Just when you thought Science couldn’t get any cuter, here comes another trending hashtag to celebrate all that’s good about wild behinds.
It’s not easy bing a biologist, specially when you’re the type to work in the field. There’s planning the research, finding the perfect spot/ settlement/ location/ habitat, making sure you and your team have enough to survive, and just getting the job done. Which includes tracking down your subjects, keeping them calm and unaware of human presence, and countless hours of patient observation at the potential risk of life, limb, and boredom. Oh yeah, and getting the perfect shot of your elusive quarry, which usually means taking a thousand shots just to get the perfect one.
More than 25% of those shots will be butt shots.
Luckily, biologists on Twitter have decided to share these precious butt snaps with the rest of the planet through the hashtag #wildbum.
Chipmunk, because #wildbum needs more rodents. pic.twitter.com/opAWM5au1L
— Jaffa (@jaffa_tamarin) February 12, 2016
“It started innocently enough,” shares Gabriella, a 26-year-old biologist from the University of Edinburgh. “[It] was born out of all of those photos where no matter how hard you try you end up with a blurry shot or a bum shot of the animal.”
These butts don’t lie.
@AnneWHilborn ahem. just what are you looking at? #wildbum pic.twitter.com/SDsIbDCmw8
— Jason G. Goldman (@jgold85) February 11, 2016
We’re faced with all kinds of bun-buns: from the cute and fuzzy…
Mouse lemur asleep (upside-down) in a tree stump #wildbum pic.twitter.com/Ed5Th8zvCu
— Elyse Dankoski (@elysecdx) February 11, 2016
… to the sun-bleached and furry, …
Who are you looking at?! Pronghorn does. #wildbum pic.twitter.com/zNeFzaYiOU
— Scott E. Severs (@ScottESevers) February 11, 2016
I just can’t choose my favourite #WildBum No zebra, too obvious!! pic.twitter.com/BRnrANYt6Q
— Lesley McGrail (@Lee__Mc) February 11, 2016
… to the cold and scaly, …
The non-business end of a western diamondback #wildbum pic.twitter.com/f2ASspQhGy
— Max Smith (@empidomax) February 11, 2016
… to even the wet, wild, and spiny.
A beautiful long-spine sea urchin bum. Glorious. #wildbum pic.twitter.com/b73BhHYAqF
— Lady Gonopodia (@LizMarchio) February 12, 2016
Does a cloaca count as a #wildbum? pic.twitter.com/vAtXkkyUQ0
— Shedd Research (@SheddResearch) February 12, 2016
Let’s not forget about birds, who hands-down have the most interesting tail feathers in this hashtag.
Canada geese just love showing off their #wildbum while eating lunch. pic.twitter.com/FM1PEmN6Yf
— Erik Runquist (@ErikRunquist) February 11, 2016
Wait…what? #wildbum is a thing today? MY TIME HAS COME! Steller’s Jay #becurious pic.twitter.com/aBo6ncDufR
— Christy Pitto (@CrawliesWithCri) February 11, 2016
.@Lee__Mc @AnneWHilborn Musk duck bum! I feel like this deserves a hashtag. #WildBum? pic.twitter.com/g0uAcmVu75
— Amidst Science (@AmidstScience) February 11, 2016
Here’s my addition to #wildbum Red shafted Northern Flicker ? pic.twitter.com/QAqNplIQYj
— sue (@dancingmonkey11) February 11, 2016
They certainly know a good bum when they see one.
.@Lee__Mc @AnneWHilborn Honeyeater picking fur off of wallaby’s bum. Apparently premium nest material. #wildbum pic.twitter.com/VXFS0IjrSN
— Amidst Science (@AmidstScience) February 11, 2016
All these hineys are good hineys.
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