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Comparative Cognition and Communication Lab at the University of South Alabama. Studying dolphins, dogs, apes, hermit crabs, and any other fascinating animal someone brings to us! Director: Heidi Lyn @heidilynphd@bsky.social
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Charlotte's Web movie adaptation left out that Charlotte was actually a cannibal😅🕷️
Females in many spider species, including barn spiders, eat their reproductive partners after doing the deed👀
#spider #insect #cannibal #scarystories
#halloween #scaryanimals #scicomm #animalbehavior #science
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31.10.2025 02:00 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0The scariest thing about Komodo dragons isn’t their size or their serrated teeth… it’s the possibility of getting sepsis if you’ve been bitten😳😅
#komododragon #scicomm #halloweenstory #halloween #science #animalbehavior #animalstories #scaryanimals #science #scary #lizards
What’s both the grossest AND most delicious thing about bees? … Honey!🍯🐝
#bees #insects #honey #storytime #halloween #halloweenstory #animalbehavior #beeware #beevomit
Tarantula wasps’ reproduction tactic is an all-around creepfest 🫣🕷️
What’s scares you the most about tarantula wasps??👀
#wasps #tarantulas #scaryanimals #storytime #halloween #halloweenstory #insects #tarantulawasp #animalbehavior #animalstories #creepyanimals #scarystorytime
Horned lizards have the scariest defense mechanism in the animal kingdom😳🩸
Happy Halloween Week! Stay tuned for more scary animal stories😈
Do you have any scary animal stories?
#hornedlizard #scicomm #halloweenstory #halloween #animalstories #scaryanimals #science #animalbehavior #lizards
Cordyceps—the fungus featured in The Last of Us—is actually real😱 and oh so spooky!🍄
Shout out to @blackforager.bsky.social for knowing all the fungi facts and keeping us safe😂
What’s your favorite spooky animal (or fungi)?
#cordyceps #thelastofus #fungi #zombieantfungus #scicomm
It's almost time! ⌛ C3PO's annual Pumpkin Patch Fundraiser is coming back to the UCOMM parking lot on October 14, 2025 🎃 🍂🥳 We'll be there every day from 11am-5pm through Halloween‼️
Come out and support USA's undergraduate research! 🔬 🧬
#pumpkinpatch #fundraiser #undergraduateresearch #autumn
There’s a reason that scientists at primate conferences rarely bring up homosexual behavior.👇
That’s because it’s not shocking to them at all — it’s expected. 🌈🦧 In the wild and captivity, same-sex behavior is just a normal part of primate life.
#queeranimals #lgbtq #primates #academicconference
Sources 👉 docs.google.com/document/d/1...
18.09.2025 23:27 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Trunks: nature’s multipurpose sex toy 🐘👀
#scicomm #elephants #QueerAnimals #lgbtscience #animalfacts
What kind of animals do you want to learn about? Let us know! 😊💜
11.09.2025 22:29 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Queer flamingos make amazing parents! 🦩🌈
#scicomm #lgbt #queerscience #queeranimals #queernature
Are 94% of giraffes gay? Probably not 🤷♀️
BUT a lot of of males DO engage in same-sex mounting and “necking.” 🦒
link to all of our sources (including Isabella Rossellini’s YouTube video!): docs.google.com/document/d/1...
21.08.2025 23:44 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Bed bug s*x = stab wounds and infections AKA literal nightmare fuel
#bedbugs #scicomm #queeranimals #gayscience
And check out our full list of scientific resources here 👇
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
🐠🦁 Fish in drag. Lionesses with manes. Lizards faking it.
Animals have been bending the rules of gender and expression long before humans showed up. 🌈
Follow for more Queer Animals content! 💜
#Intersex #scicomm #lgbtq #QueerAnimals #c3polab
And check out our full list of scientific resources here 👇
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
🐠🦁 Fish in drag. Lionesses with manes. Lizards faking it.
Animals have been bending the rules of gender and expression long before humans showed up. 🌈
Follow for more Queer Animals content! 💜
#Intersex #scicomm #lgbtq #QueerAnimals #c3polab
Nature doesn’t follow the rules of gender you learned in kindergarten.
Cows, birds, lobsters - even whales - can be born intersex. And they have been for a long time!
Intersex is natural. Queerness is everywhere. 🐋🌈
#QueerAnimals #Intersex #SciComm #LGBTQ #IntersexAwareness #LGBTQSCience
Jonathan the tortoise is 193 and might be the oldest queer icon alive.
He spent years mating with “Frederica” until vets found out that “she” was actually Frederick!
P.S. He had female options… he just liked Fred better.
Follow for more queer animals stories!
#queeranimals #scicomm #lgbtscience
Part 2 👇
25.07.2025 00:27 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0The way animals determine biological sex? Straight-up weird AF 🦎🐠
From temperature-dependent turtles to fish that switch genders like it’s no big deal, nature’s got queerness coded into the DNA of life itself. 🌈✨ #QueerAnimals #NatureIsQueer #SciCom #QueerScience
part 1👇
part 2 👇
24.07.2025 23:54 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0🌈 Think there are only 2 sexes ruled by X & Y chromosomes? Think again 👉 nature LOVES to get weird!
From haplodiploid bees where brothers have no dads, to salamanders cloning females, sex determination is way more than XX or XY.
#Scicom #QueerAnimals #morethan2sexes #lgbt #queerscience
Did you know up to 8% of rams are gay due to biological factors?? 🐏💕Studies show their brain structure and hormones differ from “straight” rams. Nature’s spectrum is real and wild! 🌈
Let us know if there are any queer animals you want us to talk about 😊🦄
#queeranimals #queerscience #scicom
Disney got it wrong! 🐠❌ In real life, Nemo’s dad would’ve become his mom.
That’s right — the largest male clownfish changes sex when the female dies. It’s called sequential hermaphroditism.
Follow for more queer animal facts! 🦄
#queerscience #scicomm #queeranimals #lgbt #pride
Did you know Dolphins celebrate? Dr. Heidi Lyn’s research reveals how dolphins express joy through “victory squeals.” Discover how understanding animal happiness can help build better partnerships with all creatures #AnimalJoy #AnimalBehavior #twcf #scicom
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