My husband @ecologistMC out there weighing wood duck ducklings in solo cups and it’s so fluffy I wanna die
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Imogene Cancellare, PhD
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Imogene Cancellare, PhD
@biologistimo
Conservation biologist, scicomm, wild cat research. Breast cancer survivor! Views my own. She/her.
- In case you wondered what it’s like to be a woman who needs reproductive medical care: The hospital just called to ask why I wanted sedation for my surgical procedure tomorrow. Because it’s usually done without.
- “Bobcat” is trending and I feel like I’ve been training for this my whole life. A thread.
- Nice break on the TL: blue sheep doing the impossible, per usual, in the Valley of the Cats, China.
00:00 - Hey so pyrex explodes in the oven in case you forgot to check whether you have pyrex or Pyrex
- Replying to @biologistimoI’m just so exhausted by reproductive care. Having endometriosis is exhausting. It took me 8 years to get diagnosed, I’ve had 2 surgeries, countless other awful exams and surgical procedures while awake, and I’ll never do it again.
- Replying to @biologistimoI have had several procedures done awake. Some were planned, they told me it wouldn’t hurt “that bad”, and some in ERs lying on a table being told “it will be over soon.” Technically a colonoscopy can be done awake (and is in some countries), but we don’t bat an eye at sedation.
- Replying to @biologistimoFor my surgery last year where they removed over a dozen uterine polyps, my medical team first offered to do it in-office. Not on a table with an anesthesiologist. In an office. With twilight drugs. Because it was faster. Can you fucking imagine (many women actually can).
- Fun fact: most living organ donors are women, but most patients receiving said organs are men.
- Replying to @ABCWildlife biologist here. The people are WAY too close. A black bear with cubs can be VERY aggressive, and what she will/won't tolerate isn't always clear. If she hurts someone, the state will euthanize her, and her cubs will either starve or (if caught) spend their life in cages.
