dynamoterror.bsky.social
Wildlife, rewilding, and paleontology enthusiast. Also occasional amateur paleo/spec-evo artist.
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One thing I’m really curious about, is there any chance that the Yellow-throated Martens came to Kaimere? I feel like those would be extremely successful menaces (everything the Northern Fisher is but bigger and more adaptable, plus occasional social-hunting).
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Y’all have some of the coolest Columbids down there.
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Very very cool!
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I am very, very intrigued!
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This model is looking awesome!
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Just so I can keep track, how many airplane crashes/accidents does that make since the cheeto took office?
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That looks awesome! Definitely gives subtle island-dwarf vibes compared to the mainland Keratoderm.
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Could an extended lower jaw like this also work for sweeping into loose/soft sediment to scare small prey or detritus into the gaping maw?
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Preserving biodiversity by keystone reintroductions needs to be evaluated on a case-by-case basis. Sweeping statements of ecology like “bringing back megafauna helps ecosystems” or “animals/plants have adapted to their absence so bringing them back would be bad” doesn’t give any nuance.
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All the native wildflowers and insects of European meadows either thrived under the hooves of megafauna or found niches away from them, and I’d be very surprised if they had changed enough to not survive in similar conditions now just a blink of an eye later.
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…wilder conditions. All the animals and plants you see today had nearly identical ancestors throughout the Pleistocene, adapting to all the climatic swings. For example, tundra and taiga organisms still thrived when the mammoth steppe was widespread, and they haven’t changed drastically since then.
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Not quite. Rewinding the clock is not an attainable goal, but reestablishing recently lost (recently in this case = within the past tens of thousands of years) similar ecological connections is in fact possible. Most have adapted to new circumstances, but for the most part they can adapt again to…
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From this article if anyone’s wondering: www.nature.com/articles/539...
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And then there’s this avian tomfoolery:
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OMG I LOVE IT
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Sundays could definitely work.
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I’ve had it slow-cooked in a pressure cooker and then baked alongside cubed sweet potatoes, it’s the richest and most tender meat I’ve ever had.
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They are, however, quite tasty.
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Like how semi-wild bison, camelids, deer, and wildtype (or nearly so) horses at different densities could impact fire severity and/or frequency (probably varies a lot by ecoregion and individual/herd behavior).
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It’s an awesome paper! The acknowledgment of both indigenous and similar burning practices was a very welcome sight, as was the acknowledged uncertainty surrounding data from certain regions. The biggest remaining question I have is how various large, wild herbivores impact old/new fire regimes.
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If not woodcock, then Wilson's Snipe
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Here’s the spot it came from. Just the edge of a parking lot in a heavily degraded landscape, yet still a wonderfully complex microhabitat. #ecology #plants
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Couldn’t agree more
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Detaaaaaaiiiiiiiiils!
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I'd be very interested for someone to do a plant community/structure study on the huge elephant enclosures at the Sanctuary in Tennessee, or the one in Brazil for that matter.
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Thank you so much!
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Awesome is the only way I can describe this.
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Welcome to Kaimere!