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Wow~ This gorgeous of the Magnolia altissima is stunning! Also known as the southern this can be found in, "The Natural History of Florida, and the Bahama Islands, 1771" by Mark Catesby and George Edwards from our collection.

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2019-05-30

Our June & auction is now online, featuring a fine & rare set of 24 globe gores for a 42 inch terrestrial globe by & much more! View the full sale catalogue here: https://t.co/OvgSellzLq

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2019-05-27

"It is mine, I tell you. My own. My precious!"

Odd looking monkey from 'Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur' (1774-1855)


➡️https://t.co/Dy9TVZVuY2

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2019-05-21

What did one bee say to the other when they landed on the same flower?

Buzz off.

I'll quit pollen your leg now and wish everyone a happy particularly the entomologists I share an office with!🐝

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2019-05-20

Enjoy botanical for "Icones plantarum rariorum Horti Regii Botanici Berolinensis" (1840-44) illustrated & described new or little-known plants grown at the Berlin Botanic Gardens. This is available in via : https://t.co/mgOBg2ew90

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2019-05-17

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

The 12 plates in Thomas Pennant's "Indian Zoology" (1769) were engraved by Peter Mazell from provided by Gideon Loten, once governor of Ceylon. The original drawings were later lost in a shipwreck. Explore this in via : https://t.co/oXQb7YyAH4

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2019-04-16

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

"Testacea utriusque siciliae eorumque historia et anatome" (1791-1827) on the mollusks of Sicily is the most important Italian malacological work of the latter 1700s. Explore this in via ➡️ https://t.co/A2Q9ghrkCp 🐚🐚🐚

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2019-04-08

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

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