Couldn’t agree more

27-28yo - publish these brains in fancy journals;

29yo - Finish PhD and start postdoc at Harvard

18yo - Start working at a paleo lab, looking at fossil sharks, including the ones my mom chose for my 1yo party;

21yo - my first 2 papers are published;

22yo - I describe my first new fossil species;

23yo - I find fossil fish brains!!

12yo - I learn to dive and spearfish and get together my fish anatomy basics;

12yo - I meet a paleontologist for the first time at a book release;

17yo - I finish high school and get into college for a bio degree;

(cont.)

I have it. Its a great source!

If you replace ‘bird’ with ‘fish’ its the question I ask myself everyday

Amia is great by itself though!

Ha! finding convoluted ways to keep fish sitting straight up in the tomograph is a highlight of my best work days 😅

I just scanned a baby paddlefish from the MCZ collection and its belly is filled with brine shrimp just like that!