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The Wisconsin Maritime Museum welcomes all people to connect with our waterways through our exhibits, programs and collection including USS Cobia.
Manitowoc, WI
Joined October 2010
Still aFloat. Our annual check of the Children’s Waterways Room at the @WIMaritime using boats and cargo designed and #3dprinted by @StFrancisSDWI Ss. Connecting Ss w/ projects outside the classroom. #3Dprinting #museum
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In 1937 MCW faculty member Dr Edgar End pioneered the use of pressurized helium-oxygen for deep diving. Alongside Milwaukee deep-sea diver Max Nohl (pictured), they went on to develop underwater diving apparatuses for the U.S. Navy. #ArtofScience #ProjectWonder @WIMaritime
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Join us tomorrow for a sensory-friendly Museum experience!
Join us next Saturday, February 19 from 8:00am - 12:00pm for our Sensory Friendly Morning here at the Wisconsin Maritime Museum! Visit our FB event page for more info: https://t.co/7rPYWORrGJ
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Join us next Saturday, February 19 from 8:00am - 12:00pm for our Sensory Friendly Morning here at the Wisconsin Maritime Museum! Visit our FB event page for more info: https://t.co/7rPYWORrGJ
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Valentine's Day is only one week away, but it's not too late to pick up a last minute gift or write a note to your favorite crewmate. Check out our selection of cards, chocolates (straight from @Beerntsens), and locally-made jewelry!
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Save the date for this awesome talk on maritime archaeology!
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If you missed me talking about the glacial fish-tory of the #GreatLakes this weekend at the @WIMaritime, here is the link! https://t.co/4LWx5xDM88 Geologists please note I am a biologist and I tried my best to tell the story of the glaciers.
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Join us THIS Sat. Jan. 29 at 1pm to learn from @DrFishSG about the history and ecology of the Great Lakes! This will be a hybrid event with both an in-person option, and a livestream on the WMM Facebook page.
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Join us THIS Sat. Jan. 29 at 1pm to learn from @DrFishSG about the history and ecology of the Great Lakes! This will be a hybrid event with both an in-person option, and a livestream on the WMM Facebook page.
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Like their 7 other relatives in the pike genus Esox, the northern pike (named for its resemblance to a "pike" - a long spear) has a distinctive duckbill-shaped snout, long torpedo-shaped body, and large mouth with lots of sharp chompers #25DaysofFishmas
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As the only freshwater eel in North America, American eel doesn’t look like many other #GreatLakes fish. It has a snake-like body + very tiny scales/mucus covering that makes it as “slippery as an eel” - lampreys are similarly shaped but don’t have jaws (eels do) #25DaysofFishmas
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The silver carp is one of 3 carp species in the genus Hypophthalmichthys, which, besides being a mouthful, is Greek meaning “fish with eyes below” referring to their low-set eyes - they can grow to be over 3 ft (1 m) long and weigh 100 lbs (50 kg) #25DaysofFishmas
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Whatever you call today’s featured fish - laker, namaycush, mackinaw, siscowet, togue, chinamekos - just don’t call them late for dinner! Like a 🌟 atop the #Fishmas tree, the lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush) was historically top of the #GreatLakes food web #25DaysofFishmas
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Recently, @WisHistory maritime archaeologists Caitlin Zant & Tamara Thomsen spent time with Santa & Mrs. Claus on fish tug delivering Christmas trees to @WIMaritime, in true Great Lakes maritime fashion! Every year, @WIMaritime hosts “Christmas Tree Ship Day." #WisconsinHistory
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Don’t go chasing waterfalls: Longnose dace’s species name “cataractae” means “of the cataract” (cataract being another word for large waterfall) because this species was first described from a specimen collected from Niagara Falls #25DaysofFishmas
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The golden redhorse is one of ~20 species in the group Moxostoma (the redhorse suckers) - “Moxostoma” comes from Greek "myxo" = “to suckle” + "stoma" = “mouth” so three guesses as to how this fish eats #25DaysofFishmas
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Still looking for the perfect gift for someone on your list? Why not give them a one-of-a-kind experience aboard the USS Cobia! Join us Sunday, January 16 for a dive into Cobia's history and extended-length tour of the boat led by a submarine veteran! https://t.co/lL4mhywvgS
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Yellow perch is part of the Percidae family: their scientific name “Perca” is Greek meaning “perch” while “flavescens” is Latin for "becoming gold" or "yellow colored" - we scientists are a *very* creative bunch #25DaysofFishmas
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The starhead topminnow is part of a fun family - the Fundulidae family! Many of its 40-some members are known as killifishes + live in a wide variety of habitats (fresh, salty, everything in between), but the starhead topminnow is just found in freshwater #25DaysofFishmas
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Whoever smelt it, dealt it: Rainbow smelt are part of the family Osmeridae which comes from the Greek “osme” meaning “odorous” - smelt smell like freshly-cut cucumbers! #25DaysofFishmas
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