Whitney Barlow Robles
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Raleigh-based writer of natural history (and its history) 🐍 Author of CURIOUS SPECIES 🦝 http://bit.ly/3rMeLNQ 🐡 https://linktr.ee/wbarlowrobles 🐛 whitneybarlowrobles.com
I first learned about the Burgess Shale while taking a class with Derek Briggs. And let me tell you, the whole lot of ‘em—Wiwaxia, Anomalocaris, Opabinia—sound so lovely with an emphatic Irish accent.
Don’t even get me started on how he pronounced the Ediacaran fauna.
Don’t even get me started on how he pronounced the Ediacaran fauna.
November 14, 2025 at 2:10 AM
I first learned about the Burgess Shale while taking a class with Derek Briggs. And let me tell you, the whole lot of ‘em—Wiwaxia, Anomalocaris, Opabinia—sound so lovely with an emphatic Irish accent.
Don’t even get me started on how he pronounced the Ediacaran fauna.
Don’t even get me started on how he pronounced the Ediacaran fauna.