Sarah Primate
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B.A. Biological Anthropology. M.A. in Biology (Conservation Biology). Animal lover. Cat Mom. Primates Are Not Pets. Things I post about: Archaeology/Anthropology, Wildlife Conservation, Animals, History, Science, Primates. Proud Canadian!
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Today in History: November 25th
1942: Leslie Groves and J. Robert Oppenheimer chose Los Alamos, New Mexico, as the site of Project Y, which developed the first atomic bomb.
1942: Leslie Groves and J. Robert Oppenheimer chose Los Alamos, New Mexico, as the site of Project Y, which developed the first atomic bomb.
OK this is super intriguing.... #Anthropology #Archaeology
The mystery of hanging coffins: Are modern Bo people the genetic heirs of an ancient burial tradition?
A new study has uncovered a direct genetic link between ancient practitioners of the Hanging Coffin burial tradition and the modern Bo people in Southwest China. The findings published in Nature Commu...
phys.org
November 25, 2025 at 3:24 PM
OK this is super intriguing.... #Anthropology #Archaeology
Bats are so super awesome!!! 🦇
Bats help control crop pests when natural habitats are near farmland
Bats such as the common noctule consume pest insects over intensively managed arable land and thereby support sustainable agriculture. A new study led by scientists from the Leibniz Institute for Zoo ...
phys.org
November 25, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Bats are so super awesome!!! 🦇
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It's a bird, it's a drone, it's both: AI tech monitors turkey behavior
At a time when millions of Americans have turkey on their minds, a team of researchers led by an animal scientist at Penn State has successfully tested a new way for poultry producers to keep their tu...
phys.org
November 25, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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OH FFS!!! 😩 #Primates
Endangered lemurs face new threat from the luxury meat trade
Lemurs, the small primates with bushy tails and large, expressive eyes, are among the world's most endangered species. According to the IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) Red List, ...
phys.org
November 25, 2025 at 3:10 PM
OH FFS!!! 😩 #Primates
RIP Gramma 🐢
Gramma the Galápagos tortoise, oldest resident of San Diego Zoo, dies at about 141
After more than a century of munching on her favorite foods of romaine lettuce and cactus fruit, beloved Galápagos tortoise Gramma, the oldest resident of the San Diego Zoo, has died.
phys.org
November 25, 2025 at 3:06 PM
RIP Gramma 🐢
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Malaysian scientists recruit bed bugs as crime scene sleuths
Under glaring laboratory lights, a research assistant extends his forearm and carefully inverts a mesh-topped container onto his skin to allow a wriggling mass of bed bugs to feed on his blood, all in...
phys.org
November 25, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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Voodoo economics: How wildlife trade for ritual use is wiping out Africa's vultures
For some people, the mention of voodoo evokes something like a scene from the James Bond novel "Live and Let Die," featuring occult ceremonies with snakes and animal sacrifice. Animal sacrifice was wi...
phys.org
November 25, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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Vampires in the deep: An ancient link between octopuses and squids
Researchers from the University of Vienna (Austria), National Institute of Technology—Wakayama College (NITW; Japan), and Shimane University (Japan) present the largest cephalopod genome sequenced to ...
phys.org
November 25, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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Dammit!!! 🐇
Already disappearing, Southeast Asia’s striped rabbits now caught in global pet trade
In the remote rainforest of Sumatra, Indonesia, and the Annamite Mountains straddling Vietnam and Laos, two species of nocturnal rabbits live elusive lives. These species, both of which have distincti...
news.mongabay.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Dammit!!! 🐇
Sigh....
It’s ‘whack-a-mole’: Alarming rise in pet trade fuels wildlife trafficking into California
In October, a U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer at California’s Otay Mesa border crossing noticed an odd bulge inside a man’s pants. Jesse Agus Martinez, a U.S. citizen who lives in Tijuana, ...
news.mongabay.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Sigh....
Today in History: November 25th
1942: Leslie Groves and J. Robert Oppenheimer chose Los Alamos, New Mexico, as the site of Project Y, which developed the first atomic bomb.
1942: Leslie Groves and J. Robert Oppenheimer chose Los Alamos, New Mexico, as the site of Project Y, which developed the first atomic bomb.
November 25, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Today in History: November 25th
1942: Leslie Groves and J. Robert Oppenheimer chose Los Alamos, New Mexico, as the site of Project Y, which developed the first atomic bomb.
1942: Leslie Groves and J. Robert Oppenheimer chose Los Alamos, New Mexico, as the site of Project Y, which developed the first atomic bomb.
Reposted by Sarah Primate
A report released this month by the #California Dept of Fish and Wildlife found that rat poisons are still unintentionally poisoning wildlife at high rates.
The powerful anticoagulant #rodenticides were found in 95% of mountain lions and 69% of nontarget wildlife tested.
Read on ➡️ bit.ly/4aaRJ6Y
The powerful anticoagulant #rodenticides were found in 95% of mountain lions and 69% of nontarget wildlife tested.
Read on ➡️ bit.ly/4aaRJ6Y
November 24, 2025 at 7:15 PM
A report released this month by the #California Dept of Fish and Wildlife found that rat poisons are still unintentionally poisoning wildlife at high rates.
The powerful anticoagulant #rodenticides were found in 95% of mountain lions and 69% of nontarget wildlife tested.
Read on ➡️ bit.ly/4aaRJ6Y
The powerful anticoagulant #rodenticides were found in 95% of mountain lions and 69% of nontarget wildlife tested.
Read on ➡️ bit.ly/4aaRJ6Y
Reposted by Sarah Primate
From the archive. Along mountain pilgrimages, two anthropologists learn how an Indigenous Mesoamerican religion helps people practice a reciprocal relationship with the Earth. Read more: www.sapiens.org/culture/nahu...
Why Nahua Pilgrims Carry Thousands of Papers Up Sacred Peaks
Along a Nahua pilgrimage, anthropologists learn how a Mesoamerican religion helps people practice a reciprocal relationship with the Earth.
www.sapiens.org
November 24, 2025 at 8:02 PM
From the archive. Along mountain pilgrimages, two anthropologists learn how an Indigenous Mesoamerican religion helps people practice a reciprocal relationship with the Earth. Read more: www.sapiens.org/culture/nahu...
Reposted by Sarah Primate
Red Wolf sisters Peat and Willow have moved to our off-site Red Wolf facility in an effort to save this critically endangered species. Their new home is part of the SAFE American Red Wolf program, where carefully matched wolves help ensure a healthy future population.
November 24, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Red Wolf sisters Peat and Willow have moved to our off-site Red Wolf facility in an effort to save this critically endangered species. Their new home is part of the SAFE American Red Wolf program, where carefully matched wolves help ensure a healthy future population.
Reposted by Sarah Primate
An eastern phoebe looking over its shoulder at the camera as it perches on a twig running diagonally across the frame, some dogfennel in the background. #birds
November 24, 2025 at 9:12 PM
An eastern phoebe looking over its shoulder at the camera as it perches on a twig running diagonally across the frame, some dogfennel in the background. #birds