Vikki Smith

Ecologist and zoologist. Things I like: Entomology | Evo devo | Phylogenetics | Mycology | Mental health | Sustainability | Toxicology

[Vikki Smith @WatsonBrick]

@jjcrazi @NZEntoSoc @NZScienceLearn Thanks! It's cos we do not fear #teamgiraffeweevil. Though #teamknobbledweevil is so cute they might steal the show

[Entomological Society of New Zealand @NZEntoSoc]

The black tunnelweb spider has many fans, but also many wary spectators. This video may give you a change of heart? 🖤🕷️ #BugOfTheYear2023

[Vikki Smith @WatsonBrick]

I voted for the tunnelweb spider. Your turn. #bugoftheyear2022 #teamtunnelweb #porrhotheleparty #makewebsnotwar

[Simon Connolly @SimonConnolly95]

Perhaps people should ponder a particular Pūngāwerewere?

Possibly participants would party powerfully for Porrhothele??

Then, it's totally time for Team Tunnelweb!!!

#TeamTunnelweb #PūngāwerewereParty #BugOfTheYear2023

[Stéphane Boyer @Zelpapang]

After 7 years in the making, this paper finally finds its definitive home @PeerComJournal. Luckily preprints allowed to reach a broad readership in the meantime. https://t.co/VyGaBHFAFH Thx to coauthors now in NZ, Australia, S. Africa, USA, France #eDNA #Noninvasive #DNASampling

[Adrian Paterson @Darwinnernz]

In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit... well actually a trapdoor spider. New @ecolincnz article shows the conditions that limit the distribution of NZ Cantuaria spiders at https://t.co/oz5Q1fgUqn. Very Shire-like. @LincolnUniNZ research #Tolkien @WatsonBrick @corvink2

[Professor Niamh Stack @Eavanmac]

In recent years I have felt inept and powerless in trying to help support some students through their darkest times, really welcome the publication of this book by @UofGlasgow @suicideresearch in hopefully helping me feel better informed and better equipped moving forward

[Vikki Smith @WatsonBrick]

@jennypannell Holy crap. I have farmer friends who were all about this protest and I was thinking "WTF guys". Apparently they weren't consulted and it's impossible to meet the demands and they have no feasible alternative than to destroy the environment.

[Vikki Smith @WatsonBrick]

@bearpuffbooks Two words: bitches' britches.

[Vikki Smith @WatsonBrick]

Three super-extra-endangered #endangeredspecies that need a bit more air time: https://t.co/QOwDa3cMKJ #vaquita #knobbledweevil #baishanfir

[Vikki Smith @WatsonBrick]

@bearpuffbooks @SLC_Repayment Yep congratulations! No repayments for you!

[Vikki Smith @WatsonBrick]

#Timemagazine on how #dogtraining is evolving with the help of #evidencebasedmethods - enough #cesarmilan and more #positivereinforcement https://t.co/J0vWxqfI7k

[Vikki Smith @WatsonBrick]

Yet another reason why #grannies are wonderful: https://t.co/kvG0OeWNH3 #grandmothereffect #thegist @GlasgowGist #killerwhales

[Vikki Smith @WatsonBrick]

@MagzMT Which would you rather have: a raspberry, or a weasel?

[Vikki Smith @WatsonBrick]

@Darwinnernz @LincolnUniNZ You don't need to tell EVERYONE...

[Vikki Smith @WatsonBrick]

https://t.co/A1MMlg6F7b How things get where they are! #biogeography

[Peggy Wolven @vexedmuddler]

45 minutes of amblypygi wiggling compressed into 87 seconds, with a very appropriate musical accompaniment of “Pink Deville” by Paul Rothman. This is my amblypygi Ebsie, a Phrynus whitei, moulting at 2am.

[Vikki Smith @WatsonBrick]

Study published on Thursday uses #bigdata to show how US states must work together to prevent the spread of #COVID-19 between states. #PNAS #lockdown https://t.co/U2MYBVKBIK

[Vikki Smith @WatsonBrick]

This is a fantastic comic that I'm going through this morning and thinking about how it pertains to all the things I am trying to accomplish. #amwriting #amdrawing #amsciencing #amtryingtodoeverythingatonce #theredqueen https://t.co/KUG3LQIsHM

[Vikki Smith @WatsonBrick]

@bearpuffbooks My 10 happy things:
-Training animals
-Cycling alongside birds that are flying
-Seeing native animals
-Birds of prey
-Happy dogs
-Writing about science
-Explaining parasite life cycles to people who haven't encountered them before
-Drawing animals
-Dog sports
-Friends and family