Cephalopod Whisperer
@ceph-whisperer.bsky.social
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Cephalopod researcher, loves animals and outdoors and spending time with family.
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I want to share a new project: We are working to support the neurodivergent community with the goal to educate young children about different brains and skills that people have to offer. Along with some fun about insects, vision, flight and ecology.

See here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/fli...
Flight Camp - The Animated Series
This is the pilot for a comedic and educational animated series, where an amazing group of insects attends summer camp.
www.kickstarter.com
ceph-whisperer.bsky.social
Please do consider supporting as every little counts at the moment.

Please also share widely, where you can, as we are excited to get this to the next stage of production so we can build out more content.
ceph-whisperer.bsky.social
Here is a sneak peak of some of the animation using the motion capture pipeline for body and face expressions.
ceph-whisperer.bsky.social
This project is primarily led by Paloma and you can find out more about its goals, currently recorded actors and the latest animation details here:

flight-camp.com

#science #neurodiversity #kidseducation
flight-camp.com - Berlin
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flight-camp.com
ceph-whisperer.bsky.social
This project is primarily led by Paloma and you can find out more about its goals, currently recorded actors and the latest animation details here:

flight-camp.com

#science #neurodiversity #kidseducation
ceph-whisperer.bsky.social
I want to share a new project: We are working to support the neurodivergent community with the goal to educate young children about different brains and skills that people have to offer. Along with some fun about insects, vision, flight and ecology.

See here: www.kickstarter.com/projects/fli...
Flight Camp - The Animated Series
This is the pilot for a comedic and educational animated series, where an amazing group of insects attends summer camp.
www.kickstarter.com
ceph-whisperer.bsky.social
One of my favourite flowers: The perfume, the elegance, the simplicity and that you must be somewhere warm and ideally by a sandy seaside to see it.
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Frangipani - Plumeria
#plumeria #ocean #Lombok #Indonesia #divecenter #scuba #diving #holidays #frangipani #gili
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Frangipani - Plumeria
#plumeria #ocean #Lombok #Indonesia #divecenter #scuba #diving #holidays #frangipani #gili
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retof.bsky.social
We present multi-immersion Oblique Plane microscope (miOPM), a light-sheet platform that can be adapted to a wide range of applications, from sensitive live cell imaging to imaging organs and cleared tissues.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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sciencevs.bsky.social
This moment from our latest episode with science writer @edyong209.bsky.social is 🔥

We asked Ed — how do we talk up the benefits of science in the face of government cuts? He told us that's the wrong approach. 🧪

Listen wherever, or watch on Spotify 👇

open.spotify.com/episode/7Evh...
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twigtechnology.bsky.social
Jane Goodall was also the first to bring attention to wild tool-using vultures, which she spotted randomly one day while out driving. These birds use stones to break into ostrich eggs.

Be observant like Jane and who knows what you’ll see! 🧪🥚
A two page spread of national geographic magazine with a story by Jane Goodall and her husband reporting on egg-breaking, tool-using Egyptian vultures.
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ryanmarino.bsky.social
This is why we fund scientists to study things like oyster slobber even if you don’t think it sounds important
leahmcelrath.bsky.social
⚠️ Chinese researchers have invented bone glue that mimics how oysters stick to surfaces underwater.

The adhesive can reportedly repair orthopedic fractures in 2-3 minutes, even in blood-rich environments, and is bioabsorbable.

interestingengineering.com/science/chin...
China's oyster-inspired 'bone glue' bonds fractures in minutes
A new oyster-inspired Bone-02 adhesive can revolutionize bone repair without metal fasteners.
interestingengineering.com
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whysharksmatter.bsky.social
-Media training for scientists/ how to create positive scientist/journalist relationships and master the art of the interview

-How to make your science policy-relevant/understanding the science-policy interface.
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rachelignotofsky.bsky.social
Have I mentioned how much I love Trilobites? Let me know which of these cutie crawlers are your favorite!

Art from my new book: DINOSAURS exploring prehistoric life and geological time

buy book here: a.co/d/0BJZbR4

#prehistoric #evolution #dinosaurs #fossiladdict #sciart #paleoart #fossil
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megstampede.bsky.social
Sneak peak inside my 2026 nature-loving wall calendar collab with @sarahmackattack.bsky.social

Each month covers a different animals and Sept's is the Anglerfish!

These calendar sales help support @skypeascientist.bsky.social 2026 native plant project! Pre-order: www.etsy.com/listing/4366...
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javierapfeld.bsky.social
New cures feel sudden, but the seeds were planted decades ago by basic scientists.

Which seeds will turn into cures? Unpredictable looking forward, a straight line looking back. 🧪🧬 🧵
Huntington's disease successfully treated for first time
One of the most devastating diseases finally has a treatment that can slow its progression and transform lives, tearful doctors tell BBC.
www.bbc.com
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rebeccarhelm.bsky.social
I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA

10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
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artofjyang.bsky.social
it's (mantis) shrimp colors!!! ♥🧡💛💚💙💜
colorful digital illustration of a green and red mantis shrimp on a brightly colored abstract background. The shapes have sharp edges and plenty of texture.
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dannastaaf.bsky.social
I made a new "finding thousands in cephalopod facts" comic to celebrate reaching 1K followers on instagram! 🧪🦑🐡 Please note these are all informed estimates/approximations. 😁References in thread
Illustration of an underwater scene from the surface to the deep sea floor. Depth is marked on the left, from 0 m at the surface to 3200 m in the middle to 7000 m at the bottom. Near the surface, a red squid swims under a gelatinous dotted mass that contains the text "[eggs]." A speech bubble from the squid reads, "Humboldt squid lay the most eggs of any cephalopod: up to a THOUSAND THOUSAND per mass! (Yes, that's a million)." At the middle depth, a group of purple octopuses sit curled up on rocks. A speech bubble from one says, "The largest aggregation of cephalopods on earth could be more than twenty THOUSAND pearl octopuses." On the seafloor, an orangey-pink octopus with large fins says, "The deepest cephalopod ever seen was a Dumbo octopus at seven THOUSAND meters."
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emiliapsantos.bsky.social
Very proud of this extremely collaborative piece: academic.oup.com/mbe/article/...
Here, we show that divergence in visual systems - in response to differences in the light environment - leads to rapid divergence in sexually selected colour traits. Work brilliantly led by Madeleine Carruthers. 🐟👀🎨
Rapid Divergence of Visual Systems and Signaling Traits to Contrasting Light Regimes During Early Speciation of African Crater Lake Cichlid Fish
Abstract. Sensory adaptation is widely hypothesized to drive ecological speciation, yet empirical evidence from natural populations undergoing early stage
academic.oup.com
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sensoryecology.bsky.social
“Humans evolved in a world marked by resource scarcity and unpredictability. Having people impulsive — and curious — enough to explore unknown or dangerous situations would have helped their group’s survival”.

#scicomm
#ADHD
#hypercuriosity

www.sciencenews.org/article/adhd...
🧪 🧠
People with ADHD may have an underappreciated advantage: Hypercuriosity
ADHD is officially a disorder of deficits in attention, behavior and focus. But patients point out upsides, like curiosity. Research is now catching up.
www.sciencenews.org
ceph-whisperer.bsky.social
Beautiful artwork, love the quotes! Take a look and buy if you can folks, we need more flowers and to take care of the insects!
sarahmackattack.bsky.social
🚨 Cool educational item alert 🚨

We teamed up with Philly Nature Illustrator, Meg Lemieur @megstampede.bsky.social to create a 12 month wall calendar all about animals!

The calendar includes lessons we can learn from animals & how we can help them.

Pre-order here!
www.etsy.com/listing/4366...
the front cover for a calendar with a salamander standing on a mushroom. in big bubble letters it says 2026 love notes from nature calendar created by Meg Lemieur and Sarah McAnulty phd
ceph-whisperer.bsky.social
Beautiful artwork, love the quotes!