Jack Ashby
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Jack Ashby
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Award-winning author #PlatypusMatters & #NaturesMemory. Assistant Director of @ZoologyMuseum.bsky.social at Cambridge Uni. President of the Society for the History of Natural History. Australian mammal nerd. He/him. Own views.
And even fewer Brits, sadly.
January 12, 2026 at 8:33 AM
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Nature's Memory.

Fascinating. Looking at biases in natural history museum collections. Sexism. Insects. Plants.
September 19, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Exciting! I'll email you now! You're going to have a brilliant time.
January 8, 2026 at 8:41 AM
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Morning Womble, I’m reading about the evolution of Australian mammals by reading Platypus Matters by Jack Ashby.
July 6, 2025 at 8:21 AM
It brings me great pride to know i get paged for stories about penis bones 😅
January 7, 2026 at 1:48 PM
Wombat Friends, it is a great privilege to present to you your #WombatWednesday WOMBAT OF THE YEAR 2025... The darling double-act🥇
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January 7, 2026 at 8:11 AM
Your runner-up for #Wombat of the Year 2025: the whirling wombatlet 🥈
#WombatWednesday
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January 7, 2026 at 8:11 AM
Ha. What this suggests to me is that even space scientists know that platypuses are far more interesting than anything they might find in their own field. 😅
January 6, 2026 at 10:05 PM