Doing another updated #introduction since most of my pertinent info is in my profile bio.

I'm a late-diagnosed #ActuallyAutistic who joined Fedi in '22 (she/her). I love all things #horror, am learning #Welsh/ #Cymraeg & have a #cat named Moon (short for Amunet).

Other special interests: #Android #FOSS apps, #Horses, #Zoology, #Psychology, British TV, #JoeDallesandro films & reading (#fantasy, science journals, historical mystery, etc).

Special talent: Causing hilarious misunderstandings.

I lived in #Inverness for 15 years, so I enjoyed this documentary which is now on the #BBC #iplayer: "#LochNess: They Created a Monster". A tale of 1970s #monster hunters- #technology, #zoology, rivalries and much else!
#Scotland
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001sznx

#mood

This is a Eurasian lynx -- one of the four species of lynx in the world.

Learn about this lynx & the other species in our most recent #podcast here: https://starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/lynx-pop-culture-superstar/

:https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/63/Lynx_lynx2.jpg

So.. erm... is this what you think a #lynx was gonna sound like??

Link for my first impressions in the below

Also... the first comment on this lynx-call video: "Setting this as my ringtone"

: https://youtu.be/KtsdVQWGibQ?si=UWM6snvVKMFVGSjZ

In this week's episode, we're in #CreatureCorner to learn about the animal eponym of the #constellation #lynx!

Listen here: https://starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/lynx-creature-corner/

New #podcast is out now!

This week, we peaked into #CreatureCorner to share some #bear facts & shared our favorite bears in #fiction (but... bear ... with us b/c there are a lot we didn't mention !)

Listen here or wherever you listen to podcasts: https://starrytimepodcast.podbean.com/e/asterism-bear-creature-corner-plus/

"Researchers ‘Translate’ #Bat Talk. Turns Out, They Argue—a Lot"

AKA, #bats are just like us:

"One of the call types indicates the bats are arguing about food.

Another indicates a dispute about their positions within the sleeping cluster.

A third call is reserved for males making unwanted mating advances

and the fourth happens when a bat argues with another bat sitting too close"

food, hierarchy, sex, and autonomy

the endless squabble

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/researchers-translate-bat-talk-and-they-argue-lot-180961564/

American educator and zoologist Cornelia Clapp died #OTD in 1934.

Clapp was a pioneering zoology researcher and leading ichthyology scholar. Her work on the toadfish was instrumental in correcting the idea that its egg was attached by a "sucker" to the yolk stalk, as she discovered that it was instead adhered with a disc of "transparent secretion" that could be separated from the membrane.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornelia_Clapp

GUYS WE'RE HAVING A BABY PYGMY HIPPO FOR CHRISTMAS

https://metrorichmondzoo.com/newsroom/pygmy-hippo-born-before-christmas/

I wonder if animals dream while they’re hibernating or in torpor?

What do you all think?

Cats have lived alongside humans for around 12,000 years, and during that time, it seems they've been paying close attention to how we communicate. - Cats Can Learn Words Faster Than Human Babies, Study Suggests
Source: ScienceAlert https://search.app/A7AZu4928nrkH2uN7 #Language #Cats #Zoology #Science #CatsOfMastodon

The surprising new history of horse domestication, from @SciAm.

"Archaeological and genetic discoveries topple long-standing ideas about the domestication of equines."

Subscription may be required: https://flip.it/aFO9aP

Saber-toothed kitten frozen in Siberian ice reveals new details about species
https://www.science.org/content/article/saber-toothed-kitten-frozen-siberian-ice-reveals-new-details-about-species

* ice mummy preserves extinct cat f. claws to paws
* late Pleistocene, 35,500 - 37,000 years ago

Mummy of a juvenile sabre-toothed cat Homotherium latidens from the Upper Pleistocene of Siberia
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-79546-1

Sabre-toothed 'kitten' mummy unearthed in Siberia is first of its kind
https://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/sabre-toothed-kitten-mummy-unearthed-in-siberia-is-first-of-its-kind-1.7114255

#stem #Science #paleontology #zoology #ecology #cool

First ever permafrost mummy of a sabretooth cat found. Your sabretooth wants steak

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-79546-1?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link&ICID=ref_fark

Science Illustration: A Creative Door for Early Women in Science.

At the dawn of the 1900s, science remained a domain largely inaccessible to women. Despite societal constraints, a select group of pioneering women found a path to contribute to science through illustration.

By Raven Capone Benko via @SIAmericanWomen

https://womenshistory.si.edu/blog/science-illustration-creative-door-early-women-science

Collapsing wildlife populations near ‘points of no return’, report warns https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/oct/10/collapsing-wildlife-populations-points-no-return-living-planet-report-wwf-zsl-warns #IUCNredlistofendangeredspecies #Endangeredspecies #Treesandforests #Climatecrisis #Deforestation #Biodiversity #Conservation #Environment #Worldnews #Wildlife #Animals #Farming #Zoology #Science #Biology #Cop16 #WWF

"Syntax is actually found all over the animal world." —Arik Kershenbaum on animal communication, on the Word of Mouth podcast:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00237zl

Making another #introduction post after I cleaned up my follows.

(Mainly looking for new moots)

I am interested in paleontology, ecology, and zoology (with a bit of botany).
I also like Minecraft, Genshin Impact, Paleo Pines, and JW evolution.
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I try to avoid more techy account so :P

#paleontology #ecology #zoology #minecraft #genshinimpact #jurassicworld #jurassicpark #thai