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Happy 130th Birthday to us!
The TTFNC was founded on July 10th 1891 in order to: “...give pleasure to its members by observation of animal, insect and plant life in Trinidad”.
This thread will revisit some key milestones in our long history! 1/n #130yearsofTTFNC
The TTFNC was founded on July 10th 1891 in order to: “...give pleasure to its members by observation of animal, insect and plant life in Trinidad”.
This thread will revisit some key milestones in our long history! 1/n #130yearsofTTFNC
In 1892, the first issue of our peer-reviewed journal was published as an outlet for our members to publish interesting and novel #NaturalHistory observations. It continues to this day as "Living World, the Journal of the TTFNC". ttfnc.org/livingworld/in… 2/n #130yearsofTTFNC
The first issue of our journal included J. E. Tanner's breakthrough discovery that #leafcutter #ants (locally known as #bachacs) cultivate fungus & feed it to their larvae, rather than eating the leaves directly as previously thought. 🐜🌿🍄3/n #130yearsofTTFNC
The #zoology #bioblitz continues! It’s going well!
In a student email this morning: “being a psychology major this is my first bio blitz...this has to be the most fun I have had all semester...I am terrible at catching the specimens it has been a really great experience.”
In a student email this morning: “being a psychology major this is my first bio blitz...this has to be the most fun I have had all semester...I am terrible at catching the specimens it has been a really great experience.”
And earlier in the week a team came by my office:
“We’re looking for #mollusks but aren’t sure where to find them.” 😂
I sent them to flip logs for slugs and look in ditches and ponds for snails.
“We’re looking for #mollusks but aren’t sure where to find them.” 😂
I sent them to flip logs for slugs and look in ditches and ponds for snails.
The teams have 1 more day to add to their #animal #biodiversity collections (photos, no actual specimens collected).
