@cainmark @ascentale @bikenite Honestly that was the coolest part to me, because SOFT TISSUE HOLY SHIT
here are some ribs, too, they are not soft tissue but still ^_^
@ascentale @bikenite A8: DINOSAUR SKIN
actual, from a specimen from a dig in, uh. shit. Montana? Pretty sure it's the Montana dig.
Technically this is fossilized _impression_ of dinosaur skin. But... dinosaur skin.
This #BurkeMuseum Artifact Brought Me to Tears.
The blood-stained #Filipino battle flag has that effect on people.
Donated in 1912 by Lewis P. Newman, the flag was made from scraps during the war, and captured by American troops during the first battle of Santa Cruz, Laguna, in 1899. Made from cloth scraps of various materials and stained with blood, Mangaser explained that it symbolizes the resourcefulness of Filipinos during the war.
https://www.seattlemet.com/news-and-city-life/2024/10/burke-museum-filipino-battle-flag
Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture was very photogenic but felt like it was aimed at children (or maybe I was just very tired?).
We are all mourning this week the loss of Estella Leopold, great conservationist, paleobotanist, and my own academic grandmother. Estella founded the paleobotany program at #UW and built our understanding of how ecosystemas of the #PNW have changed over millions of years. Her collections and legacy are at the heart of all of the paleobotany work we do at the #BurkeMuseum. I'm so terribly honored to have known you.
https://www.wuwm.com/2024-02-28/aldo-leopold-daughter-estella-leopold-died
The last remaining child of Aldo Leopold, Estella Leopold, died this week. Her father’s 1949 book, A Sand County Almanac , fueled the conservation movement. Estella carried on the family tradition, as a paleoecologist and conservationist.
#Kelp is probably older than once thought--originating more than 32 million years ago! #Fossils from the Olympic Peninsula in Washington preserve holdfasts, the "roots" that anchor kelp to the seafloor. This ties kelps to the cooling of the Oligocene epoch!
Cool work and NPR interview from Jim Goedert!
The #BurkeMuseum is hosting a book launch event for Spirit Whales & Sloth Tales: Fossils of Washington State, written by invertebrate and micropaleontologist Liz Nesbitt and Seattle-based writer David Williams. The book tackles Washington paleontology form trilobites to ice age mammals and everything in between! I got to have a **tiny** role helping with the pollen section.
You can register for the launch at: https://www.burkemuseum.org/calendar/spirit-whales-sloth-tales-book-launch?fbclid=IwAR3Uufs6wow93VEUwAEHDJxKR3iCp2-M_8KU1-Rpwxy4bADULG5N2Tlxb0U
Solarbird 
daihard (he/him) 🌸
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Holly Becker
Jason Weill
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