Hey Field Fam! 👋
Our time on Twitter has come to a close, and this account will be archived soon. Thank you to all those who joined us for 18 years of facts and fun! 💙
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In #UnseenOceans:
🪼 Encounter glow-in-the-dark fish and plankton.
🪼 Pilot through the depths in an interactive submersible game.
🪼 Meet real-life seahorses, eels, and jellies up close.
Plan your visit. 🌊 fieldmuseum.io/UnseenOceans
Male roseate spoonbills are known to bob their head and shake nearby twigs to gain a female's attention. 🥰
Once they've successfully matched, males gather those shaken sticks and present them to their date to build a nest together. 🪺
The practice of sending messages through flowers (aka floriography) gained popularity in 19th-century England and the United States. 🔎🌷
Floriography dictionaries were often sought to curate and decipher bouquets — only daffodils would symbolize “uncertainty.” 🙃
Fossilized feces like these are known as coprolites. 🪨
Paleontologists study these important poops to learn about the diet and habitat of the animal that produced them. 🔍
If you have a pet in your home that spends time outdoors, preventative heartworm medication is an important step in protecting them from getting seriously sick. 🐶