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50/50 Raffle for Wildlife

50/50 Raffle for Wildlife

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This is like attending a Poilievre rally. Nothing but assholes.

A blurry wolf that was right near our camp last year when we were there. We never saw her.

Two bears in one shot. Though AGAIN these are caribou cameras for caribou only. I need to put up some signs I guess. In Wapusk National Park, Manitoba, Canada.

2026. Using Drones for Large Mammal Monitoring. [We provide a new method to determine animal locations from RGB videos obtained with drones. The geolocation method shows promising results with an accuracy of between 1.58 and 3.1 m on a small test sample] onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Using Drones for Large Mammal Monitoring

Drones were used to obtain video data on animals and locations and distance from the midline was automatically determined by our pipeline so that the input for Distance sampling is generated.

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Caribou suffer terribly in the heat of summer when the mosquitos and black flies come out in the heat. We are getting more and more hot days due to climate change.

Dang polar bears taking selfies on our caribou cameras on the Hudson Bay coast.

Some top shelf bio-security here in Saskatchewan. Can you even see the fence?

Summer is the best time for some jiffy pop, especially whIle it is still on fire.

I am thrilled to share that the biology dept at Hamilton College is hiring a TT Evolutionary Ecologist to start in fall of 2027! This position would teach an upper level Evolution lect/lab, a section of Bio-100, rotate through our 200-level Eco/Evo course, and a seminar. apply.interfolio.com/190184

If you live in an area at risk to wildfires, now is the best time to prepare. ✔️Pack a grab and go bag ✔️Pre-register for Emergency Support Services at ESS.gov.bc.ca ✔️Review your emergency plan with your family Visit PreparedBC.ca for more information on being prepared.

We went out to a fancy restaurant last night and the special was the pelican. Tasted good but the bill was enormous.

Angry Pelican Lunges at Camera

ALT: Angry Pelican Lunges at Camera

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My wife and I finally agreed that if there is only one Tragically Hip song we could listen to for the rest our lives it would be Wheat Kings, Hundredth Meridian, New Orleans is Sinkin, Blow at High Dough, and 50 Mission Cap.

Gord Downie in Hat, The Tragically Hip

ALT: Gord Downie in Hat, The Tragically Hip

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Netflix needs to start asking if I’ve switched laundry loads.

As everyone knows, wild pigs are practically eradicated from Canada. Just not counting the photos and videos and observations every single day.

I haven't seen Odyssey yet but assume it is a real life expansion of the Simpson's season 13 episode 14.

I once thought Carney was the smartest guy in the room (admittedly thought that about Musk at one point). It is beyond frustrating that the extreme fires and smoke in Canada on their own can’t generate a legitimate climate change response for Canada.

When will the next bridge strike by trucker be in Saskatoon? I say August 3.

Carbon pricing not only lowered emissions it gave more money back to the majority of people, especially to the poorest Canadians. Shame on all the cynical politicians who repeated lies about it. www.theglobeandmail.com/investing/pe...

At home now - added up the $$$ bills for surgery, hospital stay, and the first month of meds here in Canada. Six bucks. You read that right - my calcium pills I had to pay out of pocket so the whole thing was $6.32 all in. Full disclosure I got a Slurpee on the way home so that was another 5 bucks.

Ryan Brook, PhD. Chairman of the Boar@ryankbrook.bsky.social · 2w ago

Happy big ugly tumour removal day for those that celebrate.

In case you were wondering WHY someone would mail their scabs, the earliest inoculation available for smallpox involved grinding up the scabs and inoculating someone with a scratch on the skin. This method reduced the fatality rate from 30% to about 1%. 🧪 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variola...

Variolation - Wikipedia

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Ada Palmer@adapalmer.bsky.social · 2w ago

Historian friend was reading a civil war era letter in an archive, the letter said “In this envelope I include my smallpox scabs” and sure enough there they were. Had to call CDC for a hazmat team.

These days so am I.

Recovering pretty well. Just need seven years of sleep then good to go.

Happy big ugly tumour removal day for those that celebrate.

Pretty cool and dramatic NASA animation showing the long-range transport of 2026 Canadian wildfire smoke.

Roadkill invasive wild pig on the transcanada near CFB Shilo --it was quite large and must have been a hell of a bang when hit...launched it 15+m.

Important question. When swimming in the lake do you pee through your swimsuit or discretely pull it aside. Keep in mind there are no other possible honest answers.

Yesterday I asked chat gpt to plot a driving route from Saskatoon to Thompson, Manitoba and it suggested I drive through North Dakota and Minnesota, which is wildly incorrect. Its a tool like anything else but not to be trusted at all.

In Saskatchewan it is actually illegal to drive by this place without stopping. Probably.

Stop by and say hi to my very large taxidermied invasive wild pig “Boris”. He will be at Ag in Motion again.

@thewesternproducer.bsky.social · 3w ago

#aim26 set to launch! Exhibitors and organizers are putting the final touches on this year’s show #westcdnag vist.ly/5bp9e