andy royle
@andyroyle_pwrc
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Unemployed ninja. Mycologist, herpetologist, box turtle theorist, Misinformation expert. Views my own. Get off my lawn!
Joined November 2015
Fishing is a disease of pathologically optimistic and gullible suckers. I love fishing. Caught this fish in Juneau on Saturday. 16 hours of fly hurling this weekend. It was worth it.
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I was out turtle hunting in the rain this evening and at 6:34 I caught this turtle which coincidentally has ID 634.
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RT @Jackbamberzool1: 🚨 New publication: 📝. Out today in the @royalsociety proceedings B. We find that diversionary….
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had a bigger group this year but the weather was way less favorable! Last years:
In one of the most amazing scientific events of the century, this crew of Smithsonian turtle hunting fanatics, plus me, captured 12 box turtles at Patuxent Refuge today, destroying the previous record of 9 set last year. Unbeatable single-day total. @crispyfluff @BrianGratwicke
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who is us? well, this amazing group of turtlecologists from The Smithsonian (Tom Akre and crew) and some of my Patuxent crew shown here (minus me). [3/4]
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in the end we prevailed with a new all-time world record (modern day) of 18 box turtles captured. This breaks the previous record of 12 captures in one day set last year by us. (we are that good). [2/3]
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Today we assaulted the floodplain of the Patuxent river in Operation Midday Box Turtle Thunder. It was 97 degrees, humid, and the terrain was challenging (swamp). [1/3]
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probably should have used ride of the valkyries for a soundtrack here.
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I took this video of an ancient box turtle hunting down and consuming a hapless worm
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this is about the most male box turtle you'll ever see. Has all of the male-associated characteristics (red eyes, etc). also wants to kick your ass.
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today I caught turtle 582 , nicknamed "squishy", b/c he has a massive dent in his right-side. maybe had a run-in with a mower years ago (despite being about 1 km from mowed grass), or munched by a predator that never finished the job.
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this turtle just dug out of its mud hole in anticipation of the rain.
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Went turtle hunting this morning (2 people) and found 0 turtles. I went this afternoon by myself and found 4. The difference is barometric pressure (rising in the morning, falling in the afternoon). Rain is coming, and turtles know that.
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I caught this old box turtle this afternoon. This is her 2nd capture this year. She was marked in 1995 (caught twice then) and we haven't seen her since. In 1995 she was recorded to be 20+ years old so she's > 50 now.
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Got my lifer Blandings turtle this morning crossing the road outside of Ann Arbor
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RT @phl43: That's one of the main ways in which I've been using LLMs and I have indeed been pretty consistently amazed. Sure, the answer i….
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extremely proud of my first R/shiny App which just shows my captures of individual box turtles. But I'm just getting started!
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