Sally Greaves
@cardiokiwi.bsky.social
Migrated from the old twitter. Cardiologist living in Aotearoa New Zealand with lots of sheep & 238 kākāpō. Science/nature nerd. Bird politics good, human politics suck, but interested. Serious about medicine, other things not so much.
This one is my favourite. I have copied in Tom's alt text, which is so good! I love this face. 😁#Pareidolia.
December 6, 2025 at 7:56 PM
This one is my favourite. I have copied in Tom's alt text, which is so good! I love this face. 😁#Pareidolia.
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BRB, off to the beer pub for a handheld meat pie.
I did enjoy the seal in the bar story but the fact that WaPo described the bar as a “New Zealand beer pub” is doing my head in.
December 5, 2025 at 7:17 AM
BRB, off to the beer pub for a handheld meat pie.
This young man is amazing. 👏
3:38.62 1500 for 16-year-old Sam Ruthe. Flying past Richard Potts’ 1989 record of 3:46.92 and also Sam Tanners under 20 record of 3:38.74! As well as the under 19, under 18, and under 17 records!
www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/athlet...
3:38.62 1500 for 16-year-old Sam Ruthe. Flying past Richard Potts’ 1989 record of 3:46.92 and also Sam Tanners under 20 record of 3:38.74! As well as the under 19, under 18, and under 17 records!
www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/athlet...
Teenage sensation Sam Ruthe obliterates NZ schoolboy 1500m record
The 16 year old has beaten the previous record by eight seconds. It stood since 1989.
www.nzherald.co.nz
December 6, 2025 at 6:38 PM
This young man is amazing. 👏
3:38.62 1500 for 16-year-old Sam Ruthe. Flying past Richard Potts’ 1989 record of 3:46.92 and also Sam Tanners under 20 record of 3:38.74! As well as the under 19, under 18, and under 17 records!
www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/athlet...
3:38.62 1500 for 16-year-old Sam Ruthe. Flying past Richard Potts’ 1989 record of 3:46.92 and also Sam Tanners under 20 record of 3:38.74! As well as the under 19, under 18, and under 17 records!
www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/athlet...
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Found when sorting an old drive. I still, very occasionally, say 'not many badgers in the House of Lords' and this is why:
February 8, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Found when sorting an old drive. I still, very occasionally, say 'not many badgers in the House of Lords' and this is why:
Ah, the orange head sign after tūī has probed the harakeke flowers for nectar. 😁
All the flax are in flower so it's tūī time. This chap is a youngster (no tufts), a fledging from this season.
December 5, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Ah, the orange head sign after tūī has probed the harakeke flowers for nectar. 😁
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Baby water dragon, less than a week old. About 50 are born on my property each year but almost none make it to adulthood.
December 3, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Baby water dragon, less than a week old. About 50 are born on my property each year but almost none make it to adulthood.
This is true. ☺️
Some of my best friends are other people’s dogs 🐶❤️🥹
December 5, 2025 at 6:20 PM
This is true. ☺️
If hindsight is what troubles Sir Geoffrey, perhaps I can refer him to the slew of comments from NHS staff. Collective amnesia is a pernicious problem. A colleague called me in desperation - “Are they deciding to build up herd immunity by watching us die? ” observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
I’ll never forget the horror of the Covid wards | The Observer
observer.co.uk
December 5, 2025 at 6:09 PM
If hindsight is what troubles Sir Geoffrey, perhaps I can refer him to the slew of comments from NHS staff. Collective amnesia is a pernicious problem. A colleague called me in desperation - “Are they deciding to build up herd immunity by watching us die? ” observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
Share a smile.
📸Michelle Patchett
📸Michelle Patchett
December 5, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Share a smile.
📸Michelle Patchett
📸Michelle Patchett
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Please stop and enjoy a few moments of our happy sheep munching a mountain of pumpkins. 🐑 🐏
December 1, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Please stop and enjoy a few moments of our happy sheep munching a mountain of pumpkins. 🐑 🐏
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This is supercool, a real-world validation of the Belyayev Russian Fox experiments. But also the raccoons at my house seem to be getting more and more thuggish, so I dunno.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/racc...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/racc...
City Raccoons Are Evolving to Look More Like Pets
City-dwelling raccoons seem to be evolving a shorter snout—a telltale feature of our pets and other domesticated animals
www.scientificamerican.com
November 15, 2025 at 3:22 AM
This is supercool, a real-world validation of the Belyayev Russian Fox experiments. But also the raccoons at my house seem to be getting more and more thuggish, so I dunno.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/racc...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/racc...
“Somewhere in the cosmos, a planet is entirely given over to spoon life-forms. Unattended spoons make their way to this planet, where they enjoy a uniquely spoonoid lifestyle, generally leading the spoon equivalent of the good life." 😂
Excellent research. it showed that an estimated 250 teaspoons would need to be purchased annually to maintain a institute-wide population of 70 teaspoons. The authors point out that the scientific literature is strangely bereft of teaspoon research. 🤔
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
December 3, 2025 at 7:31 PM
“Somewhere in the cosmos, a planet is entirely given over to spoon life-forms. Unattended spoons make their way to this planet, where they enjoy a uniquely spoonoid lifestyle, generally leading the spoon equivalent of the good life." 😂
Excellent research. it showed that an estimated 250 teaspoons would need to be purchased annually to maintain a institute-wide population of 70 teaspoons. The authors point out that the scientific literature is strangely bereft of teaspoon research. 🤔
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
December 3, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Excellent research. it showed that an estimated 250 teaspoons would need to be purchased annually to maintain a institute-wide population of 70 teaspoons. The authors point out that the scientific literature is strangely bereft of teaspoon research. 🤔
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
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when we say we want more streets to be pedestrianized, this is what we mean
November 25, 2025 at 4:46 PM
when we say we want more streets to be pedestrianized, this is what we mean
Adams, who has been visiting the Bream Bay area for >40 yrs, said it was the first time she had seen a humpback.
“He was enormous, at least twice the size of the boat. He was jumping out of the water and flapping his fins all over the place."
📷Michele Adams
www.nzherald.co.nz/northern-adv...
“He was enormous, at least twice the size of the boat. He was jumping out of the water and flapping his fins all over the place."
📷Michele Adams
www.nzherald.co.nz/northern-adv...
December 2, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Adams, who has been visiting the Bream Bay area for >40 yrs, said it was the first time she had seen a humpback.
“He was enormous, at least twice the size of the boat. He was jumping out of the water and flapping his fins all over the place."
📷Michele Adams
www.nzherald.co.nz/northern-adv...
“He was enormous, at least twice the size of the boat. He was jumping out of the water and flapping his fins all over the place."
📷Michele Adams
www.nzherald.co.nz/northern-adv...
🤣😂
Constipation? That's a hard pass.
December 2, 2025 at 6:56 PM
🤣😂
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Lettuce take a break and enjoy some crunchies from porcupine Thistle! 🥬 North American porcupines love nibbling leafy snacks, those sharp teeth never stop growing, so all that crunching helps keep them healthy!
📹: Keeper Tess
📹: Keeper Tess
November 22, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Lettuce take a break and enjoy some crunchies from porcupine Thistle! 🥬 North American porcupines love nibbling leafy snacks, those sharp teeth never stop growing, so all that crunching helps keep them healthy!
📹: Keeper Tess
📹: Keeper Tess
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I don’t think people outside of healthcare realize how much AAP is standing out as a moral backbone of medicine right now, especially in pediatrics. There is so much fear at institutions. Seeing an org directly and repeatedly targeted refuse to budge an inch is extraordinary.
AAP: ‘Stop wasting government resources to amplify false claims’ about vaccines, autism
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has updated its website to include false claims linking vaccines and autism, prompting a swift rebuke from the AAP and other medical experts.
publications.aap.org
November 27, 2025 at 6:17 AM
I don’t think people outside of healthcare realize how much AAP is standing out as a moral backbone of medicine right now, especially in pediatrics. There is so much fear at institutions. Seeing an org directly and repeatedly targeted refuse to budge an inch is extraordinary.
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Very disappointed to see the Loch Ness Monster trailing Bigfoot. #JustSaying .
New polling on aliens
% of U.S. adult citizens who believe the following definitely or probably exist:
Aliens 56%
Bigfoot 28%
The Yeti 23%
The Loch Ness Monster 22%
Chupacabra 16%
today.yougov.com/health/artic...
% of U.S. adult citizens who believe the following definitely or probably exist:
Aliens 56%
Bigfoot 28%
The Yeti 23%
The Loch Ness Monster 22%
Chupacabra 16%
today.yougov.com/health/artic...
December 1, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Very disappointed to see the Loch Ness Monster trailing Bigfoot. #JustSaying .
"Our govt has gutted our public sector, welfare system, indigenous rights & more, the cost of living is so high, and there just aren’t a lot of opportunities in general. Leaving feels like my own personal 'fuck you'." www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
‘I love my country. I don’t want to leave’: readers reflect on the exodus from New Zealand
As people continue to move away in record numbers, readers share their reasons for leaving and contemplate life in New Zealand
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 6:28 PM
"Our govt has gutted our public sector, welfare system, indigenous rights & more, the cost of living is so high, and there just aren’t a lot of opportunities in general. Leaving feels like my own personal 'fuck you'." www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
The 'spoonies' as I fondly call them, (Royal Spoonbill - Kōtuku ngutupapa) visit "my" bay intermittently - usually no more than 5 birds but they are back again and there are 7!
November 30, 2025 at 6:27 PM
The 'spoonies' as I fondly call them, (Royal Spoonbill - Kōtuku ngutupapa) visit "my" bay intermittently - usually no more than 5 birds but they are back again and there are 7!
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NO WAYYYY! 🤯🤯🤯
Is this the COOLEST stick insect ever?? 💚
This mossy girl (Taraxippus sp.) from Peru was the most incredible phasmid I have ever seen, I could not get over how perfectly camouflaged it was on the mossy trees! 🌳
So in awe of our natural world! 🌿
Is this the COOLEST stick insect ever?? 💚
This mossy girl (Taraxippus sp.) from Peru was the most incredible phasmid I have ever seen, I could not get over how perfectly camouflaged it was on the mossy trees! 🌳
So in awe of our natural world! 🌿
November 11, 2025 at 10:19 AM
NO WAYYYY! 🤯🤯🤯
Is this the COOLEST stick insect ever?? 💚
This mossy girl (Taraxippus sp.) from Peru was the most incredible phasmid I have ever seen, I could not get over how perfectly camouflaged it was on the mossy trees! 🌳
So in awe of our natural world! 🌿
Is this the COOLEST stick insect ever?? 💚
This mossy girl (Taraxippus sp.) from Peru was the most incredible phasmid I have ever seen, I could not get over how perfectly camouflaged it was on the mossy trees! 🌳
So in awe of our natural world! 🌿
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who has *not* always wanted their very own 11 foot long papier-mâché hammer head shark
i ask u
i ask u
Are you located in the DC-Baltimore-Philadelphia-New York corridor?
Have you always wanted to have your very own 11 foot long papier-mâché hammerhead shark?
Now available for free!
Perfect for museums, community centers, or your living room!
Save this lovely creature from imminent destruction!
Have you always wanted to have your very own 11 foot long papier-mâché hammerhead shark?
Now available for free!
Perfect for museums, community centers, or your living room!
Save this lovely creature from imminent destruction!
November 14, 2025 at 10:39 PM
who has *not* always wanted their very own 11 foot long papier-mâché hammer head shark
i ask u
i ask u
I have just completed the worst gardening job ever - weeding on a bank filled with rosemary and rambling bottlebrush. I am now dripping wet. But it is done!
November 28, 2025 at 10:19 PM
I have just completed the worst gardening job ever - weeding on a bank filled with rosemary and rambling bottlebrush. I am now dripping wet. But it is done!