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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! 💙 Don't worry, @SUEtheTrex will still be tweeting their heart out. Make sure to give them a follow. 📱🦖
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OPENING MAY 2026: special exhibition, Pokémon Fossil Museum! Sign up for email updates ➡️ fieldmuseum.io/PokemonFossil…
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NOW OPEN: our newest special exhibition, #UnseenOceans 🌊
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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
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Ready for the DEEPEST dive you've ever taken? Explore the mysterious, rarely-seen world hidden beneath the waves in our new special exhibition, #UnseenOceans, opening on March 15. 🌊 fieldmuseum.io/UnseenOceans 🎨: © @AMNH
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I want someone to look at me like a roseate spoonbill. 🙏 😭
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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. 🪺
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Like most bird species in North America, roseate spoonbills don't mate for life, but they do stay with each other for the entire breeding season. 💗
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me: what should I get my situationship for v day? 19th century floriography dictionary: daffodils
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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.” 🙃
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how monday’s going: 💩
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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. 
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This dung was deposited millions of years ago in Wyoming's Green River Formation. Thankfully, smell isn't preserved over time… 🤢
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1 Big Game, 2 Superb(Owls). 🦉 🏈
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wormed your way into my heart in all the wrong ways 💔💀
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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. 🐶
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Find more answers to your biting questions about #LegendstoLeeches, now open.🩸 fieldmuseum.io/bloodsuckers
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i think i like this little life
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