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Lara Durgavich

@ldurgavich.bsky.social

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Still tinkering. Still a primate. Biological anthropologist. Mom. #SciComm enthusiast. I ❤️ animals & pop culture.

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Lara Durgavich @ldurgavich.bsky.social · Nov 12

One time I did a TED talk:
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Lara Durgavich: An evolutionary perspective on human health and disease

How does your genetic inheritance, culture and history influence your health? Biological anthropologist Lara Durgavich discusses the field of evolutionary medicine as a gateway to understanding the qu...

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Lara Durgavich @ldurgavich.bsky.social · 6h

It’s a really good sign if I identify deeply with this seal, right?

Amy @lolennui.bsky.social · 7h

halfway through he stops screaming to see if a nap solves his problems, nature is so beautiful

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Crybaby Learns to Swim

YouTube video by Jesse DeVoe

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Lara Durgavich @ldurgavich.bsky.social · 8h

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Lara Durgavich @ldurgavich.bsky.social · 9h

Treating myself to a little solo time in my backyard oasis.

Lara Durgavich @ldurgavich.bsky.social · 10h

Post yourself from a different era.

Belize, 2006

A picture of me in a snorkeling mask, waving to the photographer underwater.

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Seth Rudy @sethrudy.bsky.social · 14h

Meanwhile in #Portland

Kermit faces off with Hopper in The Muppet Movie

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Rebecca Sear @rebeccasear.bsky.social · 21h

“Women-led papers were more likely to be featured in local outlets than in national, international, or science-specialty media. They appeared more often in liberal-leaning outlets than conservative ones. And coverage of their work carried a more negative tone”

www.science.org/content/arti...

When women researchers publish, media attention doesn’t always follow

Men-led papers receive more media coverage than women’s, new study finds

www.science.org

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Lara Durgavich @ldurgavich.bsky.social · 1d

Don’t forget the dog one!

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Errol 🦇 🏳️‍🌈 @eerieseymour.bsky.social · 1d

The Orphan Crusher is here to stay. If we don’t feed more Orphans to the Crusher the Orphan Crushing industry will die. It’s time to wake up to the reality of the Orphan Crusher. The Orphan Crusher is worth billions. We need to teach people to use the Orphan Crusher. It’s here to stay.

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Lara Durgavich @ldurgavich.bsky.social · 2d

Time to log off & read a book. 📖

Lara Durgavich @ldurgavich.bsky.social · 2d

This would be a great dinner party.

Dr Dan Shugar 🇨🇦 @watershedlab.bsky.social · 2d

I was today years old when I learned that Picasso overlapped in time with both Charles Darwin and Eminem. True fact.

Lara Durgavich @ldurgavich.bsky.social · 2d

It's so nice to see actual good news once in a while.

David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 2d

Eastern Australian humpback whale population now well above pre-whaling levels, report finds - ABC News 🦑🧪🌎

These whales were hunted to 150 individuals. Now there's 50,000 of them

Once hunted almost to extinction, the population of humpback whales currently migrating down Australia's east coast has bounced back and is now greater than before whaling.

www.abc.net.au

Lara Durgavich @ldurgavich.bsky.social · 2d

Is it time for Hippo Discourse? I love a good Hippo convo on social media!

Matt Baldwin @thisbrokenwheel.bsky.social · 2d

As a paleontology enthusiast I always find it funny how pop culture constantly describes large herbivorous dinosaurs as "gentle giants" when most of our current living herbivorous megafauna are some of the most physically dangerous and temperamental creatures on the planet.

Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social · 2d

horses can SERIOUSLY injure you with their jaws - do not ever antagonize enormous animals with opinions

Lara Durgavich @ldurgavich.bsky.social · 2d

Playing in and then becoming a narrator for the March Mammal Madness tournament. #2025MMM #2026MMM
Also, the Fellowship of the Filthy Weasel.

Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 2d

Has anything great happened in your life because of social media?

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Saganism @sagan.bsky.social · 3d

"What does seventy million years mean to beings who live only one-millionth as long? We are like butterflies who flutter for a day and think it is forever."

-Carl Sagan, Cosmos

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Lara Durgavich @ldurgavich.bsky.social · 3d

We taught our children about the walrus & his bucket and they reference it often. 😄

Lara Durgavich @ldurgavich.bsky.social · 3d

Today is #GivingDayForApes. I chose 6 organizations to donate to this year, but there are many more in need.
If you've spent any time this past week appreciating Jane Goodall's work & legacy, supporting these causes is a great way to honor her memory!

Giving Day for Apes Homepage

www.givingdayforapes.org

Lara Durgavich @ldurgavich.bsky.social · 3d

Donated!

Lara Durgavich @ldurgavich.bsky.social · 3d

BUTT (drag) FOSSILS!!!!!!

World's first known butt-drag fossil trace was left by a rock hyrax in South Africa 126,000 years ago

Rock hyraxes, known in southern Africa more often as "dassies," are furry, thickset creatures with short legs and no discernible tails. They spend much of their time sunning themselves on rocky outcro...

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Katie Slivensky @kslivensky.bsky.social · 3d

Free shipping from @bookshop.org today and tomorrow if you, ya know, want to order books with free shipping from somewhere that isn't evil!

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Lara Durgavich @ldurgavich.bsky.social · 4d

"In the time it would have taken an orangutan mother to raise two offspring—from 1999 to 2015—half of the island’s orangutans had died."

Lovely surprise to open my newest @smithsonianmag.bsky.social & find this article celebrating the work of BOSF. #Orangutans need all the help we can give them!

An Orangutan Sanctuary in Borneo Is Giving the Endangered Primates a Second Chance, Just When They Need It Most

The critically endangered species gets a helping hand from an Indonesian facility as the island's human population is about to explode

www.smithsonianmag.com

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Lara Durgavich @ldurgavich.bsky.social · 4d

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Global Sanctuary for Elephants @globalelephants.org · 4d

"Wild elephants, long regarded as a symbol of strength in nature and closely tied to the culture and belief of many communities in Việt Nam, are now facing the real risk of extinction."

There are plans to save the fewer than 200 wild elephants left.
vietnamnews.vn/environment/...