
November 10, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Antonio the capybara has grown a lot since I saw him last. He was his usual gregarious self. Snuggled anyone who wanted and put up with my examination of the soles of his feet.
SciPo was a great success, and the readings tonight will be awesome.
#capybara
SciPo was a great success, and the readings tonight will be awesome.
#capybara
The poets gather under a papier mache sperm whale made from the pages of Moby Dick. The eyes light and the teeth are oysters. Science talks open with Bart Boom and a BIG title.
November 9, 2025 at 7:07 PM
The poets gather under a papier mache sperm whale made from the pages of Moby Dick. The eyes light and the teeth are oysters. Science talks open with Bart Boom and a BIG title.
@karlycohen.bsky.social explains to the poets about teeth on the ratfish tenaculum. With an aside about cat sharks. And fossil sharks.
November 8, 2025 at 7:27 PM
@karlycohen.bsky.social explains to the poets about teeth on the ratfish tenaculum. With an aside about cat sharks. And fossil sharks.
Me too. Here he is as baby. Now 110 pounds!
November 8, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Me too. Here he is as baby. Now 110 pounds!
I don't think any of the poets are on Bluesky...so you all now know tomorrow's surprise guest. Antonio! Billed as the only captive capybara on San Juan Island.
November 8, 2025 at 6:30 PM
I don't think any of the poets are on Bluesky...so you all now know tomorrow's surprise guest. Antonio! Billed as the only captive capybara on San Juan Island.
The annual SciPo workshop begins. 80 poets and scientists meet to talk and inspire and scheme. Such great fun.
November 8, 2025 at 6:06 PM
The annual SciPo workshop begins. 80 poets and scientists meet to talk and inspire and scheme. Such great fun.
Well, Tommy (a UW varsity rower) did not disappoint. A week of CT scanning training and an ability to cadge a seal head lead to these outstanding images. Phoca vitulina in all her glory.
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November 4, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Well, Tommy (a UW varsity rower) did not disappoint. A week of CT scanning training and an ability to cadge a seal head lead to these outstanding images. Phoca vitulina in all her glory.
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The students are CT scanning. They managed to cadge a lopped off harbor seal head from the necropsy folks. Tommy was resourceful and he will get splendid data. I'll post the result.
November 3, 2025 at 2:35 AM
The students are CT scanning. They managed to cadge a lopped off harbor seal head from the necropsy folks. Tommy was resourceful and he will get splendid data. I'll post the result.
I did not grind through the skull to get the brain out of this fish, but the whole animal was just 140kg or so...that whole shark would have been over a metric ton. The skeleton of the only Salish Sea bluefin is now in the Burke Museum!
October 21, 2025 at 6:24 PM
I did not grind through the skull to get the brain out of this fish, but the whole animal was just 140kg or so...that whole shark would have been over a metric ton. The skeleton of the only Salish Sea bluefin is now in the Burke Museum!
Here are a couple from your year. The back deck trawling, you are in gray. And, at the same Deadman's field site with Dylan Wainwright and Joe Bizzarro. I think I see Noraida as well.
October 21, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Here are a couple from your year. The back deck trawling, you are in gray. And, at the same Deadman's field site with Dylan Wainwright and Joe Bizzarro. I think I see Noraida as well.
That time I dissected a 100kg sleeper shark head with Jose Castro. The teeth are dimorphic between upper and lower jaws. The brain is less than 100g and just 15cm long.
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October 21, 2025 at 5:38 PM
That time I dissected a 100kg sleeper shark head with Jose Castro. The teeth are dimorphic between upper and lower jaws. The brain is less than 100g and just 15cm long.
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In 2001 we ran the FHL Fish Biomechanics course. The same one that will run this coming summer. Here, students and professors are collecting fish for projects. Of the 15 people 10 were or became @biologists.bsky.social JEB authors. What a wonderful group.
October 20, 2025 at 7:00 PM
In 2001 we ran the FHL Fish Biomechanics course. The same one that will run this coming summer. Here, students and professors are collecting fish for projects. Of the 15 people 10 were or became @biologists.bsky.social JEB authors. What a wonderful group.
Doing APE at the CUNY ASRC. This is a gem in the heart of Harlem. The view is from my childhood bedroom. My folks are happy with this service opportunity.
October 16, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Doing APE at the CUNY ASRC. This is a gem in the heart of Harlem. The view is from my childhood bedroom. My folks are happy with this service opportunity.
I know you are curious about replacement teeth. Seven replacements on each side of the rhinoceros viper. Whoa!!
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October 12, 2025 at 1:13 AM
I know you are curious about replacement teeth. Seven replacements on each side of the rhinoceros viper. Whoa!!
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Workshops give me a chance to play with other people's data. In this case Kate Jackson's snake heads. This is Bitis nasicornis.
Storing bones in formalin is bad for mineralization.
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Storing bones in formalin is bad for mineralization.
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October 11, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Workshops give me a chance to play with other people's data. In this case Kate Jackson's snake heads. This is Bitis nasicornis.
Storing bones in formalin is bad for mineralization.
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Storing bones in formalin is bad for mineralization.
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Just wrapped up a week of SlicerMorph/MorphoDepot/MorphoCloud work with @jaimiagray.bsky.social, @cmdonatelli.bsky.social and a great team of folks.
This is Enophrys taurina with a damaged preopercular spine. Fighting or defense?
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This is Enophrys taurina with a damaged preopercular spine. Fighting or defense?
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October 11, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Just wrapped up a week of SlicerMorph/MorphoDepot/MorphoCloud work with @jaimiagray.bsky.social, @cmdonatelli.bsky.social and a great team of folks.
This is Enophrys taurina with a damaged preopercular spine. Fighting or defense?
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This is Enophrys taurina with a damaged preopercular spine. Fighting or defense?
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Ana amazing beach seining crew caught lots of critters. Spiny lump suckers, silver spotted sculpins, 2 species of surface, pipefish and many more!
October 9, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Ana amazing beach seining crew caught lots of critters. Spiny lump suckers, silver spotted sculpins, 2 species of surface, pipefish and many more!
In today's #DeskDetritus yet another North American mammal skull. Sly devils will get it.
September 30, 2025 at 1:41 AM
In today's #DeskDetritus yet another North American mammal skull. Sly devils will get it.
Weekends I sometimes give tours of my lab and FHL. This morning I’m hanging with a nonagenarian who wanted to be a marine biologist. Sitting next to the tide pool for an hour made for easy touring.
September 27, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Weekends I sometimes give tours of my lab and FHL. This morning I’m hanging with a nonagenarian who wanted to be a marine biologist. Sitting next to the tide pool for an hour made for easy touring.
And so begins the quarter teaching on main campus in Seattle.
September 26, 2025 at 8:57 PM
And so begins the quarter teaching on main campus in Seattle.
Good morning. In #deskDetritus today we have another North American mammal skull. Water rotted in northern Ontario🇨🇦. I lost the mandible in the process.
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September 25, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Good morning. In #deskDetritus today we have another North American mammal skull. Water rotted in northern Ontario🇨🇦. I lost the mandible in the process.
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Yep, that skull was Procyon lotor, the raccoon. As @julierwright.bsky.social pointed out it has lots of brain space.
Here are two, both found DOR and prepped with bugs and peroxide. One is huge.
Shout out to @coastalpaleo.bsky.social for first ID.
Here are two, both found DOR and prepped with bugs and peroxide. One is huge.
Shout out to @coastalpaleo.bsky.social for first ID.
September 24, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Yep, that skull was Procyon lotor, the raccoon. As @julierwright.bsky.social pointed out it has lots of brain space.
Here are two, both found DOR and prepped with bugs and peroxide. One is huge.
Shout out to @coastalpaleo.bsky.social for first ID.
Here are two, both found DOR and prepped with bugs and peroxide. One is huge.
Shout out to @coastalpaleo.bsky.social for first ID.
Hmmm...I wonder which North American mammal this belonged too. Now it lives in the table of skulls and oddities.
September 24, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Hmmm...I wonder which North American mammal this belonged too. Now it lives in the table of skulls and oddities.
Spent time yesterday in a hangar with one of the prettiest prop planes ever made. The Beech Staggerwing. This one is undergoing an annual inspection. I was having my nose strut rebuilt. Again.
September 23, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Spent time yesterday in a hangar with one of the prettiest prop planes ever made. The Beech Staggerwing. This one is undergoing an annual inspection. I was having my nose strut rebuilt. Again.