16 Fieldwork Fails

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mattstaff
Apr 18, 2018 11:00 PM EDT

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    Text - 272 140 Rosie Woodroffe @RosieWoodroffe Jul 31 Hiking from wild dog den, inhale biting insect, cough like territorial leopard. Answered by actual territory owner v nearby #fieldworkfail 354 1176
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    Text - Chris Hassall @katatrepsis Jul 31 Out on lake with students in rowing boats. Tell them to throw anchors overboard. 3 students forget to attach anchors to boat #fieldworkfail
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  • 03
    Text - Caroline Ponsonby @LeFunambulist Follow When you spill pheromone solution on yourself and become the sexiest damn Tanner beetle in all Skåne #fieldworkfail #distractinglysexy 5:32 PM - 4 Aug 2015 14 t5
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  • 04
    Wildlife - Marcella J. Kelly @marcellajkelly Follow Rental car companies probably should ask if you are a field biologist #fieldworkfail RETWEETS FAVORITES 140 272
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  • 05
    Text - Terry Wheeler @ta wheeler Jul 30 1988: Went to Jamaica to collect insects. Hurricane Gilbert also went to Jamaica Our insect traps probably went to Mexico #fieldworkfail 147 296
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    Text - Jeff Stratford @JeffAStratford Released a goldfinch "Mr flappy" that was immediately captured by a falcon in front of 24 horrified middle school girls #fieldworkfail 7:19 PM-31 Jul 2015 Wilkes-Barre, PA, United States 146 212
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    Text - Corey Welch @CoreyWelch_STEM Spent 15 min. in W. Texas trying to identify rodent in live trap. Field guide failed to help. It was a Hamster. #fieldworkfail 2:12 PM -30 Jul 2015 113 280
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  • 08
    Text - Eleanor Drinkwater @E Drinkwater Jul 31 Not wanting to tell your tentmates that the huge weird insect you found has somehow escaped #fieldworkfail
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  • 09
    Insect - Tony Gamble @tony gamble1 Follow That cool spider you took photos of then released was an undescribed species #fieldworkfail 10:38 PM 30 Jul 2015 t164 279
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  • 10
    Text - Christie Bahlai Follow @cbahlai Butterflies that failed to show up for my elaborate experiment flew by my window while I was doing dishes at home #fieldworkfail FAVORITES RETWEETS 71 29 652 AM 31 Jul 2015
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  • 11
    Adaptation - Asia Murphy @am anatiala Follow Set up camera station. Hope to get pictures of native carnivores. Get hundreds of pictures of this. #fieldworkfail 19 C 10/01/13 07:16PM MTD05 MOBLTREE
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  • 12
    Text - Alison Graettinger @AlisonGraetting Follow Finding out the ground was not as stable as appeared #Askja #Fieldworkfail camerawoman took pic instead of helping
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  • 13
    Text - TSV Follow @tattoosandbones Lick tiny object to discern if fossil/rock. Fossil. Sticks to tongue. Coughing fit from dust. Sharp inhale. Swallow fossil. #fieldworkfail 11:47 PM 30 Jul 2015 629 389
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  • 14
    Text - Sarah Durant Follow @SarahMDurant That sinking feeling when you realise you have inadvertently exchanged saliva with a dead jackal #fieldworkfail 6:53 PM 31 Jul 2015 51 t 32
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  • 15
    Text - Ambika Kamath @ambikamath A lizard that had eluded capture for weeks jumped on my head and ran down the entire length of me. I still couldn't catch it. #fieldworkfail 2:35 PM-30 Jul 2015 66 167
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  • 16
    Manta ray - Dr. Alistair Dove @AlistairDove Skillfully applied thousand dollar satellite tag to manta ray. The same manta ray I tagged yesterday #fieldworkfail 9:50 AM 31 Jul 2015 191 306
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