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Dr Robert Sprackland

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Herpetologist, scientist. Author of 10 books, over 100 herpetology papers. Love dogs!! ๐ŸฆฎVery Scottish ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ, very Blue, & far too busy. ๐Ÿ––๐Ÿผ๐Ÿงช๐ŸฆŽ

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What about reptiles? Anti-Bergmann?

16.07.2024 18:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

What place?

16.07.2024 18:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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MYSTERY PIC: What is this?
Hint: lizard anatomy.

04.07.2024 17:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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18.06.2024 12:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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17.06.2024 21:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

your regular reminder that Judicial Review is not anywhere written in the Constitution but "participants in an insurrection are automatically barred from holding office" is.

22.05.2024 22:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1158    ๐Ÿ” 347    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 11    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4

No sleeping? Hasnโ€™t the writer ever attended a class session?

28.04.2024 21:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

โ€œExcept now! Charge, ye mangey scum!!โ€
โ€”Robert E. Lee to his 13th in command, Long John Trump
1864 or โ€˜65, whatever.

16.04.2024 23:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

DeSantis signed a law that protects delicate cops from having anyone come within 25 feet of them while theyโ€™re โ€œperforming their dutiesโ€ but construction workers have to face the full fury of the goddamn sun

13.04.2024 12:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 653    ๐Ÿ” 199    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 25    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5

โ€œAide-de-campโ€ is not really an assistant kind of aide, but a senior member of a command staff. No way was Lafayette anyoneโ€™s assistant. Ever. Mon dieu!

13.04.2024 16:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Flytrap has made it into month 4 and looks better than when I got it!

13.04.2024 15:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Aye, but NOT decapitated.
As for the army, he did write about how unsoldierly and unprepared to meet a major opponent they were.

12.04.2024 01:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Whoa, wait!
You mean thatโ€™s NOT true!
Jeezโ€ผ๏ธ

11.04.2024 02:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Ouch!

11.04.2024 02:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yes, he was a volunteer for Washington. I think he found the American โ€œArmyโ€ pitiful.
Returned to France, lived til 1834, respected by two nations

11.04.2024 02:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Things may not be looking up (!), but some of us are still in the game. Keep looking for the kindness & beauty in our world, and goodnight,

06.04.2024 01:17 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Iโ€™ve always wondered how that works, the triggerfishโ€™s safety.

06.04.2024 01:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

What do you teach? Certainly not a whole course on cephalopods? Oh, but wouldna that be wonderful!

03.04.2024 16:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Iโ€™ve had friends go there before.
Iโ€™ve also had a few octopus friends. My god, theyโ€™re intelligent! If they lived longer there WOULD be an octopus civilization at least on a par with humans!

01.04.2024 19:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Now THAT is cool!!

01.04.2024 16:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

From a newly minted Ph.D., correct?

27.03.2024 13:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

What is a good way to earn $4500 fast? Suggestions??

27.03.2024 00:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Hey, I had that same problem in โ€˜87; I asked my 10th graders if they remembered where they were when Apollo 11โ€ฆ. And they said they hadnโ€™t been born!

22.03.2024 01:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿฆ‹ Wonder has officially taken flight at #NHMLA! Have you saved your spot for this seasonโ€™s #ButterflyPavilion?

Enjoy our springtime exhibition featuring hundreds of butterflies and colorful native plants, now on view through August 25: nhm.org/butterflies

20.03.2024 20:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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March 19th is Taxonomist Appreciation Day! The World Register of Marine Species is celebrating by announcing the Top 10 New Marine Species described in 2023! Check out the list here ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿงช
lifewatch.be/en/worms-top...

19.03.2024 03:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 30    ๐Ÿ” 16    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

Wonderfulโ€ฆ what do you feed them?

19.03.2024 14:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Full color reconstructions of 5 Urocordylids nectrideans in lateral view. From top to bottom: Sauropleura scalaris, S. pectinata, Lepterpeton dobbsii, Ptyonius marshii and Urocordylus wandesfordii

Full color reconstructions of 5 Urocordylids nectrideans in lateral view. From top to bottom: Sauropleura scalaris, S. pectinata, Lepterpeton dobbsii, Ptyonius marshii and Urocordylus wandesfordii

Colorful Urocordylids, a full reconstruction of the sketches I showed yesterday.

Fossils of two of these taxa (Lepterpeton dobbsii and Urocordylus wandesfordii) were found on Ireland, so I guess it is a timely post for St. Patrickโ€™s Day! ๐Ÿ€

๐Ÿก ๐ŸŽจ ๐Ÿงช #paleontology

17.03.2024 14:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 118    ๐Ÿ” 38    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

From a dumpster. We can exchange stories about dumpster finds: a rare book, a museum shell collectionโ€ฆ

13.03.2024 21:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

And you still have your lasers!

13.03.2024 21:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Three green and black marbled newts (Triturus marmoratus) eating food pellets and arranged roughly in a circular shape.

Three green and black marbled newts (Triturus marmoratus) eating food pellets and arranged roughly in a circular shape.

Itโ€™s important to keep your newts in a circle at all times

13.03.2024 17:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 66    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 4    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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