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NEW EXHIBITIONS: 2 new animal-themed shows opening concurrently at Rijksmuseum!

Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam is set to open a pair of new animal-themed exhibitions, both running from 30 September 2022 – 15 January 2023: 1 CLARA THE RHINOCEROS –Clara was unfamiliar, impressively large, and strange to behold – in short, she was different from any other animal. Clara the Rhinoceros tells…

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26 September, 2022 3 November, 2023Exhibition

ANIMAL ART OF THE DAY for National Lobster Day #1

It’s National Lobster Day so I get to share one of my favorite Nazca ceramics! Such a unique piece infused with so much character…I mean just look at that face… 😂

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24 September, 2022 3 November, 2023Animal Art of the Day, Animal Holiday

ANIMAL ART OF THE DAY for World Honeybee Day from the Majolica Mania exhibition

For #WorldHoneybeeDay here is another piece from the Majolica Mania exhibition at the Walters Art Museum:

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20 August, 2022 8 September, 2022Animal Art of the Day, Animal Holiday, Museum Visit

ANIMAL ART OF THE DAY for International Horseshoe Crab Day: “Pfeilschwankrebs”

Horseshoe crabs have been swimming in earth’s oceans for a long time…their fossil record goes back at least 480 million years! This card illustrates the Atlantic Horseshoe Crab (Limulus polyphemus), one of four still-living species and the only one native to the Americas.(Also, their common name is misleading — they…

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20 June, 2022 8 September, 2022Animal Art of the Day, Animal Holiday

ANIMAL ART OF THE DAY: Hokusai’s crustaceans

Hokusai's Crustaceans

It’s on my to-do list to try to identify all the different species scurrying around here. For now, I’ll just note that there is an imposter crustacean in the mix — Horseshoe Crabs (family Limulidae) aren’t true crabs, and aren’t even crustaceans. 😉 (They’re chelicerates, a whole different subphylum of arthropods…

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1 May, 2022 8 September, 2022Animal Art of the Day
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