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Katie MacKinnon, Ph.D.
@ktcapuchin.bsky.social
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Anthropologist/Primatologist🐒;
Professor at Saint Louis University;
Alumna of U.C. Berkeley & Univ. of Alberta; inspired by nature 🌿, travel 🗺️, music 🎶, food 🍲
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Katherine_Mackinnon2
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Oh my goodness - forgot to post these of the HALLOWEENIES! 😀🍂🎃🐾🌭🥰 #dachshunds #hounds #hounddogs
Cute dachshund dogs with matching hotdog costumes for Halloween = Halloweenies! 🎃 🌭😀 Cute dachshund dogs with matching hotdog costumes for Halloween = Halloweenies! 🎃 🌭😀 Cute dachshund dogs with matching hotdog costumes for Halloween = Halloweenies! 🎃 🌭😀 Cute dachshund dogs with matching hotdog costumes for Halloween = Halloweenies! 🎃 🌭😀
November 8, 2025 at 2:33 PM
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I love when random pics pop up - an adult male white-necked #jacobin (Florisuga mellivorais), aka the great jacobin or collared #hummingbird; I took these in Northern Honduras, 2016. 💚🇭🇳💙🥰 #birds #birdwatching #hummingbirds #wildlife
September 12, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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…noticed the first #fireflies (technically firebeetles!) in the backyard on June 6 (last year was June 10). Tonight I counted about a dozen in our small urban yard - no pesticides! #Lampyridae #Coleoptera #beetles #insects 🥰💡🪰✨🌳🏡 💚

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June 21, 2025 at 3:20 AM
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… at first I thought these downy #woodpeckers (#Dryobates pubescens) were adults, but once I zoomed in with the camera I realized what was going on: mama on the right, fledged chick (still getting fed) on the left. She’s using suet from our feeder. Lucky random capture! 📷🐣 #birds #birding
May 30, 2025 at 11:35 PM
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Baron & Beatrix say, get outside today if you can! 💚☘️🌿🐾🎾⛅️ #spring #dachshunds #hounds
Two cute dachshund dogs, one black/tan with red collar, one brown/tan with blue collar - relaxing in the grass on a sunny day. A cute dachshund dog, black/tan with red collar, about to catch a blue ball in the grass, mouth partially open and a bit blurry b/c of movement. A cute dachshund dog, brown/tan with blue collar, sitting next to a large hosta plant which is a bit taller than her - she is looking up, probably at a squirrel!
April 18, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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Iggy wishes you a relaxing Sunday. He says, “naps are good.” 🥰🐾🐈‍⬛😴 #blackcats #cats
April 6, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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Remarkably, I still have 3 left in my bracket for FINAL ROAR: Gelada #SameAndDifferent Puma #TheOnlyOnes & Ginkgo/Rhizzo #RootsAndRelics (I had to have the #capuchin & #langur going far, ruining the #TuxedoStyle Polar Bear option...🤷‍♀️🐒) #DivisionOnlyOnes #TeamPuma 🐾 #2025MMM @mmmletsgo.bsky.social
March 28, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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My bracket! Forgot to post earlier. I’m 💥thrilled💥 there is a white-faced capuchin this year! 😀🧠🐒 I’m taking it as far as I can (too far), but I have the puma victorious in the end. 🤷🏻‍♀️🐾 🙀 #2025MMM #TeamCapuchin #TeamCebus #TeamPuma @mmmletsgo.bsky.social @mammalssuck.bsky.social
March 12, 2025 at 12:45 AM
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We'll have a wonderful tribute to our dear friend, Michelle Bezanson at the #AABA2025 @bioanth.org meeting in Baltimore - please stop by to celebrate her life, art, and scholarship if you will be there. Thank you to the awesome organizers, @ethnoprimate.bsky.social & @robingnelson.bsky.social ❤️‍🩹🐒🎨✍️
March 10, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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My copy arrived! 🎉 Go get @restingdinoface.bsky.social’s new book, “When the Earth Was Green”! (And read excerpt below to get a sense of her gorgeous science-writing style/chops.) 🦟🌳🌿🦕🌱🦖🌴
February 27, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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Snowy and cold this week! Single digit F temps at night, teens during day, negative wind chill.) We’ll see some warmer temps starting this weekend…the dachshunds are looking forward to that! ☃️🐾❄️🌦️🥶 #hounds #hounddogs #dachshunds
Cute black/tan dachshund dog with a red collar, standing on a snowy path, looking off the to side. Cute brown/tan dachshund dog with a light blue collar, standing in the snow with head lowered by a holly bush, behind a small concrete gorilla statue with snow on its head. Two dachshund dogs, one black/tan with red collar and one chocolate/tan with a light blue collar, standing next to each other in the snow, peeing, facing the same direction.
February 20, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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Awww she is gorgeous. Go hounds!
February 10, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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Bath time! (…always made easier by teeny tiny bits of cheese 😆🤷🏻‍♀️🧀) 🐾🫧🛁🧼🥰
#dachshunds #dogs #hounds #hounddogs
Cute brown dachshund dog, mid-bath in a kitchen farmer’s sink, standing in a couple inches of water, looking straight into the camera with big soulful eyes. Cute black/tan dachshund dog, mid-bath in a kitchen farmer’s sink, standing in a couple inches of water, patiently waiting it out with big soulful eyes. Cute black/tan dachshund dog, mid-bath in a kitchen farmer’s sink, standing in a couple inches of water, in the middle of a shake with blurry ears and face. Cute browndachshund dog, mid-bath in a kitchen farmer’s sink, standing in a couple inches of water, in the middle of a shake with blurry ears and face.
January 25, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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…this guy lends his support 💯!!
January 20, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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My office monstera says she’ll find the package thief and kick their ass. 😀
January 17, 2025 at 4:24 AM
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(w/pic that popped up on phone wallpaper this morning) 🐈‍⬛❤️🥰🐾
Iggy, also…Iggster, Mr. Legs, Silks, Mr. Man, Hey Dude, Sleeks, Panther, Sporran, Lover-not-a-fighter, Lover-and-a-fighter, Mr. Ears, Kitty-von-kitty, Stalks, Bitey Ramone 🥰
January 12, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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Don’t eat yellow snow! 😂💦⛄️🐾🍧 #daschshunds
January 8, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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…that was a nice snow, here in St. Louis. Paths are now shoveled (incl to potty areas for our short-legged friends! Very important. 🤷🏻‍♀️😀) ⛄️❄️🌨️🐾 #dachshunds #hounddogs #hounds #dogs
January 7, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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Close ups of our two crazy hounddogs 🥰
January 7, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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Hey anthropology/archaeology/geology/human evol colleagues…this appears to be a fake account; I started receiving messages about cryptocurrency scams right after following back. I blocked the account and reported it.👇@pickeringrobyn.bsky.social
January 5, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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… a snowy day in St. Louis, waiting for more accumulation! 🌨️🐾⛄️❄️ #dachshunds #hounds #hounddogs #dogs
Two cute dachshunds, sniffing snow on the ground, one in a gray fleece sweater with red collar, another in a turquoise blue fleece sweater with same color collar. A cute dachshund caught just as she was about to roll in snow on her side, in a turquoise blue fleece sweater. Two cute dachshunds, one on her back in the snow wearing a turquoise blue fleece sweater with same color collar, another one behind her in a gray fleece sweater with red collar.
January 5, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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This came up on my rotating wallpaper pics this am, perfect for today! Happy New Year! #dachshunds #dogs #hounds #hounddogs 🎉🥳 🐾🎆
Close-up, straight-on front face pic of an adorable brown dachshund, sleeping, eyes closed, big long nose, floppy ears, on a red blanket. 🥰🐾
January 1, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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He’s a very cool dude. 🥰
December 31, 2024 at 12:52 AM
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Iggy says 😍
December 31, 2024 at 12:24 AM
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Well hello, Onions! Happy new year from these two! 👇
December 30, 2024 at 3:11 AM