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Texas Parks and Wildlife Coastal Fisheries; FFI Fly Casting Instructor. Constantly curious. Freelance outdoor writer and occasional blogger. Views are my own.

Corpus Christi, Tx
Joined July 2012
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Stag beetle vs giant robot stag beetle - GO!
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You know which municipality you live in, but political boundaries are meaningless to deer, & other #urbanwildlife. We're working with your municipalities in #yyj to understand how many #urbandeer there are & how they use space to inform effective management. #Esquimalt #OakBay
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Spot Mini shows off its tricks #TCRobotics
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My son's a little worried that Santa may skip our house because he was sometimes bad this year. I explained that Santa uses an exponentially weighted moving average to compute your goodness score, so more recent datapoints dominate and he's probably fine.
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I think I did a triple-take when I found this little moth. Only about 12mm and an incredible wasp mimic - in appearance and the way it flew (Similipepsis sp.)
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What happens when a wasp induces a gall on an oak tree? Find out at 11:00am in Genomics of Adaptation, Room 302 #EntSoc17
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Who said baseball was too long and boring🤔🤔🤔?? #HR4HR
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Humans aren't descended from chimps, nor any living monkey, but share a common ancestor with them #MyOneScienceTweet teapawt.org/entoludwick/status/923…
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#whitetail #deer in the #Alberta #boreal: They don't belong, but are everywhere.
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Using the @SoundMetrics #ARIS sonar to study Wels catfish behaviour in lake Båven Sweden. Awesome technology! @SLU_aqua
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Im going to do a Halloween set of factoids on deadly, dangerous and damaging weeds. Send me your suggestions! #weedhorrorshow
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New explanation of #seabird wing colours! Black surface absorbs sunlight, lowering drag and generating extra lift newscientist.com/article/mg2…
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“The most dangerous worldview is the worldview of those who have not viewed the world” ― Alexander von Humboldt
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Holy crap. Malware hidden in a strand of DNA hijacks the computer that analyzes that particular gene sequence. wired.com/story/malware-dna-…
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That's a beaut! Still waiting to get a big girl on the fly!
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High-contrast Great Basin Rattlesnake from Idaho
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