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This beluga whale looks completely harmless and adorable but it is actually a dangerous Russian spy

Look at its face: you can tell it's hiding state secrets and planning many treasons

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2019-04-30

Dig this of a Chelonia Imbricata, the found in, "North American Herpetology; Or, a Description of the Inhabiting the United States, 1842" by John Edwards Holbrook from our Collection. Leatherback sea can weigh up to 2,000 pounds!

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2019-04-26

Today is so I just want to say *THANKS BATS* for eating all of my figs this year before I got a chance to pick them, and also for pooping all over the yard. Great effort this year 👏

from Proceedings from 1880

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2019-04-17

John Gould is famous for his works on birds, but when he visited Australia in 1838, encouraged him to also study the mammals.

He was particularly fascinated with the red kangaroo, which he considered a zoological marvel

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2019-04-16

TFW you're deathly hungover but all you have to eat in the house is healthy food

I *think* this is an opossum, and the is from 'Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur' (1774-1855)

https://t.co/Dy9TVZDU6u

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2019-04-13

So here is plate 45 from 's copy of Merian's Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium (RBR QL466.M47 1705) and I need your help, twitter:

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2019-04-11

TFW it's school holidays and you're somewhere between just needing five minutes to yourself, and leaving those two yapping little shits in the nest and flying off to Mexico

I mean, I don't have kids, I'm just going off the look on the adult bird's face🤷‍♀️

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2019-04-11

Here’s a binding that made me go 😍😍😍 this morning on v. 1 of our Aldine “Opera Graece”, 1495-1498, RBR Q151 .A685 1495 folio

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2019-04-06

History at Doyle! The catalogue for our Rare Books, Autographs & Maps auction is now online at https://t.co/sIWigiO4bb. Exhibition opens April 13. Auction April 17.
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2019-04-03

Just added 6 concerning to our website. Read here:
https://t.co/B2Fz7wNLaN

Authors incl. Pius V and Filippo Arena. Illustration from Arena's "La natura, e coltura de' fiori fisicamente esposta" (1767-8):

https://t.co/kn9APbFnap

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2019-04-03

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

Honored by the & governments, was attracted by the aggressiveness of Amazon like thorny & sometimes home to scorpions.


📷: "#Bromelia anticantha Bertol." In our

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2019-03-22

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

Calling undergrads & alumni curious about & more! Kick off your by applying to our Postgraduate in Apply by April 1: https://t.co/KymCtatki3.

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2019-03-18

The songs & tunes of musicians the Howling Gaels come to for SOLD OUT tonight—be lucky like a & get tickets for tomorrow: https://t.co/9rPCOHjzeU.
📷: Only regular in our

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2019-03-18

"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