The Perfect Specimen
@perfect-specimen.bsky.social
A lighthearted look at natural history via objects in the NHM London collections, hung loosely on a different adjective every episode. Podcast available on Spotify, Apple and YouTube: https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6w4ihPqk5_LOTuw-VhlaqEn1CctPqWGB
Ooh I’m not sure! The male tree is still there, but we’ll have to track down the female…
November 15, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Ooh I’m not sure! The male tree is still there, but we’ll have to track down the female…
Thanks Sari, glad you enjoyed it!
November 10, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Thanks Sari, glad you enjoyed it!
www.reddit.com/r/WTF/commen... And if you’ve still got a desire to see an ostrich penis after @joshlukedavis.com warnings, check this out. Very much comes with a trigger warning!
[Mature Content] From the WTF community on Reddit: Ostrich Dick
Posted by LSD_freakout - 1,039 votes and 170 comments
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November 9, 2025 at 5:19 PM
www.reddit.com/r/WTF/commen... And if you’ve still got a desire to see an ostrich penis after @joshlukedavis.com warnings, check this out. Very much comes with a trigger warning!
More on our amazing animal mummies m.youtube.com/watch?v=Bu0R...
Animal mummy reveals its secrets | Natural History Museum
YouTube video by Natural History Museum
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November 9, 2025 at 5:16 PM
More on our amazing animal mummies m.youtube.com/watch?v=Bu0R...
And just look at these gorgeous tinamou eggs and spooky Monotropa! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monotro...
November 9, 2025 at 5:15 PM
And just look at these gorgeous tinamou eggs and spooky Monotropa! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monotro...
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Pistol shrimp in focus: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRF8...
Pistol Shrimp Facts: the LOUDEST Animal (in the ocean) 🦐
YouTube video by Animal Fact Files
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October 24, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Pistol shrimp in focus: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tRF8...
Plain midshipmen growling! www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPZ8... and a longer form video talking about the midshipman mystery that @joshlukedavis.com referred to in the episode: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2j1r...
Hear a plainfin midshipman fish growl | Science News
YouTube video by Science News
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October 24, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Plain midshipmen growling! www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPZ8... and a longer form video talking about the midshipman mystery that @joshlukedavis.com referred to in the episode: www.youtube.com/watch?v=2j1r...
And here's the great paper @nhcooper123.bsky.social mentioned on the three wattled bellbird (Snow 1977): www.jstor.org/stable/40852... complete with this amazing figure...
October 24, 2025 at 10:55 AM
And here's the great paper @nhcooper123.bsky.social mentioned on the three wattled bellbird (Snow 1977): www.jstor.org/stable/40852... complete with this amazing figure...
Please enjoy this white bellbird shouting: www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvK-...
White bellbird: listen to the world's loudest bird call
YouTube video by Guardian News
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October 24, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Please enjoy this white bellbird shouting: www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvK-...
And a cool video of the noises if you didn't get enough in the episode: www.youtube.com/watch?v=XP_h...
Water Boatman Loudest Animal Alive - Micronecta scholtzi
YouTube video by Josh H
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October 24, 2025 at 10:49 AM
And a cool video of the noises if you didn't get enough in the episode: www.youtube.com/watch?v=XP_h...
Here's the paper on the waterboatmen: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
So Small, So Loud: Extremely High Sound Pressure Level from a Pygmy Aquatic Insect (Corixidae, Micronectinae)
To communicate at long range, animals have to produce intense but intelligible signals. This task might be difficult to achieve due to mechanical constraints, in particular relating to body size. Whilst the acoustic behaviour of large marine and ...
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October 24, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Here's the paper on the waterboatmen: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...