And who could forget #JunkOff? Animal genitals are diverse as hell, and when carnivore researcher @annewhilborn.bsky.social launched the hashtag, biologists rose to the occasion. As reporter Stephanie Pappas put it: "If the eyes are the windows to the soul, the junk is the window to evolution" 🧪
#JunkOff: Why Animal Genitals Are Important to Science
A Twitter hashtag, #JunkOff, illustrates the steamier side of biology — and its importance to understanding evolution.
www.livescience.com
August 30, 2024 at 11:59 PM
And who could forget #JunkOff? Animal genitals are diverse as hell, and when carnivore researcher @annewhilborn.bsky.social launched the hashtag, biologists rose to the occasion. As reporter Stephanie Pappas put it: "If the eyes are the windows to the soul, the junk is the window to evolution" 🧪
For those not familiar, #JunkOff was probably one of the most delightful things to happen in science communication. An essential part of science twitter lore.
wapo.st/4fAcHvV
#BlueSci #SciTwt 🧪
wapo.st/4fAcHvV
#BlueSci #SciTwt 🧪
Scientists celebrate the weird world of animal genitalia with #junkoff
It's the latest hilarious (and educational) hashtag to come out of Twitter's scientific community.
wapo.st
November 19, 2024 at 7:10 PM
For those not familiar, #JunkOff was probably one of the most delightful things to happen in science communication. An essential part of science twitter lore.
wapo.st/4fAcHvV
#BlueSci #SciTwt 🧪
wapo.st/4fAcHvV
#BlueSci #SciTwt 🧪
#JunkOff
September 21, 2023 at 3:24 AM
#JunkOff
Vervet monkey junk is turquoise
#JunkOff
#mammalwatching <a href="http://t.co/uo0C3nZh0W" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">http://t.co/uo0C3nZh0W
#JunkOff
#mammalwatching <a href="http://t.co/uo0C3nZh0W" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">http://t.co/uo0C3nZh0W
November 9, 2024 at 11:55 AM
Vervet monkey junk is turquoise
#JunkOff
#mammalwatching <a href="http://t.co/uo0C3nZh0W" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">http://t.co/uo0C3nZh0W
#JunkOff
#mammalwatching <a href="http://t.co/uo0C3nZh0W" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">http://t.co/uo0C3nZh0W
November 19, 2024 at 7:07 PM
Throwback to #JunkOff finding bull penis in the 800 camera trap pics of cattle
September 21, 2023 at 2:37 AM
Throwback to #JunkOff finding bull penis in the 800 camera trap pics of cattle
I'm tempted to return to that shithole country just so some asshole has to endure my #JunkOff tweets from the golden age of Science Twitter
Seems like a normal thing that a normal functioning country would do, God Bless America!
US embassy wants 'every social media username of past five years' on new visa applications
The embassy also wants people to set their social media profiles to public.
www.thejournal.ie
June 23, 2025 at 12:36 PM
I'm tempted to return to that shithole country just so some asshole has to endure my #JunkOff tweets from the golden age of Science Twitter
ICYMI This is one of the more obvious ways to tell it is a male cheetah you are dealing with #junkoff. They use urine to mark territories.
November 8, 2024 at 8:06 AM
ICYMI This is one of the more obvious ways to tell it is a male cheetah you are dealing with #junkoff. They use urine to mark territories.
Same same, the #BestCarcass thread on the birdsite was a magical time https://www.livescience.com/57470-best-carcass-photos-on-twitter.html 🧪
Exquisite Corpses: Biologists Share #BestCarcass Photos
If you thought that biologists on Twitter couldn't top the genitalia-celebrating hashtag #JunkOff, you'd be wrong. Dead wrong.
www.livescience.com
July 3, 2023 at 5:04 PM
Same same, the #BestCarcass thread on the birdsite was a magical time https://www.livescience.com/57470-best-carcass-photos-on-twitter.html 🧪
Anyway, hiiiii Bluesky!
Writing the above feels kinda like Twitter circa 2014-18, which was a pretty fun time to be “here”.
Now if I can just figure out this whole feed thing... Also when do we do #JunkOff?
Writing the above feels kinda like Twitter circa 2014-18, which was a pretty fun time to be “here”.
Now if I can just figure out this whole feed thing... Also when do we do #JunkOff?
October 24, 2024 at 3:40 AM
Anyway, hiiiii Bluesky!
Writing the above feels kinda like Twitter circa 2014-18, which was a pretty fun time to be “here”.
Now if I can just figure out this whole feed thing... Also when do we do #JunkOff?
Writing the above feels kinda like Twitter circa 2014-18, which was a pretty fun time to be “here”.
Now if I can just figure out this whole feed thing... Also when do we do #JunkOff?
“Like science Twitter was pre ~ 2018. Idk if it will work but I'd love it if you guys were up for the challenge.”
#JunkOff 2.0!
#JunkOff 2.0!
July 4, 2023 at 7:42 AM
“Like science Twitter was pre ~ 2018. Idk if it will work but I'd love it if you guys were up for the challenge.”
#JunkOff 2.0!
#JunkOff 2.0!
How could #JunkOff not have "Barnacles Tell No Lies" posted yet? It's a classic. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nd7o6ytz_LM #sciencemusicvideos
November 25, 2024 at 7:33 PM
How could #JunkOff not have "Barnacles Tell No Lies" posted yet? It's a classic. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nd7o6ytz_LM #sciencemusicvideos
Nobody has a crazier penis than the seed beetle! #JunkOff Photo Cred: Andrew Syred; Research Cred: @sivajothy <a href="http://t.co/q1U9ybv3hi" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">http://t.co/q1U9ybv3hi
November 18, 2024 at 7:06 AM
Nobody has a crazier penis than the seed beetle! #JunkOff Photo Cred: Andrew Syred; Research Cred: @sivajothy <a href="http://t.co/q1U9ybv3hi" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">http://t.co/q1U9ybv3hi
December 1, 2024 at 2:43 PM
50 shades of grey reef shark. #JunkOff http://www.southernfriedscience.com/?p=14393
December 19, 2024 at 8:42 PM
50 shades of grey reef shark. #JunkOff http://www.southernfriedscience.com/?p=14393
December 19, 2024 at 8:26 PM