Lena Verkuilen
@lenaverk.bsky.social
Human being and cat parent
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Welcome back to #FossilFriday!
Here is a Petoskey Stone which is Michigan's state stone. It is a colonial rugose coral known as Hexagonaria percarinata. This comes from the Middle Devonian (Givitian) Gravel Point Formation (Traverse Group). Each corallite that you see would have housed a polyp.
Here is a Petoskey Stone which is Michigan's state stone. It is a colonial rugose coral known as Hexagonaria percarinata. This comes from the Middle Devonian (Givitian) Gravel Point Formation (Traverse Group). Each corallite that you see would have housed a polyp.
December 5, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Welcome back to #FossilFriday!
Here is a Petoskey Stone which is Michigan's state stone. It is a colonial rugose coral known as Hexagonaria percarinata. This comes from the Middle Devonian (Givitian) Gravel Point Formation (Traverse Group). Each corallite that you see would have housed a polyp.
Here is a Petoskey Stone which is Michigan's state stone. It is a colonial rugose coral known as Hexagonaria percarinata. This comes from the Middle Devonian (Givitian) Gravel Point Formation (Traverse Group). Each corallite that you see would have housed a polyp.
Happy #caturday! Otis prefers empty pants for napping, and Ebenezer enjoys a warm lap. May you be cozy as housecats in this dark midwinter time.
December 6, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Happy #caturday! Otis prefers empty pants for napping, and Ebenezer enjoys a warm lap. May you be cozy as housecats in this dark midwinter time.
Neither am I. Maybe ill go to the pub with Steve.
December 5, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Neither am I. Maybe ill go to the pub with Steve.
Look at this cutie!!!
Day 159 of showing the internet that (jumping) spiders aren't scary 😯
Pepper has zero shame in being his own biggest fan 😂💚
He started his day with a cute little face-wash… then suddenly spotted his reflection and instantly went into full mating display mode 🥹 #jumpingspider
Pepper has zero shame in being his own biggest fan 😂💚
He started his day with a cute little face-wash… then suddenly spotted his reflection and instantly went into full mating display mode 🥹 #jumpingspider
December 4, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Look at this cutie!!!
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Emotionally speaking all my Christmas lights are tangled 👉👈
December 3, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Emotionally speaking all my Christmas lights are tangled 👉👈
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Release the Epstein Files!
December 3, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Release the Epstein Files!
When the weather gets wintery there are 2 types of people: grumbles, and those of us who enjoy the stark beauty. May you find beauty every day.
December 2, 2025 at 8:36 PM
When the weather gets wintery there are 2 types of people: grumbles, and those of us who enjoy the stark beauty. May you find beauty every day.
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dɯnɹʇ's an Epic, (twice in our country's history-level,) Fückup.
December 2, 2025 at 1:47 AM
dɯnɹʇ's an Epic, (twice in our country's history-level,) Fückup.
Add this to your Christmas viewing line up. You won't regret it!
December 2, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Add this to your Christmas viewing line up. You won't regret it!
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I can feel my hooked beak coming in now
November 30, 2025 at 1:17 AM
I can feel my hooked beak coming in now
What an interesting thing
Adult Mammoths had one natural enemy–Neanderthals. This Neanderthal scraper in our collection was used for preparing large mammoth hides. The Mousterian style of manufacture reveals it to be 120,000-200,000 years old.
November 30, 2025 at 1:09 AM
What an interesting thing
Dennis!
🤣 The deep sea ID guide I've made for myself is only slightly more detailed than this
November 29, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Dennis!
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Physically I’m now in sweatpants until Friday, mentally I’m now in sweatpants until January
November 26, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Physically I’m now in sweatpants until Friday, mentally I’m now in sweatpants until January
Everyone has a talent
November 25, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Everyone has a talent
Happy Holidays
November 25, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Happy Holidays
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This fossil is of a lobed-finned fish named Osteolepsis macrolepidotus and was found in Scotland. The Devonian Period (named after fossils first found in Devon, England), is known as "The age of fishes" and was fish transformed into three major groups: lobe-finned, ray-finned, and sharks.
November 24, 2025 at 7:59 PM
This fossil is of a lobed-finned fish named Osteolepsis macrolepidotus and was found in Scotland. The Devonian Period (named after fossils first found in Devon, England), is known as "The age of fishes" and was fish transformed into three major groups: lobe-finned, ray-finned, and sharks.
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In Morrow County, healthy adults were coming down with unexplained medical conditions, including diseases that usually afflicted the elderly.
In a survey of 30 homes, at least 25 miscarriages and a half dozen people living with one kidney were reported.
🔗 www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
In a survey of 30 homes, at least 25 miscarriages and a half dozen people living with one kidney were reported.
🔗 www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
November 25, 2025 at 1:39 AM
In Morrow County, healthy adults were coming down with unexplained medical conditions, including diseases that usually afflicted the elderly.
In a survey of 30 homes, at least 25 miscarriages and a half dozen people living with one kidney were reported.
🔗 www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
In a survey of 30 homes, at least 25 miscarriages and a half dozen people living with one kidney were reported.
🔗 www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
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Two miles of ice core on the shelf at our national ice core facility in Lakewood, Colorado. The WAIS Divide core from West Antarctica is a 3400m long (deepest US core, 2nd deepest ice core ever) 68,000 year old record of high resolution climate.
November 24, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Two miles of ice core on the shelf at our national ice core facility in Lakewood, Colorado. The WAIS Divide core from West Antarctica is a 3400m long (deepest US core, 2nd deepest ice core ever) 68,000 year old record of high resolution climate.
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This is my kind of good trouble.
In Monrovia, California, protesters are purchasing 17¢ ICE scrapers from Home Depot and immediately returning them to create long lines and slow down the entire store. Their aim is to disrupt sales and convey a message opposing ICE raids occurring in their neighborhood.
November 23, 2025 at 7:20 PM
This is my kind of good trouble.
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Friendly reminder that the weekend before Thanksgiving is officially the beginning of holiday stress season which means it’s alllll mashed potatoes and anxiety meds from here on out baby so lock in
November 23, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Friendly reminder that the weekend before Thanksgiving is officially the beginning of holiday stress season which means it’s alllll mashed potatoes and anxiety meds from here on out baby so lock in