#i visited a museum recently to look at specimens of the poeciliid ive been working on
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When I held these fishes in my hands it brought tears to my eyes.
(Left: Nanobagrus immaculatus; Right, Nanobagrus nebulosus)
#i visited a museum recently to look at specimens of the poeciliid ive been working on#and was allowed to poke around in the bagrids too#this was such a huge deal to me#nanobagrus are kind of representative of the dream ive been chasing#i got to finally see them in real life and even hold them#i am very aware of how small they are in numbers but holding them and really seeing how tiny they are is different#you really grasp how itty bitty they are#that Nanobagrus immaculatus was exactly the maximum size the species is recorded at#it was a big one and it was so so small#i qlso had a lot of complicated feelings about my experience in my bad lab and how i should have had the opportunity to visit a museum#and do this before now#i will for sure in my new lab get to do this stuff#blue skies ahead#but holding these guys was a really big deal to me#also held a jar of Nanobagrus torquatus paratypes but i didn't want to handle them for fear of damaging them#no need to damage a type without reason
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