Mar. 4th, 2013

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I have one more day's worth of photos to share, but there's a lot of them and I don't want these two to get buried:

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Here's my pal [livejournal.com profile] rockbalancer taking a picture of a very active scolopendra. This genus of centipedes is large, fast, and bears a venomous sting in its front legs that reportedly hurts like a bastard. I'm not allowed to have one as a pet.

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This little wolf spider is packed with personality! She's only about an inch and a half in scrunched-up diameter.
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Here is my wonderful entomologist friend [livejournal.com profile] rockbalancer taking us on a behind-the-scenes tour of the Natural History Museum. She's holding an insect with astounding cryptic shape and color making it look like a damaged leaf. These are in the same group as walking sticks--us bug nerds call them all "phasmids."
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What's the name of that movie where the museum exhibits come to life at night? Is it Jurassic Park? Here's a feathery little t-rex--the museum's approximation of a seven year old animal.

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