Handmade plush. Squid Friends’ mission is to entertain & educate others about our world’s precious marine biodiversity & encourage efforts to preserve it.
Austin, TX
Joined August 2012
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Kristin A Hogan retweeted
best ocean animals you've not heard of, ranked
10. we can't
9. rank
8. them
7. because
6. we're
5. an
4. objective
3. scientific
2. institution
1. decorator crabs, the self-bedazzling con artists who escape predation by velcroing things to themselves for camouflage
ALT a decorator crab resting on barnacle shells with little white pieces of shells stuck all over its back
ALT zoomed in
ALT even more zoomed in
ALT so zoomed in that the crab's eye is daring you to rank another animal higher than it
This caterpillar has Flemeth's hairdo AND I LOVE IT. nitter.cf/hayashi19511112/status…
Kristin A Hogan retweeted
Alsomitra macrocarpa has seeds which use paper-thin wings to disperse like giant gliders. The seeds, which are produced by a football-sized pod, can glide hundreds of metres across the forest buff.ly/2xzxEqt
If you are interested in my #MerMay challenges, they are in weekly digest format here:
patreon.com/kristinahogan
and almost daily on instagram @kristinashleyhogan (I missed a few while I was out at Big Bend National Park).
This #rebrandaspecies is the best and I am so glad to be following so many clever marine biologists.
Kristin A Hogan retweeted
A red tide offshore San Diego is bringing a spectacular display of #bioluminescence to beaches at night, as captured in this photo by John H. Moore. Scripps scientist Michael Latz said the red tide is due to massive numbers of dinoflagellates including Lingulodinium polyedra. 🌊 – at San Diego, CA
Kristin A Hogan retweeted
The older Bill Nye gets the more he looks like Spock and I didn’t realize that was an option for aging but I would like to sign up for that too, please.
This was #MerMay 5, it's a love letter to the greatest ride that ever was. I miss you forever, 20,000 Leagues.
I'm posting #MerMay on my instagram account kristinashleyhogan. Go check it out! Here's MerMay 1
Kristin A Hogan retweeted
Wait, what? This specimen was cataloged as Halichondria panicea (the breadcrumb sponge), with no mention of a hermit crab living within it. Is it like a turducken, with the crab in a shell encased in sponge? #1001 jars @naturalsciences @NaturalistNC
The best thing I've read all day is @MrT's reaction to meeting the First Lady of France. There is still pure and sweet goodness in this world. nitter.cf/MrT
Kristin A Hogan retweeted
Set the sails for celebration! Happy Birthday to Tim Curry: One of our favorite cast mates, ship mates, and friends to ever set sail with us on the silver screen!
Kristin A Hogan retweeted
Polished limestone from Marston Magna, U.K. with a calcite vein which runs across the fossil. This piece shows many cross-sections of ammonites (Promicroceras marsdonensis). Jurassic period, approximately 200 million years old.
Amazing Geologist
