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A great look at critical artifact preservation, the Slave Societies Digital Archive, and Ft. Mose & the work of our Kathy Deegan, on
@ConversationUS by Jane Landers.https://theconversation.com/i-dig-through-archives-to-unearth-hidden-stories-from-african-american-history-103639 …Thanks. Twitter will use this info to make your timeline better. UndoUndo -
Pearsall Collection Object: Halibut Hook Repository No.: P1374 Culture Area: Northwest Coast, USA More: https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/pearsall/blog/artifact/p1374/ …
On this note, don't miss this @hakaimagazine article: The Halibut Hook Revival https://www.hakaimagazine.com/features/the-halibut-hook-revival/ …pic.twitter.com/witvB3TIFK
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Celebrating
#FossilFriday with a podcast by@indfnsofplnts with Matt Candeias talking with Alex Bippus about bryophyte fossils. Worth the listen!http://www.indefenseofplants.com/podcast/2018/10/28/ep-184-fossilized-bryophytes-a-journey-back-in-time …Thanks. Twitter will use this info to make your timeline better. UndoUndo -
Our David Reed studies human lice to understand humans more, but Tammy Iwasa-Arai is studying humpback
#whale lice to understand these whales more. Yes, humpback whale lice is a thing. (via@hakaimagazine)https://www.hakaimagazine.com/news/the-stories-whale-lice-tell/ …Thanks. Twitter will use this info to make your timeline better. UndoUndo -
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Elegance of Science Contest
@UF organized by@FloridaMuseum and@UFMarston will be closing January 5 at midnight. To submit visit https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/elegance-science/ …pic.twitter.com/nfkryeIAXa
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One of our most popular single objects, for kids especially, is Terrence the Turtle tucked away in our NW Florida exhibit. Here's his creation for this
#TBT, from tiny concept figure to final turtle! Show of hands if you've had your picture taken with Terrence!#ThrowbackThursdaypic.twitter.com/V93HVsbbKw
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Great news! The takeover will go on today so get ready for some
#ThursdayThoughts. We are excited to welcome@BAMistretta this week. Brittany is an archaeologist & PhD candidate at the University of Florida (@AnthropologyUF) and Florida Museum of Natural History (@FloridaMuseum).pic.twitter.com/4JlRe3cnI0
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"In Long Island Sound, where warming waters caused the lobster fishery to rapidly rise and fall, an estimated 760,000 to 1.3 million ghost pots clutter the ocean bottom." (via
@undarkmag)https://undark.org/article/ghost-fishing-long-island-coast/ …Thanks. Twitter will use this info to make your timeline better. UndoUndo -
"As she grew, the constriction would also slice through her flesh, strangling tissue like a garrote. The line might even amputate her fluke, though infection or starvation would probably do her in first." (via
@NatGeo)https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/2019/01/digit-sperm-whale-saved-from-rope-entanglement-ghost-net-fishing-gear-off-dominica/ …Thanks. Twitter will use this info to make your timeline better. UndoUndo -
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@JSTOR_Daily has a look at the life of Maria Sibylla Merian, the pioneering 17th-century entomologist that our Shinichi Nakahara just named a rare#butterfly after.
https://daily.jstor.org/the-metamorphosis-of-a-17th-century-insect-artist/ …Thanks. Twitter will use this info to make your timeline better. UndoUndo -
What happens when butterflies get sick? If zebra longwing caterpillars survive a baculovirus infection, they can turn into butterflies with dark orange stripes instead of yellow. More details in a new study by
@AndreiMoth: http://journals.fcla.edu/troplep/article/view/107680 …#UFBugs#Butterflies
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The Miami Blue (Cyclargus thomasi bethunebakeri) is considered one of the world’s rarest butterflies. Once common in coastal areas of south Florida, it is now only known to occur at a few sites in the Florida Keys... Thread 1/8pic.twitter.com/anwDJT3RtV
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New year, exciting new projects in the works in the CTL. In the meantime, this little
#archaeology buddy is providing our#WednesdayMotivationhttps://skfb.ly/6EVZ7Thanks. Twitter will use this info to make your timeline better. UndoUndo -
"During his 13 years studying on Guafo Island, Seguel noticed a pattern: in years when the seas were warmer, more pups died." (via
@hakaimagazine )https://www.hakaimagazine.com/news/fur-seals-face-a-wormier-world/ …Thanks. Twitter will use this info to make your timeline better. UndoUndo -
"Dickinson started studying botany at the age of nine and assisting her mother at the garden at twelve, but it wasn’t until she began attending Mount Holyoke in her late teens that she began approaching her botanical zeal with scientific rigor."https://www.brainpickings.org/2017/05/23/emily-dickinson-herbarium/?mc_cid=ff1aba8dfe&mc_eid=59af978989&fbclid=IwAR3C5AMKgW7xWaOMD9yJjjH8KgNu1OjTycLE91axoZe6ujbN5DZi2EbHVvA …
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"The disease, sometimes known as swamp cancer, strikes mostly horses and dogs and has long been known in subtropical areas, including
#Florida." (via@washingtonpost)https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/on-an-island-famous-for-wild-ponies-a-dangerous-infection-is-attacking-horses/2018/12/26/42659c9e-0636-11e9-b6a9-0aa5c2fcc9e4_story.html …Thanks. Twitter will use this info to make your timeline better. UndoUndo -
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Yellow eyelash viper at Arenal National Park, Costa Rica. A beautiful snake siting to usher in a promising New Year for the
#Biodiversity of our planet. We are doing our part@FloridaMuseum#UF to make the world more just for all its creatures.pic.twitter.com/1lgRgBSRxr
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Yum! Parasites! "It’s not clear what exactly has caused the changes in parasite loads in fish, but it’s likely that humans have played a role." (via
@hakaimagazine)https://www.hakaimagazine.com/news/fish-parasites-are-on-the-rise/ …Thanks. Twitter will use this info to make your timeline better. UndoUndo -
Happy
#MolluskMonday! This fantastic Thatcheria mirabilis has an unusual shape to its shell. Little is known about this uncommon deep water species, but other#mollusks in the genus use a complex cocktail of neurotoxins called conotoxins to subdue their prey.#MolluscMondaypic.twitter.com/hKRjzoitpw
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Bonus! The Florida jujube (Ziziphus celata / Pseudoziziphus celata) featured in this story was highlighted recently by our Water Judd,
@UF Distinguished Professor Emeritus.
He gives a little background on this #endangered plant:https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/100years/florida-jujube/ …Show this threadThanks. Twitter will use this info to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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