#zoology academia

[gently-morbid]

oh to be an old university snake specimen in yellowing alcohol

[xicointhewild]

Little fellas who we taked pictures for the museum today

[cashmerecrow]

𝔓𝔬𝔭𝔲𝔩𝔞̈𝔯𝔢 𝔑𝔞𝔱𝔲𝔯𝔤𝔢𝔰𝔠𝔥𝔦𝔠𝔥𝔱𝔢 𝔡𝔢𝔯 𝔡𝔯𝔢𝔦 ℜ𝔢𝔦𝔠𝔥𝔢

𝔙𝔬𝔩. 1 ℨ𝔬𝔬𝔩𝔬𝔤𝔦𝔢

[urban-lad]

ᴄᴀʀᴏʟɪɴᴀ ᴘᴀʀᴀᴋᴇᴇᴛs. One of only three parrot species native to the United States, the Carolina parakeet has been extinct since 1918. Painting (1832) by John James Audubon.

[literaryvein-reblogs]

Some Zoology Vocabulary

for your next poem/story

Aestivation - A period of summer dormancy. Summer dormancy is often exhibited by animals when conditions become unfavourable.

Anthroponosis - An infection or disease that is transmissible from humans to animals under natural conditions.

Arboreal - Used to describe an animal that lives in trees. There are many different arboreal invertebrates including species of ant, tarantula, stick insect and many different species of moth and butterfly.

Book lungs - The main respiratory organ in most arachnids (spiders and scorpions); get their name from the fact that the stacked plates have the appearance of the closed pages of a book.

Coelom - Fluid-filled cavity within the body of an animal; usually refers to a cavity lined with specialized tissue peritoneum in which the gut is suspended.

Eyespots - Markings on an insect, usually on the surface of the fore or hind wings, that resemble a mammalian eye; used to scare off potential predators by making the insect appear to be part of a much larger organism. In some species the eyespots are concealed when at rest but can be 'flashed' at a predator in an attempt to scare them away.

Haemolymph - Insect blood and is the fluid that fills the haemoceol; transfers nutrients from the insect gut to the organs, takes away waste and also transmits hormones.

Hypogeic - Describes organisms that live underground (usually within the soil).

Lepidopterist - An entomologist who specialises in studying butterflies and moths. The name lepidopterist is derived from the name of the Order of butterflies and moths, Lepidoptera.

Osculum - The main opening through which filtered water is discharged. Found in sponges.

Parapodia - A sort of "false foot" formed by extension of the body cavity. Polychaetes and some insect larvae have parapodia in addition to their legs, and these provide extra help in locomotion.

Saproxylic - Describes invertebrates that are dependent on dead or decaying wood (or dependent on other organisms that are themselves dependent on dead wood). These invertebrates may not be dependent on the wood for their entire life cycle but at least some stage is dependent on wood. A good example of this are the larvae of some beetles that feed on decaying wood. The adults may feed on other things (such as nectar).

Thanatosis - "Playing dead"; displayed by many species of insect when they feel threatened by a potential predator. The insect will often fall to the ground and tuck in any protruding legs or antennae. The insect will remain like this for some time, even when prodded or poked by the predator. Some time after the predator has lost interest the insect will start moving again and make its escape. It is commonly found among the beetles - ladybirds are particularly good at 'playing dead'.

Venation - The arrangement (number and position) of veins within an insect's wing; often used as a way of differentiating between species. In early insects, the veins running down the wing (longitudinal veins) were connected by a series of cross veins. Most insect groups have lost, or dramatically reduced the number of, these cross veins. However, some insects such as dragonflies and damselflies have wings that contain many cross veins.

Xylophagous - Describes animals that feed almost exclusively on wood. Insect examples of such animals include furniture beetles and death watch beetle.

Sources: 1 2 3 ⚜ More: Word Lists

[dead-dogs-still-fetch]

A Trip to the Field Museum

Some past photos from my previous trip to the Field Museum last year during a free day. The museum has an amazing collection of specimens and fun temporary exhibits. The one they were hosting when we visited was the Blood Suckers exhibit.

The museum offers free admission days serval times a month for residents or students in Illinois.

[tokyoviee]

distracting you from my messy notes.

what I did this week :

academics

attended a 4 hour lecture in the morning

went to library to do physics and botany

revised breathing and exchange of gases

revised biological classification

watched lectures from pw and biofairy

non academics

journaled this week

watched s1 of kota factory

re watching operation mbbs (for 1938 time)

finished all episodes of skip to loafer

🎧 🍀 : where have you been - rihanna

[kaya-being-an-academic]

Today's day was a bit productive I did self study for about 6 hours which is an improvement cause since few days I was slacking off alot....

I attended my physical lectures after a week today , they were about 4 hours long....

Non academically I started reading "Norwegian Wood" by Murakami today.... Seems like a good book to me....

Also started preparing for an upcoming MUN but still there's a lot of work left to do

Also clicked a few pictures of moon on my way back home <3

Moon is beautiful isn't it ?

All the pics are by me

[xin-bloomx]

the beauty of microscopy

rattus norvegicus

thyreoidea, trachea, esophagus

institute of biology

🧫instagram🧫

[spores-and-such]

Blog intro

Hello! I am a biomedical science student very interested in science and nature, and this is my blog for posting about those things.

I will mostly be posting pictures of and trying to identify fungi I find out and about. I am by no means an expert, this is just something I find fun, a lot of my identification attempts will likely be wrong and so if anyone knows better please feel free to correct me.

As well as fungi I’m interested in microbiology and marine biology, as well as anything to do with animals.

Feel free to request shitty mspaint doodles or posts about a specific organism

(my main blog that I use for fandom stuff is @greyseerthanquol)

[gently-morbid]

Stinkpot Turtle (Sternotherus odoratus) caught and released for a turtle study in a local bayou

Edit: For those curious, this species does have a unique smell. I wouldn’t say it’s awful, but it is strong. In my opinion, it smells like the overpriced soap you can find in any Earthbound Trading Co. It’s a musky/earthy smell.

Another notable thing about this species is its attitude. Stinkpots are very feisty when handled. Most turtles fight being handled, but Stinkpots are known for putting up an unexpectedly big fight for such teeny turtles. This attitude is one of my favorite things about them.

[xicointhewild]

The little foot🤏🤏

[valiant-trashmouth]

How am I supposed to pick just one area of study like

I want to work in the ocean

I want to work with animals

I want to study cool rocks like fuck!!!

Don’t even get me started on alchemy n magic!!

[belovedapollo]

from when I went and visited the Zoological Museum in Hamburg 🪲 reblog is ok, don’t repost/use

[dead-dogs-still-fetch]

The Harvard Museum of Natural History

Some pics from last summer's trip to the Harvard Museum of Natural History. This museum is definitely one of my dreams, from everything to how they display the mounts to the wide variety. The mounts in the museum like most museums within the United States are actually pretty old but just well maintained. Along with taxidermy they also have a wide collection of minerals and anthropology exhibits.

[cashmerecrow]

Visited my local ossuary...