Phil Torres

Phil Torres

@phil_torres

Naturalist, science educator, conservation biologist. Either in LA or the Amazon with . I'm a fan of Adventures.

Los Angeles or Tambopata, Peru · http://therevscience.com/

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  1. 29m

    Thanks guys!

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  2. 2h

    Made it into NBC news and Yahoo news huzzah.

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  3. 13h

    Despite the sweaty feet smell, the beer was pretty delicious.

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  4. 14h

    If you're on a canoe in the Amazon and you need a beer holder, just use your boot.

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  5. 14h

    Would have been very cool, I was planning on it but my time-lapsing camera broke... I'll have to check in on it next time.

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  6. 16h

    Oh boy, phasmid indeed. RT Yowsa! Never seen spiders hunt like a pack. I think that's a phasmid, though.

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  7. 16h

    Why you don't want to fall into a communal spider web with 100s of spiders. Mantis- 0, Spiders- 1.

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  8. 17h

    So this is, um, a rather 'colorful' take on my decoy spider find "Suddenly, a sabre-toothed jaguar leaps from..."

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  9. 22h

    Such awesome science people on 's 140 best tweeters, happy to follow many of them (and many others deserving)

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  10. 22h

    Um, woh. RT Used a RCOS 20RC to take this 3-shot pano of the M-81 galaxy. It's 12 million LY away.

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  11. 22h

    Agreed, but I just imagine a duck in a rocket going up to space and it's all okay.

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  12. 22h

    Five coolest/strangest/oddest things I've seen in the Amazon, via

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  13. 22h

    Here's 's shot of the roseate spoonbill we saw along the river. So rosy, so spoony.

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  14. 24 Mar

    'Tis mine and thanks!!

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  15. 24 Mar

    Just got sent this pic of me with my 1st butterfly net, when I only dreamed of working in the Amazon. Front right.

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  16. 24 Mar

    Just scouting out one of the world's most majestic birds of prey, the harpy eagle. With a fluffy white chick.

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  17. 24 Mar

    Hypsiboas lanciformis, rocket tree frog. Its call sounds *exactly* like a ducks's "quack." Found in areas w grass.

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  18. 24 Mar

    Wow. Puts non-ant turtles to shame. RT Here's a full-face view of yesterday's turtle ant.

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  19. 24 Mar

    In the town of Puerto Maldonado for a couple hours before heading back to jungle. Top priorities: ice cold drinks and high speed internet.

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  20. 24 Mar

    RT Great infographic of how many species we know about vs. how many we estimate exist HT

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