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@zoologist-niamh.bsky.social

26 β€’ PhD Student at University of Gloucestershire β€’ Aberystwyth University Zoology Masters Graduate β€’ Wildlife Conservation

327 Followers  |  645 Following  |  29 Posts  |  Joined: 14.11.2024  |  1.7168

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Barry decided to pay me a visit to make sure my journal reading was going okay 🐝

Offered him some different flowers in the garden but my blue ipad was seemingly preferable πŸ˜…

02.05.2025 14:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
We de-extincted dire wolves.
Be honest.

We created a dire wolf.
Be honest.

It's a genetically modified puppy dog.
Thank you.

We de-extincted dire wolves. Be honest. We created a dire wolf. Be honest. It's a genetically modified puppy dog. Thank you.

08.04.2025 15:57 β€” πŸ‘ 2741    πŸ” 706    πŸ’¬ 23    πŸ“Œ 26
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barack obama is sitting in a chair making a funny face and asking why tho ? ALT: barack obama is sitting in a chair making a funny face and asking why tho ?

When I see people put out bird feed while also having objects to deter pigeons

07.04.2025 13:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

A tricky thing about modern society is that no one has any idea when they don’t die.

Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.

07.04.2025 04:13 β€” πŸ‘ 63676    πŸ” 13197    πŸ’¬ 1101    πŸ“Œ 593

I applied for a job in America a few years back…. Thank god I didn’t get it

04.04.2025 13:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Wakanda must be regretting opening up their borders…

04.04.2025 13:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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These guys are the reason for the Heard and Mcdonald islands tariff

03.04.2025 15:34 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I’m researching how people learn and form opinions on #conservation issues such as #TrophyHunting , #Culling , and #InvasiveSpecies . If you have 25 minutes spare, please fill out this 100% anonymous survey. More info is provided in the link below. forms.office.com/e/ymwBRyfCxn

Please share too!

22.03.2025 11:59 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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a man is holding a cup of coffee in his hand and drinking it . ALT: a man is holding a cup of coffee in his hand and drinking it .

Scientist me: Misinformation is bad and shouldn’t happen

Internet me: The tea alarm is 100% legitimate

14.03.2025 14:12 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Fully funded PhD in Plant Ecophysiology at UBC in Vancouver 🍁! Possible topics include leaf physiology, thermal ecology, microclimates, scaling, tree physiology, forest ecology & more. Start Jan/May/Sept 2026. michaletzlab.org
Please share!
#PlantEcoPhys #Ecology #Botany #PhDposition #GradSchool

13.03.2025 21:04 β€” πŸ‘ 175    πŸ” 116    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 6
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I’m researching how people learn and form opinions on #conservation issues such as #TrophyHunting , #Culling , and #InvasiveSpecies . If you have 25 minutes spare, please fill out this 100% anonymous survey. More info is provided in the link below.
forms.office.com/e/ymwBRyfCxn

03.03.2025 10:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Beaver wild release: a milestone for nature recovery in England By Stuart Otway, Principal Officer in Natural England’s Complex Cases Unit and Delphine Pouget, Principal Officer in Natural England’s Species Recovery & Reintroductions TeamΒ  After centuries of absen...

Government announces permission for wild release of Beaver 🦫 🦫 in England naturalengland.blog.gov.uk/2025/02/28/b...

28.02.2025 13:50 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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two men standing next to each other with the words " incoherent singing " on the bottom right ALT: two men standing next to each other with the words " incoherent singing " on the bottom right

POV listening back to your interview audios to create your transcripts

25.02.2025 09:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Are the Trump team’s actions affecting your research? How to contact Nature Use this form to share information with Nature’s news team, or to make suggestions for future coverage.

Are the Trump team’s actions affecting your research? How to contact Nature

15.02.2025 17:57 β€” πŸ‘ 127    πŸ” 67    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Redirecting...

Thank you it’s really appreciated here’s a link to the public facebook post for the survey www.facebook.com/share/p/15XH...

09.02.2025 19:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I’m researching how people learn and form opinions on #conservation issues such as #TrophyHunting, #Culling, and #InvasiveSpecies. If you have 25 minutes spare, please fill out this 100% anonymous survey. More info is provided in the link below.

Please repost too!

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19.01.2025 11:26 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Hi my name is now Suzi πŸ˜‚

23.01.2025 10:41 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I’m researching how people learn and form opinions on #conservation issues such as #TrophyHunting, #Culling, and #InvasiveSpecies. If you have 25 minutes spare, please fill out this 100% anonymous survey. More info is provided in the link below.

Please repost too!

forms.office.com/e/ymwBRyfCxn

19.01.2025 11:26 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Traitors producers: okay guys your spelling is too good, can one of you make an error or something?

Anna: hold my beer

#TraitorsUK

15.01.2025 22:23 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

#Traitors should be on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays because I cannot deal with waiting until Wednesdays to find out who’s been murdered 😫

10.01.2025 22:19 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I think I turned up to the wrong wicked movie…

03.01.2025 19:06 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Whenever I see a millipede it reminds me of the one that crawled into my tent, up my arm and over my chest while I was asleep, camping in Tanzania… definitely a surprising way to wake up πŸ˜‚ and a good reminder to always make sure the tent is zipped all the way closed

19.12.2024 09:50 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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7 things you didn’t know about poo in Antarctica - British Antarctic Survey Poo isn’t usually what first comes to mind when thinking of Antarctica, we tend to imagine the frozen landscape, vast expanses of white, ice sheets, and penguins. Yet, poo is …

Are you searching for 'fun facts' to wow family and friends at festive gatherings?

We've got you covered! πŸ’©

Here are 7 things you didn’t know about poo in Antarctica ⬇️
www.bas.ac.uk/blogpost/7-t...

17.12.2024 10:16 β€” πŸ‘ 36    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Effects of human presence on African mammal waterhole attendance and temporal activity patterns Human impacts on the environment are increasing, threatening numerous species with extinction, but the effects of wildlife-based tourism on wildlife behavior remain unclear. This study, utilizing mot...

Very interesting paper by Patterson et al on the effects of human presence on mammal waterhole attendance and how the impacts of human presence on one group of animals can have a wider knock-on effect

zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

16.12.2024 10:10 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Two stages of writing:

1) This shouldn't take too long
2) Oh no

04.12.2024 19:36 β€” πŸ‘ 37666    πŸ” 7138    πŸ’¬ 571    πŸ“Œ 790
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Wasn’t expecting a male Moira Rose to read out my work on MS word but I don’t hate it πŸ˜‚

03.12.2024 14:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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It’s the time of year where the house fills with the smell of the cakes my mum bakes for her class and I’m not allowed a single one πŸ₯²

27.11.2024 20:11 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Amazing fossil alert.

Jurassic salamander from China. You can see the soft tissue of the eye, gills, limbs, even the folds of its tail. And its last meal its stomach…

πŸ§ͺ #evolution #paleontology

26.11.2024 12:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1523    πŸ” 348    πŸ’¬ 27    πŸ“Œ 15

My parents: what do you want for Christmas?

26.11.2024 14:16 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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