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spencer 🦈
@Unpop_Science
ecologist, phd candidate, master freediver, investigative journalist, environmental activist, nonprofit director
- great hammerhead, sphyrna mokarran, critically endangered extremely sensitive to stress, nearly half die after catch and release fuck these assholesRiding a hammerhead shark with lightning in the background might be the badass thing l've ever seen
00:00Readers added contextThe shark in this video is a Great Hammerhead Great Hammerheads are critically endangered and are highly susceptible to stress caused by being caught. Around 50% of hooked Great Hammerheads die after release. These sharks shouldn’t be caught in this way en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_ham… sharktrust.org/blog/creature-…. - A week ago a portrait of this whale’s eye went viral on all the content scraping pages. Days later, her upper jaw was ripped off by a speeding vessel. The video just emerged. I think everyone who marveled at her eye should see it.
- WHAT KILLED THE CRABS? The official story is something like “a billion snow crabs disappeared.” If that sounds fishy to you, keep reading. Let’s dive into the ecology, oceanography, & geopolitical history of the Bering Sea. A science thread on crabs, corruption, & collapse: 🦀
- I believe Moo Deng would want to use her fame to make the world aware that her few remaining wild relatives are losing their homes to palm oil plantations in Liberia.
- I, for one, remain unconvinced that Luigi Mangione is guilty of shooting Brian Thompson. We’ve all seen the eyebrows and jacket, but there’s a lot more to this case. This is not a conspiracy theory. Let’s walk through the manifesto and the inconsistencies in the evidence.🧵BREAKING: Grand jury indicts Luigi Mangione, the suspect in the UnitedHealthcare CEO killing, on a charge of murder as an act of terrorism. apnews.com/article/united…
- Last year, the Department of Interior orchestrated the killing of approximately 1,150 bison, a fifth of the entire Yellowstone population — the last wild herd in the world — to prevent them from roaming beyond the park and competing with ranchers.On National Bison Day, we celebrate this majestic symbol of strength and resilience. The bison represents our rich American heritage and is one of the greatest conservation success stories of all time. Photo by Jacob W. Frank / NPS
- Palestinian veterinarian Mu’ath Abu Rakba’s body was recovered today. He spent his final years treating hundreds of animals injured & starved by the Israeli siege. Israel murdered him in a designated “safe zone”. Support his legacy, Sulala Animal Rescue. RIP Dr. Mu’athWe have same upsetting news. Our wonderful vet Mu’ath Abj Rakba tried to go back to his house in Jabalia on Friday and nobody has heard from him since. We are in touch with his wife and parents and siblings. His brother tried to go there, but unfortunately everybody who reaches
- Stole another dying fish from petsmart — This is Buoy’s 24 hour transformation in a decent tank:
- we wiped out the native bees & replaced them w/ farmed honeybees then news publishers went “the bees are back!” bc they were only reporting on colony collapse disorder & not pollinator extinction so now chuds are saying bees are fine & were never threatened ecological illiteracyOne of the many things they have lied to you about.
- So it turns out bird flu has been ripping through US dairy factories for months and we’re just realizing this now because the USDA exempted farms from testing and even concealed data. The underrated context to all this is that Biden’s Secretary of Agriculture is a milk lobbyist.
- Newsrooms aren’t covering it, but you should know that an Australian direct action campaign is currently sustaining a blockade of the world’s biggest coal port. 3 days 170 arrests hundreds of kayaks thousands of protesters the biggest environmental protest in Australian historyWe did it! Over 100 brave everyday people successfully blocked coal exports from the world's largest coal port, while thousands more gathered in support on the beach. Despite attempts to shut down our peaceful protest, we showed that people power can take on the coal industry.
- As a biologist and strong proponent of using technology for public good, I think it’s cool as fuck that Mexico has banned genetic engineering of corn to protect the biodiversity and sanctity of their endemic cultivars.Sin maíz no hay país. Si no hubiéramos puesto en la Constitución la prohibición de la siembra de transgénico, todas las razas de maíz estarían en riesgo; hoy protegemos las variedades nativas, herencia de los pueblos originarios. csp.presidenta.gob.mx/dia-nacional-m…
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