Ok nerds, here's a link to the pdf of my article, "Building Blood": An Ethnographic Look at Plants in Medicine and Myth among the Mopan Maya of San José, Belize. The illustrations for our article are based on photos I took while doing fieldwork in Belize.
https://t.co/uoK09I3wkZ

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What a wonderful bird covered in black feathers and has an orange beak. But do you know that toucan's bill releases heat? It is the national bird of Belize. Cute cursor with Toucan.
https://t.co/kJteDA61WK

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Spooky Week: Central American edition 🕸
Tata Duende or Nukux Tat 👻

The Tata Duende is a goblin of folklore from Belize. The Tata Duende is famous folklore common to the Yucatec Maya culture. In Yucatec Maya, he is known as Nukux Tat

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You go bowling. He’s surprised you haven’t heard of him. He orders drinks and wings and pays for everything. He’s been to every country and has to cut the date early to catch a flight to Belize. He’s interesting, but ultimately you don’t call back; he just seems kind of empty.

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Tried my hand at illustrating something on a much larger scale, so I choose a cross-section of the Great Blue Hole in Belize.

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Last month, the received a field research update from grad student Elyse Ellsworth who the Zoo is funding to study Central American river turtles (aka hicatee) in Belize. Learn more at https://t.co/6EmWdpzHnw!

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This is the actual profile pic of John McAfee (), millionaire creator of McAfee antivirus software.

He is currently running for US president.

He is also currently on the run from the US government & has been accused of murder in Belize.

Bizarre Adventure indeed.

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A ‘painter’s palette’ made by cutting a conch shell in half. Recovered from Burial 7 at the Ancient Maya city of Cahal Pech, Belize. Photo by Catharina Santasilia.

More details in my article here: https://t.co/ofIH7Xyk8S

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. & have teamed up to explore the in Their initiative aims to explore the depth of the cave, which has never been done before, and answer the question of what lies at the bottom. https://t.co/0Wv7mOLKhd

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Great Blue Hole, Belize.

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