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Who needs a blue check when you have a BLUE WHALE?

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With mutual respect for the work & goals of our individual organizations, we jointly agreed that the Museum is not the optimal location for the Brazilian-Am. Chamber of Commerce gala dinner. This traditional event will go forward at another location on the original date & time.

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Next time you eat guacamole, thank a giant ground sloth: the Lestodon! These 15-ft animals ate avocado whole, traveled, and then pooped, depositing the pits in new places. Most mammals couldn't handle large seeds, so it was up to megafauna to disperse (and fertilize!) avocados.

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Com respeito mútuo pelo trabalho e pelos objetivos de nossas organizações individuais, concordamos em conjunto que o Museu não é o local ideal para o jantar de gala da Câmara de Comércio Brasil-EUA. Este evento tradicional terá lugar em outro local na data e hora originais.

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@rachsyme Empty. But not alone.

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The external, private event at which the current President of Brazil is to be honored was booked at the Museum before the honoree was secured. We are deeply concerned, and we are exploring our options.

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A wombat’s main defense is a tough backside: its rump is mostly cartilage, resistant to bites. A group of #wombats is called a wisdom.

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Happy World Whale Day! To mark the occasion, we’re sharing the life-size blue whale model from the Hall of Ocean Life. The blue whale is the biggest animal ever known to have existed. Do you remember the first time you stood under the blue whale?🐋

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The Forest Owlet was thought to be extinct until it was rediscovered in 1997—113 years after the last recorded sighting! It has a distinct rectangular head with bright yellow eyes and strong talons for catching large prey. It inhabits patches of forests across central India.

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(Confirming that birds are real—and they are dinosaurs.)

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🐋 We've received many questions about the blue whale's bandage: It's real. It was installed yesterday by Trenton from the Exhibition department! It's 6 feet long & 2 feet wide. Come see it for yourself! Register for a vaccine today: #NYCVaccineForAll

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Happy birthday to @maejemison , born #OTD in 1956! In 1992, Dr. Jemison became the first woman of color to fly in space, as the science mission specialist on an eight-day joint U.S.-Japan mission aboard the space shuttle Endeavor.🚀 [📸: NASA]

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Happy birthday to Marie Sklodowska-Curie, born #OTD in 1867 in Warsaw, Poland. A few of her many accomplishments? In 1903, she became the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, for the discovery of radium & polonium. In 1911 she won another for producing radium as a pure metal.

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Human activity is warming our planet. Today, young people & adults around the world are marching to bring focus to the vital issue of climate change. We support the students and all New Yorkers who are marching today for a better tomorrow. #ClimateStrike 🌎

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#DYK ? The Grand Canyon's oldest rock layer formed long before North America took its current shape—even before multicellular life emerged. It is one of the best visible records of geological history on Earth. Have you visited this natural marvel?

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If your favorite color is violet, this might be your new favorite animal: Violet-backed Starling! It lives in open woodland and riverine habitats in parts of Africa and the Arabian Peninsula. It mainly snacks on fruits and seeds, but will also munch on the occasional insect.

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Today is the winter solstice, the shortest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere & the first day of winter! What causes our planet’s shift in seasons? Its tilt. Today, Earth’s Northern Hemisphere is at its most-tilted away from the Sun. [📸: Jon Bunting]

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Say “hi” to the Monk Parakeet! Populations of this Argentine bird are found in places as far north as NY, Boston, & Chicago. How does it survive in colder climates? It lives in a colony that builds a well-insulated nest structure that keeps members warm during harsh winters.

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It's #ManateeAppreciationDay ! Did you know manatees are natural lawn mowers that help maintain healthy marine ecosystems by keeping aquatic vegetation in check? Sometimes referred to as “sea cows,” they are actually more closely related to elephants. #Respect the manatee!

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Happy birthday to Albert Einstein, born #OTD in 1879! He reinterpreted the inner workings of nature, the very essence of light, time, energy, & gravity. From his Special Theory of Relativity to the basics of time travel, his insights changed the way we look at the universe.⚛️

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Say "hi" to the Puerto Rican Tody! The vibrant bird lives on its namesake island, where it lives in damp and humid forests. It’s an insectivorous critter that catches flies while in flight or by sweeping prey off leaves.

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Small but mighty, the Ruby-throated Hummingbird can migrate far distances, from Canada to Costa Rica. It’s even been known to fly over the Gulf of Mexico in a single shot! The fast-fluttering bird can beat its wings more than 50 times a second.

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Behold the rainbow eucalyptus! What gives it such a spectrum of color? Bark starts out in shades of green, but changes to a range of purple, red, & orange as it peels and ages. Variety of color may help the tree absorb a wider range of light to aid in photosynthesis.

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A Suriname toad mother carries her young embedded in the skin of her back. After mating, the eggs sink gradually into the female's back, & a skin pad forms over the eggs. The froglets emerge over a period of days, thrusting their head & forelegs out first, then struggling free.

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Here’s a giant marine worm you’ll never forget: Eunice aphroditois. It lurks beneath the ocean floor, growing as much as 10-20 ft (3-6 m) long. It has 5 antennae that it sticks out above the sand to sense for & lure fish. It ambushes at lightning speed & pulls prey down below.

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This diorama depicts a time when bison roamed the Great Plains by the millions. They were nearly exterminated for hides, sport, & to overpower Native Americans who relied on bison for food/livelihood. Today, this icon is numerous again—though mostly on ranches. #NationalBisonDay

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Sunday mood? Meet the world’s smallest anteater: the pygmy anteater! This tiny arboreal critter lives in the Amazon rainforest and only grows up ~17.7 in (45 cm) in length, much of it tail. It’s seldom seen, as it’s nocturnal, and spends most of its time in the canopy.💤

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Meet the Agami Heron! You'd think that its ornate plumage would make it easy to spot, but it’s known to keep very still for long periods of time as it waits for fish to come near, making it difficult to find in its wetland habitats in C. & S. America. [📸: David Rodríguez Arias]

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While the Painted Bunting looks like it belongs in a water color, you can actually see it flying about in real life! It lives in scrub-forest or grassland habitats in parts of the southern U.S., Mexico, & Central America.🎨🖌️🐦

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Not everyone can pull off a purple “moahwk” like the Purple-crested Turaco can. This African native can be found in parts of the continent’s southeastern region, like Kenya, Tanzania, & Mozambique. It’s frugivorous, meaning it mainly feeds on fruit! [📸: Derek Keats, CC-BY-2.0]

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Say “hi” to the fish without scales: The mandarinfish! Rather than scales, it has a thick coating of foul-smelling, bitter-tasting mucus. In combination with its bright colors, the malodorous mucus is thought to deter predators by signaling toxicity.

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If someone came up to you & screamed in your ear, you’d probably walk away from them, right? That’s just what a Three-wattled Bellbird does to intruders in its territory. In fact, it’s credited with having one of the loudest bird calls: it can be heard ~0.6 mi (1 km) away!

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Today's Exhibit of the Day features one of the longest animals: The lion's mane jellyfish. It's trailing "mane" of 800 stinging tentacles can grow over 100 ft (30 m) long! The longest of these jellies—which inhabit the Arctic Ocean—are longer than the longest known blue whale.

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Jackal food is a parasitic plant native to Africa that siphons off nutrients from other plants' roots. Its flowers surface after heavy rainfall & emit a carrion-like stench to attract pollinators. Its fruit is similar to a potato & attracts animals like jackals. [📸: E. Black]

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#DYK ? A giant manta ray can weigh as much as 5,300 lbs (2,404 kg) & have a wingspan of up to 29 ft (8.8 m)! The gentle giant migrates all around the world’s oceans, from warm tropical waters to more temperate regions. As the graceful swimmer swims, it filter-feeds on zooplankton.

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Ever seen the colorful bark of a rainbow eucalyptus? When strips of its bark peel off, they change in color: bark starts out in shades of green, then transitions into purple, red, & orange as time goes on. Continuous peeling helps the tree keep its trunk clear of other plants.🌈

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#OTD in 1831, 22-yr-old Charles Darwin set sail on the HMS Beagle as the ship's naturalist for a trip around the world, including the Galápagos. Darwin later called the Beagle voyage "by far the most important event in my life," saying it "determined my whole career."⛵️

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What bird is green, flightless, and native to New Zealand? If you guessed the Kakapo (Strigops habroptilus), you are correct! This large, nocturnal bird is the world’s only flightless parrot and is the heaviest parrot in the world, weighing in at up to 8 pounds.

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Meet the streamside salamander! You might spot the unusual-looking critter in wetland or forest habitats in parts of Kentucky, Ohio, and Indiana. It likes to hang out beneath rocks or in burrows underground, usually not too far from a stream.

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Why do woodpeckers peck? For the Acorn Woodpecker, it’s a matter of hoarding. To prepare for a long winter, it collects acorns & pecks holes in trees to store its food. It lives in a colony in which all adults share the responsibility of finding, storing, & protecting the acorns.

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#OTD in 1781, Uranus was discovered. It was the first planet to be discovered with the aid of a telescope. At first, astronomer William Herschel thought the object in the sky to be a star or comet, but within 2 years, other astronomers showed it was a new planet orbiting the Sun!

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Here are some Sun facts for your Sunday: 93 million miles from Earth, a giant ball of hot gas brightens the sky. Nuclear reactions in the Sun's core create energy, which gradually flows to the Sun's surface. This energy reaches Earth in the form of sunlight!🌞

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Get to know the smallest raptor in Africa, the African Pygmy Falcon! Growing ~8 in (20 cm) long & weighing ~0.18 lbs (85 g), this petite bird of prey is still a fierce predator. In its dry, sparsely vegetated habitat, it uses its sharp vision to spot prey, like lizards & rodents.

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How it started How it’s going

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#DYK ? The Galápagos marine iguana is the only marine lizard in the world! It feeds almost exclusively on algae. Its adaptations include a flattened tail to aid it in swimming and long claws that help it hang onto seaside rocks. [📸: Victor Fazio, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0, flickr]

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Meet the ʻIʻiwi! It lives in tropical forests across the Hawaiian islands, where it sips on nectar and plays an important role in pollination. Its skinny decurved bill is specialized for fitting into and reaching nectar from tube-shaped flowers.

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(1/3) The Museum wants to thank the people who have taken the time to express their views on the Brazilian-American Chamber of Commerce event. We want you to know that we understand and share your distress.

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Are you happy it’s the weekend? Here’s a critter to match that positive energy. Meet the Hawaiian happy-faced spider! You might be greeted by its “smile” in tropical forests on the Hawaiian archipelago, where it can be found on 4 islands: O’ahu, Moloka’i, Maui, & Hawai’i. 🙂🕷️🙂

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The Harpy Eagle inhabits forests in Central & South America where it hunts monkeys, sloths—& sometimes even small deer. It’s considered one of the largest & most powerful eagles. Some of its impressive traits? Talons that resemble bear claws & a ~6.6-ft- (2-m)- long wingspan.

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Imagine a pinecone as heavy as a bowling ball. This giant belongs to the coulter pine! It can be found in California & Mexico. Nicknamed “the widowmaker,” it produces the world's largest pinecones—which can weigh ~11 lbs (5kg) & plummet to the ground with deadly force!

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The Rose-ringed Parakeet is here to bring some color to your day! It inhabits parts of Africa & Asia, where it might be spotted in savannas, forests, wetlands, or cities. How can you tell the difference between a male & a female? Only males have the rosy ring around their necks!

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Say “hi” to the Spangled Cotinga! This South American bird forages on fruits & berries in its forest habitat, where it's an important seed disperser. Since it prefers to hang out on the tops of the tallest trees, it’s hard to spot from the ground.

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The Museum's #Titanosaur now has its official scientific name. Check out T's text messages w/ the Blue 🐳 to find out what it is.

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Discovered in 2012 on Madagascar, Brookesia micra is one of the smallest reptiles in the world! An adult grows to be just over 1 in (2.5 cm) long, and a juvenile can fit on the head of a match (as pictured). [📸: Frank Glaw, Jörn Köhler, Ted M. Townsend, Miguel Vences | PLoS ONE]

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Happy #FossilFriday ! Meet the 210-mil-yr-old Proganochelys quenstedti—one of the oldest known turtles. It has a typical turtle shell entirely encasing the body, but its skull is much more primitive, as seen in its jaw mechanism and ear region.

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The Golden Pheasant is here to provide some inspiration for your 2021 vision board. It inhabits montane forests in western China, where it tends to stay grounded. Spending most of its time on the shaded forest floor helps protect its vibrant colors from fading in the sunlight.

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Today’s Exhibit of the Day? The Museum’s mummified hadrosaur—one of the most complete pieces of Mesozoic dinosaur remains ever found! This fossil provides a rare glimpse at dino skin. Like the skin on modern birds' feet, this duck-bill's skin was marked by bumps called tubercles.

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🚨NEW RESEARCH ALERT! A new study based on ancient DNA led by Museum scientists has resolved a long-standing controversy about an extinct “horned” crocodile that likely lived among humans in Madagascar.🐊 🔖Read about the findings in our latest blog post:

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Is your home looking as festive as a coral reef filled with Christmas tree worms? This vibrant tube worm can be found on tropical reefs from the Caribbean to the Indo-Pacific. Its colorful appendages are used for breathing & for snatching plankton to munch on.🎄

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Say “hi” to the Marañón poison frog! This polka-dotted critter lives in a small region in northwestern Peru, where it inhabits montane forests. It’s often found in or near bromeliad flowers, which provide it with shelter, a place to lay its eggs, & water!⚪️🐸⚪️

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The Australian green tree frog—or the “dumpy tree frog,” as some locals call it—inhabits Australia’s forests, swamps… and sometimes even toilet bowls! With the help of its large mucus-covered toe pads, it’s able to climb and cling to surfaces with ease.🐸

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(3/3) No entanto, estamos profundamente preocupados com os objetivos declarados da atual administração brasileira, e estamos trabalhando ativamente para entender nossas opções relacionadas a este evento.

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Tardigrades live nearly everywhere, from hot springs to Antarctic ice. When the going gets particularly tough, they enter a state called cryptobiosis—hidden life—and while it lasts, tardigrades are just about invincible. Ex: Chill them to -328˚ F for 20 months: they're fine.

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One of the strongest known bio materials comes from an 8-legged critter from Madagascar’s rainforests. The silk from Darwin's bark spider absorbs extensive amounts of energy before breaking—10x more than Kevlar—and demonstrates an incredible combination of strength & elasticity.

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The Grandidier’s baobab, also known as the renala, may live to be 300 years old or older! Scientists are unable to confirm these trees’ exact age because baobabs don’t produce annual growth rings. This species of baobab is found only in Madagascar’s dry deciduous forests.

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Next time you eat an avocado, thank a giant ground sloth—like Lestodon! It ate avocados whole, traveled, & then pooped, depositing the pits in new places. Most mammals couldn't handle large seeds, so it was up to megafauna like Lestodon to disperse avocados. #NationalAvocadoDay 🥑

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Found in Central America, South America & Southeast Asia, tapirs are related to horses & rhinoceroses. A group of tapirs is called a candle.

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(2/3) Também queremos deixar claro que o Museu não convidou o Presidente Bolsonaro; ele foi convidado como parte de um evento externo.

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Not all blood is red. A horseshoe crab’s is blue—and it clots in the presence of disease-causing bacteria, so manufacturers test drugs with it to make sure their products aren’t contaminated. If you’ve been vaccinated against measles, mumps & smallpox, thank a horseshoe crab.

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Happy birthday, @JaneGoodallInst ! Dr. Goodall’s path-breaking African field studies of chimpanzee social behavior forever changed the way we view our closest evolutionary relatives. Her extensive conservation work has helped chimpanzees to flourish in their natural habitats.

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Are you bracing for the dropping temperatures like the wood frog? This amphibian has an amazing adaptation to survive bitterly cold winters. When the weather dips below freezing, the frog freezes too! During hibernation, most of the water in its body turns to solid ice.🧊🐸🧊

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Scientists first discovered the Yeti crab in 2005 in the south Pacific Ocean in the scalding, sulfurous waters near the base of active hydrothermal vents. It has no eyes & bristle-covered claws. It’s so unlike other species that it was placed in its own family, Kiwaidae.

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Centuries ago, the fear of poisons led people to seek charmed objects to keep them safe. One example? When Europeans found fossilized shark teeth, they thought they were the tongues of dragons. These “tongue stones” were worn as charms and dipped into food to purify it of poison.

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While okapis may remind you of zebras with their striped legs & rear, these endangered mammals are more closely related to giraffes.

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Every rose has its thorns—just ask the thorn bug! The “thorn” on its back helps to deter predators from munching on it. Thorn bug nymphs have a second defense: an attentive mom. Females can defend their young from predatory wasps with a well-placed kick with their hind legs!

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The enormous Barosaurus is the world’s tallest freestanding dinosaur mount–and composed of casts, since fossils are too heavy to support in this way.

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What’s a red-necked pademelon? A relative to kangaroos and wallabies, it’s a marsupial species that lives in parts of eastern Australia. The shy critter inhabits forests, grassland, or scrub, where it forages for grass, roots, and leaves, usually during the night.

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You’d be in danger of frostbite after 30 minutes in -17°F (-27°C). But the Arctic fox doesn’t even start shivering until about −90°F (-67.8°C)! Well-equipped for the extreme conditions in the Arctic tundra, this mammal has a dense coat made up of many layers to keep it warm.❄️

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The Australian King Parrot may look red and green to you, but you’re only human. Under UV light, some of its plumage has a distinctly golden hue! To tell a male from a female, check the head color: males’ heads are entirely red, while females’ are green.👑🦜

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Did somebody say #SuperbOwl Sunday? The Crested Owl thought it heard so! You might hear this avian’s deep, undulating, toad-like call in the forests of Central and South America. Its wide range includes parts of Costa Rica, Panama, Peru, and Brazil.🦉

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Meet the Pink Robin! This Australian species inhabits forests, where its small size and quiet nature makes it more difficult to spot than other species of robin. Only males sport the bright pink plumage on their undersides; females are covered in an olive-brown color.

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Goblin sharks thrust their jaws 3 inches out of their mouths at speeds up to 10 ft per second in what scientists call "slingshot feeding."

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You don’t want to dip your cookies in the Amazon milk frog’s “milk.” This amphibian’s common name refers to the poisonous, milky substance it secretes when under threat! This nocturnal frog inhabits the rainforests of South America.

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True blues are pretty rare in nature. But the indigo milk cap has a unique organic blue pigment. You might think the blueness is a marker for toxicity, but this mushroom is actually edible. Its color, though, fades to a grayish hue when it’s cooked.

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The Museum’s Richard Gilder Center for Science, Education, and Innovation opens to the public on May 4. Designed by @StudioGang , it includes an insectarium, a butterfly vivarium, floor-to-ceiling exhibits, a 360-degree immersive experience, and more:

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Happy birthday to the “Mother of Paleontology,” Mary Anning! Born #OTD in 1799, she hailed from Lyme Regis on the coast of Dorset, England, & grew up collecting fossils. A few of her many accomplishments include unearthing one of the first ichthyosaurs & discovering Dimorphodon!

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It’s baaack! This massive block of vibrant blue azurite & green malachite is also known as the Singing Stone. Its nickname refers to high-pitched sounds it made when the humidity changed with the weather & seasons when it was first displayed at the Museum!🎶 #NewYorkRocks

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Happy #FossilFriday ! Today we bring you Allosaurus. #DYK ? This intimidating carnivore reigned as one of the Late Jurassic’s top predators ~140 mil years ago. See it up close in the Museum’s Hall of Saurischian Dinosaurs. Fun fact: you can spot another Allosaurus in the Rotunda!

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Hodgson's Frogmouth is a mood. Can you relate? You might come across this species in parts of Southeast Asia, including India, Myanmar, and Laos. It inhabits forests, where it feeds moths and beetles. [📸: lonelyshrimp, CC0 1.0, flickr]

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3 years

The hummingbird bobtail squid is here to dazzle you in blue! Its striking color comes from pigment-holding cells called chromatophores distributed throughout its body. This tiny cephalopod lives in Indo-Pacific waters, inhabiting the ocean floor.✨🔹🦑🔹✨

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American Museum of Natural History

@AMNH

7 years

Happy birthday to Ernst Haeckel! The German artist, zoologist, and evolutionist was born on this day in 1834. #OTD #SciArt

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American Museum of Natural History

@AMNH

3 years

In southern Africa, the parasitic jackal food plant attaches to the roots of other plants to siphon off nutrients. Its flowers grow underground, then surface after heavy rainfall. Once above ground, the flower gives off a carrion-like stench to lure insects to help pollinate it.

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@AMNH

4 years

Happy birthday to Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, the largely self-taught “Father of Microbiology,” who was born #OTD in 1632. He was the first to document observations of microscopic organisms, including bacteria, protists, & rotifers, which he called “animalcules.”🦠🔬🦠

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@AMNH

4 years

After 2 weeks of multiple health screens and asking everyone to quarantine, I surprised my closest inner circle with a trip to a private island where we could pretend things were normal just for a brief moment in time.

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American Museum of Natural History

@AMNH

6 years

Batodonoides vanhouteni (model pictured) lived about 50 million years ago in what is now Wyoming. It was so small that it could climb up a pencil, and weighed as little as a dollar bill! Its closest living relatives are modern-day shrews and moles.

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American Museum of Natural History

@AMNH

3 years

Happy birthday to Carl Sagan, born #OTD in 1934 in Brooklyn, NY. The American astronomer, astrophysicist, & author helped explain space to the general public. In 1980 he wrote, "Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere.”🪐🚀☄️

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American Museum of Natural History

@AMNH

3 years

No need to be spooked by the ghost glass frog. It’s found in tropical forests in parts of C. & S. America, where it blends in with the lush greenery—& it really blends in. It's able to alter the hue of its green skin in order to more closely match vegetation of varying shades!

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American Museum of Natural History

@AMNH

5 years

"Hi, how are ya?" Meet the turtle frog, named for its resemblance to a shell-less turtle. Besides its peculiar looks, it’s also unique for being one of the few frog species to skip the tadpole stage. Embryos fully develop in the egg and hatch as frogs!🐢🐸

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American Museum of Natural History

@AMNH

3 years

Escargot anyone? The Snail Kite has a unique diet that consists mainly of a specific genus of snail, the freshwater apple snail. The raptor uses its curved bill to help it scoop out its prey's fleshy body from the protective shell. Yum!🐌

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American Museum of Natural History

@AMNH

4 years

Good lighting can make all the difference—take it from the Glossy Ibis! Under the right light, its brown plumage can shine in an array of green & purple hues. It’s the most wide-ranging species of ibis, spanning the Americas, Europe, Africa, Asia, & Australia!

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