that human-animal interactions postdoc in @TerrEcolGroup who talks pigeons and raptors too much | PI: Happy Pigeon Project | prev: @kclgeography
Munich; Singapore
Joined March 2019
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My quirkiest research article on conservation conflicts between wild #peregrines, racing #pigeons and #falconry in the UK is out now on @PaN_BES!🧵
doi.org/10.1002/pan3.10710
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🦇🪹 Buildings as accidental habitat: Where animals nest, sleep and forage
"In total, there were 2,399 wildlife-building interactions, with 36 species utilising 28 building features as habitat (nesting, sleeping and foraging)"
📖 Read the full paper ➡️ buff.ly/G8iW7eE
A year ago, the Happy Pigeon project was hatched. 150 pigeons, 25 colonies, 3 cities and tons of poo later, we move on from fieldwork in 🇩🇪to lab work in🇩🇰! With enough luck, we’ll also see its spinoffs next year: the Healthy Pigeon Project, and Greedy Pigeon Project! 🕊️
(Don’t) look up - our field trials are now underway, in a ceiling space near you…Can we get feral pigeons across Germany to weigh themselves?
It’s official: my silly research project “between freedom and security, what makes a feral pigeon “happier”?” has been funded! 🕊️
Prepare for more pigeon talk!
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New research from our PhD student @toryn_whitehead
Why are debates on lynx and wolf reintroductions so polarised? bylines.scot/environment/why…
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NEW JOB in #ornithology and #conservation to work on an ambitious #telemetry project aiming to understand #wildlife movement in human-modified landscapes: buff.ly/g2eQjP7
For fieldwork this Easter, our hunt for feral pigeon eggs takes us inside the roof of a 900 yr old church where pigeons have been building nests out of the carcasses of other pigeons. Underestimate at your peril!
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In 1919, the DuPont Corporation launched a campaign to eliminate the crow. Was this a public-spirited campaign to protect crop yields in the aftermath of World War I, or just a cynical ploy to sell more ammunition?
Read more at my link in bio
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The perfect approach to boiling an egg, researchers found, was cooking it in 100°C water for 2 minutes, then 30°C water for 2 minutes, and repeating for a total of 32 minutes. scim.ag/4hEpmiK @NewsfromScience
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Fun Fact: When threatened the hognose snake will dramatically writhe in pain and turn over onto its back sticking its tongue out. If it's turned back onto its stomach it will flip back over insisting its really dead! They even emit a smelly odor 🐍☠️🤪
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Fun Fact: Thorny devil lizards drink water with their feet. They step in water on the ground and the grooves on their skin channel water to their mouths through capillary action. This allows them to drink passively without lowering their guard.🦎🥤🐾
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A tracking study has found that dogs walked off-lead cause significantly more disturbance on lowland heaths than pets kept on the lead: bit.ly/4jgLEIx
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🐈 If you have one or two indoor-only cats between 6 months and 13 years of age, you can help researchers at the University of Edinburgh with a study about environmental enrichment! Find out more 👉 app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk…
🗓 Part one closes 14 March
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Fun fact: Pistol shrimp snap their claws to create bubbles that stun or kill prey, generating shockwaves that are as loud as a gunshot, and produce a flash of light with temperatures as hot as the surface of the sun. 🦐🫰💥 #naturalhabitatshorts #naturalhabitat #naturalhabitok
I submitted a silly research proposal to a serious science body asking: between freedom and security, what makes a pigeon “happier”?
Good news: my bird-brained science is competing for funding in its final round! 😎🕊️
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Dr. Ally Louks's PhD thesis is set to be one of the most influential theses of 21st century. Puts forward an original argument with remarkable clarity.
Already has 85M+ views on X/Twitter.
Most people criticizing her don't understand her argument at all.
I have a PhD in literary studies, and in this thread, we'll do a close reading of her abstract to understand her argument in simple English.
ALT A screenshot of Dr. Ally Louks's post saying that she had passed her PhD viva with no corrections.
ALT A screenshot of the abstract of Dr. Ally Louks's PhD thesis.
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What caused the mass elephant mortality in Botswana in 2020? Algal toxins: the shift from dry 2019 to wet 2020 seems to have triggered extreme blooms, with elephant dying within 88h of exposure
@AnneDJungblut NHM with Davide Lomeo, Emma Tebbs &al. doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.…
ALT Elephant in Savuti, Botswana, standing in a pool https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Elephant_in_Savuti_-_Botswana_-_panoramio_(1).jpg diego_cue, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0>, via Wikimedia Commons
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New open-access paper! Mtns lions in/around LA @SantaMonicaMtns shift diel activity in response to human recreation. Lions in areas with higher amounts of rec shift from crepuscular activity to nocturnality and rest more during the day. 1/5
sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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Throwback fact: Male Frogs croak to attract a mate. It is especially common to hear frogs croaking during the spring at night after it rains.🐸 💋💕 Check out our NEW MERCH at naturalhabitatshorts.store