Whatโs everyoneโs favorite animal.
My top 3:
1. Crab ๐ฆ
2. Crab again ๐ฆ
3. Crab again again ๐ฆ
@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
Whatโs everyoneโs favorite animal.
My top 3:
1. Crab ๐ฆ
2. Crab again ๐ฆ
3. Crab again again ๐ฆ
looks like Watersipora, yes!
23.06.2023 12:44 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0The story didn't stop me from SCUBA diving and that wasn't its purpose, but it did give me a better appreciation for the gear
For obvious reasons I'm thinking about it now
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
21.06.2023 14:45 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Normally this would not apply to me. The last two days, howeverโฆ
14.06.2023 04:46 โ ๐ 83 ๐ 4 ๐ฌ 6 ๐ 1screenshot of a video of me using the interactive where the digital spiders on the floor respond to my movements as I walk across the floor
screenshot of video where Bronwyn plays a game related to spider mating dances
image of a hungry-hungry hippos like game where you can operate different shapes of "chelicerae" in order to catch "prey" (which are squishy balls)
image of a case being placed over a display that shows some spider collections from our museum
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!
15.06.2023 16:55 โ ๐ 11 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0screenshot of a video of me using the interactive where the digital spiders on the floor respond to my movements as I walk across the floor
screenshot of video where Bronwyn plays a game related to spider mating dances
image of a hungry-hungry hippos like game where you can operate different shapes of "chelicerae" in order to catch "prey" (which are squishy balls)
image of a case being placed over a display that shows some spider collections from our museum
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!
15.06.2023 16:55 โ ๐ 11 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Hey bluesky ๐ฉต
13.06.2023 00:59 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Behold this 102-year-old adorably furry Orange Jumper (I think ๐ฌ) InverteButt from the NC Museum of Natural Sciences Collection. Collected in Raleigh, North Carolina, September 1921, by C.S. Brimley.
09.06.2023 12:35 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Good Omens posting on main
he's so ๐ฅฐ๐ญ๐ผ๐ฅบ
Two people - one carrying a rolled up seine net - wading into a sandy, tree-lined stream.
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. ๐ We have our work cut out for us!
One small miracle: the branchiobdellidans shown here ARE known (Xironodrilus bashaviae) ๐ฎโ๐จ
that pizza is not structurally sound
05.06.2023 16:36 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0we've got baby giant isopods now too! gotta do a shoot with them next ๐
05.06.2023 16:01 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0iโm 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)
here's our larger giant isopod, which just got its ethanol changed after taking this photo ๐ (new pfp of me holding it like a baby for scale)
05.06.2023 15:46 โ ๐ 29 ๐ 7 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 1The underside (inside) of a marine bivalve with a shell crab pressed into it.
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.
05.06.2023 15:10 โ ๐ 12 ๐ 5 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 0they are not smooth braining the breeding process
05.06.2023 14:34 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0they must not know about clownfish yet..
05.06.2023 14:30 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0eyyyy, Bronwyn is here now! go follow her at @bwwilliams.bsky.social if you want some sweet sweet invertebrate content!
05.06.2023 13:58 โ ๐ 6 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0I think it might be
05.06.2023 01:28 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0
a friend shared this with me
ingest of the brine y'all
Understandable, thank you!!
01.06.2023 00:08 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0I'm so excited ๐ญ
I saw something that suggested it'll be released weekly instead of all at once. Do you know yet? I only ask because I have a friend in another state who was going to ask off work and visit to binge if the whole season is dropped at once
I could watch conference talks or I could... watch Good Burger
31.05.2023 21:31 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0multiple 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 ๐ฅด
can you tell I'm a state employee
that's my emotional support comically large thumb tack
25.05.2023 14:21 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0so excited I spelled it wrong
24.05.2023 13:46 โ ๐ 5 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Y'ALL MY NEW STEROMICROSCOPE HAS SHIPPED
24.05.2023 13:45 โ ๐ 9 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 1dried 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
23.05.2023 15:59 โ ๐ 9 ๐ 3 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0hell yeah that's awesome!
23.05.2023 17:09 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0