nature_jcp @nature_jcp@qoto.org
Assistant Collection Manager (retired), Canadian Museum of Nature. Marine biology, museology & SPNHC, with chocolate & 1% knitted content.
Joined Nov 2022
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There are few soil organisms more wonderful than Pseudoscorpions, it's always a joy to find one when I'm out with my camera!
This stout little murder machine is a compost chernes (Pselaphochernes scorpioides), found on decaying leaves in an open compost heap.
#MacroPhotography #SoilFauna #Pseudoscorpion #Arachnid #MesoFauna #SoilBiodiversity #SoilEcology
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Hi! I'm sure Mastodon isn't the place to do this - but I'm really proud of this so I'm sharing (and maybe it might help folks looking for unusual #christmas presents...)
From January, the #Natural History Museum in London is going to be offering six week online short courses taught by #Museum experts. And the first two courses are on the #evolution of life and the exploration of the solar system (incl. #artemis etc). The lectures are really cool.
https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/courses-and-students/NHM_Masterclass.html
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Looks like the sunshine isn't going to last long. Good thing I'm close to home.
Off for a walk on a sunny morning. These soccer fields are quieter (and colder) than others this week.
Reason number 487 why retirement doesn't suck: Today I learned what a "mouse jiggler" is. Apparently not as cruel to rodents as I thought it might be.
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#Introduction Another rat swimming over from the sinking ship. I am retired #museum person who takes #photos on my walks, enjoying #nature even more now that it's not a 9-5 job.
Assistant Collection Manager (retired), Canadian Museum of Nature. Marine biology, museology & SPNHC, with chocolate & 1% knitted content.
Joined Nov 2022
