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Gunnar Tribelhorn

@madmetazoa.bsky.social

Master's student at Macquarie | Zoology writer | Animal behavior nerd | www.madmetazoa.blogspot.com

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Ethological Society@ethoges.bsky.social · 11mo ago

🧪 ETHOLOGY: Picky or pragmatic? 🪰🌸 Crossley et al. show that three pollinating fly species differ in their innate colour preferences: Eristalis tenax loves yellow, while Calliphora stygia and Musca domestica show no strong bias—all prefer more saturated hues. doi.org/10.1111/eth.... #OpenAccess

Picky or Pragmatic? Innate Colour Preferences in Three Pollinating Fly Species

Bees dominate pollination research, but flies are equally vital flower visitors. We tested innate colour preferences in three fly species using artificial flowers. Hoverflies showed a strong attracti...

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Keezy Young🌼@keezyyoung.bsky.social · 12mo ago

here's my take: I think humans are really fucking good. inherently. I think we are amazingly kind and giving. and everything about the world we live in is an attempt to stop us from being that. I think our societies step in to stop us from being good. I think our culture punishes us. but we ARE good

Ausarchosaur@ausarchosaur.bsky.social · 12mo ago

For World Rhinoceros Day, I present this white x black rhinoceros hybrid. Concerns that hybrids would be infertile have been raised. Authors have urged unrestricted access to plenty of conspecific mates where both species exist or, if this is impossible, physically isolating the two species.

Interspecific hybridisation in rhinoceroses: Confirmation of a Black x White rhinoceros hybrid by karyotype, fluorescence in situ hybridisation (FISH) and microsatellite analysis (Robinson et al., 2005): https://d1wqtxts1xzle7.cloudfront.net/40675883/Interspecific_hybridisation_in_rhinocero20151206-2746-nx3s5t-libre.pdf?1449472610=&response-content-disposition=inline%3B+filename%3DInterspecific_hybridisation_in_rhinocero.pdf&Expires=1758582551&Signature=D~~RYlfr9zibe6dkqnh8orIdGU7NOASDQ5mxGrr59gKaFk~NeE7CouHHP3yURHPDluJVn2-jAHiAeof5ukHk2M8O2b2LGf-K4wP3pj7AX5OXmMwEVXdi5EJxOl-XgDtD~wZeVj-KgKlij1UAxtzhMuo9e6O-AWEW7SsWRpZx24a8Cp~aw349AFXkZ~yNLBS2xQdGUn2l5MalRYMcOxlbp0ROiSOVQzhayi-4wUkw2YInGWO3HTLPA6HjbWSkzniAX55ijTxsEAumXB5Pf7TdP1vadzk8zUTHtZdhZnBzx~4JqXOzIhCBGHpVJa-Ihp4UhwyGK73yXFcjDrILogAa0Q__&Key-Pair-Id=APKAJLOHF5GGSLRBV4ZA
Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D.@sarahmackattack.bsky.social · last yr.

I wanted to get a video of this ghost crab but every time I got close to their hole they scuttled back in, so I tried getting clever with it. I made a little sandcastle and shoved my phone into it, hit record, and walked away. Crab was VERY suspicious of this addition to their environment.

Darren Naish@tetzoo.bsky.social · last yr.

I love spiders, and one of the most awesome we have here is the big, not native but now naturalised Segestria. Encountered this one on a wall tonight. I've been bitten by this species. It was not fun. Not fun at all.

Big black spider on a brick wall.
Darren Naish@tetzoo.bsky.social · last yr.

Mesozoic Art II - edited by @sharkbitesteve.bsky.social and myself and featuring the incredible work of 25 cutting-edge palaeoartists - is out in just a few days. The ultimate must-have book on modern #palaeoart / #paleoart. Buy yours now ... www.bloomsbury.com/uk/mesozoic-... #books #dinosaurs

Mesozoic Art II

Following on from the hugely popular Mesozoic Art, this magnificent new volume showcases 25 amazing artists whose work represents the very best of palaeoart.Our…

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c0nc0rdance@c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · last yr.

Tiliqua rugosa is a species of blue-tongued skink native to Australia that has many names: Shingleback Bobtail 'Sleepy Lizard' & my favorite: Pinecone Lizard. Let's talk about the time a zookeeper's burnt lunch led to a discovery about how the sleepy lizard survives Australian wildfires.

A vaguely pinecone-shaped lizard (skink) with blunt tail and similar head. Coloration is predominantly black with yellow banding. It looks towards the camera with the body in profile. It's sitting on red sand/dirt with a small tuft of yellow vegetation. "Eastern Shingleback, photographed near Cameron's Corner in South Australia" CREDIT: Benjamint444, Wikimedia
Chentomology@chentomology.bsky.social · last yr.

We love jumping spiders because they are smol, cute, active, friendly and always looking around curiously with their huge eyes. But do you know they’re also masters of mimicry? Check out the bugs they pretend to be (and some of those are really good)!💚💚

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