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Here is a list of 45 #birds, 22 #mammals, and 30 non-avian #reptiles that are CRITICALLY ENDANGERED due to feral or pet #cats
#invasivespecies #conservation #ornithology #BiodiversityCrisis
pnas.org/doi/pdf/10.107…
#invasivespecies #conservation #ornithology #BiodiversityCrisis
pnas.org/doi/pdf/10.107…
first off, I'd like to highlight that "feral #cats on islands are responsible for at least 14% global #bird, #mammal, and reptile extinctions and are the principal threat to almost 8% of critically endangered birds, mammals, and reptiles"
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.11…
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AND within our own lifetimes, North America has lost more than one in four of its birds. These are not all critically endangered now, but these trends are pointing to #extinction
#BringBirdsBack #ornithology
science.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/fu…
#BringBirdsBack #ornithology
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Happy #WorldSnakeDay. #Snakes have an unfair reputation as being poisonous/ aggressive. Our fear of snakes may come from Christianity. Satan took the form of a snake tempting Eve in the Garden of Eden. Yet snakes aren't bad at all! They're critical to ecosystems around the world
#Snakes evolved 130 million years ago in the Cretaceous period from a common ancestor that they share with #birds and other #reptiles. They have cloacal spurs or vestigal limbs, which shows their shared ancestry with limbed reptiles. #WorldSnakeDay 🐍🐍🐍
#Snakes see on the infrared spectrum using heat receptors called pit organs making them epic predators with natural night vision goggles to see prey. Snakes have a detachable jaw which can swallow food whole that is much larger than its own body weight. #WorldSnakeDay 🐍💚
🕉 #WeekendWisdom - A beautiful story from #ShatpathaBrahmana about creation of different #animal species - #Prajapati #Brahma had created the #aquatics 🐠 #birds 🐦 & #reptiles 🐊 who reproduced by laying eggs. But many of them kept perishing from want of adequate food... 1/3
So #Brahma decided to give his next creations the means of survival by providing them breasts that could produce nutrition for the newborns.
By resorting to this milk the new species created by him continued to thrive and thus came #mammals including us! 🦧🐈🐕🦺🐅🐆🐏🧍♂️... 2/3
By resorting to this milk the new species created by him continued to thrive and thus came #mammals including us! 🦧🐈🐕🦺🐅🐆🐏🧍♂️... 2/3
This story also shows us the concept of #evolution because we, the mammals, have appeared much after the older species that inhabited this planet!
#EvolutioninHinduism
#ScienceinHinduism
#DecodeHinduMythology
- Art by ReptileEvolution.com
#EvolutioninHinduism
#ScienceinHinduism
#DecodeHinduMythology
- Art by ReptileEvolution.com
Today's #PhotoRetrospective2021 is for the month of March. March brought an abundance of #flowers to South #Georgia.
#photography
#NaturePhotography
#photography
#NaturePhotography
March also brought some really interesting tree textures to my lens.
#PhotoRetrospective2021
#Photography
#Pentaxian
#trees
#Barkscapes
#Lichen
#PhotoRetrospective2021
#Photography
#Pentaxian
#trees
#Barkscapes
#Lichen
Some interesting critters came to visit.
#PhotoRetrospective2021
#Photography
#Pentaxian
#Macro
#Macrophotography
#Insects
#Arachnids
#Reptiles
#amphibians
#PhotoRetrospective2021
#Photography
#Pentaxian
#Macro
#Macrophotography
#Insects
#Arachnids
#Reptiles
#amphibians
Palm oil corporations, whose products are found in so many of our foods, are gaslighting us & greenwashing a horrifically exploitative & damaging industry. They are responsible for deforestation and are driving many species to extinction.
#SayNoToPalmOil
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/6014…
#SayNoToPalmOil
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/6014…
#ChristmasIsland #reptiles are another great ARWH case study this #ScienceWeek. Lister's #gecko and the blue-tailed #skink only exist in captivity (only ~1000 of each!) after environmental pressures sent them #ExtinctInTheWild. #WildlifeHealth
When astute rangers at breeding facilities on #ChristmasIsland noticed some of the #lizards were dying, the species was left literally on the brink of #extinction. #WildlifeHealth
Working with @Parks_Australia, Jess Agius, @Sydney_Uni and others, the team were able to identify a novel bacteria, Enterococcus lacertideformus, and show the widespread infection of multiple reptile species on the island. #WildlifeHealth sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/n…
Bellinger river snapping #turtles are a great example of Taronga’s collaborative work on pathogen discovery and commitment to #conservation. #SavingOurSpecies #WildlifeHealth #ScienceWeek #reptiles
When conservation-savvy locals raised the alarm that something was wrong with the #turtles in the Bellinger river, multiple agencies were there to help, including the ARWH who were responsible for finding out what was making these animals sick.
The AWRH found a nidovirus, one that had never been described before. This is also described here by @KarrieARose in a Taronga TV clip:
Lately I have been talking to some students and friends about various places to look for academic positions. Because there is no ONE-FOR-ALL space to find opportunities, here is a thread summarizing the ones I know of 1/34 #AcademicTwitter #phdchat #phd #internationalPhD
Having said that, I must emphasize that this #database is skewed towards #Asians and #Indians (and other #internationals) to study in #EU #UK or #USA in general and is certainly not exhaustive. I have no info. on #NSF grants for example or grants within India. 2/34
Most importantly, I’m hoping this thread helps #colouredwomeninSTEM & #WomeninSTEM, please feel free to RT. And as a #biologist, I am more aware of databases in #ecology, #wildlife, #evolution and #conservation circles, feel free to add more and share. Let’s dive right in! 3/34
The webinar on closing the loopholes in the #EU #wildlifetrade regulations, organised by @meps4wildlife in collaboration with @HSIEurope & @prowildlife, is about to kick off! We’ll be live tweeting during the debate. #StolenWildlife #EUBiodiversity
What a great panel! Thanks to @mhojsik from @RenewEurope for hosting the webinar🐍🦎🐢 #StolenWildlife #EUBiodiversity
.@mhojsik opens the discussion and points out that “non-charismatic” species like #reptiles and #amphibians play an important role in ecosystems and are often overlooked when we talk about trade regulations. #StolenWildlife #EUBiodiversity
#ClimateChange is Making Fishes and Reptiles Age Faster; Cutting Their Lives Shorter: Study
weather.com/en-IN/india/en…
(📸: Adeline Marcos)
weather.com/en-IN/india/en…
(📸: Adeline Marcos)
The rapidly changing climate is causing #fishes, #reptiles, and #amphibians to age faster while also decreasing their life expectancy, a new study has found.
While alarming, these findings could play a vital role in improving our understanding of how climate change affects the ageing of certain species, which can further be used to devise better conservation plans for these animals.
Me and the family went to ZSL #LondonZoo today, had a great time and saw all the #animals. Here's a short thread. Some highlights: Western lowland gorilla, Sumatran tiger, Komodo dragon, Galapagos giant tortoise...
Just a few of the literally 100s of birds at #LondonZoo: Woolly-necked stork, Northern crested caracaras (big, semi-terrestrial American falcons) and Red and yellow barbet. Barbets are members of the woodpecker group; some are close kin of toucans. #birds #animals #zoos
Some #reptiles: the remarkably yellow Cuming's water monitor, an awesome Reticulated python (cue #HarryPotter link), Big-headed turtle (able to climb, prehensile-tailed) and Rio Fuerte beaded lizard... #lizards #snakes #squamates #turtles
¡La Laguna tendrá su propio #Mosasaurio! Cuidado con lo que se dice en la nota de prensa, los mosasaurios no son antepasados de los #cocodrilos. Abrimos hilo 📢➡️
lalagunaahora.com/patrimonio-cul…
lalagunaahora.com/patrimonio-cul…
Ambos grupos de animales pertenecen a la subclase Diápsida, es decir #reptiles con dos fosas temporales en el #cráneo, pero después se separan.
Los mossasaurios están dentro del suborden #Lacertilia, es decir, están más cerca de un #lagarto como serían los #Gallotia que de un cocodrilo.
¿Sabes lo que es una #egagrópila? Abrimos hilo 📢🦉➡️
Working on lectures for #AnimalBehavior. Today's topics - #learning & #EvoDevo of behavior.
I knew #crows were smart AF, but then I found this @PLOS paper on these fancy #reptiles figuring out how water displacement works (journals.plos.org/plosone/articl…)
I knew #crows were smart AF, but then I found this @PLOS paper on these fancy #reptiles figuring out how water displacement works (journals.plos.org/plosone/articl…)
The article has this awesome supplementary video on YouTube ()
I laughed out loud🤣at the #crow in the U-tube experimental trial! This is so cool.
#AnimalBehavior
#onlinelearning
I laughed out loud🤣at the #crow in the U-tube experimental trial! This is so cool.
#AnimalBehavior
#onlinelearning
Not that I need to say it, but designing & creating a 6-week course for summer is BRUTAL. Not to mention one for #onlinelearning
But this kind of awesome #AnimalBehavior #science makes it a tiny bit easier to tackle.
But this kind of awesome #AnimalBehavior #science makes it a tiny bit easier to tackle.
good day here is my brothers dog scooby falling in actual love with a bearded dragon named carrie fisher
#HappyEaster2020 #QuarantineLife #DogsofTwittter #dog #loveislove #reptiles #HappyEaster #Quarantine
#HappyEaster2020 #QuarantineLife #DogsofTwittter #dog #loveislove #reptiles #HappyEaster #Quarantine
(Also, we didn’t learn till later that apparently dogs can get salmonella for licking lizards 🦎 but the chance of it is especially low for bearded dragons and also if you have ever eaten cake batter you don’t have a leg to stand on so DON’T HATE love is love
#QuarantineLife
#QuarantineLife
) (the number of tweets I have had to post containing one parenthesis to close out a parenthetical I have left open the tweet before is EMBARASSINGLY HIGH) <—-see how good I am at not making the same mistake twice in a row?
Looking for an indoor #ecology game? Try this card game! Would be good for #STEMeducation at several levels
Here’s the #marine biome I finished with
Talking about #conservation of #amphibians & #reptiles next week in #HerpFall2019, including impact of #invasives like #cats.
Just found a great article from The Wildlife Professional about the impact of cats on #wildlife and the intricacies of trap-neuter-release programs (1/2)
Just found a great article from The Wildlife Professional about the impact of cats on #wildlife and the intricacies of trap-neuter-release programs (1/2)
Here's a link to the ResearchGate PDF: researchgate.net/publication/28…
Aaand have just learned that one of the authors was convicted of poisoning ferals.
To be crystal clear, I do not support inhumane measures of managing cat populations.
sciencemag.org/news/2011/11/w…
To be crystal clear, I do not support inhumane measures of managing cat populations.
sciencemag.org/news/2011/11/w…
Today the #HerpFall2019 class might surpass last year’s class for total # of #amphibians & #reptiles found during #fieldwork 🤞🏼
My target species to add to their list today? ⭐️ Spring peepers ⭐️
I haven’t seen or heard that species since moving to Minnesota.
🤞🏼 🐸 🤞🏼
My target species to add to their list today? ⭐️ Spring peepers ⭐️
I haven’t seen or heard that species since moving to Minnesota.
🤞🏼 🐸 🤞🏼
We got sooo many spring peepers! Recent metamorphs about 1 cm long and a couple of adults.
Also...am I crazy or are they calling in this video? I ask if I’m crazy bc it’s out of season. Have heard gray tree frogs call out of season but not peepers
Also...am I crazy or are they calling in this video? I ask if I’m crazy bc it’s out of season. Have heard gray tree frogs call out of season but not peepers
Out of curiosity, what is the #herpetology Twitter take on ordering #herps (#amphibians or #reptiles ) for dissection in classes from companies like Carolina or others?
#PlzRT & comment below
#PlzRT & comment below
My current vote: uncertain leaning towards being against it.
Primarily bc I can't always confirm where the animals are sourced from. Are they farmed (perhaps the case for bull #frogs but prob not for other #amphibians or for non- #turtles )? If not, is take sustainable?
Primarily bc I can't always confirm where the animals are sourced from. Are they farmed (perhaps the case for bull #frogs but prob not for other #amphibians or for non- #turtles )? If not, is take sustainable?
Update: I asked & Carolina responded! They source their Ambystoma from the bait industry.
My #HerpFall2018 class at @SCSUCOSE has their first #fieldwork lab tomorrow! Students will spend the afternoon checking these traps and surveying nearby sites for #amphibians and #reptiles 1/2
A @SCSUCOSE #biology grad student & I found a DOR Blanding's & painted turtle, & 3 DOR common garter #snakes while setting traps for #HerpFall2018 . The Blanding's #turtle is threatened in #Minnesota & reporting sightings like this can be useful for ongoing conservation efforts
