if you read in a frog paper “specimen was released in the field immediately after capture” chances are very good that what it actually means is
“i dropped the damn frog and despite the fact that we fell all over each other no one could recapture it”
sometimes when i am sad i go read through the tags on this post, because they are 70% other biologists saying things like “AND ALSO FUCK FIELD MICE” and “THAT CRAB ALMOST BROKE MY FINGER” and I am reassured that I am not the only one who has bobbled a wood frog right into their cleavage.
plus six or seven people who just….can’t figure out what a frog paper could possibly be. (guys it’s…a scientific paper. about frogs.)
and this one
which made me laugh despairingly because i mean
bro you don’t even know.
what is the code entomologists use for “i stepped on it, i’m so sorry, it was dark out and the specimen was very small”
“Impromptu dissection was performed under less-than-optimal lighting conditions.”
‘impromptu dissection’ is an alarming phrase in any context and i thank you for it
What’s biologist for “the little fucker BIT me and I yote it into the undergrowth on reflex”?
god does anyone else remember how in the first pmd game you had to buy plots of land for ur pokemon buddies to live on when they weren’t exploring? like that was cute and nice (if not a little cumbersome) but then there was like. legendary pokemon that would be like “ah yes you see i’d LOVE to help you or w/e but im afraid you must meet my very specific standards of living before I even consider it”
like okay what’s ur standards?
“OH YOU KNOW, A MOUNTAIN WHERE ONLY I, HO-OH, LIVE. SURROUNDED BY A PLETHORA OF RAINBOWS WITH A WONDERFUL SUNSET VIEW WITH A CONSTANT SEA BREEZE”
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