Fieldworkfail tweets

I'm @JimJourdane, illustrating This account is just created to RT #fieldworkfails! The illustrated fieldworkfails are on @JimJourdane

[Hans Recknagel @hans_recknagel]

Our 'living room' after the last hailstorm. More duct tape than tent now. If you can't duct it, f*** it #fieldworkfail #fieldwork

[Sol Milne, PhD @solomilne]

Having a Tupperware of dung beetle traps (using human 'dung') split open inside my bag after a fall in a 2km hike. Had to go all the way back with a nightmare on my shoulders. #FieldworkFail https://t.co/Y7DLlqDcSw

[@IAmSciComm - On a Break! @iamscicomm]

Do check out this book though, or at least the hashtag (#FieldworkFail) ! You can find the book here: https://t.co/3dMKX50Qcz

It highlights some of the mishaps many field scientists have encountered.

[Dr. Allie Zachwieja 🦴⛰🌏 @aj_zach]

That time ~6 PhDs and 2 candidates (me incl.) spent 25 mins determining what these "beads" were all throughout the assemblage. It was fossilized goat poop #fieldworkfail

[Jim Jourdane @JimJourdane]

At last!! You can now order the #Fieldworkfail Book 😇
https://t.co/DbVXiSfuT8 Fun read for anyone who loves to learn things!

[Sam Hillman @SamHillman]

Methodology was altered slightly due to the fact that the river had disappeared over the weekend #RiverEcology #fieldwork #fieldworkfail

[Dr. Maureen Williams @MoDubs11]

All dressed up, no where to go. Ultimate #fieldworkfail. Booked the van for LAST Friday, the 7th, instead of this Friday, the 14th.

[Mongoose Project @MongooseProject]

When you car trouble *is* your study species #fieldworkfail

[Dr Kat Raines @anchorage40]

And this boys and girls is why you always write fieldnotes in pencil #fieldworkfail #chernobyldiaries

[Jason Gilchrist @jgilchrist13]

Birder colleague. Heard rustle in bush. Crept fwd 2 c wot intrstn bird... Gored by buffalo. Survivd. #FieldWorkFail

[Laura N. Kloepper, Ph.D @ProfLKloepper]

That humbling moment when you fall backwards into a guano pile and have to ask your student to pull you up #fieldworkfail

[Dr Elsa Panciroli @gsciencelady]

Even the experts have bad days. I recently found this note left in place of a specimen. #Oops #ScienceFail

[Aylett Lipford @kataylett]

When your data points are in the ocean #fieldworkfail

[Kickstarter @Kickstarter]

What happens when scientific research goes awry? You've got a #FieldworkFail: https://t.co/Mipv8VRpfs

[Lee @paleeoguy]

(1/?) Digging up a Triceratops. Run out of H2O for plaster. Drive back to camp. Refill H2O. Grab cooler of cold soda... #fieldworkfail

[Mike Allen @mikeallen_eco]

Phone went through the wash in my field pants. Lens permanently blurry. Pics now have that "irresponsible biologist filter" #fieldworkfail

[El Odieuse 🍃 @El_Odieuse]

Studying forest's canopy at night in an aerial lift..that breaks down.Rappel down at 3AM in the dark,trying to avoid branches #FieldworkFail

[Anne Hilborn @AnneWHilborn]

Great unillustrated #fieldworkfail s are by @CoreyWelch_STEM @KaggleRock @jess_carilli @urbanevol @JimJourdane

[Drew @baseandbreak]

Collecting ants w/ aspirator in Broadway street medians. NYPD called, think i'm smoking heroin #fieldworkfail https://t.co/vENeTmtbUs

[Abby Lawson @AbsLawson]

Tried to fix a broken stern light cover. Super glue adhered everywhere, including all 10 fingers. Light still broken. #sigh #fieldworkfail