R Garner
rhgarner.bsky.social
R Garner
@rhgarner.bsky.social
She/her. Science media fact-checker, scicommer & independent researcher. If not talking about animals, I’ll be photographing them.

I study the regulatory/legal/legislative landscapes impacting captive management of exotic and wild animals in the US.
This is something I’ve wanted for so long - a way to pre-screen for fundamental issues or philosophical disagreements before I put in all the work and money and spoons to go see someone new.
December 7, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Unfortunately she never quit
December 5, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Heads up: these are at the place that hid the bird flu emu from the state a few years ago.
December 5, 2025 at 10:07 PM
They’re not available in the US either, with the new energy laws that kicked in with the Biden admin. I have a hoarde I got off buy nothing.
December 5, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Much empathy, that’s the level of my Problem Rib and it’s absolutely no fun.
November 26, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Yuuuup. If anything is going to make me bite the bullet and learn Linux, it’s this shit.
November 20, 2025 at 9:28 AM
FYI every time windows updates, it will reinstall itself and must be uninstalled again.
November 20, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Do you know if this prevents it from being reinstalled with every update?
November 20, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Thank you for clarifying !
November 20, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Me toooo.
November 19, 2025 at 9:37 PM
I recently encountered these folks although I’m not sure the scope of the org?

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November 19, 2025 at 9:37 PM
I did not know this!
November 17, 2025 at 6:10 AM
I don’t know for sure but I think this is part of why it was originally hypothesized they were wading animals? Because just too damn big. But elephants are fine if they lay down and can get up again - it’s just the inability to move that becomes dangerous over time.
November 17, 2025 at 6:10 AM
There is! As far as I’m aware, the issue is tissue death from lack of buoyancy, because out of water they’re too heavy to not crush their own bodies. So I believe they’re looking for cellular waste and impacts on organ function (this also is true for elephants, btw, when they get stuck laying down)
November 17, 2025 at 4:14 AM
Yeah this is what I don’t get - the WA site shows the credits still, too.
November 10, 2025 at 5:43 PM