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escapeshifter.bsky.social
@escapeshifter.bsky.social
works at Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior
#maxplanck #mpiab #germany #konstanz
Wer fliegt denn da?
Crows and what else?
#wildlife #birds #crows #vögel #krähen #bodensee
January 1, 2026 at 12:32 PM
December 31, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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"Lettuce" know! 🥬 We’re blooming with excitement to grow our database, but we need your help to make it even better.
Is there a specific plant, flower, or garden feature you’d love to see added? We are constantly updating our list to help your garden thrive. 🌻
Comment your requests below! 👇
December 28, 2025 at 11:49 PM
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From Tove Jansson's book 'Moominland Midwinter'1957... Moomintroll, unlike his family who hibernate, decides to stay up through the harsh winter. It is a tale of endurance, acceptance and learning to live with the discomfort of uncertainty #womensart ❄️ #Midwinter
December 23, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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Their breakthrough marks the first demonstration of an #antimatter quantum bit and paves the way for substantially improved tests of nature’s fundamental symmetries.

Read more about this achievement:
home.cern/news/news/ph...
December 12, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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Our friend the Thick-skinned Harlequin Frog is a critically endangered toad who lives at high altitudes in the Andes mountains of Ecuador and Peru! They are also known as Schmidt's Stubfoot Toad, named after Eduard Oscar Schmidt, who first described them as a species in 1857! (photo by Jasmin Odar)
December 9, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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Robins warming up for their festive shift...

It's 1st December!

#MondayMotivation

📷 Vicky Outen
December 1, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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A fossil once assumed to be of a young Tyrannosaurus rex is in fact that of a different species altogether

go.nature.com/4nsFLJb
‘Teenage T. rex’ fossil is actually a different species
Nature - The discovery of smaller predator Nanotyrannus could prompt a re-think of tyrannosaur evolution.
go.nature.com
November 2, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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CAT’S PAW ON YOUR WALL! Download and print a poster featuring an infrared image of the Cat’s Paw Nebula captured in 2025 by #NASAWebb. Perfect for posting at home, school, work, or around your neighborhood: https://go.nasa.gov/3IThBsS 🔭 🧪
November 3, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Where Do Great Tits Learn Their Tricks? - Science & Health www.haaretz.com/science-and-...
Where do great tits learn their tricks?
Baby Big Birds Learn From Their Parents but With Only a Few Weeks' Nesting Time, Great Tit Chicks Need More Options
www.haaretz.com
October 28, 2025 at 10:26 AM
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What do mistletoe and gibbons have in common? Both are featured in the coming week on Our Trees, mistletoe on Sunday, gibbons on Tuesday. Please join us then!
Tom Kimmerer (@tomkimmerer)
Our Trees will feature mistletoe on Sunday and gibbons on Tuesday. Sunday Tree is about an important holiday plant, mistletoe. Mistletoe is common in the south, but we only notice it when the leaves ...
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October 25, 2025 at 5:29 PM
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Dragonflies and Damselflies have been around for 300 Million years, they live up to 6 months & feed on mosquitos & other insects, keeping numbers in check. They are a good species to have around as they require clean water, indicating a good ecosystem & they do not bite or sting contrary to rumour.
October 20, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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Contemporary printmaker Alexandra Buckle #WomensArt
October 19, 2025 at 5:39 AM
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Raccoon (Procyon lotor): A mother Raccoon takes care of her young, these mammals are native to North America and have a body length of 70cm (28in). Its greyish coat mostly consists of dense underfur which insulates it against cold weather. Photo taken by Casey Willis in Sebago, Maine, USA 🦝 #raccoon
October 14, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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Ever feel like our culture has gone wrong? If so, we're maybe not alone. Check out this mind-bending story of the emergence of a behavioral tradition where capuchin monkeys abduct infant howler monkeys led by @zoegoldsborough.bsky.social and @bjjbarrett.bsky.social of @livingingroups.bsky.social !
Humans have many unusual traditions. But did you know animals’ strange behaviors can become culture too? Out now in Current Biology (doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...) we show the rise and spread of a surprising tradition: interspecies infant abduction. Interactive timeline (www.ab.mpg.de/671374) 🧵 (1/12)
May 19, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Wiepersdorf
October 11, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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Quokka (Setonix brachyurus): 56cm (21in). This Australian mammal is a small macropod about the size of a domestic cat. Like other marsupials in the macropod family (such as kangaroos and wallabies), the quokka is herbivorous and mainly nocturnal. #quokka #marsupial #macropod #nature #australia
October 10, 2025 at 4:03 AM
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Explore the iconic Pillars of Creation in the Eagle Nebula and the various ways that stars and dust are intertwined in the process of star formation.
The Pillars of Creation and the Interplay of Stars and Dust
This scientific visualization explores the iconic Pillars of Creation in the Eagle Nebula and the various ways that stars and dust are intertwined in the process of star formation. In developing the contextual story and the three-dimensional model, the ...
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October 8, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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Faces and so on
October 8, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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