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ray-ah-na
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hiker, artist, and museum professional
visited the Cleveland museum of natural history today and this gave me a chuckle
December 31, 2024 at 10:45 PM
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big news: from 8 Jan 2025, the absolute unit tweet will be on show in an actual museum (the National Science and Media Museum).
big girl (ewe are beautiful)
December 19, 2024 at 10:12 AM
thinking about these moths that were immortalized in this photo published in a textbook from 1936 📕

#entomology #science #biology
December 7, 2024 at 9:41 PM
Here’s some more illustrations from one of my (dead) grandpa’s old biology books!! This one is a flowers field guide, with illustrations by the scientific illustrator Rudolf Freund. Mini thread!

#science #botany #scientificillustration #wildflowers
December 6, 2024 at 12:54 PM
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When asked what it would take to shake his belief in evolution, JBS Haldane is reported to have said, "Fossil rabbits in the Precambrian".
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"Haldane's Precambrian Puzzle"
Oil on 9 pieces of shale; they can be reconfigured to show trilobite fossils.

#ArtAdventCalendar 🐡🎨🧪
December 2, 2024 at 3:37 PM
a selection of illustrations from one of my (dead) grandpa’s old biology books. Black and white illustrations by Marion Satterlee and color illustrations by Elsie Louise Shaw. Published 1905. Mini thread! #science #botany #scientificillustration #scienceart #flowers
December 1, 2024 at 1:07 PM
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here are some hobbies to pick up if u want to demonstrate value or become more interesting:

-chess (shows u are smart)
-photography (demonstrates artistic sensitivity)
-frog collector (shows u have a large collection of frogs)
November 30, 2024 at 10:34 PM
ok so fresh start on bluesky!! looking for a community here:

My main hobbies are hiking/camping and painting, and I have an academic background in biology and museum studies 🥾🎨🧬🏛️

I also like funny stuff and to hear about current events!!
November 18, 2024 at 12:22 PM