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Scared of snakes? No worries: This one’s a lizard! Unlike snakes, the slender glass lizard has blinking eyelids. It also has earholes, whereas snakes “hear” through vibrations. And while snakes can dislocate their jaw bones to swallow large prey whole, this lizard can't.

An adult Nile crocodile can grow up to 20 ft (6.1 m) long & weigh 1,650 lbs (748.4 kg kg), but it's born from an egg that weighs only 4 oz (0.1 kg). Temperature affects the sex of baby crocs: Females hatch from cooler eggs, below 87° F (31° C), while males hatch from warmer eggs!

Meet a master of disguise, the mimic octopus! To protect itself from foes, this cephalopod masquerades as more dangerous animals. By contorting its body & using color-changing cells in its skin, it can take on the appearance of sea snakes, lionfish, & other toxic ocean-dwellers.

Despite its size, this critter is more closely related to elephants than shrews! Meet the black & rufous elephant shrew, a distant relative of manatees & hyraxes. This fast-moving mammal creates networks of foraging trails to patrol its territory & to escape from foes.

Meow, it’s Caturday! Say “hello” to the clouded leopard. This cat, which can open its mouth wider than any other, has the longest canine teeth relative to body size of any living felid—earning it the nickname of a “modern-day saber tooth!”

Hoo is this big-eyed bird? The Eastern Screech-Owl that’s hoo! This bird of prey is on the smaller end–about the size of a robin–and inhabits woodlands in the eastern USA. Despite its name, its calls sound more like soft trills than screeches.

Happy #FossilFriday ! Meet the short-necked plesiosaur, Cryptocleidus oxoniensis. This marine reptile’s short tail could only function as a rudder, leaving the limbs as its main organ of propulsion.

Have you ever seen the red-shanked douc? The markings on this fashionable primate’s legs resemble bright red trousers! This monkey is a picky eater that closely inspects food, such as fruit & leaves, before consumption. It prefers unripe fruit and young leaves.

Are you in the #NYC area and looking for some fun? Join us this Saturday at American Museum of Natural History for EarthFest'24! Play games, learn cool science, and walk away with some exclusive #IODP goodies.

We'll be in the Hall of Ocean Life 10am-4pm on Saturday, April 27th. Don't miss it!

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Have you ever noticed this gigantic mosquito at the Museum? It's a scaled-up (47x larger than life) model of Anopheles maculipennis, one of a handful of mosquitoes responsible for malaria transmission in humans. When this model debuted in 1917, the idea that the mosquito, not…

This Saturday, #EarthFest is returning to our partners at American Museum of Natural History with a full day of family-friendly activities. Free with museum admission, attendees can build their own solar “car” with our partners at Solar One, and much more. Don't miss out! #EarthMonth

Get to know the largest member of the dog family in South America: the maned wolf. Standing about 3 ft (0.9 m) tall at the shoulder, this critter dines on small mammals, fish, reptiles, & birds. It communicates with deep, gruff roar-like barks.

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Name that cetacean! Found in waters off the coasts of Southeast Asia, this marine mammal inhabits both fresh and saltwater. It dines on squid, crustaceans, & small fishes. True to its name, it has no dorsal fin. Have you guessed it yet? It’s the Indo-Pacific finless porpoise!

Recommending the Invisible World exhibit at the American Museum of Natural History what a cool experience for kids and adults alike. We had a blast !

It’s Trilobite Tuesday! For more than 250 million years, trilobites existed in Earth’s Paleozoic seas—evolving into more than 25,000 scientifically recognized species. But what did the first trilobite look like? We may never know for certain, but it might have resembled this…

Today at the American Museum of Natural History, learning about mammals, oceanic life, biodiversity, and the universe. PS#1 Let’s go bulls.
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Echoes in time (my afternoon at the American Museum of Natural History )

How is the sloth bear’s (Melursus ursinus) long hair used for protection? When this animal goes after termites, a key food source, longer hair helps prevent bites! It has another safeguard: when chowing down on insects: it’s also able to completely close its nostrils to avoid…