Hi, I'm Jonathan and I've only been using Mastodon for a few days. Like many other newbies to the platform, I started out on one of the large instances but have migrated here.
I've got an interest in #Tech, #Science, #History, #NaturalHistory, #Palaeontolgy, #Archaeology, #Museums, #Art and politics.
I'm not the most interesting person in the world but many of the people I follow will be, so there's that at least.
It's time for a proper #introduction. Kia ora.
I'm an #ecology lecturer at #LincolnUniversityNZ and live in Ōtautahi-Christchurch. I'm interested in #EcologicalMonitoring, #BiologicalInvasions (esp. #weeds), and NZ #NaturalHistory (so much still to discover!). I'm site admin for #iNaturalistNZ #MātakiTaiao, the NZ node of #iNaturalist.
I'm @joncounts because I count a lot of nature (~17,000 species counts each month). See https://wildcounts.org.
Did a fish inspire one of the most famous works of gothic horror literature? A pet theory of mine.
In 1847 a ship bound from the Mediterranean to England is caught in a terrible storm in the Bay of Biscay. The crew are supersitious that a mysterious, coffin-like box on board the ship could be the cause of their bad fortune. The box bears only the address of an Oxford academic - could it be a cadaver bound for the doctor's dissection table? Soon the crew are demanding for the box to be opened. The carpenter removes the fastenings from the box, opens the lid and reveals ... a large Tuna packed in salt.
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