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For the return of the #UNMBioblog after our year hiatus, I chose to write about the negative consequences for cats, humans, and #wildlife when we allow #cats to roam freely. I couldn't help myself with the punny title.
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I was inspired to write this blog after I witnessed my neighbor's outdoor pet #cat killed a #bird under my feeder. A heated argument ensued. I know nothing has changed because I still scare him out of my backyard. I've counted 9 different cats in my backyard, here is one 
I am a paradoxical #catlover, which stems from my #science & #ornithology career. I know how cute it is for my own #cat to frolic in flowers but I understand how dangerous it is for #cats, human #health, & #wildlife when cats roam #CatsOfTwitter #Caturday #catsofinstagram
We're hiring for several assistant curator and collections manager positions. We're seeking diverse candidates, and we'd love your help spreading the word. #DiversifySTEM 🌈🧵⬇️
Below are a thread of the open positions. If you're part of the #BlackInSTEM #LGBTQInSTEM #NativeInSTEM or other #BIPOCstem communities, could you share or RT? 👀 If you're an interested candidate, we hope you'll apply! 💻
Assistant Curator of Invertebrate #Paleontology or #Paleobotany ➡️ careers.hireology.com/fieldmuseum/49…
#Turtle folks - if you've built your own basking #traps , what have you used for floats? Am looking to replicate design in @tony_gamble1 (2006) pub, but want to avoid using Styrofoam if possible (and affordable).
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Will need to clean & sanitize traps between sites to prevent spread of #disease & #invasive species, so the more durable & less absorbent, the better.
Maybe capped & sealed PVC pipe floats could work? Any other ideas? 💡🐢
#herpetology
#turtles
Maybe capped & sealed PVC pipe floats could work? Any other ideas? 💡🐢
#herpetology
#turtles
Can find original pub from @tony_gamble1 here: researchgate.net/publication/25…
[1/6] #Climatechange can affect #amphibians indirectly, but few studies look at changes in size or #morphology
For my MSc by research @DICE_Kent I’m deciphering crest growth in #GreatCrestedNewts at individual and population levels. 🐸🦎
#DICECON20 #SpsMon3 #phenology #frogfriday
For my MSc by research @DICE_Kent I’m deciphering crest growth in #GreatCrestedNewts at individual and population levels. 🐸🦎
#DICECON20 #SpsMon3 #phenology #frogfriday
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Male #GCNs grow ornamental crests every year during aquatic breeding period.
As UK seasons become less distinct, #pond arrival times are less predictable.
So what is happening with #crest development?🧐
#DICECON20 #SpsMon3 #sexualselection #ecology
Male #GCNs grow ornamental crests every year during aquatic breeding period.
As UK seasons become less distinct, #pond arrival times are less predictable.
So what is happening with #crest development?🧐
#DICECON20 #SpsMon3 #sexualselection #ecology
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We photographed >100 individual #newts over 2 breeding periods and tracked changes in crest size + shape using #ImageJ software.
Does early arrival = Early growth peak?
Or ⬆ growth period i.e. potential mating advantage?
#DICECON20 #SpsMon3 #phenology #herpetology
We photographed >100 individual #newts over 2 breeding periods and tracked changes in crest size + shape using #ImageJ software.
Does early arrival = Early growth peak?
Or ⬆ growth period i.e. potential mating advantage?
#DICECON20 #SpsMon3 #phenology #herpetology
Any folks out there teaching #herpetology with a lab in Fall 2020 or Spring 2021 #online , #hybrid or needing to prepare to do so?
I am currently planning on #HerpFall2020 being hybrid with outdoor labs for as long as we can in MN.
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I am currently planning on #HerpFall2020 being hybrid with outdoor labs for as long as we can in MN.
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If enough #herpetology folks are in a similar boat and would want to bounce around ideas 💡 as a group, we could organize a virtual brainstorming meeting (or if this is happening already, let me know).
🧠 ⛈ 🐸 🐢 🦎
If interested, plz comment & share!
🧠 ⛈ 🐸 🐢 🦎
If interested, plz comment & share!
UPDATE: there is a good bit of interest in a discussion about #online #herpetology ! 👍🏽 👍🏽
Please DM your preferred email and I’ll get our brainstorming 🧠 ⛈ 🐸 organized.
Please DM your preferred email and I’ll get our brainstorming 🧠 ⛈ 🐸 organized.
I have enjoyed getting to know ASIH better, especially now that, as a #NewPI I am trying to involve interested students in ichs & #herpetology
I fully support changing the name. (1/3)
I fully support changing the name. (1/3)
I’d be *proud* as a #HERper to talk about future & past pubs as being in the “Ichs & Herps journal (formerly Copeia).” That opens doors to convo (eg Public: “why did the name change?” Us: “we wanted to strengthen our society by showing it’s a place for all scientists.”). (2/3)
It also feels more just and less shameful than saying “in the journal Copeia, which is only interested in one facet of the scientist for whom it is named...ignore that other stuff.”
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#ichsandherps
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#ichsandherps
#gecko & #anole #lizard tweeps, reading lit on life history & have a Q:
Is invariant clutch size in each of these groups a consequence/phylogenetic constraint of descent from a narrow bodied/arboreal ancestor?
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Is invariant clutch size in each of these groups a consequence/phylogenetic constraint of descent from a narrow bodied/arboreal ancestor?
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OR has invariant clutch size evolved multiple times as arboreal habitats have been invaded? (i'm thinking this one)
So I guess this is a question of which came first? Few eggs 🥚🥚 or the tree 🌳🌳
...yes...the humor is getting worse while #WFH
#herpetology
...yes...the humor is getting worse while #WFH
#herpetology
I’m interested to hear more opinions about doing #fieldwork based #research over the next 2 months in the US.
Am bringing it up bc it feels like more discussion needed actos fields (inc #herpetology )
Some good points in the 🧵 below, & starting a new 🧵 here.
Am bringing it up bc it feels like more discussion needed actos fields (inc #herpetology )
Some good points in the 🧵 below, & starting a new 🧵 here.
What do folks think about fw this spring/summer in light of #COVID19 ? #PlzRT poll for broad audience.
I think opinions of folks doing #fieldwork likely differ, & that they differ from folks who aren’t often in the field.
I think opinions of folks doing #fieldwork likely differ, & that they differ from folks who aren’t often in the field.
A few IMOs (am actively ⚖️ +/- & op may change):
- if under strict stay at home right now, delay #fieldwork plans
- should not promote solo FW, *esp.* w/new scientists
- some types *may be* ok if u can be safe & do #SocialDistancing (but is a short list I think)
- if under strict stay at home right now, delay #fieldwork plans
- should not promote solo FW, *esp.* w/new scientists
- some types *may be* ok if u can be safe & do #SocialDistancing (but is a short list I think)
A thread on #ImageAnalysis & #color in animals:
#AcademicTwitter ,#Herpetology , & folks that analyze #color from images:
Any recommendations for ways to collect data about color & pattern from images of #wildlife? We want to quantify things like %cover by a color & intensity.
#AcademicTwitter ,#Herpetology , & folks that analyze #color from images:
Any recommendations for ways to collect data about color & pattern from images of #wildlife? We want to quantify things like %cover by a color & intensity.
Have enjoyed reading some of the work by Davis & Grayson on quantifying #color, hue, % coverage in #newts and other animals.
They used Fovea Pro, a Photoshop add in. The newer version (QIA-64) costs ~$800 😬
researchgate.net/publication/26…
They used Fovea Pro, a Photoshop add in. The newer version (QIA-64) costs ~$800 😬
researchgate.net/publication/26…
Am also considering the methods of Paterson & Blouin-Demers where they quantify continuous variation in throat color in #lizards using Adobe & ultimately analysis in #imageJ (but haven't had time to test it out yet)
researchgate.net/publication/31…
researchgate.net/publication/31…
The @AgentAmphibian CiCi Blumstein has organized a symposium on novel approaches to #ScienceCommunication and #conservation engagement in #herpetology at the #9WCH. Follow this thread to learn more about the talks!
ASA Future Leader of Amphibian Conservation @TeresaCamacho_B talked about @romeothefrog, an inspiring work conducted together with ASA partner @Global_Wildlife! #9WCH #WCHerp2020
Steven Allain @stevoallain gave a great talk about using social media to promote positive outcomes for amphibians and reptiles! #WCH9
It’s the time of year where I grade #HerpFall2019 field notebooks! Always fun to see how they remember things and express themselves.
Favorites below in thread
#herpetology #fieldwork
Favorites below in thread
#herpetology #fieldwork
Some #HerpFall2019 students thought belastomatid #insects were “nightmare fuel” 😂
We caught a few of these aquatic predators in our minnow traps. They’ll absolutely eat #amphibians
We caught a few of these aquatic predators in our minnow traps. They’ll absolutely eat #amphibians
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.
Behold! A hatchling blue-spotted #salamander (<24 hrs hatched).
In anticipation of #fieldwork with later stage #ambystoma larvae, here's a quick #herpetology quiz:
See those straight things sticking out of its head and downward. What do you think they are? Poll is👇
In anticipation of #fieldwork with later stage #ambystoma larvae, here's a quick #herpetology quiz:
See those straight things sticking out of its head and downward. What do you think they are? Poll is👇
What are those things sticking out of this #salamander #larva 's head and downward?
There are 4 days on the poll. Tune back in later this week for the answer!
Happy end to first attempt at trapping blue spotted #salamanders (Ambystoma laterale) during #fieldwork in #Minnesota.
This good looking male (see the swollen cloacal region posterior to hind legs) was caught at a pond where we had previously found eggs but not adults.
This good looking male (see the swollen cloacal region posterior to hind legs) was caught at a pond where we had previously found eggs but not adults.
Things I have learned:
- I'm still agile in chest waders 💪
- Blue-spots will lay eggs that are individually attached to vegetation/leaf litter (rather than in clumps, which is what I'm used to with other species of #Ambystoma #salamanders )
- I'm still agile in chest waders 💪
- Blue-spots will lay eggs that are individually attached to vegetation/leaf litter (rather than in clumps, which is what I'm used to with other species of #Ambystoma #salamanders )
🤞that we have luck in a week or so with tiger #salamanders & their eggs! If anyone has photos of tiger sal eggs in situ, we'd appreciate seeing them!
#HERper #herpetology #fieldwork #amphibians
#HERper #herpetology #fieldwork #amphibians
