Meanwhile, on Stephens Island in New Zealand, the morning dawn ends Tuatara's nocturnal hunting. After a summer of hunting seabird eggs & nestlings, in the austral autumn Tuatara's meals are primarily bugs & other invertebrates (Fraser, 1993). #2025MMM - ThreadSky

docrowschaef.bsky.social • 8 days ago

Meanwhile, on Stephens Island in New Zealand, the morning dawn ends Tuatara's nocturnal hunting. After a summer of hunting seabird eggs & nestlings, in the austral autumn Tuatara's meals are primarily bugs & other invertebrates (Fraser, 1993). #2025MMM

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docrowschaef.bsky.social•8 days ago

All of a sudden #MMMagic translocates Tuatara to the chilly waters of the Danube River... but Tuatara is cold tolerant & can swim in waters down to 41F! (Thompson & Daugherty 1998) #2025MMM

docrowschaef.bsky.social•8 days ago

The Starry Sturgeon swims closer... closer... closer... to the Tuatara... #2025MMM

docrowschaef.bsky.social•8 days ago

Starry Sturgeon swims right up to Tuatara... #2025MMM

sci-storyteller.bsky.social•8 days ago

now I want the sturgeon and the tuatara to team up #2025MMM

docrowschaef.bsky.social•8 days ago

and then submerges to the riverbed... Starry Sturgeon don't feed during their spring migration! (U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. 2021) #2025MMM

docrowschaef.bsky.social•8 days ago

OH NO... a drift bottom gillnet has captured the CRITICALLY ENDANGERED Starry Sturgeon as illegal poachers seek a criminal payday for her eggs... aka CAVIAR!!! #2025MMM

mrsroygbiv.bsky.social•8 days ago

Humans 😣 #mnapbio Unit 8 #2025MMM

natickbobcat.bsky.social•8 days ago

#2025MMM

docrowschaef.bsky.social•8 days ago

Recently, tests have been developed to tell apart the eggs of different sturgeon species to assist in stopping the illegal trade of endangered sturgeon caviar (Boscari et al. 2013), but that deterrent isn't enough to stop these opportunistic poachers. #2025MMM