Upcoming events 2. Our film night in the chapel at 6 on the 11th December
Be sure to look at our Facebook to vote on which film we should watch and don’t forget to bring snacks 🍿🎬 https://t.co/R7Tz6TG6Hd
Researchers rarely find articulated fossil fish specimens (skeletons with fossilized bones still connected, or in close proximity). Scientists think this specimen was preserved when a group of fish was trapped in a pond after a flood.
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A scientific expedition in the Galapagos Islands discovered about 30 giant tortoises of two species believed to be extinct, including a relative of Lonesome George, long believed to be the last of his lineage
Etymology of the day: ‘rostrum’, a speaker’s platform, is a use of a Latin word for ‘beak’, which came from ‘rodere’, to gnaw (hence ‘rodent’). The speakers’ rostra in the Roman Forum were decorated with the ‘beaks’ or pointed prows of captured warships.
Amazing: a termite track (top) and an ant track (bottom) • each travelling insect is protected by its own column of soldiers, no fights necessary | 📹 via Mehdi Moussaid
Many of the "Christmas jumper day" sweaters are expected to end up as single-use items, as 40% of Christmas jumpers are only worn once over the festive period, and one in three adults under 35 buys a new Christmas jumper every year. https://t.co/a9ubkqL9bM
Upcoming events 2. Our film night in the chapel at 6 on the 11th December
Be sure to look at our Facebook to vote on which film we should watch and don’t forget to bring snacks 🍿🎬 https://t.co/R7Tz6TG6Hd
The #Zoological Society @QMZooSoc will host 'Love The Oceans #Marine#Conservation Charity Talk', This Friday 6th December. Francesca Trotman, founder of the charity, will discuss the charity's work and volunteering opportunities. more info here https://t.co/AbPHchL8tN
One of the biggest scientific discoveries of 2019 was that a million species are at risk of extinction 😥 Add your #VoiceForThePlanet today and urge world leaders to #ActForNature https://t.co/Xz6p5iKbmy 🙏🐼💚
Upcoming events 3. Our final event of the year and trip to Rainham Marshes with the one and only professor Andrew Leitch in collab with the @QM_BioSoc 🦆 https://t.co/xbuMvY3S5Z
Healed bite marks in fossilized tyrannosaur skulls suggest they regularly engaged in face-biting behaviour. This Gorgosaurus upper jaw is an extreme example, with five raised scars. #FossilsInFocus#FossilFriday https://t.co/9uf4TSu4dS