I first learned about the Burgess Shale while taking a class with Derek Briggs. And let me tell you, the whole lot of ‘em—Wiwaxia, Anomalocaris, Opabinia—sound so lovely with an emphatic Irish accent.

Don’t even get me started on how he pronounced the Ediacaran fauna.

as a physician, I'll note that if you have a fetus in your placenta then something has gone quite wrong indeed

I actually love this typo. There’s something fittingly moody and romantic about it for these photos!