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February 26th, 2008
Posted by Tony
tagged as   Museums

How the Turtle Got its Shell: Wagner Free Institute (Feb 27th)

On Wednesday Feb 27th, esteemed evolutionary developmental biologist Dr. Scott Gilbert and “Team Turtle” from Swarthmore College will present their new and recently published hypothesis for how the turtle shell forms.

Dr. Gilbert will present that the turtle’s skeleton in unique among vertebrates—no other has a casing made almost exclusively of bone. He will describe the principles of “evo devo” biology and how it can explain the formation of novel body plans.

It’s funny I used to have a turtle named Gilbert! If you want to see turtles in the wild in Philadelphia, I’d suggest the “Bio Pond” at the University of Pennsylvania or John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge at Tinicum where seven species of turtle can be seen.

How The Turtle Got Its Shell @ Wagner
Wednesday February 27th 4-7pm. Lecture at 5:30pm

Wagner Free Institute
1700 W. Montgomery Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19121
www.wagnerfreeinstitute.org

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Tony | 30 | West Philly I am a Philadelphia native. I was born in Wissanoming and moved when I was twelve to Mayfair (aka lower NE Philly). I now live in West Philly and have for the last ten years. I work for R5 Productions, an independent music promotion company that puts on the bulk of Indie Rock and Punk shows in town as well as folk and hip-hop. I used to sing for a punk band called R.A.M.B.O. until May 2007, we played in thirty five countries in Asia, Australia, North America and Europe, we toured the U.S. is a vegetable oil fueled van. My main passion is nature—especially birds. Despite not yet finishing my degree (12 year rock-and-roll vacation), I've worked with birds in the Canadian Arctic and New York City and will shortly be leaving for Peru (most bird rich bird on earth). I love to go bird watching and this year I was team captain for Team Bristlehead/ Kowa that participated in the World Series of Birding. I am fortunate to live in the city with the largest park system in the world and so close to New Jersey, possibly the best state for bird watching on the country.


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(2 Responses)
February 26th, 2008 at 9:30 pm
Bernard Brown Says:

I won’t be able to make it, but it sounds like a lot of fun. I sure do love stinkpots - nice choice for the photo.

February 27th, 2008 at 10:44 am
Don Azuma Says:

Another great place to view turtles- the canal in Manayunk.

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