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Auke-Florian 🪹

@aukeflorian.nl

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🌍 Biologist, 🪺 Studying strange animal nests, 📚 Author, 🧠 Doing science communication daily, 🏛️ Loves natural history, 🔥 Documenting the Anthropocene 🌐 www.aukeflorian.nl 📍 Leiden, The Netherlands

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Auke-Florian 🪹 @aukeflorian.nl · Feb 4

Bird nests made from anti-bird spikes?! 🤯

Hi, I'm a nest researcher 👋 and new here on BlueSky, sharing the craziest #bird nests I've ever found. 👀 Today, I’m sharing my discovery of rebellious birds that build nests out of anti-bird spikes. And honestly, it's like telling a joke...

A thread. 🧵

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Auke-Florian 🪹 @aukeflorian.nl · 2d

Leuk he? Facinerend verhaal!! En ze verwijzen o.a. naar mijn Rokin nest met plastic stratigrafie! 😇🪹

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Nature @nature.com · 2d

Obituary: Jane Goodall (1934-2025) Pioneer primatologist who inspired generations of scientists

go.nature.com/48aWjRU

Jane Goodall obituary: pioneer primatologist who inspired generations of scientists

She was a tireless advocate for conservation, the welfare of captive chimpanzees and the protection of habitats.

go.nature.com

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Auke-Florian 🪹 @aukeflorian.nl · 3d

Don't give up.

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Auke-Florian 🪹 @aukeflorian.nl · 3d

Can’t recommend this documentary on extreme birdwatching enough: absolutely wild stuff! 🦅 You won’t regret it! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

LISTERS: A Glimpse Into Extreme Birdwatching

YouTube video by owen reiser

www.youtube.com

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KaterFritz 🐔 🤔 🥚 @konkretbitte.bsky.social · 8d

📸 Tomáš Grim

'Urban Incubator'

🥈BPOTY 2025/ Urban Birds

Ein leuchtender Straßenlaternenkopf in der Abenddämmerung, innen erleuchtet durch eine gelb-orange Glühbirne. Im Inneren der Laterne befindet sich ein Vogelnest, in dem ein kleiner Vogel sitzt. Das warme Licht beleuchtet den Vogel und das Nest, während der Hintergrund dunkelblau und schemenhaft bleibt.

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Aidan O'Sullivan @aidanosullivan.bsky.social · 5d

Medieval sandal, from 14th century, found preserved in vultures nest on a cliff in southern Spain, a rough sandal woven from grasses and twigs

I'm not saying that vultures might also steal single socks from your laundry basket, but y'know...?

www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti...

Found: 650-year-old shoe, in vulture nest

Many unexpected human artifacts have been preserved, for centuries, in vulture nests.

www.nationalgeographic.com

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KDaver @kdaver.bsky.social · 4d

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Auke-Florian 🪹 @aukeflorian.nl · 4d

Wat bizar, afbeeldingen én tekst 😵‍💫

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Auke-Florian 🪹 @aukeflorian.nl · 6d

I will forever remember Jane, her inspiring stories and her powerful message of hope, but also her humour, smile and the fun that we had.

With a twinkle in her eyes, she once said to me: ‘The chimps would have the time of their lives grooming you’. Best compliment I ever had. 🐵

Jane Goodall and me, together with our stuffed animals 🐵

Jane impersonating how a chimp would be grooming me 🥰

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Auke-Florian 🪹 @aukeflorian.nl · 6d

🧪🌍 #Jane #Janegoodall

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 7d

Jane Goodall, world-renowned primatologist, dies aged 91

Jane Goodall Institute says ‘tireless advocate’ for natural world died in California during US speaking tour The world-renowned primatologist Jane Goodall has died at the age of 91, her institute has said. The Jane Goodall Institute announced that she had passed away of natural causes while in California as part of a US speaking tour. Continue reading...

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Auke-Florian 🪹 @aukeflorian.nl · 7d

Needs more ‘AAAAAAAAA’ 😱

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Melaine Le Roy @subfossilguy.bsky.social · 7d

The anthropogenic glacier collapse currently underway in the Alps has resulted in the disappearance of >1000 small glaciers! 😱🔥

Following the release of Swiss glacier loss numbers today, let me introduce you the now extinct Vadret da Triazza (Eastern Switzerland) ✝️

Via @matthias-huss.bsky.social

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Blue sky nice guy @rajandelman.bsky.social · 9d

The bees have discovered Brutalism

Cube Enthusiast @killhamster.bsky.social · 10d

Nature is healing

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Auke-Florian 🪹 @aukeflorian.nl · 10d

Gaaf dit!! 😎

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Auke-Florian 🪹 @aukeflorian.nl · 13d

Wauw wauw wauw

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Bizar

Auke-Florian 🪹 @aukeflorian.nl · 14d

Prachtig!!! 🦫

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Vincent van Gogh @vangogh.bsky.social · 17d

Still Life with Three Birds' Nests - October 1885
https://botfrens.com/collections/46/contents/3109306

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Endless Screaming @infinitescream.bsky.social · 18d

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH

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Auke-Florian 🪹 @aukeflorian.nl · 18d

Already better!! 🙏

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Auke-Florian 🪹 @aukeflorian.nl · 18d

I prefer the longer screams!! 😱

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Auke-Florian 🪹 @aukeflorian.nl · 19d

*Coot to meet you!* 🐦

Last day of posters at the Annual Conference of the Cognition & Behavior Evolution Network, find me and my coot there if you like! 🙌

Auke-Florian 🪹 @aukeflorian.nl · 19d

De met microplastic vervuilde insectenkokertjes die ik ontdekte kwamen ook uit natuurgebieden, wat het extra pijnlijk maakt. 🫣

Auke-Florian 🪹 @aukeflorian.nl · Apr 9

NEW PAPER, JUST OUT! 👀

Insects from the '70s and '80s were already collecting microplastic, decades before the term microplastic even existed. 🤯

A thread on the surprising history of this pollutant and the incredible insect larvae that helped us uncover it. 🐛

Let's dive in! 🧵👇 1/x

Lead author Auke-Florian Hiemstra holds the oldest known caddisfly casing containing microplastic, dating to 1971. Photo: Liselotte Rambonnet.

A caddisfly casing with pieces of blue microplastic, dating 1986. Photo: Auke-Florian Hiemstra

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