#Insect

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

Gavin Campbell

dragonecology

For an aspect of my PhD research, I wanted to quantify an ecosystem service of insects in temporary ponds. The insect I chose was the backswimmer Notonecta indica. The ecosystem

Wrath Of Gnon

wrathofgnon

A story of inappropriate technology: in the 1970s it was decided to modernize the rice farming of Sri Lanka, whose system that had not changed much for 3000 years. The

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fan_til_dawn

A short thread on allergies:There are different types- food, aeroallergens (small bits that can float in the air), medicine...There's also different reactions- most known is the rashes (also known as

Oliver Willis

owillis

this is always how the alien invasion movie startshttps://twitter.com/Reuters/status/1339779923083485184 i feel like our best scientists never watch the really good fantasy/scifi/superhero movies and so theyre always grabbing alien spores a

John Blong

JohnCBlong

Well it's #NationalPoopDay so here is a thread about our latest Paisley Caves paper! You can find our paper here (open access ) https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12520-020-01160-9 Team members on twitter: @ArchaeologyLisa

Cory Doctorow #BLM

doctorow

My latest @locusmag column is "Full Employment," in which I forswear "Fully Automated Luxury Communism" as totally incompatible with the climate emergency, which will consume 100%+ of all human labor

Jen 📷🦉🐝🐍

7StellarJays

Beetles!It's been fun posting threads for #InverteFest so how about some friends from the land of Coleoptera that I found this year?Oriental Beetle (Exomala orientalis) This beetle was one of

DDT/TJPW English Update (D/TEU)

ddtpro_eng

[BOYZ 6.23 Harrajuku Live Translation Thread]https://www.ddtpro.com/universe/videos/6452#ddtpro#DDTBOYZ#DDTUNIVERSE#DDTEULive BTW there will be an opening ceremony and the wrestlers are required to wear an outfit they would wear on a Summer

Friendless Churches

friendschurches

When a deathwatch beetle is in the mood for love, it bumps its head off the furniture. These beetles like to chomp through woodwork, and the bumping is their mating

The Ancient Yuletide Carrie🎄

CarrieCuinn

Reading THE SECRET LIVES OF COLOR and the author immediately says "during the middle ages mixing colors at all was a taboo, believed to be against the natural order".Wtf? Ignoring

Behailu Shiferaw I በኃይሉ

behailus

#Just4ContextIn a time of relative peace: >2 million people in Tigray (1 in 3) need some type of assistance. Of which:1,000,000 are on the Productive Safety Net Program. 600,000 are

spencer roberts

Unpop_Science

The monarch butterfly makes one of the most amazing migrations on Earth, flying from central Mexico to the northern US. No one butterfly can complete the circuit within its lifetime.

Caleb Hazelwood

calebhazelwood

Sure thing! I'll start with a disclaimer: this chapter was Fred Nijhout's baby. He has been thinking about these things for several years, and the models synthesize ideas from his

Benedict Macdonald

Rebirding1

It is said we should plant more trees – but which ones? In this thread, let’s celebrate the avian magic of 20 NATIVE TREES that, on being replanted, could help

Dr Erica McAlister

flygirlNHM

What do Campsicnemus mirabilis, a flightless fly from Hawai’i and Gallirallus dieffenbachia, a flightless rail from New Zealand have in common?Both are recently extinct animals #LostSpeciesDay #OnTheBrink @XrRebel @NHM_London What

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