Studied the almighty tuatara, love science, almost always eating something. Teaching zoology at U. of Otago. She/her

Aotearoa/New Zealand
Joined January 2017
Finally, you can now cite a great paper when you explain to people that "owners are the problem, not dogs!" - also as a side note, my own doggo is a data point, so pretty cool ;) science.org/doi/10.1126/scie…
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What a perfect day to take students out and look at freshwater critters
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Replying to @SophieFern
Tomorrow should be fine 😊
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This book by Alison Cree on tuatara is amazing! We learn so much about NZ,its history and NZ reptiles
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Lots of yummy food from different countries and the cheese was gone by the end of the evening. Well done people 👏
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Found the smelliest French cheese for our International Food Happy Hour at @Zoology_Otago How many will dare to try it?🤔 Stay tuned 😉
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We took students to a field trip yesterday and a lovely wasp decided to land on THE wasp expert @detoni_mateus. She knew!
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Let’s start with the incredible Euphione squamosa or sea mouse. A pretty unusual-looking polychaete worm. They are found on the rocky shore, hiding between rocks looking for tasty crustaceans, or small molluscs to snack on.
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