You can't fool me. This is the Mind Flayer from the Upside Down.

Unnoticed by whom?

As an anthropologist, I endorse this message!

Picked up my first 2 prezzies today!! #ILoveLibraries

So, @edzitron.com ate his Wheatties this morning

Life is diversity.

The correct answers are: 1. The Greater Wax Moth can hear frequencies up to 300,000 Hz. 2. The humble pigeon (!) can hear frequencies as low as 0.05 Hz!

Really? Not a single guess?

#TheSheepDetectives was good!

Whole fam is going to see The Sheep Detective tonight! 🐑🔎🫆

Ok, here’s a fun set of questions that I learned the answers to last night. Gimme your best guesses! 1. What animal hears at the highest frequency? What’s that #? 2. What animal hears at the lowest frequency? What’s that #? For reference, human hearing range = 20-20,000 Hz. #SciQuiz

"You’ve read a million pearl-clutching op-eds about woke professors and cancel culture, but for my money, the real crisis facing American higher education is that colleges & universities are increasingly run by people who are hostile to students & professors, &...the idea of the university itself."

……ok, but what is Splash going to DO with you when he finds you? Otters are metal.

HINDENBURG flight was largely successful, achieved most of its goals

“Few people can hate so bitterly and so self-righteously as the members of a ruling caste which is being dispossessed.” -T.H. White, The Once & Future King

Used my local library’s app to put 4 books on hold today. Now I get to wait for the emails telling me they’re ready. Such an amazing system of free presents!!!

Your getaway vehicle wandered off again, @mammalssuck.bsky.social.

Not all heroes wear capes.

I finally got around to reading this link I’d saved several months ago. What a beautiful piece of writing! We would all do well to listen to Grandma Elephant.

“Welfare assessment isn't additional work layered on top of conservation. It's what makes conservation work better.”

Does anyone have an idea of numbers, like within a bracket of 20 or so. www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-n...

I need some book recommendations. Hit me up with the absolute best of what you’ve read lately.

Sometimes, I can’t think with my gray Hot days in the middle of May Heat waves been cooking my brain Can't act my natural way Really interesting, especially on this stupid hot day here in Boston.

With the exception of March Mammal Madness & the Fellowship of the Filthy Weasel, I think this might be true.

One day he will die. And there will be much rejoicing.

Gotta say it’s a bit on the nose to have a ship full of wealthy white people and an outbreak that’s actually been controlled dominate global media while a major Ebola outbreak in DRC with cross boarder spread is going unnoticed. www.npr.org/2026/05/16/g...

A chilling glimpse inside what’s happening in higher ed, and why many of us who value critical thinking are looking to get out.

Let @joshgondelman.bsky.social be the next James Bond, you cowards.

Bornean orangutans return to the same plant pairings in their diet far more often than chance would predict. Mixing plants for therapeutic effect, long thought a human sophistication, may be a trait shared with great apes. dailyneuron.com/bornean-oran...

Ok, in the spirit of my thread from last week about the history of scientific racism, I guess it's time to review the biology of skin color & why this is a bad idea.

Love this. My original intention for my PhD was to study the effectiveness of different enrichment techniques for improving well-being in zoo-housed apes. We still understand so little about individual differences & preferences.

List of birds Merlin says I heard during a 60-second segment of my dog walk today: American Crow House Finch Black-throated Green Warbler Song Sparrow Northern Cardinal American Robin House Sparrow Chestnut-sided Warbler Red-eyed Vireo American Goldfinch All just singing & doing their thing.

I’m trying to figure out what life holds next for me, career-wise. Hubs has very helpfully suggested I create a website called OnlyTans for all the lonely orangutans out there.

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You probably wouldn’t guess that some of the nicest views of Boston are from Deer Island, home of the wastewater treatment plant. But it’s true!

Ah, I see giant mouse lemurs are the newest influencers in the right-wing manosphere.

#WishYouWereHere ❤️‍🩹💐

I still love the theory a Year 6 child proposed to me that David Attenborough is actually God and he got fed up with people not noticing the amazing things he'd created, so he made documentaries to show off.

....and all grades are SUBMITTED! 😌

Resharing this fun fact from #2025MMM in honor of Sir David Attenborough’s 100th bday. 🥳

Being in higher ed right now kind of feels like watching administrations steer your ship directly at the iceberg, while everyone on board is pointing and screaming, and they’re like, “yes we know isn’t it beautiful?”

The unfettered delight of discovering you picked a really good cantaloupe 😋

I don’t have it in me to read the news today.

If you are or were a lover of Moo Deng & miss cute baby hippo videos, please meet BUMPY, recently rescued by @sheldricktrust.bsky.social!

Urban Birbbath

Raise your hand if antidepressants have been life-altering, if not life-saving, for you. ✋ www.notus.org/health-scien...