Sam Shablin

Yeah rejection is hard but have you ever heard a pond full of calling frogs, only for them to go silent as soon as you approach it?

Taught the youngsters some bugs 101 today! Thankful for the opportunity to talk about how cool bugs are with such enthusiastic kids :) 🐛🐝🐜🦋 @SkypeScientist @PNFlores1

I wrote this review on Rickettsia amblyommatis while infected with a species of Rickettsia! I know first hand how much ticks suck and how important an understanding of the spotted fever group Rickettsioses are for diagnosis mdpi.com/2076-2607/11/2…

A lovely example of vivipary in plants. The plants growing in this teasel seed head are in fact from its own seeds that weren’t released!

Hey! I'm Lincoln and I make lifesized #3Dprinted animal models. #animalartistsunite

Day 2 with @naturetrektours incredible reptiles!

A couple of weeks ago we had an icebreaker during my graduate seminar and the question was "What is your irrational fear?" My answer was "hammerhead sharks". And today in class I walked in and saw this:

The sound of a snoring hummingbird

@wesleyjneely Two disney adults

Is there anything worse than a Disney adult?

The ticks finally got their revenge on me. This tick scientist has Rocky Mountain spotted fever and I've never been sicker! It's been a rough few weeks and will probably take a bit longer to fully recover. But I'm sure one day this will be a cool story 🤒😎

Field biologists, I’ve got a meme for you:

If you wanted to see dragons, I got you.

@HiDrNic I volunteer!!! 🙋🏻‍♀️

Some highlights from #GARD2022 ... Gator door handles at Memphis Zoo! #GoGators 🐊 @TorresSanchezM @BlasinAmphibs @SamShablin

@StegoSteven @EricMTrotman @AmphibiArik Oh my goodness what a little goober!!!

A red eyed stream frog!!! @SamShablin @EricMTrotman @AmphibiArik

Always adding an extra hour to my hikes because you betcha I’m going to spend way too much time gawking at colorful little forest floor blobs along the way

Today's board drawing:

Thank you @cdwoolston and @Nature for covering Biology grad students struggle to afford to live: nature.com/articles/d4158…

🔊SOUND ON🔊 always remember to watch out for small gentlemen crossing the street while driving!

Mondays are tough. Here are some handsome noodles to help get ya through! 🐍