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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D.
@sarahmackattack.bsky.social
Squid biologist
Science communicator
Artist
Philadelphian
I run @SkypeAScientist.bsky.social
Creator of the SquidMobile

https://linktr.ee/Sarahmackattack
One of the easiest things we can do to help wildlife in cities is plant native plants. We’re going to make this as easy as possible for Philly people this winter/spring by giving them the seeds they need to start.

I need YOUR help prepping those seeds on Dec 17.

Join us! luma.com/o3sladpu
November 23, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Ok hell yeah. Some kid (presumably) put their whole ass into this public education campaign. I’ve seen multiple stapled on poles near my house. I love the energy.
November 22, 2025 at 11:53 PM
ARTISTS!
I need your help!

In collab. w/the Society for Integrative & Comparative Biology, I'm organizing a group of artists to come to our Jan. meeting! We're looking for artists to create based on what they learn at the conference. $1000 stipend.

Application is V short! forms.gle/ah1i8KwNJinZ...
November 22, 2025 at 3:51 PM
At drink and draw tonight and the first prompt- and hey listen I just wrote the prompt I did NOT choose it, they chose it! You can’t blame me! I am blameless!!!!!…

Was beluga with a boob job lmfao
November 22, 2025 at 1:53 AM
The part of all this that shocked me the most is that I’ll ALSO be illustrating it. So if you liked my zines MILFs for Mother Earth or “Everything Sucks Let’s do something” you’re really gonna love this.
November 20, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Big news: I’m writing a book!!

I’ll be writing & illustrating a beginner’s guide to appreciating wildlife in cities/suburbs, & how all of us can make our neighborhoods better for those animals.

Thank you to my book agent @ericsmithrocks.bsky.social & the folks at Storey for believing in this book!
November 20, 2025 at 2:26 PM
“Everybody say echinacea!”

Native Plant Prep Party was a wild success. We assembled 2000 seed packets!!

Thank you to everyone who came out! We will do this again soon.
November 20, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Thank you for tolerating all the promo this week, please, have this creature as a token of my gratitude.
November 19, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Calendar tour!!

Don’t look at my office, I know it’s chaotic, don’t do it, don’t look, just look at the calendar! it’s very nice! it has animals on it and it helps me buy native plant seeds for my city, nothing to see on my walls.

Get a pretty calendar at squidfacts.net
November 19, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Otis sat on a receipt with a piece of masking tape on it and now she’s running around the house like a bat out of hell with receipt paper flying behind her. She’s inventing a whole new kind of ribbon dancing.

(It’s ok I caught her and got it off)
November 19, 2025 at 3:20 AM
Oh shit I didn’t know trees could pull off a high pony, but look at her go
November 19, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Highly recommend getting a tiny cat, a fluffy cat, a little screaming baby cat.
November 18, 2025 at 10:31 PM
I was crawling around on the astroturf'd porch of our hotel room, ass in the air, trying my level best to get this spider to look as cute as possible. They were a cooperative model 🥰
November 18, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Hi, it's me again

I have these calendars. They are so pretty. @megstampede.bsky.social made them. They have a bunch of animals on them, like crows and humpbacks and cuttlefish and salamanders.

Each month has facts about the animals AND actions you can take to help them

Get one at Squidfacts.net!
November 18, 2025 at 7:16 PM
For once my event this week is so packed with RSVPs I don't even need to remind you about it, but I love the poster that @theavocadojam.com made so much that I'm posting about it anyway!

IF you wanna come, you should! We're gonna be packing up seed packets

RSVP here luma.com/hvqyrx9v
November 17, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Getting on the train to NYC to see @ologies.bsky.social first ever live show! Saw this hunky train being advertised but apparently our janky American tracks can’t support them at their max speed. Why are we like this (don’t answer that, I know why).
November 17, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Alright there’s room for improvement, given the spooky Philadelphia basement setup down here among the paint cans & old maid chair my dad spontaneously dropped off, but this is an extremely promising start. Bonus points for the cat theme of the drum kit, courtesy of @vesiclesmasher.bsky.social 10/10
November 17, 2025 at 2:56 AM
I got these rainbow pencils at the art store for $1 and they’re the best $1 I ever spent. I love adding little rainbow hearts to the shipping stickers.
November 16, 2025 at 5:41 PM
People sometimes ask me for a business card, and I never have a card, but I almost always have some random assortment of science education material on me. So when a man asked me for my card earlier today I dug around in my pockets & handed him a MILF zine, horseshoe crab card, and a squid sticker 🤷🏻‍♀️
November 15, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Planted my first Philadelphia tree at Norris square park this morning under the guidance of my tree teacher, Petra (age 9).
November 15, 2025 at 4:41 PM
A la the art direction of Dennis from It's Always Sunny
November 14, 2025 at 4:53 PM
The vibe I am bringing to the pool this morning
November 14, 2025 at 1:00 PM
November 13, 2025 at 10:24 PM
She is none too pleased with me today. None too pleased.
November 13, 2025 at 1:55 PM
No no it’s good that we have winter I’m happy that it’s cold. If I was wearing shorts right now that would be bad because, you know, climate change. I’m always talking about stopping climate change, of course, so I’m pleased that I’m frozen.
November 12, 2025 at 12:25 AM