Study documents wild orcas attempting to share their food with people
Study documents wild orcas attempting to share their food with people
https://dailygalaxy.com/2025/06/six-types-dinosaur-eggs-found-one-place/
The story is less dramatic than the headline (try to contain your shock) which makes it sound like multiple #species sharing a #nest. That would be tremendous news, implying amazing things about #interspecies behavior. But it's still a very nice find. And I love some of the site names on the map.
Also, the journal article is linked from the story, which IMO should be mandatory for all #popular #science #reporting. https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0314689
What the find does seem to show is a diverse ecosystem with multiple species sharing nesting *grounds*. Some of them were related, like various kinds of the unfairly-named† #oviraptors, while others weren't even #dinosaurs at all! That's still pretty nifty.
I've said it before, but it bears repeating: no more than today, the #Mesozoic was never All Killing, All The Time. Dinosaurs did, of course, hunt and eat each other, and no doubt destroyed rivals' nests as well. But most of the time, they were living their lives in relative peace. Modern dinosaurian behavior is as good a guide as any here: even the meanest #birds tend their nests more than they fight.
†#Oviraptor was discovered on a nest, and the initial assumption was that it was stealing the eggs for food, thus the name "egg thief." Subsequent discoveries showed the eggs were its own—it was brooding, not raiding. But the species and all its kin have to bear the slander through their afterlife.
We live in the time of the chicken!
Glorious book by Naisargi Davé - read it!
Or begin by reading my little in admiration below
#anthropology
#ethnography
#interspecies
#theory
#indifference
RE: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:o7mqzu7aleiaz4hi44hod7x2/post/3lpqqnwjikc24
#interspecies is so hot ngl
You get'em, tiger! err.. lion. https://terberlo.dog/notes/a7kq5qza7gyf012l
In our article with Ryan T. Cragun (in Finnish), we look at the encounter between a gardener and a Spanish Slug. We highlight the role of exclusion in the constellation of the garden community. At the same time, we critically reflect on the limits of the study of religion. We show how the exclusion of religion and nonreligion enables to view the common ground shared by people with different beliefs on an equal footing.
https://trace.journal.fi/article/view/145655
#Apes point out hidden treats only when #humans are #unaware of their #location.
❛❛ It's a #sign of a #cognitive ability called #Theory of #Mind. ❜❜
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPD9jqXEv7Y 2025 Feb 04
https://www.SmithsonianMag.com/smart-news/when-bonobos-know-what-you-dont-theyll-tell-you-its-a-sign-of-a-cognitive-ability-called-theory-of-mind-180985991/ 2025 Feb 05
https://en.Wikipedia.org/wiki/Theory_of_mind … #TheoryOfMind
#sapphicfictionsaturday
I’m currently reading Safety Protocols for Human Holidays by Angel Martinez. What’s in your hands today?
https://angelmartinezauthor.weebly.com/the-pudding-protocol-universe.html
#whatareyoureading #sapphicbooks #speculativefiction #shortread #holiday #interspecies #humor #bookstodon #readingcommunity #lesbian #lgbtq #lgbtqia
@lgbtqbookstodon @bookstodon @sapphicbooks
New post and new draft available on Animal Agency and Interspecies Play #Agency #Interspecies #Play #PhilBio
- New Post : https://www.animalinventiveness.com/post/animal-agency-and-playful-relationships-keynote-at-the-in-relation-to-life-conference
- New Draft : https://www.animalinventiveness.com/_files/ugd/26992a_e587ce33c44045e0a6021de701bd6d7d.pdf
Feeling hugely cheered by the team of breastfeeding mothers of Dublin, who stripped off to show an orangutan how to feed & nurture an infant.
#Spillover of highly pathogenic avian #influenza #H5N1 virus to dairy #cattle, Nature: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07849-4
Whole viral genome #sequences recovered from dairy #cows, #birds, domestic #cats, and a #raccoon from affected farms indicated multidirectional #interspecies #transmissions. Epidemiologic and genomic data revealed efficient cow-to-cow transmission after apparently healthy cows from an affected farm were transported to a premise in a different state.
The Coller Dolittle prize
is a multi-year challenge with an annual prize recognizing significant scientific research that supports the aim of #Interspecies #Communication.
For the successful team that cracks the code of Interspecies Communication, a Major Prize of either a USD10 million equity investment or a USD500,000 cash prize will be awarded.
An annual prize of USD100,000 will be awarded to successful applicant(s).
The referees reserve the option to split the prize among 2 winners.
From #birds to #mammals: #spillover of highly pathogenic avian #influenza #H5N1 virus to dairy #cattle led to efficient intra- and #interspecies #transmission http://biorxiv.org/cgi/content/short/2024.05.22.595317v1?rss=1
These results demonstrate the transmission of HPAI H5N1 clade 2.3.4.4b virus at a non-traditional interface and to a new and highly relevant livestock species, underscoring the ability of the virus to cross species barriers.
Moments with my Whippet: Castorp discovers a brother
"A life without dogs is possible but pointless."
The Romans knew this simple truth, which I discovered only rather late in life. The magic of two co-evolved species, trusting and needing each other.
How interspecies competition led to a 'bizarre' pattern in our own evolutionary tree
https://phys.org/news/2024-04-interspecies-competition-bizarre-pattern-evolutionary.html #human #evolution #interspecies #competition #speciation
#Complex N-glycans are important for #interspecies #transmission of #H7 #influenza A viruses, J Virol.:
https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/jvi.01941-23
In conclusion, the binding of NeuGc-adapted H7 IAV to tri-antennary N-glycans enables viral replication and shedding by #chickens and #ducks, potentially facilitating interspecies transmission of equine-adapted H7 IAVs.
M/F, NSFW Furry, Interspecies, Breeding
What’s the First Thing We Should Say to the Whales?
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2024/02/talking-whales-project-ceti/677549/?utm_source=feed #biology #communication #whales #speech #interspecies #alien