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Watercolour, from my book. I adored visiting London's for all the specimens, as it gives great fodder for practise.

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2020-04-16

I'm happy to see that the A. jimmadseni name has finally been formalised. A truly wonderful set of specimens, congrats to Chure & Loewen! On a nostalgic level, it's also nice to see that good ol' "Big Al" has at last been formally assigned to a species! https://t.co/ZUkNeIUnTH

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2020-01-24

Our prompt for day 6 is SPECIMEN! Show us your best study skins, formalin fixed specimens, skulls, etc.

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2019-10-06

Day 19: Sassy
This proud mercat mom knows that her children are the perfect specimens, and she knows you know it to
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2019-05-20

We are celebrating reaching over 4000 followers on twitter 🥳and have been looking for something to thank all our followers with. What could be better than a bunch of flowers? A bunch of flowers made from 4,000 digital specimens, that's what! THANK YOU!

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2019-01-30

We talk about the ‘ick factor’ of fluid specimens, visitor enjoyment of (and reactions to) collections, and how natural history has become kind of sexy again. Curious? Tune in here: https://t.co/4f112UsRMc

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2018-11-19

Visitors to the Museum were once greeted by some amazing natural history specimens, including these giraffes. But when and how did they arrive here? 🦒🏛️

Archivist Francesca Hillier details her detective work in this video: https://t.co/Toq1WN4Dye

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2018-02-07