Það er ekki alltaf sem rannsóknir vísindamanna ganga eins og þeir hefðu viljað og oft getur útkoman verið ansi skrautleg. Nýlega hófu vísindamenn að birta tíst um hrakfarir sínar undir kassamerkinu #FieldWorkFail sem fjalla, eins og nafnið gefur til kynna um mistök sem eiga sér stað í feltvinnu. Hér að neðan má sjá nokkur vel valin tíst og svo skemmtilega vill til að eitt þeirra fjallar um Ísland.
Licked strange piece of clear rock from my trench in Delta to test for salt. Turns out it was mummified human fat. #fieldworkfail
— Sarah Parcak (@indyfromspace) August 4, 2015
Stopped to photograph a Spitting Cobra in South Africa during field work. Cobra crawled into my car #fieldworkfail pic.twitter.com/T6yGQibYeS
— Jessica Stapley (@jessstapley) August 4, 2015
When you are collecting cheetah poop and drop some on yourself.#fieldworkfail#distractinglysexy pic.twitter.com/RvgHfauQ6P
— Anne Hilborn (@AnneWHilborn) July 30, 2015
When your drugged zebra finds the ONE tree on the Namibian plains, which also has a neck-height fork #fieldworkfail pic.twitter.com/2iUx2uxGNB
— Carrie Cizauskas (@CarrieCizauskas) August 3, 2015
If you cannot take a meerkat picture, ask a baby meerkat to take one for you. Via @willbl Not a #fieldworkfail pic.twitter.com/3Om8OZnbRm
— CarnivoreScience (@CarnivoreSci) August 2, 2015
Skillfully applied thousand dollar satellite tag to manta ray. The same manta ray I tagged yesterday #fieldworkfail pic.twitter.com/xHR1agskar
— Dr. Alistair Dove (@AlistairDove) July 31, 2015
Rental car companies probably should ask if you are a field biologist #fieldworkfail pic.twitter.com/dBtzdiCyQB
— Marcella J. Kelly (@marcellajkelly) July 31, 2015
That cool spider you took photos of then released was an undescribed species #fieldworkfail pic.twitter.com/fI9xZL0QbG
— Tony Gamble (@tony_gamble1) July 31, 2015
1988: Went to Jamaica to collect insects. Hurricane Gilbert also went to Jamaica. Our insect traps probably went to Mexico #fieldworkfail
— Terry Wheeler (@ta_wheeler) July 31, 2015
Accidentally glued myself to a crocodile while attaching a radio transmitter. #fieldworkfail
— Agata Staniewicz (@AgataStaniewicz) July 30, 2015
Sank the boat in the middle of a crocodile survey. Twice. #fieldworkfail pic.twitter.com/cYSQ9DkA4F
— Agata Staniewicz (@AgataStaniewicz) July 30, 2015
Finding out the ground was not as stable as appeared #Askja #Fieldworkfail camerawoman took pic instead of helping pic.twitter.com/k3n9Y5Unne
— Alison Graettinger (@AlisonGraetting) July 30, 2015
See a salamander, while going to catch it see a different salamander, get distracted, catch zero salamanders #fieldworkfail
— Nick Caruso (@PlethodoNick) July 30, 2015
Helpful hint: when going out to resight colour-ringed birds, take binoculars #fieldworkfail
— Kate Risely (@KateRisely) May 9, 2012
Þetta er ekki í fyrsta skipti sem vísindamenn hafa sameinast um kassamerki á Twitter og mælir Hvatinn með því að áhugasamir skoði í framhaldinu fréttirnar hér að neðan:
#distractinglysexy nær vinsældum eftir ummæli Nóbelsverðlaunahafa
#IAmAScientistBecause vinsælt á Twitter
