Sand-flies a flying, or sand fleas a fleeingI shan’t discuss; I’d rather be freeingMy mind on more weighty affairs and things,Like angels’ wings and serpents’ and spiders’ stings. Arthur Clifford Hawes, 1893, The Muse Poetic: In Eight Cantos (Canto III, XXIII) Unlike Arthur Clifford Hawes who wrote the poem above, I feel a pressing need…
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What’s in a Name: Shrimp
Shrimp! So, here’s me, an invertebrate paleontologist, thinking I know, I’ll write a blog about shrimp, or more specifically a blog about animals we call shrimp but aren’t. You know, quickly explain what makes a shrimp a shrimp, throw in a quick gif from the movie “Forrest Gump,” and then ramble on about non-shrimps. But…
Read MoreDances with Leeches
Yep…Leeches! This summer, as Dr. Bronwyn Williams and I were planning our annual excursion to New England to collect crayfish for an ongoing pet project of mine, I was told Anna Phillips, Research Zoologist and Curator of Parasitic and Gummi Worms1, at the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, wanted to join us, because…
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