I keep comparing NMNH to AMNH, because I just can’t help it. I’m at AMNH probably about once a month, so I just know it well. Their fossils of vertebrate origins, dinosaurs, marine reptiles, extinct mammals, and animal relatives are truly amazing. I bet they also have a dandy invertebrate fossil collection, but they don’t [...]
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DC Loves Mollusks, Part the Last: Fossils and Live Ones!
Posted in cuttlefish, fossils, nautilus, octopus on June 2, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Mollusks I’ve met: East Coast Aquariums, part I
Posted in mollusks i've met, nautilus on January 5, 2011 | 1 Comment »
I’m back from epic holiday travels, where I spent some amount of time in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Connecticut, and Massachusetts. I drove through five of those states on the same day, in fact. I was so fortunate during this time to visit two aquariums! I have been to both before, but I [...]
Nautilus Night! Plus weekly linkage.
Posted in fossils, nautilus, octopus, snail on October 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Well, I’m posting during the day, but here’s a photo I took of a chambered nautilus at the New York Aquarium earlier this summer. They have them in a darkened tank with this red lighting, so photography was difficult for my feeble skills. What I came away with is like this nautilus’ indie synth pop [...]
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