Back to the Dallas Museum of Natural History today where I got to help the curatorial assistant hang old exhibit photos and text on the (one) empty wall in the collections room so that when people are taken through it to look at the nifty stuff they've got, there's a bit of color about the place.
And then we gave a tour of the collection to two paleo lab volunteers, and I got to see more stuff than I'd seen on my last trip through, including a slab full of fossilized ants. Looked just like ants, surprisingly enough.
And I mentioned that I had to draw dragons for Living Room Games and that I wanted to look at Lisa, the Australian bearded dragon I mentioned earlier, to get a better idea of reptile anatomy, so I got to take her out and play with her a bit. She's pretty substantial - looks to be 1.5-2 pounds - and she likes to sit on your shoulder. I know that reptiles are cold-blooded, but it still feels weird to have this lump on your shoulder that is colder than you are. I'm way too used to cats, which are furry little furnaces. Brian, the curatorial assistant, told me to bring my digital camera next time I come in and work for the collections and I could get some pictures of her as long as I didn't use the flash.
Going back tomorrow for more fossil cleaning. "Air scribe" is the name of the tool I'm using, which I'd forgotten before.
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