Dan Jagger

How utterly adorable 🥰

Those prices 🤗
Have you gone to 1995?

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Name names, you coward.

Leopard seal song patterns have similar predictability to nursery rhymes - Scientific Reports Scientific Reports - Leopard seal song patterns have similar predictability to nursery rhymes

Open access study in Scientific Reports 🧪🦭🎶:

Leopard seal song patterns have similar predictability to nursery rhymes
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Leopard seals sing 13-hour nursery-rhyme sets underwater Leopard seals may be one of Antarctica’s most fearsome predators, but these vocalizers sing with the structured charm of a child’s nursery rhyme. In a surprising new study, researchers found that the ...

Leopard seals sing 13-hour nursery-rhyme sets underwater.

The vocal patterns are predictable & orderly, closely resembling the rhythmic repetition found in human song.

Song structure improves the ability of distant listeners to receive signals & identify singers.

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Not my theories. But thanks for interacting 👍🏼

I would turn that cushion over.

Genetic Influences Affecting Alcohol Use Among Asians Aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH) is one of the two enzymes primarily involved in alcohol metabolism. Several variants exist of the gene that produces ALDH. One of these gene variants, which generates a n...

Humans aren't genetic clones. Variations exist within different populations, in almost every gene.

In this case some variants give higher tolerance, some provide a total lack of tolerance.

Lack of function variants can get retained for cultural reasons.
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Long-term parasite decline associated with near extinction and conservation of the critically endangered kākāpō parrot Parasite extinction may be a major component of biodiversity loss, as parasites are thought to be biodiverse yet vulnerable to host loss. However, the…

New study showing kākāpō parasites became extinct as the host population declined, helping the bird population become re-established.
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Long-term parasite decline associated with near extinction and conservation of the critically endangered kākāpō parrot.
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Good question - they do handle their booze pretty well.

This recent study says the enzymes haven't been characterised for birds yet:
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10....

A cute baby elephant

Elephants are born weighing 250 lbs. They are the biggest babies on earth except for motorists when they see a bike lane

Kākāpō | Kakapo | New Zealand Birds Online A very large bulky flightless moss green parrot with a pale owl-like face and large grey bill, legs and feet. The upperparts are moss green mottled with yellow and black above, and similar but more ye...

More images, details & links on kākāpō here, including booming & skraaking 🧪🦜:
www.nzbirdsonline.org.nz/species/kakapo

World Nature Conservation Day: How a large, flightless parrot rebounded from the verge of extinction Founder’s Briefs: An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. In the mid-1990s, the kākāpō seemed destined for extinction. Only 51...

How a large, flightless parrot rebounded from the verge of extinction.

In the mid-1990s, the kākāpō seemed destined for extinction. Only 51 individuals of the flightless, nocturnal parrot remained.

As of 2024, the known population stands at 244 individuals. 🧪🦜

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A lion sits in a wheelbarrow. Caption says: "If I fits, I sits".

Indeed.

I always blamed my parents, but maybe it goes further back ...

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Motherfucking wind farms…

Fermented fruits: scrumping, sharing, and the origin of feasting Abstract. Mounting evidence points to the importance of fermented fruits in the diets of tropical frugivores, especially African apes. But how has this fun

Open access study in Bioscience:

Fermented fruits: scrumping, sharing, & the origin of feasting. 🧪🦍🍻
academic.oup.com/bioscience/a...

Science may finally have discovered why humans are so good at drinking booze | Discover Wildlife Dietary habits of ancient great apes help to explain why humans are so good at metabolising alcohol, new study finds.

Humans may owe our ability to metabolise alcohol to our great ape ancestors’ penchant for feasting on fallen, fermented fruit.

Humans & great apes have a mutation in the alcohol dehydrogenase 4 gene, that makes them good at breaking down alcohol.

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www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts...

Meet the early-career scientists planning to leave the United States Decreased funding, reduced opportunities and growing uncertainty has made life tough for international postdocs living in the US.

Meet the early-career scientists planning to leave the United States. 🧪

Decreased funding, reduced opportunities & growing uncertainty has made life tough for international postdocs living in the US.

www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Show here this ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-Zt...

Postdoctoral fellow

📣Job Alert: We are looking for a postdoctoral researcher with hands-on experience in neural tissue culture, preferably neural organoids, for a collaborative project on Alzheimer's disease and MS between KULeuven, UHasselt and UGent in Belgium. Deadline August 31: www.ugent.be/en/work/scie...

A new giant species of Acrophylla Gray, 1835 (Phasmida: Phasmatidae: Phasmatini) from the highlands of the Wet Tropics, Queensland, Australia. | Zootaxa

Link to study in Zootaxa:

A new giant species of Acrophylla Gray, 1835 (Phasmida: Phasmatidae: Phasmatini) from the highlands of the Wet Tropics, Queensland, Australia.
mapress.com/zt/article/v...

Supersized stick insect discovered in high-altitude trees in Australia The 40cm-long insect, named Acrophylla alta, weighs slightly less than a golf ball and may be the heaviest insect in Australia

A supersized stick insect has been discovered in high-altitude trees in Queensland, Australia.

The 40cm-long insect, named Acrophylla alta, may be the heaviest insect in Oz.

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www.theguardian.com/environment/...

High-resolution near-infrared data reveal Pazyryk tattooing methods | Antiquity | Cambridge Core High-resolution near-infrared data reveal Pazyryk tattooing methods

Open access paper in Antiquity:

High-resolution near-infrared data reveal Pazyryk tattooing methods 🧪
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

2,500-year-old Siberian 'ice mummy' had intricate tattoos The woman, aged about 50, was buried in a Siberian ice cave and discovered millenia later.

Elaborate tattoos featuring tigers, birds & a fantastical animal have been revealed on an ice mummy from more than 2000 years ago.

Researchers used high-resolution, near-infrared photography to uncover an extraordinary array of hidden images.

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www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Scientists who receive NIH funding, anyone want to share your thoughts on the recent White House whiplash? I'm working on a story about it for The Guardian. DMs are open. 🧪

Hearing aids are so much more cost effective 👍🏼

Dementia prevention, intervention, and care: 2020 report of the Lancet Commission The number of older people, including those living with dementia, is rising, as younger age mortality declines. However, the age-specific incidence of dementia has fallen in many countries, probably b...

High profile Lancet report into possible links between hearing loss & dementia:

Dementia prevention, intervention, and care: 2020 report of the Lancet Commission 🧪🦻🏾🧠
www.thelancet.com/article/S014...

Why it’s important to protect your hearing as you age – and what experts suggest What’s most important about hearing health how it helps people stay engaged, say experts – here’s how to support it

Why it’s important to protect your hearing as you age – & what (a select bunch of) experts suggest.

Early research suggests hearing loss is associated with increased cognitive decline - though further studies are needed to understand this connection.

🧪 #medsky

www.theguardian.com/wellness/202...