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Following the photography theme today:
A crucial piece of equipment in our collections - the HerbScan machine for imaging pressed botanical specimens without turning them upside down.
We can then share the high quality photos for science, art and museum lovers!

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2020-05-29

And we are done! And made some sort of interesting specimen of a Spore creation 😂 Will see you all next time!

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2020-05-29

Ahhh hello. Not a lady, but a very effeminate blood elf boy here. ;u; Since you still had this pinned I figured I'd try!
Diphda is a rather short specimen, standing at only 5'2.

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2020-05-25

Some of plant specimens collected by Ynes Mexia can be found digitized at the NYBG Steere Herbarium. https://t.co/KVviIXSnnG

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2020-05-24

And now the reconstruction itself
Juvenile Guanlong wucaii based on a nearly complete paratype specimen (IVPP V14532).
Despite being well preserved it’s not very well described but I hope it’ll change in the future
P.4

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2020-05-24

populator specimen discovered in the Cuvieri Cave in Brazil!

Artur Chahud

https://t.co/FQqUKJsxOL

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2020-05-22

For (and to coincide with the 10th anniversary of 's VMMB re-opening), here's the holotype foot of the ornithomimid Struthiomimus altus from the CMN collections, alongside images from Lambe's 1902 description of the specimen.

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2020-05-22

Spending the morning trying to draw things from a dream, and remembering I never posted these excellent specimens sleep-me came up with.

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2020-05-19

"He was such a dashing specimen too, with a bony, sophisticated face—really quite old, well into his twenties—and elaborate blonde hair. His sleeves trailed longer than any in the Square, all scalloped edges and silver insets."

The Wizard Howl, from Howl's Moving Castle

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2020-05-17

hello, thank you for hosting this! i’m a hobbyist so my goals are a bit silly, mainly just trying to be more social and have more eyes looking at my doodles. a lot of what i do is nsfw but here’s a couple of sfw specimens:

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2020-05-15

Data, samples and specimens collected during the HMS Challenger voyage from nearly 150 years ago can be used to measure the effects of change today. The published reports from the expedition are freely available via https://t.co/5nqd4cBYwE

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2020-05-15

In some specimens, you’re also able to see the transition between the annulations of the head and frontal appendage and the smooth cuticle of the trunk.

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2020-05-15

I've been updating Wikipedia species pages with details of important & type specimens . Its nice when I find info about the specimens is already there, such as the types of the Himalayan Quail which were painted by both Edward Lear, for the description, & John Gould

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2020-05-14

anyone hear about that new spinosaurus specimen

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2020-05-11

day 9: blanket octopus!

this cephalopod is most known for the incredibly long webbing connecting its tentacles, a trait only found in female specimens!

males are only about the size of a walnut, while females have been shown to get up to 6 feet in length!

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2020-05-11

Fernandez Dumont et al. (2020) describe new specimens of the notosuchian Araripesuchus buitreraensis, from Argentinian Patagonia, revealing new morphological information. https://t.co/zJWyW5sCNt

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2020-05-08

Mrs. Hussey collected mushroom specimens and made beautiful illustrations like this one of a poisonous, carrion-scented mushroom. She published 163 such plates in "Illustrations of British Mycology".

"Devil's Mushroom/Boletus satanas"
Anna Maria Hussey
1847
Watercolor on Paper

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2020-05-07

⁦Two posts for the last day of the fabulous ⁩‘s special session for ⁦⁩ The first shows three plates of c. 1755 featuring botanical specimens culled from London‘s Chelsea Physic Garden, expanded under Hans Sloane in 1713

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2020-05-07

the specimen has broken free and she wants a kiss!!

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2020-05-04