Sparrows like the house sparrow in our museum are truly amazing. Did you know house sparrows typically fly at 26mph and can even swim to escape predators?

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Finally we have @wetconservatrix.bsky.social talking Tanzania and the collector Eric Burtt, with the collection held at the @unirdg-artcol.bsky.social #ColeMuseum

Burtt is rather well know for millipedes but he was a specialist of Tsetse

The #ColeMuseum has a collection of old slides - many are Victorian or from the historic teaching collections.

Amazing to see specimens that had been prepared decades ago still looking fabulous. The detail of this mice’s foot is extraordinary

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Fingers, tongues and toes. Part of the historic collection that has been used continuously for the last 100 years (and more) by students at the University of Reading

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Just had a peak in the amazing new collections storage space of the #ColeMuseum

This is @wetconservatrix.bsky.social modelling a GIANT polychaete with @chrisfoster.bsky.social, @acallazoo.bsky.social and myself have specimen selfies with it