linnaeus

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Ancient crocodiles walked on two legs like dinosaurs(stories.uq.edu.au)
2 points by linnaeus 6y ago|1 comments
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by linnaeus 7y ago
Source Tweet: https://twitter.com/scottleibrand/status/1233918981473353729 (sharing for visibility)
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Urgent request for help to build an app to reduce exposure risk to Covid-19(co-epi.github.io)
3 points by linnaeus 7y ago|1 comments
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Lost Denisovan bone reveals surprisingly human-like finger(nature.com)
3 points by linnaeus 7y ago|0 comments
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by linnaeus 7y ago
> A fossil hominin cranium was discovered in mid-Pliocene deltaic strata in the Godaya Valley of the northwestern Woranso-Mille study area in Ethiopia. Here we show that analyses of chemically correlated volcanic layers and the palaeomag
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by linnaeus 7y ago
> why would animals in wild suffer more than in captivity? Not necessarily more in every case but they do suffer in many different ways. Nonhuman animals in the wild are routinely exposed to: starvation, dehydration, disease, injuries,
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by linnaeus 7y ago
If they don't exist they can't be harmed by not being brought into existence; since there is no one there to suffer a deprivation.
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by linnaeus 7y ago
Abstract >Predator-induced fear is both, one of the most common stressors employed in animal model studies of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and a major focus of research in ecology. There has been a growing discourse between the
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Predator-induced fear causes PTSD-like changes in the brains of wild animals(nature.com)
1 points by linnaeus 7y ago|1 comments
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by linnaeus 7y ago
>I've generally been opposed to the whole concept of animal "rights", as opposed to having laws that prevent humans from abusing animals, which I support. Animals having "rights" would seem to imply that we have
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Pain in fish(en.wikipedia.org)
2 points by linnaeus 7y ago|1 comments
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by linnaeus 7y ago
> That makes the silly assumption that all organisms are equal Where does it do that?
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by linnaeus 7y ago
Rethink Priorities (which focuses on foundational research on neglected causes) has carried out a massive amount of research recently on invertebrate welfare and sentience. Their findings are well worth a read: > Rethink Priorities revie
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by linnaeus 7y ago
Brian Tomasik argues that we should avoid insect farming entirely since it's likely worse (ethically speaking) than farming larger nonhuman animals: > Entomophagy (eating insects for food) is sometimes proposed as an alternative to
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by linnaeus 7y ago
It's not a zero-sum game, we can recognise and work to solve both issues simultaneously. Tomasik's recommendations are moderate: > Given how many insects each of us harms or helps by our choices, consideration of insect sufferi