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Reggie Ekorus
reggiemess
Alright, so let's talk about scrotums!A feature that is unique to mammals is the scrotal sac. Not all mammals have them, but everyone who has one is a mammal. That
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lucisandwich 🍞
sandalphobe
There are biological differences between certain pain perception receptors in birds and mammals. The TRPV1 (transient receptor potential vanilloid subfamily, member 1) receptor, also known as the capsaicin receptor, is
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SAKET
Saket_Badola
#LivingPlanetReport2020 @WWF @OfficialZSL *Key Findings #Thread1. Avg. 68% fall in monitored populations of mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles and fish btw 1970 & 2016.2. 75% of Earth's ice-free land surface already
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Dr. Advait M. Jukar
amjukar
I was really lucky to be able to examine Darwin's type of Toxodon platensis (housed at the @NHM_London @NHMFossilMammal), which he purchased from a farmer in Uruguay when we was
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Zach Elliott
zaelefty
No, it does not happen. https://twitter.com/CirqueAmy/status/1342242305785389056 If a human was able to produce both large and small gametes, and therefore has both reproductive systems to support the production and release
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Taal Levi
taaltree
What do wolves eat in the SE Alaska island Archipelago? Lots of cool stuff and spatial variation revealed by DNA metabarcoding of scats collected across a geographic gradient spanning deer,
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Christian Kammerer
Synapsida
Important new paper by Susanna Kümmell et al. on carpal evolution in synapsids: http://app.pan.pl/archive/published/app65/app007092019.pdfMost notably overturns ‘accepted wisdom’ on homology of the mammalian lunate bone, arguing it is
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Grant Watson
angriest
The Platypus: Australia's most outstanding animal: a thread. 1/16 The platypus is carnivorous, eating a diet of worms, shrimp, crayfish, and insect larvae. 2/16 The male platypus is venomous, with
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Dan Woynillowicz
DanWoy
It's true. There comes a time when Cdn oil & gas companies, Alberta & Canada will have to make a choice: are we mammals or dinosaurs? Evolve or perish? Our
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Shäron Moalem MD, PhD
sharonmoalem
Biological sex in mammals is binary (M/F). With all our advancements in genetics/medicine we currently have no way to change an individual's biological sex.So why does this matter?Because Medicine.So, let's
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Ali the Don 🐎 🐐🐪
therealwadani
I’m going do a thread on The effect of deforestation in Somalia and What we can do to counter it. Stay tuned “Between 1990 and 2010, Somalia lost an average
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Hyena Project 🐾
HyenaProject
Ever wondered how we estimate the age of spotted #hyena cubs?From TEENY-WEENIES to SHAGGY TEENS, here's our method in a nutshell - spiced up with some #HyenaFacts. 1/5#fieldwork #carnivores Aging
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Natural History Museum of L.A. County
NHMLA
While floor-based specimens are normally cleaned twice a year, hanging specimens like this Morrice's Sperm Whale — or Aulophyseter morricei, a juvenile of an extinct species of sperm whale —
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Dreya - posted new demos on soundcloud
__s0bersangria
APPARENTLY Naked Mole Rats are extremely unique as mammals due to the fact that that exist in eusocial colonies. There is 1 breeding female, usually 3 Male breeding mates, and
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kat misses austin 🧹| KARI & KELS DAY!!!
katskline
bad puns with kat a thread what do you call a wolf that meditates?aware wolf what did the windmill say to the rockstar?im a big fan why did adele cross
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Wrath Of Gnon
wrathofgnon
November is the month to see the splendid berries of the nanten (Nandina domesticus), or Heavenly Bamboo, widely grown in Asia as an ornamental in gardens, but highly invasive in
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