Dr. Earyn McGee, Lizard lassoer 🦎 (@Afro_Herper) on X (original) (raw)

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  As someone who works in a zoo I have a genuine question: Where do we send the animals back to? The forest we destroyed? A country that’s been facing war for decades so you can have whatever device you’re looking at this on? It’s easier to blame zoos than change our behavior.
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  Y’all can start calling me Dr. McGee first of her name, Lizard Queen and lassoing extraordinaire 😁🦎💜
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  Whether I’m out on a hike,in the wilderness doing fieldwork, or just chillin in the backyard I am #BlackinNature. On this first day of #BlackBirdersWeek we celebrate Black nature enthusiasts. #RepresentationMatters we won’t be ignored or silenced. Keep your post coming!
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  I just passed my comprehensive exams! I’m officially a PhD Candidate! One step closer to Dr. McGee 🙌🏿
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  When it’s official official! Y’all I am crying! I’ve wanted to be Dr. McGee my whole life and I can’t believe it’s really happening 😭🥲🥺
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  I’m no longer answering the question “Why should there be diversity (specifically Black ppl) in STEM?” or any of its variants cause no one ever asks “why should white people be in STEM?” It’s just assumed they belong. Black people & other POC belong in STEM simply for existing.
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  This is not justice. Its punishing one man for a specific crime. Justice is dismantling the system that allowed and encouraged this Chauvin and many others to take the lives of Black people for no other reason than to indulge their own racism.
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  Flight attendant: Is there a doctor on the plane? Me: Yes, but I'm not that kind of … Flight attendant: The pilots are debating what kind of motherfuckin snakes are on this motherfuckin plane. Me: Okay. I’m here.
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  You guys see that bubble between the lizard's eyes? Its basically the lizard's scuba tank. It uses that bubble to recycle air. We normally see this in invertebrates so its pretty cool to see it in a lizard. If you put your hand underwater, sometimes you see little bubbles
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  This is exactly the kind of conversations y’all should NOT be having with your racist, bigoted family members. We aren’t going back to the pre-2016 status quo white supremacy. Y’all need to be snatching up your family members and slapping the white supremacy out of them.
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  We done told yall to stop approaching WILD animals like you Snow White.