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Your Sunday read: a Museum librarian digs into some of the strange tales and unanswered questions in our library: http://field.mu/q4pE30e1kCI 

 

 Unidentified woman (with macaw on her shoulder) and child photographed as part of the 1933-34 Leon Mandel Expedition to Guatemala, and one of the inspirations for this piece.

 

 Carl Akeley with bandaged arm and leopard that he killed with his bare hands, 1 August 1896. © The Field Museum, CSZ5974c. 

 

 

Trilobites' spiny tails may have protected them from predators like cephalopods and sharks: http://field.mu/lydw30e5Gnp  #TrilobiteTuesday 

The narwhal's closest living relative is the beluga whale. #SciArt via British Mammals http://s.si.edu/2f1FxMC  #SciComm #ArcticLegeand

It's Monday again. #MammalMonday, that is. Here's a sloth bear from the Photo Archives: http://field.mu/5MPK30e3fqH

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 Source: https://www.fieldmuseum.org/blog/beautiful-strangers