Lara Durgavich
@ldurgavich.bsky.social
Still tinkering. Still a primate.
Biological anthropologist. Mom. #SciComm enthusiast. I ❤️ animals & pop culture.
Biological anthropologist. Mom. #SciComm enthusiast. I ❤️ animals & pop culture.
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Lara Durgavich
@ldurgavich.bsky.social
· Nov 12
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...
www.ted.com
One time I did a TED talk:
www.ted.com/talks/lara_d...
www.ted.com/talks/lara_d...
Please allow me to introduce my new boyfriend, Balzak.
Happy Walrus Day! Our 2,640-pound male walrus, Balzak (pronounced BELL-zik), is enjoying fresh sustainable seafood and ice treats for enrichment.
Walruses like Balzak are equipped with incredibly powerful suction abilities, allowing them to create vacuum-like seals to feed on the ocean floor.
Walruses like Balzak are equipped with incredibly powerful suction abilities, allowing them to create vacuum-like seals to feed on the ocean floor.
November 25, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Please allow me to introduce my new boyfriend, Balzak.
2 of the 10 preset radio stations in my car are already playing exclusively Xmas music. Have we all gone mad?
November 22, 2025 at 10:30 PM
2 of the 10 preset radio stations in my car are already playing exclusively Xmas music. Have we all gone mad?
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RIP to the banger I was thinking of when falling asleep and thought for sure I would remember later
November 22, 2025 at 2:31 AM
RIP to the banger I was thinking of when falling asleep and thought for sure I would remember later
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We hereby retire the “record scratch-Freeze frame-You may be wondering how I got here” meme.
It’s over. It will never be topped by this image.
It’s over. It will never be topped by this image.
November 21, 2025 at 9:34 PM
We hereby retire the “record scratch-Freeze frame-You may be wondering how I got here” meme.
It’s over. It will never be topped by this image.
It’s over. It will never be topped by this image.
I'm such a 44yo woman. I just got excited because we need new bedside lamps & I found ones I like.
November 22, 2025 at 1:51 AM
I'm such a 44yo woman. I just got excited because we need new bedside lamps & I found ones I like.
No spoilers, but @timothycsimons.bsky.social is the MVP of #NobodyWantsThis S2.
a man in a colorful sweater says you 're so good at that
ALT: a man in a colorful sweater says you 're so good at that
media.tenor.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:48 PM
No spoilers, but @timothycsimons.bsky.social is the MVP of #NobodyWantsThis S2.
This is the way. Please enjoy this art I have that was made by an orangutan (1), a chimpanzee (2), and a hippo (3).
November 21, 2025 at 8:43 PM
This is the way. Please enjoy this art I have that was made by an orangutan (1), a chimpanzee (2), and a hippo (3).
This is Sasha.
Sasha dgaf what anyone thinks.
Be more like Sasha.
Sasha dgaf what anyone thinks.
Be more like Sasha.
November 21, 2025 at 6:12 PM
This is Sasha.
Sasha dgaf what anyone thinks.
Be more like Sasha.
Sasha dgaf what anyone thinks.
Be more like Sasha.
Whoa, cool new data on #primate reproductive strategies.
Not all sexual swellings signal fertility. Some signal strategy. In our new Current Biology paper, we show how gelada females “fake it” during male takeovers—and why it works.
authors.elsevier.com/a/1m7%7E93QW...
authors.elsevier.com/a/1m7%7E93QW...
November 19, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Whoa, cool new data on #primate reproductive strategies.
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🤯 Wild shit here. They put biologgers on greater noctule bats and found them pursuing, capturing, and eating birds in-flight. The recording of a European Robin getting blasted and snacked on is nuts.
Sci Am story: www.scientificamerican.com/article/this...
Paper: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Sci Am story: www.scientificamerican.com/article/this...
Paper: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Bat vs. Robin—Scientists Capture Real-Life Audio of Midair Hunt
Scientists suspected that Europe’s largest bats snack on migrating songbirds when they can, but a stunning newly published observation proves it
www.scientificamerican.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:59 AM
He’s off by himself somewhere muttering “better Piggy than Fatty” & William Golding is weeping in his grave.
November 19, 2025 at 5:57 AM
He’s off by himself somewhere muttering “better Piggy than Fatty” & William Golding is weeping in his grave.
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Quick cartoon. I was hoping to stay unplugged this week but I saw some news and had to take a break to draw this out. I think we all needed to see it realized.
November 18, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Quick cartoon. I was hoping to stay unplugged this week but I saw some news and had to take a break to draw this out. I think we all needed to see it realized.
Reposted by Lara Durgavich
oh god what did he do now just die already man
August 26, 2025 at 3:10 AM
oh god what did he do now just die already man
wake up babe, new units of measurement just dropped www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/s...
November 17, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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The writing I want to read on this week’s file dump is from a (former?) sex worker because I think they likely offer a unique point of view on powerful people’s relationship to people (including minors) they perceive as sex toys and sex servants
November 14, 2025 at 11:34 PM
The writing I want to read on this week’s file dump is from a (former?) sex worker because I think they likely offer a unique point of view on powerful people’s relationship to people (including minors) they perceive as sex toys and sex servants
Cool!
MIT senior turns waste from the fishing industry into biodegradable plastic news.mit.edu/2025/mit-sen...
Jacqueline Prawira’s innovation, featured on CBS’s “The Visioneers,” tackles one of the world’s most pressing environmental challenges.
Jacqueline Prawira’s innovation, featured on CBS’s “The Visioneers,” tackles one of the world’s most pressing environmental challenges.
MIT senior turns waste from the fishing industry into biodegradable plastic
MIT student Jacqueline Prawira’s invention, a biodegradable plastic made from fishing industry waste, tackles one of the world’s most pressing environmental challenges and was recently featured on CBS...
news.mit.edu
November 13, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Cool!
Spider-Rhino, Spider-Rhino
Doin’ all the things a Spider-Rhino does
Can he swing from a web?
No, but he can f**k up poachers
Look out! Here comes Spider-Rhino
Doin’ all the things a Spider-Rhino does
Can he swing from a web?
No, but he can f**k up poachers
Look out! Here comes Spider-Rhino
South Africa’s rhinos now have an unlikely superpower: radioactivity! Scientists working on the Rhisotope Project inject the horns of live rhinos with a radioactive isotope. Although harmless to rhinos, it makes smuggled horns easy to detect in customs inspections in hopes of deterring poaching.
Radioactive rhinos (cartoon)
South Africa’s rhinos now have an unlikely superpower: radioactivity! Scientists working on the Rhisotope Project inject the horns of live rhinos with a radioactive isotope. This is harmless to the…
news.mongabay.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Spider-Rhino, Spider-Rhino
Doin’ all the things a Spider-Rhino does
Can he swing from a web?
No, but he can f**k up poachers
Look out! Here comes Spider-Rhino
Doin’ all the things a Spider-Rhino does
Can he swing from a web?
No, but he can f**k up poachers
Look out! Here comes Spider-Rhino
I did not get the thing. Very disappointed. This would have been a much-needed confidence boost in my professional sphere. 😔
I submitted the application. I’m shooting my shot. 🤞 for me please!
The paralyzing conundrum of finding an opportunity that you’re REALLY excited to apply for & not starting the application because you’re TERRIFIED you’ll mess it up and not get it. #AcademicSky #ImposterSyndrome
November 12, 2025 at 11:39 PM
I did not get the thing. Very disappointed. This would have been a much-needed confidence boost in my professional sphere. 😔
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This seems like a shitty use of money that should go to cancer research, or clean energy tech, or caring for children, or food, or shelter, or education or
ICE is just going to outsource the stalking of undocumented immigrants to random private investigators, is willing to spend $180 million on it: www.404media.co/ice-plans-to...
ICE Plans to Spend $180 Million on Bounty Hunters to Stalk Immigrants
Newly released documents provide more details about ICE's plan to use bounty hunters and private investigators to find the location of undocumented immigrants.
www.404media.co
November 12, 2025 at 4:25 PM
This seems like a shitty use of money that should go to cancer research, or clean energy tech, or caring for children, or food, or shelter, or education or
Hi @warren.senate.gov & @markey.senate.gov. Why are you not advocating for Schumer to step down from his leadership position? Aren't you sick of ceding ground? Your constituents demand action!
November 11, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Hi @warren.senate.gov & @markey.senate.gov. Why are you not advocating for Schumer to step down from his leadership position? Aren't you sick of ceding ground? Your constituents demand action!
#ProudParent moment: we found out 14yo has been selected to be our town's 2026 representative in Project 351!
project351.org
project351.org
Project 351
project351.org
November 10, 2025 at 7:01 PM
#ProudParent moment: we found out 14yo has been selected to be our town's 2026 representative in Project 351!
project351.org
project351.org
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I just want everyone to have the experience of living in dignity with access to sufficient food, safe housing, needed medical care, high quality education, and time to engage with what sparks their curiosity and spirit
this should not be controversial 🫠
this should not be controversial 🫠
November 10, 2025 at 3:16 AM
I just want everyone to have the experience of living in dignity with access to sufficient food, safe housing, needed medical care, high quality education, and time to engage with what sparks their curiosity and spirit
this should not be controversial 🫠
this should not be controversial 🫠
I love this so much. Worth watching the whole thing.
cc @bjking.bsky.social @sarahmackattack.bsky.social
cc @bjking.bsky.social @sarahmackattack.bsky.social
have you seen the video about teaching an octopus to play piano yet
it contains the breadth of human/cephalopod experience
youtu.be/PcWnQ7fYzwI?...
it contains the breadth of human/cephalopod experience
youtu.be/PcWnQ7fYzwI?...
November 10, 2025 at 4:32 PM
I love this so much. Worth watching the whole thing.
cc @bjking.bsky.social @sarahmackattack.bsky.social
cc @bjking.bsky.social @sarahmackattack.bsky.social