Lisa Whitenack, PhD
@whitenacklab.bsky.social
Biology professor & Director of Faculty Development at Allegheny College. Biomechanics, evolution, and paleobiology of sharks, snails, crabs, and more. She/her
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Seeing this longhorn cowfish at the Birch Aquarium this week brought a smile to my face.
Like other boxfishes, they are fins-only swimmers because their scales fuse together, preventing the body from bending.
And they look like Zoolander
doing blue steel.
Ok carry on
Seeing this longhorn cowfish at the Birch Aquarium this week brought a smile to my face.
Like other boxfishes, they are fins-only swimmers because their scales fuse together, preventing the body from bending.
And they look like Zoolander
doing blue steel.
Ok carry on
November 22, 2025 at 1:11 AM
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Seeing this longhorn cowfish at the Birch Aquarium this week brought a smile to my face.
Like other boxfishes, they are fins-only swimmers because their scales fuse together, preventing the body from bending.
And they look like Zoolander
doing blue steel.
Ok carry on
Seeing this longhorn cowfish at the Birch Aquarium this week brought a smile to my face.
Like other boxfishes, they are fins-only swimmers because their scales fuse together, preventing the body from bending.
And they look like Zoolander
doing blue steel.
Ok carry on
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Took my mom, sister, & her kids to the Linesville Spillway. It is known as “where the ducks walk on the fish”.
🦆
🐟 🐟
These greedy fish are common carp (Cyrpinius cardio). Many of them are as long as my arm. Tourists feed them bread and fish pellets.
Took my mom, sister, & her kids to the Linesville Spillway. It is known as “where the ducks walk on the fish”.
🦆
🐟 🐟
These greedy fish are common carp (Cyrpinius cardio). Many of them are as long as my arm. Tourists feed them bread and fish pellets.
July 26, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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Took my mom, sister, & her kids to the Linesville Spillway. It is known as “where the ducks walk on the fish”.
🦆
🐟 🐟
These greedy fish are common carp (Cyrpinius cardio). Many of them are as long as my arm. Tourists feed them bread and fish pellets.
Took my mom, sister, & her kids to the Linesville Spillway. It is known as “where the ducks walk on the fish”.
🦆
🐟 🐟
These greedy fish are common carp (Cyrpinius cardio). Many of them are as long as my arm. Tourists feed them bread and fish pellets.
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This is Oz, aka Ozzy Bear, Dingus, Orange Demon. 🐱
I couldn’t figure out what was making this noise. Then I realized he was snoring. 😴
Happened to catch the moment this orange boi woke himself up with his own snore. 🙄
Ok, carry on
This is Oz, aka Ozzy Bear, Dingus, Orange Demon. 🐱
I couldn’t figure out what was making this noise. Then I realized he was snoring. 😴
Happened to catch the moment this orange boi woke himself up with his own snore. 🙄
Ok, carry on
June 18, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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This is Oz, aka Ozzy Bear, Dingus, Orange Demon. 🐱
I couldn’t figure out what was making this noise. Then I realized he was snoring. 😴
Happened to catch the moment this orange boi woke himself up with his own snore. 🙄
Ok, carry on
This is Oz, aka Ozzy Bear, Dingus, Orange Demon. 🐱
I couldn’t figure out what was making this noise. Then I realized he was snoring. 😴
Happened to catch the moment this orange boi woke himself up with his own snore. 🙄
Ok, carry on