#crustraceans

[arthistoryanimalia]

#TwoForTuesday:

Noserings (w/ crustaceans) Mochica (Moche) culture, Peru, Early Intermediate (200-600 CE) / Origin: Huaca Cao Viejo Bimetallic gold & silver w/ inlaid shell & stone eyes El Brujo Archaeological Complex EBBME00000-13,20

[arthistoryanimalia]

#FishyFriday Part 2: 4 more color plates (I, II, V, VII) from Arcturus adventure: an account of the New York Zoological Society's first oceanographic expedition (1926) by another female artist on the expedition, Helen Damrosch Tee-Van. (See individual photos for ID details.)

More on Helen Damrosch Tee-Van (American, 1893-1976), staff artist for the New York Zoological Association (now Wildlife Conservation Society) who participated in multiple research expeditions: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Damrosch_Tee-Van

[Book digitized by Biodiversity Heritage Library]

[usnews-blog]

Whether my experiments will change how the seafood industry works, I doubt it very much, but it might be the first step. Animals should have a good life and a good death, and I think in many cases these crustaceans don't have a good death.

Cruelty to Crustaceans? Crabs, Lobsters May Feel Pain