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We slept through coding class! Why didn’t our alarm go off? ⏰😮

Hillside patios with levels. Project Name: “Prefab Made Beautiful.” Landscape Design by Paul Hendershot Design, Inc.

Ten: What makes you think I'm flirting with you?

Winwin: Why are you naked on my bed?

Ten: Don't try to change the subject.

Happy Fossil Friday! Meet Glossotherium robustum, or the “tongue beast.” 😛⁣ ⁣ Glossotherium roamed the pampas of Argentina, a grassland region, about 30,000 years ago during the Pleistocene—just before the group’s extinction. As a mylodont sloth, it had more complex teeth than those of other groups of ground sloths. See this specimen up close in the Museum’s Hall of Primitive Mammals!Photo: © AMNH⁣ ⁣ (at American Museum of Natural History) https://www.instagram.com/p/B81YYPNgTO1/?igshid=19wde19d3h2cl

“The ultimate aim of government is not to rule, or restrain, by fear, nor to exact obedience, but, contrariwise, to free every man from fear, that he may live in all possible security; in other words, to strengthen his natural right to exist and work without injury to himself or others.” - Baruch Spinoza, Tractatus Theologico-Politicus

This #tbt, let’s rewind to 1996. ⁣ ⁣ Preparators Jeanne Kelly and Marilyn Fox paint the background of an exhibit showing the bones of the fish Xiphactinus in the Museum’s Hall of Vertebrate Origins. Its large skeletal cast hangs overhead. This species of fish thrived 85 million years ago during the Late Cretaceous, as dinosaurs’ reign was ending. Extending up to 17 feet (5.2 meters), the carnivorous animal could swallow a 6-foot-long fish whole. Giant teeth, winglike fins, and powerful swimming ability made Xiphactinus formidable ocean enemy. Spot both the bones and cast of Xiphactinus on the Museum’s fourth floor! 🐟⁣ ⁣ Do you remember the first time you visited the Museum and wandered these halls? For our 150th anniversary, we want to hear all of your favorite memories! Submit your stories with the #linkinbio 🤓 ⁣ ⁣ Photo: Image no. ptc-6633 / ©AMNH Library (at American Museum of Natural History) https://www.instagram.com/p/B8y8dCtAK_h/?igshid=dn4p06kx4zsz

OFOTD #112

Giant isopods can roll themselves up into a ball to protect their soft bellies, akin to the protection mechanism of their on-land relative, the roly-poly.