Marine biologist 🪸, museum educator🏛️, mangrove doctor🌿. https://bsky.app/profile/jethompson.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/jethompson.bsky.social/post/3lizwbsmpqc2xEver discovered a new species during an international flight? Smithsonian Postdoc Paula Rodríguez-Flores has! https://ocean.si.edu/conservation/gulf-oil-spill/surprising-squat-lobster-discovery-sky25 Feb 2025 22:34 +0000at://did:plc:qga7hv3pfrl2o7tilrnw6rti/app.bsky.feed.post/3lizwbsmpqc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/jethompson.bsky.social/post/3lgvcmixsq22kSince my undergraduate invertebrate zoology class I took almost a decade ago I have forgotten that velvet worms have oral papillae that shoot slime. I got to relearn it yesterday, and it was magical! 🧪 https://www.horizons-mag.ch/2023/03/02/deciphering-a-natural-super-glue/29 Jan 2025 15:41 +0000at://did:plc:qga7hv3pfrl2o7tilrnw6rti/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgvcmixsq22khttps://bsky.app/profile/jethompson.bsky.social/post/3lgtg2htcxs2iIT'S BAD https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/art/2025/01/28/smithsonian-closes-diversity-office-hiring-freeze/28 Jan 2025 21:37 +0000at://did:plc:qga7hv3pfrl2o7tilrnw6rti/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgtg2htcxs2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/jethompson.bsky.social/post/3lgsrehrxyc2eHave you guys been seeing this crab everywhere? He was collected as part of efforts to restore the Gulf of mexico seafloor! Follow the link to learn more! https://ocean.si.edu/conservation/gulf-oil-spill/deep-gulf-restoration-after-monumental-oil-spill [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Jan 2025 15:27 +0000at://did:plc:qga7hv3pfrl2o7tilrnw6rti/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgsrehrxyc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/jethompson.bsky.social/post/3kdrnnyeh6b2jLearning they named the most recently discovered whale species (described in 2021) after a person09 Nov 2023 19:06 +0000at://did:plc:qga7hv3pfrl2o7tilrnw6rti/app.bsky.feed.post/3kdrnnyeh6b2j