Zygoma
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My name is Paolo Viscardi. I’m the Zoology curator. I blog about my thoughts on a variety of scientific, sceptical and museological subjects.
Zygoma
5d ago
This week I have one of my favourite specimens from the Dead Zoo for you to try your hand at identifying: Do you have any idea of which species this handsome chap might be? As ever, you can leave your ..read more
Zygoma
1w ago
Last week, with Easter in the air, I thought this specimen from the Dead Zoo might be appropriate: Of course, it wasn’t as simple as this being a European Rabbit or ‘Mad March Hare’. Of the 70 or so species ..read more
Zygoma
2w ago
Happy (Good) Friday everyone! It’s that time of year when a lot of people in the temperate zones of the Northern Hemisphere are thinking about the springing of Spring and all that entails in terms of flowers blooming, bees buzzing ..read more
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3w ago
Last week I gave you this specimen to identify, which came to me as an enquiry, after being found in the sea by a fisherman: I don’t think it posed too much of a challenge, despite some damage, which has ..read more
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1M ago
Happy Friday everyone! This week I have a mystery object for you that came in as an enquiry from a regular donor to the Dead Zoo’s collections. It was found by a fisherman in the Irish Sea, just off Howth ..read more
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1M ago
Last week I gave you this skeleton fron the Dead Zoo to test your identification skills: In retrospect I think I was a little unfair with this one – the photo is not very clear and there is no scale ..read more
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1M ago
I have a potentially perplexing mystery object for you this week from the Dead Zoo. Any idea who this bony character might be? If you think this is an easy one, then I would be both surprised and impressed, so ..read more
Zygoma
1M ago
Last week I gave you this doe-eyed specimen from the collections of the Dead Zoo to try your identification skills out on: I didn’t provide a scalebar as I think it would have made it too easy, but even so ..read more
Zygoma
2M ago
Last week I shared this fuzzy critter as mystery object for you to identify: It was probably a bit of a mean one, as I didn’t provide a scalebar. It’s also a species from a group of small carnivores that ..read more
Zygoma
2M ago
This week I have a fuzzy friend from the Dead Zoo for you to have a go at identifying: Let me know what you think this cute critter might be – and have fun with it ..read more