Andrew Mountcastle
@mounty.bsky.social
I investigate how insects are so good at crashing into things. 🐝Insect Biomechanist, 🏒Pond Hockeyologist, 📸Photographer-ish, Dad, Mainer, Biology prof at Bates College
Early December snowstorm forecast for Maine, just like old times.
November 30, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Early December snowstorm forecast for Maine, just like old times.
Leave it to scientists to come up with the absolute least romantic definition of kissing 🧪
November 20, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Leave it to scientists to come up with the absolute least romantic definition of kissing 🧪
Good news! I used the AI generative fill tool in Photoshop to render the missing information.
November 20, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Good news! I used the AI generative fill tool in Photoshop to render the missing information.
fish: "Hey guys, we cool. You can trust us."
also fish:
also fish:
November 20, 2025 at 12:29 AM
fish: "Hey guys, we cool. You can trust us."
also fish:
also fish:
My kids have been fastidiously assembling this particular puzzle with the single-minded focus of Oppenheimer designing the atomic bomb.
November 18, 2025 at 4:50 PM
My kids have been fastidiously assembling this particular puzzle with the single-minded focus of Oppenheimer designing the atomic bomb.
Bro that’s electrified. You’re entering 3-trick pony status.
November 15, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Bro that’s electrified. You’re entering 3-trick pony status.
My wife gave our 8yo son her phone to peruse items he might want for Christmas. This is a small fraction of similarly themed items she found in the shopping card today
November 15, 2025 at 12:14 AM
My wife gave our 8yo son her phone to peruse items he might want for Christmas. This is a small fraction of similarly themed items she found in the shopping card today
This feels like a trick question
November 8, 2025 at 12:52 AM
This feels like a trick question
Hey look you got a 'save' lol
November 7, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Hey look you got a 'save' lol
It shows up under your post, next to the reposts and likes.
November 7, 2025 at 9:23 PM
It shows up under your post, next to the reposts and likes.
Live shot of all the balls I'm dropping this semester
November 7, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Live shot of all the balls I'm dropping this semester
Ummmmm, how much for just York County please? 😳
November 4, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Ummmmm, how much for just York County please? 😳
My kids saw this in the candy store and lost their shit. If you have kids you know what this is about and are probably also living this hell on a daily basis. If you don’t know what this is about, thank your lucky stars. It’s honestly not worth the words to explain it.
October 28, 2025 at 11:43 PM
My kids saw this in the candy store and lost their shit. If you have kids you know what this is about and are probably also living this hell on a daily basis. If you don’t know what this is about, thank your lucky stars. It’s honestly not worth the words to explain it.
Good lord, this is dismemberment
October 28, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Good lord, this is dismemberment
My resulting publication
October 22, 2025 at 12:57 AM
My resulting publication
Youth soccer in Maine is hilarious because it is completely dark out, but practice just started
October 14, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Youth soccer in Maine is hilarious because it is completely dark out, but practice just started