Science-folks: If we run 100 experiments, we might find 1 or 2 of them may have results that can make many dollars.

NZ Govt: Excellent. We will fund those 1 or 2 experiments.

Marine polychaetes are beautiful and have so many interesting features and activities!

Still up for a non-nematode worms episode 😁
"Worms", organisms with a long thin-type body plan, are found across many phyla. Saying you've done worms because you looked at Nematodes is like saying you can't do an episode on cats because you did one on frogs and they're even the same phyla.

Nice one. Back when I was younger I had an aim to be somewhere or doing something new (even if it was very local) for every birthday. Maybe I'll resurrect that.

Text on a cycle lane/pedestrian lane saying "slow zone" with a picture of a snail.

My paper writing...

Preach!!

Rat eradication sparks record-breaking seabird breeding in Hawai’i A multi-agency effort to remove invasive rodents has let native species thrive in Hawai’i, including seabirds and entire forest ecosystems

One of Aotearoa New Zealand's greatest gifts to the world has been pioneering rodent eradication technology on islands.

The brodifacoum used for this project was manufactured in Whanganui.

Conservation can be an export industry! Fund it!

🌏

oceanographicmagazine.com/news/rat-era...

I mean I definitely would buy some. Omg can you imagine wee gastropod shell pasta?

I don't know what I want to do with this information yet but there must be something...

Oh have fun!!

These are incredible and I maintain that the first one and now also the fourth one would make awesome rug design.
I'm just tied up making a surprise for colleagues at the moment but I definitely want to have a go. Trouble is a big rug takes sooooo long.

These are so cute!

If you're truly important enough to absolutely have to text/call while driving, then you're important enough to have a driver.

塊になるイトミミズ #イトミミズ　#アクアリウム　#生き物 YouTube video by MijinkoTV

WORM BALL! ha ha. Tubifex! SQUIRM SQUIRM Should save for #wormwednesday but its such a crazy visual! youtube.com/shorts/5XMg_...

Good luck with your efforts! Hopefully you can persuade them.

👀 sometimes you don't want to draw too much attention to yourself. Esp with the "why are we funding that rubbish" brigade always on the lookout for victims

But if you ever feel you want to chat worms, mud, ecosystem disturbance, or ocean acidification let me know!

Omg anytime! Let me take you to the mud....! But it is hard out there as a scientist at the moment. I would be keen but I would of course need permission to do something like that first and the time and money on my end or support it. So I can see how people might be ambivalent.

This is how I feel every time I hear someone with Bluetooth speakers in the backcountry.

NZ's science reforms all shell, no substance

Comment from Victoria University: The Govt’s science overhaul prioritises commercial outcomes, but risks narrowing the very research pipeline that fuels long-term innovation.

a man wearing headphones is sweating while sitting in an airplane . Alt: a man wearing headphones is sweating while sitting in an airplane .

I'm not qualified for this...

It's been too long since I worked on crabs because I would currently fail this....

Wait wait. Crab or True Crab tho?

Gender affirming car

Steal her look: Bull Kelp! I took the photo of the holdfast in the bottom left corner, others are from the internet.

April 16th is Bull Kelp Day and you know what that means #BullKelpDay

2 more days to apply!

Velvet Worms are so awesome!

a cartoon character from futurama says " i 'm old leave me alone " Alt: a cartoon character from futurama says " i 'm old leave me alone "

I'll be honest, I'm not sure what bit we are doing here.

Deal!

Raspberries are worse tbh.