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Librarian @MuseumsVictoria / Adjunct Lecturer @SISCSU / Rare books, cataloguing, marketing. Views expressed are my personal views. She/her 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇦🇺

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Yesterday I learned that only 3% of bird species have penises (thanks )

Ducks, geese, swans, and large flightless birds like ostriches & emus have penises, while species such as owls, eagles and flamingos have completely lost their penises over time!

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2019-03-28

When you and bae eat too much at dinner and have to go out back for a nap (aka. me on Christmas Day 2016)

These turgid creatures are Cape golden moles, native to some regions of South Africa

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2019-03-27

Lots and lots of busy, busy bugs transforming 🐛

Two plates from Transactions of (1898-1901) via - https://t.co/tbXeSt0Lnn

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2019-03-26

Don’t forget to stop and smell the flowers this weekend! 🌷💕💐

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2019-03-23

I've heard the phrase 'the hills have eyes', but I've never heard 'the ground has teeth' before 🤔

Edward Lear kangaroo from 'Transactions of the Zoological Society of London', v.1 (1835)

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2019-03-19

"Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio, a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy..."

How come this Loris looks like it's doing Shakespeare in the park?!

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2019-03-13

A closer look at the frontispiece in the 1730 Ed of Maria Sibylla Merian's work on the insects of Suriname: just to the left of the cherub's bum, I've only just noticed a miniature version of the book plus the pineapple from one of the plates growing in a pot!

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2019-03-12

Lilian Medland devoted her time to painting the birds of Britain, and later Australia and yet has not received the recognition she deserves - she is mentioned on the but only under her husband’s entry. Not good enough!

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2019-03-08

For some in the animal kingdom, every day is Fat Tuesday

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2019-03-05