Kane Fleury

Assistant Curator of Natural Sciences at @otagomuseum Also prone to surfing, cycling, taking photos and all shenanigans natural history.

[worms cited @christapeterso]

i spent 2 hours curating a twitter blue screenshot storyline for my parents so here u go, for your own offline friends that want to have fun:

DAY 1 – ARRIVAL

[Kane Fleury @KaneFleury]

I really do wish that when people sent in photos of spiders for ID to museums that they were of a quality where you can see the spider.

[Kane Fleury @KaneFleury]

@RobSuisted Nice to meet you today @RobSuisted! Looking forward to seeing your photos when they are printed!

[Alexander Kotrschal @KotrschalA]

It's not pretty - but it is huge!!!
A new bony fish world record: Sunfish (Mola alexandrini) found dead at the Azores with 2744kg / 325cm 🤯
https://t.co/t1aKKnjvtb

[Kane Fleury @KaneFleury]

@simondema I am very much interested to see your updates on this fish! Exciting 🤓!

[Angela Cuming @AngelaCuming]

“We’ve got a very low rate of sea level rise here in Dunedin because the ocean’s quite cold,” says new @DnCityCouncil Mayor Jules Radich. 🧐

[Kane Fleury @KaneFleury]

And Episode 9 about Andreas Rischek - https://t.co/fJFU4hIVsV

[Kane Fleury @KaneFleury]

Earlier this year I joined the @OSMDunedin team on a trip to the southern fiords, Preservation and Chalky Inlets. They were making a documentary about the history of this area which was a once bustling area but is now a remote hard-to-access area of NZ. https://t.co/WpKdQzzzW0

[Kane Fleury @KaneFleury]

I feature prominently in Episode 3 about the whalers of Cuttle Cove https://t.co/tXOW0Nc2pk

[Nanana @ArchivesAreCool]

#archivesproblems #digitization !B

[Kane Fleury @KaneFleury]

@BurnsByProxy @TayTalksTrees @Charlotterubyp My great great grandfather drove the first tram to St Kilda. Fun fact.

[Kane Fleury @KaneFleury]

It's international car free day today. So i rode to work to @OtagoMuseum like i do most days. This is my bike. A leader track bike with a practical front basket flatbar combo. This was originally my buddy Dylan's bike and his mum gifted it to me when he died.

[Kane Fleury @KaneFleury]

@cpaintingnz What trailer do you have Chrissie?

[Kane Fleury @KaneFleury]

@taratronic @DiatomAppSoc This is an image I took of a slide mount that is in the @OtagoMuseum collection.

[Kane Fleury @KaneFleury]

Fun panel discussion yesterday on visualising science. I talked about portraying stories through images. Photos from @OtagoMuseum by me

70 Kea beaks that were collected as part of the bounty system in which you could get payment for killing these birds, almost to extinction. 1/8

[Priscilla Wehi @CillaWehi]

Visualising science: a really fun panel today with @KaneFleury & @MorganeMerien. Everything from film to comics to “Bughunter!” on TVNZ on demand) to Kane’s incredible photos 1/3

[Hayden Donnell @HaydenDonnell]

Economist: safer speeds is stupid. They need to subject it to a proper cost-benefit analysis
People: they did one and it showed $7.70 in benefits for every $1 spent
Economist: glerrrghgh ah well actually I'll need to carry out a robust analysis of that analysis

[GSNZ @GeoscienceNZ]

Kia ora e hoa mā (hello friends) 👋
Ko ngā kupu o te Rāapa he (Wednesday's words are) smokin' hot (once upon a time anyway) toka ngiha - igenous rocks ⬇️
Can you guess which one gives its name to the place in Aotearoa where it is found?

[Kane Fleury @KaneFleury]

@katecurtis42 Pretty sure we are still using some of that furniture. What a great surprise in some iconic books!

[GSNZ @GeoscienceNZ]

It's Te Wiki o te Reo Māori, Māori Language Week so we're celebrating by sharing some Reo names for common rocks and processes. We'll have a different focus for each day, so stay tuned! 🙌
Ngā kupu o te Rāhina (Monday's words) describe some toka parataiao - sedimentary rocks ⬇️

[Kane Fleury @KaneFleury]

@LochCarolina @OtagoMuseum @otago This photo tells me we need more ridable exhibits. Good to have comparative anatomy classes back! 🙌