Just in case the private thoughts of celebrities and day-to-day minutiae of everyone who owns a laptop weren't enough, Twitter is now revealing the true identities and secrets behind bugs and beasts courtesy of a new brainwave from the Natural History Museum.
The Identification and Advisory Team from the flagship London centre have embraced the unstoppable online juggernaut by launching their own "NHM_id" page, challenging users to pose any questions they please about the natural world.
The team revealed the jawbone of an Aurochs (Bos primigenius) cattle on their new Twitter page
Highlights from the opening few days of the project have proved substantially more interesting than the standard Twitter topics of weather updates, lunch choice deliberations and emotional outpourings – the jawbone of an ancient cow appeared on the site yesterday, preceded by a striking snap of a blue Porpita, a circular organism which floats at the bottom of the ocean (top of page).
One of the first beasts to have landed on the page
Opening gambits from onlookers included requests for the identity of a moth and the correct pecking order of birds in the UK.
Visit the page to set your own questions and check out the latest from the team.
