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Natural Science Collections Tech at Tūhura Otago Museum. Surrounded by interesting plants, birds, bugs, fish, and marine mammals; also dogs, horses, and sheep in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Just wanted to put up a picture of my best old boy at our local beach. I've been feeling a bit overwhelmed and sad about a lot of things in life, news, social media... Hope you are all okay out there.
September 16, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Just wanted to put up a picture of my best old boy at our local beach. I've been feeling a bit overwhelmed and sad about a lot of things in life, news, social media... Hope you are all okay out there.
It's been really nice spending time with my Canadian mum(-in-law) and we're eating our way around Dunedin
March 6, 2025 at 9:36 AM
It's been really nice spending time with my Canadian mum(-in-law) and we're eating our way around Dunedin
Sad/anxious expat post: the way things are going I'm honestly not sure if there's going to be much of a federal government left when I go to visit my family in May. My sister works for the VA and was promoted recently, is her job on the next big chopping block? Is this how #Ecotopia starts?
February 21, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Sad/anxious expat post: the way things are going I'm honestly not sure if there's going to be much of a federal government left when I go to visit my family in May. My sister works for the VA and was promoted recently, is her job on the next big chopping block? Is this how #Ecotopia starts?
Winner winner chicken dinner! www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/20/velvet-worm-new-zealand-bug-of-the-year-winner
Worm-like creature with ‘dark secret’ wins New Zealand bug of the year
Velvet worms have rows of pudgy legs, skin speckled like a galaxy and dissolve their prey with sticky goo
www.theguardian.com
February 20, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Winner winner chicken dinner! www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/20/velvet-worm-new-zealand-bug-of-the-year-winner
I helped put together a great science outreach event at my museum today. Celebrating bugs, the people who study them, and getting more Velvet worm votes locked in for NZ Bug of the Year. #workgoals
February 15, 2025 at 5:54 AM
I helped put together a great science outreach event at my museum today. Celebrating bugs, the people who study them, and getting more Velvet worm votes locked in for NZ Bug of the Year. #workgoals
Our flock coming to see us after work
February 12, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Our flock coming to see us after work
Back at home now, but going to miss having this view from Kopinga Marae we got during the field course over the last 2 weeks
February 8, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Back at home now, but going to miss having this view from Kopinga Marae we got during the field course over the last 2 weeks