Peter Velazquez

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@NutmegSomething @trippletweets This is the range of Sand hill cranes. Seems we might get to seem them durring migration.

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@NutmegSomething @FieldMuseum incredible how pterosaurs like this roamed the skys. We have no modern modern analogs to compare them to.

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@NutmegSomething This is a picture of me holding a crested gecko taken last year. Did you know these little guys like to jump?

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@NutmegSomething dug this carrot from out of my vegetable garden. I wonder why it looks like this. Could it be some sort of mutation?

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Tiktaalik had small legs, long body, eyes on top of it head like a croc. Is this convergent evolution?

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Tiktaalik is considered a transitionary step from fish to tetrapods.

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@NutmegSomething thank you

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@NutmegSomething scientists have yet to explain the reasoning for this.

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@NutmegSomething Have you ever noticed that there are no purple, blue or even green mammals? Mammals can only produce earthly pigments.

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@NutmegSomething Did you know some paleontologists believe a number of sauropod species may have had trunks? Skulls seem to suggest this.

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@NutmegSomething (2 of 2) octopi, mongooses, and some snakes. It allows prey animals to have a wider field of view and keep watch for danger

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@NutmegSomething Ever wondered why some animals have horizontal slit pupils? Some examples would include some frogs/toads, goats...(1 of 2)

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@NutmegSomething Did you know there are fish that can't swim? The red lipped batfish uses its modified fins to walk on the sea floor.

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@NutmegSomething I'm not quite sure what these bumps on the underside of its jaw are for. Maybe for sensing water vibrations when hunting?

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@NutmegSomething Did you know crocodilians have some the strongest bite force in the animal kingdom?

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@NutmegSomething A taxidermy alligator head and claw I bought from my trip to florida this year. (1 of 3)

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Self-explanatory

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@NutmegSomething I believe its when one gene is dominant and overshadows another recessive one.

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@NutmegSomething Did you know, there is a gene mutation in zebrafish named Rolling Stones named after the rock band "The Rolling Stones"?