😂😂😂

Behold, the #wombat twerk.

#WombatWednesday #fieldwork #Tasmania #MammalWatching #WildOz #wombat s

Rycroft Rugby Rumble at Old Colfeians, SE12, TODAY. 1st game KO 1pm: music, bouncy castles, food vans, all in a brilliant cause. Go if you can, share & donate at RycroftForever.com if you can’t. Any donation helps remember Rycroft by helping other children like him. Thanks!

When you can’t get enough of folks..I love these bastions of Natural History collections - so happy to see them in triple (⁦Jack Ashby⁩ is beheaded in one!)

⁦NatSCA⁩ is in good hands with these folks on committee - ⁦Tannis Davidson⁩ ⁦jennifer gallichan⁩

We get a lot of questions in natural history #museums . The Booth Museum Bts invited visitors to write their Qs on postcards, then staff wrote the answers on the cards, and then put them in albums back in the gallery. [I spy one about platypuses🤓] A great talk at #NatSCA2024 .

There's a story in the news today casting doubt on the idea that #wombats can outpace than Usain Bolt: abc.net.au/news/science/2…
My book #PlatypusMatters adds to the evidence that these brilliant dumpy beasts can indeed run that fast:

Wombat people know this.

My gift to you: a young snow wombat.
#WombatWednesday #fieldwork #Tasmania #wombat #MammalWatching #WildOz #wombat s

My talk, 'Re-presenting representation: complicated identities of celebrated figures' is now on Heritage and Colonialism Discussion Group's channel.
I discuss the eminent Australian scientist, EC Stirling, & explore why narratives about him don't reference his African-Jamaican heritage:
youtu.be/wfU9PhVXx64?si…

Clearly wombats adapting to the English countryside.

Buttongrass Tussocks is such a great name for a character…

Thank you!!

Wombats have the largest brain of any #marsupial . Their blank expressions are just a reflection of the fact that they know they can outsmart you.🧠
#WombatWednesday #fieldwork #Tasmania #wombat s #MammalWatching #WildOz #wombat

Well, shucks. This is nice! 😊
'It is rare to find such an exploration of biology, conservation, behaviour, and cultural significance in such an accessible form. #PlatypusMatters is a triumph of natural history writing'

Uncivilised: Ten Lies That Made The West is brilliant.
With the easy style of a profoundly well-read, witty, wise fictional bartender, Subhadra Das explores how pillars of Western civilisation, from notions of democracy, law, art & science, may not be all they're cracked up to be

A fully-funded PhD studentship at the University of Cambridge to explore South Asian natural history collections at the University Museum of Zoology and University Herbarium, co-supervised across the faculties of history, zoology, plant sciences, and history of science!