Maris Brenn-White

Wildlife veterinarian, epidemiologist | Research Fellow, Institute for Conservation Medicine @stlzoo | Health at the human-non-human animal interface | she/her

[Maris Brenn-White @ConsMedDvm]

This is an extra handmade postcard from a get out the vote campaign for the last presidential election. Voting, helping others to vote, and holding my representatives accountable are some of the ways I combat climate change - item 11

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Favorite sustainable recipe - item 30
1) Let rescue ducks forage in your yard
2) Find their eggs that they refuse to lay in their nest box
3) Fry it up
4) Yum

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[Maris Brenn-White @ConsMedDvm]

@moore_evo_eco Rat snakes = 100% boopable

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@sachaheath pointed out that having these books seared into your early childhood memories may not be a universal experience, so let me point out that these are *Golden* Guides. We have a whole collection if anyone wants dated info & vintage illustrations of other topics :).

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Golden ratio - item 34

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This commensal ciliate is swimming around in a snapping turtle fecal sample wishing it was still inside inside the snapper snackin away and digesting cellulose on behalf of its host - item 9 - mutualism

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Caught @sachaheath in the act of increasing biodiversity locally bu tending to our (really her, I have zero green thumb) native flowering plant garden - item 26

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@moore_evo_eco @stlzoo @LECBiodiversity That's my #2 zoo spot! Great minds, clearly ;)

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Found a wood snackin beetle snackin on some wood like a good wood snackin beetle should - item 1 - herbivore

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The smiles these two pulled out after 6 hours of schlepping through the honeysuckle looking for box turtles bodes well for a great field season 🐢🐸🌿🔬🧪! Item 32 - field scientists in the making doing labwork. #TeamOneHealth #LECBioHunt @LECBiodiversity

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A very brick city star - item 20

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Squirrel nest - item 2

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Favorite biodiversity-related book from an STL-based author is this 🔥 piece by 2 young naturalists who were holding a book signing at a yard sale last weekend - item 5. Animal highlighted below chosen in honor of teammate @DrKLDG 🦝🌆 #TeamOneHealth #LECBioHunt @LECBiodiversity

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@DrKLDG @LECBiodiversity @Oreotrephes Nice! Where was this in the park? Looks like one we've notched before.

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*dorsal fins that is

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Wildly inaccurate. If fish had prehensile dorsal find, I definitely would have tried to hold hands with one by now. Item 23

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2.75 years into my fellowship and I just noticed that the Zoo has animal-based parking lot zones. I've had a friendly jumping spider watching over the Subaru all this time - item 35.

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Snacking silkworms - item 27

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These giant spiny sticks are well named - item 31

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This one's for you @moore_evo_eco - these elegant ladies are feet from my Zoo office and my favorite midday meditation space - item 8

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Bee hotel at @stlzoo pollinator garden - thanks insectarium bringing awareness of native biodiversity to campus! item 25

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