Birds masturbate? What?! Our research, published in Ecology and Evolution is out now, and featured today in The Guardian 🌟

The Guardian@theguardian.com · 4mo ago

Masturbation among birds is ‘natural’ and should not be punished, say experts

Masturbation among birds is ‘natural’ and should not be punished, say experts

Masturbation among birds is ‘natural’ and should not be punished, say experts

Study finds activity is not harmful or caused by stress of captivity – and is in fact more common in wild birds

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Jan 1st at 00.01, I finally deactivated my account at #TheOtherPlace - starting the new year as I mean to go on. Had stopped posting there a while ago, and still a bit jittery about messaging on social media generally. But, my cat just told me to get over myself, so here we are. 🤷

Wonder how long this tree is going to stay standing...🤔

This 👇. #LongCovid never gets so much as a mention when the government talks about economic inactivity. It drives me ******* insane.

Long Covid Advocacy@longcovidadvoc.com · 2y ago

🔴Today Labour has released the 'Get Britain Working' White Paper. 🔹2.8 million economically inactive due to ill health 🔹We have 2 million with #LongCovid The Gov states it will tackle root causes but... 1/8

Fellow behavioural ecologists, figure this one out. 🤣

Nicola Miller@nicmiller.bsky.social · 2y ago

New followers: thought you might like to see this colour plate from Walton Ford's Pancha Tantra. Yes, it's a parakeet shagging a shrike on an elephant's dick.

I'm seriously disappointed that Greggs is not here yet.

two hearts with the words greggs my beloved

ALT: two hearts with the words greggs my beloved

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The Swedish government encourages people to eat a kilo of sweets every Saturday. 😳 This explains a lot about my Swedish friends. 🤣💕 www.theguardian.com/food/2024/no...

Swedes left longing for sweets as viral TikTok starts craze for candy

The tradition of chomping through a kilo of sweets once a week is under threat as demand soars for sugary sweets

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What is a post in BlueSky called, a...bleat?! Which is fine because goats are cool.

a herd of goats are walking across a dirt road .

Alt: a herd of goats are walking across a dirt road .

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Please meet my other owner Mei. Her chief occupations in life are to bully her brother, steal cardboard, and look at me with disdain.

It has not taken me long to realise I'm supposed to post cat stuff here. So, BlueSky, meet Totoro.

Well this seems civilised. Hello BlueSky.