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JoAnna @joannascience.bsky.social · 4d

he watches most games every single year. He has to go through this EVERY. SINGLE. GAME. I'm holding on for dear life

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Remember the big cow? 🇵🇸 @thebigcow.bsky.social · 4d

Watching Da Mariners

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JoAnna @joannascience.bsky.social · 4d

I don't normally watch baseball, but my brother has been a die-hard Mariners fan for his ENTIRE 36 years of life, so I'm watching the playoffs in solidarity.

I do not know how he does this YEAR after YEAR I can barely handle NINE INNINGS. how has his HEART survived, I mean literally the organ

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JoAnna @joannascience.bsky.social · 4d

MARINERS I STG

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JoAnna @joannascience.bsky.social · 4d

I don't normally yell when I watch TV, but tonight I'm watching the Mariners play and my cat is VERY concerned

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JoAnna @joannascience.bsky.social · 4d

THAT WAS A STRIKE DAMMIT

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JoAnna @joannascience.bsky.social · 4d

Being a Mariners fan is so hard 😭

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Kelporama @kelporama.bsky.social · 28d

Banana slug enjoying a leaf in the rain 10x speed

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JoAnna @joannascience.bsky.social · Jun 24

snorse

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JoAnna @joannascience.bsky.social · Jun 24

Hey did you know I take commissions for pet portraits?? These are bespoke works of art that capture your pet in fun and whimsical ways! DM me or email me at [email protected] for more info! #artcommissions #petportrait #hireanartist

Photo shows a flier advertising pet portraits by JoAnna. Text says the portraits start at $50 for your pet on a plain background, with extra add-ons available like a more detailed background. Email petsbyjoanna@gmail.com to learn more.

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JoAnna @joannascience.bsky.social · Jun 11

I also recently published this comic as well with Science News Explores, about SEA ROBINS and their TONGUE-LEGS. Written by Andrea Tamayo and Maria Temming. #sciart #sciencecomic

www.snexplores.org/article/sea-...

Illustration shows a brown-spotted fish with big fins and weird little legs coming out its underside. The fish is eating a clam. Text reads "Sea Robin Legs Double as Tongues. Written by Andrea Tamayo and Maria Temming, Illustrated by JoAnna Wendel"

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JoAnna @joannascience.bsky.social · Jun 11

Check out my new comic at Science News Explores! It's about goats, sheep, llamas...and optical illusions! Written by Maria Temming #sciart #sciencecomic

www.snexplores.org/article/shee...

Comic panel featuring a stupid-looking llama munching on some grass. Text reads "Optical Illusions Fool Hoofed Animals Too. Written by Maria Temming, Illustrating by JoAnna Wendel"

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The Mary Rose Museum @maryrosemuseum.bsky.social · Apr 15

On the anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, we thought we'd answer a question that's often asked,

"If they raised the Mary Rose, why not raise the Titanic?"

Allow our scaled diagram to explain...

A light blue diagram depicting the sea, with the water's surface at the top, and just below it is an outline of the Mary Rose, with the depth (12m, 40ft or 6.7 fathoms). There is a line showing the seabed, which takes a rapid dive into the vertical...

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JoAnna @joannascience.bsky.social · Apr 15

Hiked Catherine Creek in the gorge yesterday, it was so beautiful!

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JoAnna @joannascience.bsky.social · Apr 14

Let me know what ecosystem-specific mermaid I should do next! #sciart #ocean

JoAnna @joannascience.bsky.social · Apr 14

Annnnd finally, we reach the shallow sea and find out Kelp Forest Mermaid. She has green skin, flowing green hair, and competes with sea otters to gobble up all those pesky sea urchins

Illustration of a mermaid that evolved in a kelp forest. She has green skin and hair and is eating a bright purple sea urchin.

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JoAnna @joannascience.bsky.social · Apr 14

Moving up, we find our Open Ocean Mermaid! She evolved alongside whales and sharks, with counter-shading for camouflage, a lot of blubber for warmth, and she even evolved a melon for echolocation! She doesn't need her arms, as she's a filter-feeder like a baleen whale #sciart

Illustration of a mermaid that evolved in the open ocean. She has tiny arms, lots of blubber, and blue skin. Her backside facing the surface is darker blue, for camouflage

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JoAnna @joannascience.bsky.social · Apr 14

Staying in the deep sea, we find our Hydrothermal Vent Mermaid, who has similarly big eyes and reddish skin, with some defensive spikes on her tail. She feeds on chemosynthetic bacteria and thrives in hot, dark places #sciart

Illustration of a mermaid that evolved at a hydrothermal vent. She has reddish skin, big eyes, and long fingers.

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JoAnna @joannascience.bsky.social · Apr 14

What would mermaids look like if they evolved in different parts of the ocean?

First we've got our deep-sea mermaid with her translucent tail, weird long fingers, big eyes and bioluminescent lure #sciart #illustration #comics