Megan McCuller, ectoproctologist
@mccullermi.bsky.social
not a butt doctor for ghosts | taxonomist specializing in phylum Bryozoa (moss animals), which used to be phylum Ectoprocta | general lover of marine invertebrates
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What’s everyone’s favorite animal.
My top 3:
1. Crab 🦀
2. Crab again 🦀
3. Crab again again 🦀
My top 3:
1. Crab 🦀
2. Crab again 🦀
3. Crab again again 🦀
July 2, 2023 at 2:38 PM
What’s everyone’s favorite animal.
My top 3:
1. Crab 🦀
2. Crab again 🦀
3. Crab again again 🦀
My top 3:
1. Crab 🦀
2. Crab again 🦀
3. Crab again again 🦀
I took a nautical archaeology course as an undergrad and the prof told us a story about a wreck diver who was on a deep dive. From out of nowhere it hit him how his life was dependent on his dive gear- he finished the dive and never dove again. I think about this story occasionally
June 21, 2023 at 2:45 PM
I took a nautical archaeology course as an undergrad and the prof told us a story about a wreck diver who was on a deep dive. From out of nowhere it hit him how his life was dependent on his dive gear- he finished the dive and never dove again. I think about this story occasionally
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Normally this would not apply to me. The last two days, however…
Get some rest. Tomorrow you have a lot of people to make sorry they dared to cross you.
June 14, 2023 at 4:46 AM
Normally this would not apply to me. The last two days, however…
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ok y'all need to come check out the Spiders: from Fear to Fascination exhibit at the NC Museum of Natural Sciences because it is so informative and includes a lot of interactive displays. @bwwilliams.bsky.social and I had a blast previewing it today ahead of its opening on Saturday!
June 15, 2023 at 4:55 PM
ok y'all need to come check out the Spiders: from Fear to Fascination exhibit at the NC Museum of Natural Sciences because it is so informative and includes a lot of interactive displays. @bwwilliams.bsky.social and I had a blast previewing it today ahead of its opening on Saturday!
ok y'all need to come check out the Spiders: from Fear to Fascination exhibit at the NC Museum of Natural Sciences because it is so informative and includes a lot of interactive displays. @bwwilliams.bsky.social and I had a blast previewing it today ahead of its opening on Saturday!
June 15, 2023 at 4:55 PM
ok y'all need to come check out the Spiders: from Fear to Fascination exhibit at the NC Museum of Natural Sciences because it is so informative and includes a lot of interactive displays. @bwwilliams.bsky.social and I had a blast previewing it today ahead of its opening on Saturday!
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Behold this 102-year-old adorably furry Orange Jumper (I think 😬) InverteButt from the NC Museum of Natural Sciences Collection. Collected in Raleigh, North Carolina, September 1921, by C.S. Brimley.
June 9, 2023 at 12:35 PM
Behold this 102-year-old adorably furry Orange Jumper (I think 😬) InverteButt from the NC Museum of Natural Sciences Collection. Collected in Raleigh, North Carolina, September 1921, by C.S. Brimley.
Good Omens posting on main
he's so 🥰😭👼🥺
he's so 🥰😭👼🥺
June 7, 2023 at 3:23 PM
Good Omens posting on main
he's so 🥰😭👼🥺
he's so 🥰😭👼🥺
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Q- How many undescribed crayfish species can we find in 1 day in an area in western North Carolina 22 miles long x 4 miles wide?
A- At least five, plus one with a name. 😑 We have our work cut out for us!
One small miracle: the branchiobdellidans shown here ARE known (Xironodrilus bashaviae) 😮💨
A- At least five, plus one with a name. 😑 We have our work cut out for us!
One small miracle: the branchiobdellidans shown here ARE known (Xironodrilus bashaviae) 😮💨
June 6, 2023 at 3:09 PM
Q- How many undescribed crayfish species can we find in 1 day in an area in western North Carolina 22 miles long x 4 miles wide?
A- At least five, plus one with a name. 😑 We have our work cut out for us!
One small miracle: the branchiobdellidans shown here ARE known (Xironodrilus bashaviae) 😮💨
A- At least five, plus one with a name. 😑 We have our work cut out for us!
One small miracle: the branchiobdellidans shown here ARE known (Xironodrilus bashaviae) 😮💨
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i’m very jealous of the fact that megan has MULTIPLE images of herself cradling different preserved giant isopods for potential profile photo usage
(she had a different image of herself doing this as her twitter pfp for a while)
(she had a different image of herself doing this as her twitter pfp for a while)
here's our larger giant isopod, which just got its ethanol changed after taking this photo 😅 (new pfp of me holding it like a baby for scale)
June 5, 2023 at 3:55 PM
i’m very jealous of the fact that megan has MULTIPLE images of herself cradling different preserved giant isopods for potential profile photo usage
(she had a different image of herself doing this as her twitter pfp for a while)
(she had a different image of herself doing this as her twitter pfp for a while)
here's our larger giant isopod, which just got its ethanol changed after taking this photo 😅 (new pfp of me holding it like a baby for scale)
June 5, 2023 at 3:46 PM
here's our larger giant isopod, which just got its ethanol changed after taking this photo 😅 (new pfp of me holding it like a baby for scale)
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THIS is custom-fit protective wear! A Granulate Shellback Crab (Hypochonca arcuata) collected 28 July 2004 off Usina Beach, Jacksonville, FL by SEAMAP biologists. The functional form-fit shell even comes with its own bling: bryozoans, a tiny anemone, worm tubes, and traces of barnacle.
June 5, 2023 at 3:10 PM
THIS is custom-fit protective wear! A Granulate Shellback Crab (Hypochonca arcuata) collected 28 July 2004 off Usina Beach, Jacksonville, FL by SEAMAP biologists. The functional form-fit shell even comes with its own bling: bryozoans, a tiny anemone, worm tubes, and traces of barnacle.
eyyyy, Bronwyn is here now! go follow her at @bwwilliams.bsky.social if you want some sweet sweet invertebrate content!
June 5, 2023 at 1:58 PM
eyyyy, Bronwyn is here now! go follow her at @bwwilliams.bsky.social if you want some sweet sweet invertebrate content!
a friend shared this with me
ingest of the brine y'all
ingest of the brine y'all
Weird 90s Commercials: Prawn God
The original Prawn God commercial from 1996.
Prawn God reissue available here: https://obviousplant.com/
Ripped from VHS with help from @skycorphomevideo
youtu.be
June 5, 2023 at 1:15 AM
a friend shared this with me
ingest of the brine y'all
ingest of the brine y'all
I could watch conference talks or I could... watch Good Burger
May 31, 2023 at 9:31 PM
I could watch conference talks or I could... watch Good Burger
multiple packages delivered but first I had to:
* figure out what building pkgs were delivered to
* who received them
* who has them
* coordinate getting them to the museum
* coordinate getting them to me at an off-site facility
I've only got 1 in hand so far 🥴
can you tell I'm a state employee
* figure out what building pkgs were delivered to
* who received them
* who has them
* coordinate getting them to the museum
* coordinate getting them to me at an off-site facility
I've only got 1 in hand so far 🥴
can you tell I'm a state employee
Y'ALL MY NEW STEROMICROSCOPE HAS SHIPPED
May 31, 2023 at 2:07 PM
multiple packages delivered but first I had to:
* figure out what building pkgs were delivered to
* who received them
* who has them
* coordinate getting them to the museum
* coordinate getting them to me at an off-site facility
I've only got 1 in hand so far 🥴
can you tell I'm a state employee
* figure out what building pkgs were delivered to
* who received them
* who has them
* coordinate getting them to the museum
* coordinate getting them to me at an off-site facility
I've only got 1 in hand so far 🥴
can you tell I'm a state employee
that's my emotional support comically large thumb tack
May 25, 2023 at 2:21 PM
that's my emotional support comically large thumb tack
Y'ALL MY NEW STEROMICROSCOPE HAS SHIPPED
May 24, 2023 at 1:45 PM
Y'ALL MY NEW STEROMICROSCOPE HAS SHIPPED
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dried sponges and sea stars? in an old Cuban cigar box hidden behind an old thermal printer in MY office? it's more likely than you think
May 23, 2023 at 3:59 PM
dried sponges and sea stars? in an old Cuban cigar box hidden behind an old thermal printer in MY office? it's more likely than you think
dried sponges and sea stars? in an old Cuban cigar box hidden behind an old thermal printer in MY office? it's more likely than you think
May 23, 2023 at 3:59 PM
dried sponges and sea stars? in an old Cuban cigar box hidden behind an old thermal printer in MY office? it's more likely than you think
jumping spider photogrammetry in progress!
I've created a model of this particular spider but it's missing details on the underside so I'm getting better photos of it upside down to try and fill in the gaps
I've created a model of this particular spider but it's missing details on the underside so I'm getting better photos of it upside down to try and fill in the gaps
May 22, 2023 at 3:43 PM
jumping spider photogrammetry in progress!
I've created a model of this particular spider but it's missing details on the underside so I'm getting better photos of it upside down to try and fill in the gaps
I've created a model of this particular spider but it's missing details on the underside so I'm getting better photos of it upside down to try and fill in the gaps
become unbuttonable
May 19, 2023 at 4:25 PM
become unbuttonable
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Happy Friday from Anomalocaris!
May 19, 2023 at 3:36 PM
Happy Friday from Anomalocaris!
the amphipods: 🙃
well it finally happened
I dropped a vial of amphipods on the floor 😭
luckily I only had to pick up about 15 of them and not like, 200
I dropped a vial of amphipods on the floor 😭
luckily I only had to pick up about 15 of them and not like, 200
May 19, 2023 at 3:41 PM
the amphipods: 🙃
well it finally happened
I dropped a vial of amphipods on the floor 😭
luckily I only had to pick up about 15 of them and not like, 200
I dropped a vial of amphipods on the floor 😭
luckily I only had to pick up about 15 of them and not like, 200
May 19, 2023 at 3:32 PM
well it finally happened
I dropped a vial of amphipods on the floor 😭
luckily I only had to pick up about 15 of them and not like, 200
I dropped a vial of amphipods on the floor 😭
luckily I only had to pick up about 15 of them and not like, 200