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Emily Peck
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professional aquarist, mainer, mom
generally overwhelmed (she/her)

https://empeck.carrd.co/
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Oh I am very excited about these 🧊
A photo of a granite counter with an envelope. The envelope is stamped with a mischievous looking cat with a pipe. On top of the envelope rest four identical stickers that resemble bagged Ice logos with a penguin standing on frozen letters spelling “ICE GO HOME”. A speech bubble from the penguin reads “Get out of our city!”
November 7, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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We are so back.

I missed my plates, but was worth the wait - it looks so good on the new 1901’s!
(Also, do I finally add teeth to the tail lights? 🦈)

#Elasmobile #SciCom #SharksNearMe
A photo of the back end of a mocha colored Subaru Outback. The focus is the Maine license plate reading with the Dirigo pine on a cream background and navy blue letters spelling “ELASMO”
November 6, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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Klaus is the worlds most photogenic crab 💖

Cancer irroratus

(Asteria forbesi, A. amurensis, and Fucus spiralis - photo is my own)
🦀 🦑
I photo of a large red rock crab facing the photographer. His carapace is ivory underneath and a beautiful red-purple on top. His large claws are tipped with deep brown/black. Behind and around him are several large sea stars in salmon and purple, macroalgae fills out the rest of the space.
October 27, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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Love a Flower Hat Jelly (Olindias formosa) - photo credit: Monterey Bay Aquarium
A photo of a Flower Hat Jelly on a black background. The Jelly is translucent neon green with black squiggles down its medusa. White oral arms, which look like fuzzy, spiraled pipe cleaners, peek out from the center of the jelly. Dozens of delicate blue-purple tentacles bloom in all directions from the edge of the bell, each tipped with a bright spot of electric yellow and then purple.
September 24, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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I found my first Gulf Stream Orphan while collecting macroalgae in Cape Elizabeth this week; a Spotfin Butterflyfish (Chaetodon ocellatus), no bigger than my fingernail.

#MarineLife #Butterlyfish #SciSky 🦑
September 14, 2025 at 1:41 AM
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a classic
a photo of a metal sign with pictographic showing hands reaching for fish. Below, Kanji letters and the English translation “Do not Animals”. Below, a tumblr user has replied simply “oh I think I will animals”
September 12, 2025 at 2:26 AM
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!! Plush-crested jay (Cyanocorax chrysops)
An inquisitive bird looks directly at the camera with its bright yellow eye. The bird is a plush-crested jay, a mid size black corvus with shocks of electric blue on the face and a bitter yellow belly. A fluff of black feathers adorns the top of the head
September 7, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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What perfect album came out when you were 16,
The album cover for Radiohead’s “KID A” (2000) - abstract sharp peaks with an ominous red background.
August 29, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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Today’s #InverteFest find: Doryteuthis pealeii (longfin inshore squid) egg masses!

Dozens washed ashore in Scarborough, Maine this morning - a first for me!
A closeup photo of a gelatinous mass of long “fingers” filled with little white dots - squid eggs A closeup photo of a gelatinous mass of long “fingers” filled with little white dots - squid eggs. Some other seaweeds are present surrounding.
August 28, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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It looks so much like a juvenile spotted drum!!
A tiny juvenile spotted drum fish, facing to the left, barred black and white with exceptionally long, trailing fins in an L or C shape
August 25, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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Honorable mention for some non-inverts; an excellent mosaic duck, a parrot shaped vessel and a little Egyptian falcon figurine
#SciArt
Mosaic art featuring geometric designs in the center, with florals along the edge surrounding what looks like a male mallard duck An Ewer in the Form of a Parrot from Vietnam 16th century. White pottery with Underglaze blue linework Painted wooden Falcon from Egypt, Late Period, about 664-332 BCE
August 25, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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This one really blew me away - wall carving from ancient Egypt was displayed to show some Roman graphiti but what got me was these hieroglyphs that are so clearly sea stars! I had never seen them before!
#InvertArt
A photo of a stone relief showing several Egyptian hieroglyphics, from left to right: two five-rayed stars, an owl, and possibly a vessel with bow
August 25, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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For the first day of #InverteFest I thought I’d share some neat #InvertArt I saw recently at the WAM @worcesterartmuseum.bsky.social starting with this incredible incense holder
An image of Qing dynasty incense holder made of white and russet agate, decorated with goldfish, eel, crabs, frog, crayfish, and shells 18th century An image of Qing dynasty incense holder made of white and russet agate, decorated with goldfish, eel, crabs, frog, crayfish, and shells 18th century Text plaque identifying the item in the previous photos which reads: “20 Censor decorated with goldfish, eel, crabs, frog, crayfish, and shells 18th century, Qing dynasty (1644-1911) White and russet agate Bequest of Mrs. Harry W. Goddard, in memory of Harry W. Goddard, 1938.64”
August 25, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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Stellaluna in the calm-down corner
A small black cat sits alert on a wicker peacock chair with a dark pink polka dot cushion and an embroidered pillow with flowers and the text: “scream here”. On the left side of the image you can see the edge of a wooden crate and potted palm.
August 8, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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A perfectly pudgy Eastern Black Swallowtail caterpillar (Papilio polyxenes) backbending to enjoy the best bite of allium greens.
A photo of an Eastern Black Swallowtail caterpillar. The caterpillar is the same green as the foliage, with black and yellow bars. Its hind pseudopods hold on to the stem while its forelegs grasp a small green leaf.
August 8, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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And the update! Galadriel eclosed and was successfully released this week - we wish her best of luck on her migration! 🦋
#BugSky #Invert #Butterfly
A photo of a female Monarch butterfly sitting on the photographers hand. She is resplendent in striking orange with black lacing and delicate white dots along the trailing edge of her wings.
August 7, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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Post a random picture or everything will go bad in August
inverted image of a crab in bright greens and reds above the text “normalise civil disobedience”
August 1, 2025 at 2:26 AM
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for #bugsky - a little (second instar?) monarch caterpillar that the kids have named ✨Galadiriel✨
A closeup photo of a small monarch caterpillar curled around the tip of the photographers index finger. The caterpillar is only just long enough to go from the nail to the pad on the other side, she has yellow,black and white stripes, long antennae on the right/front side and false antennae on the left/rear
July 14, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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In our grocery pickup today there was this box with a real apple inside labeled “free sample” and like … You can’t fool me! I’ve seen Snow White!
A photo of a small brightly colored box with a hole cut in the side revealing the top of a real apple. The writing on the box says “Cosmic Crisp - Free Sample”
July 14, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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Utterly delighted to find this tiny Eastern Newt today - it was maybe 2 inches end to end.

First time finding one in my own yard! Deadly cute
A closeup photo of a very small (less than 2 inches nose to tail) Eastern Newt in hand, it is ember orange with two lines of tiny, brighter orange spots ringed in black down its back. It is peering over the edge of a pinky finger with gold and black eyes. A photo of a very small (less than 2 inches nose to tail) Eastern Newt in hand. It is ember orange with two lines of tiny, brighter orange spots ringed in black down its back. A photo of a very small (less than 2 inches nose to tail) Eastern Newt in hand. It is ember orange and looking straight to camera with golden and black eyes. It is extremely cute.
June 19, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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artist @halseyberryman.bsky.social generously made these available for free use!
a photo of glossy 16x20 printed posters by artist Halsey Berryman showing two crows perched on and around d skulls, one with half a broken crown in its beak, some jewels have fallen out. The other half of the crown is in the foreground. The whitehouse is shown in the background. Large text reads “NO KINGS” and a quote on the bottom reads “He has kept among us, I. times of peace, standing armies without the consent of our legislatures.” - Declaration of Independence
June 14, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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These came out rad as hell.
a photo of glossy 16x20 printed posters by artist Halsey Berryman showing two crows perched on and around d skulls, one with half a broken crown in its beak, some jewels have fallen out. The other half of the crown is in the foreground. The whitehouse is shown in the background. Large text reads “NO KINGS” and a quote on the bottom reads “He has kept among us, I. times of peace, standing armies without the consent of our legislatures.” - Declaration of Independence
June 12, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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Drowning meme used to illustrate how fucking out of touch this response is. Panel 1: A hand representing the American Prople reaches out of the water. Panel 2: A second hand, representing the Democratic Party in DC reaches towards the first as if to help. Panel 3: Instead, it high fives the drowning populous with the quote “It’s TACO Tuesday on Capitol Hill!” Panel 4: The drowning hand disappears beneath the water.
June 4, 2025 at 11:11 AM
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Happy Pride, y’all!

This flag was shared by my alma mater, New England Aquarium, in 2022 and it’s still my favorite!

🧪 🦑
A progressive pride flag, where the stripes are made of animals from the New England Aquarium. My ID’s below: White: Harbor Seal Pink: Anemone Baby Blue: Garden Eels Brown: Kemps Ridley Sea Turtle (?) Black: Comb jellies Red: Lionfish Orange: Clownfish Yellow: Yellow tang Green: Pacific Surf Anemone Blue: Chromis (?) Purple: Giant Pacific Octopus
June 2, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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from my 11 to your 3!
#CatFrog
A pencil sketch of CatFrog done by an 11 year old artist. CatFrog has gray skin with spots, a long tail and sharp claws. CatFrog has a pleasant expression as it looks at smiling cattails and sits near an exhuberant, anthropomorphic Cat-pond.
May 31, 2025 at 9:54 PM