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A place for science posts and nature pics (secondary to @BML1997)

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Authors identified celebrities and species named after them who each have a Wikipedia page.
Through analysis of page views they assessed the impact of naming on the amount of attention the species received online.
Species receive more attention when names after celebrities.
The effect was strongest among inverts, amphibians and reptiles, and with higher-profile names.

Authors identified celebrities and species named after them who each have a Wikipedia page. Through analysis of page views they assessed the impact of naming on the amount of attention the species received online. Species receive more attention when names after celebrities. The effect was strongest among inverts, amphibians and reptiles, and with higher-profile names.

Cool paper πŸ§ͺ🌍
Do species named after celebrities receive more online attention and does attention differ according to taxonomic group? @katieblake.bsky.social and @diogoverissimo.bsky.social from @oxfordbiology.bsky.social explore the use of eponyms.
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

20.12.2023 11:47 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 1
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Found this beauty today. Completely intact, snail is long gone. Definitely going in my collection

04.01.2024 00:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Start off with a few random pics from off my phone. Enjoy one plump caterpillar and a slug I saw fairly recently

01.01.2024 18:53 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Guess it’s still too new to tag

31.12.2023 21:54 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Reddit won't allow me to post images. I've tried different apps, browsers, and image sizes.

Fine. I present: Trippy Australian Mushrooms by Steve Axford.

Literally just photos. No Alt because of my current headache.

Let's go!

31.12.2023 21:46 β€” πŸ‘ 124    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 18    πŸ“Œ 1
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So as part of my Christmas, my family got me 3 of those track a penguin code+bracelets (Fahlo brand). Two males and a female Megallanic penguins πŸ’œ

26.12.2023 21:55 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
A live, pale colored turkey standing in a field

A live, pale colored turkey standing in a field

A live brown turkey standing in a field

A live brown turkey standing in a field

A doe walking through a field

A doe walking through a field

I so wish I could add more pics to these posts. A few favs from my trail cams. Probably will be more of these to come as I look through and pic better photos.

13.12.2023 19:02 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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