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Master of Weird Little Guys 🐬 @anthroandrew.bsky.social · Jun 8

🐬 What makes a dolphin look like a dolphin?
Help with a quick, visual study—rank dolphin species by appearance & tell us which you'd love to see in the wild!
🏺 For research on human-animal perception.
✅ Anonymous
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Master of Weird Little Guys 🐬 @anthroandrew.bsky.social · Jun 8

You participation will directly help my PhD dissertation work and you can tell your friends that you have helped out dolphin research!

Excited to see the results! 🏺🐬

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Master of Weird Little Guys 🐬 @anthroandrew.bsky.social · Jun 8

🐬 What makes a dolphin look like a dolphin?
Help with a quick, visual study—rank dolphin species by appearance & tell us which you'd love to see in the wild!
🏺 For research on human-animal perception.
✅ Anonymous
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cetalfauna.bsky.social @cetalfauna.bsky.social · Apr 23

Clearly I have made the decision to venture into another social media platform. At this point in time I will only be making baby steps here until I become a little more familiar with how bsky works. It's hard to teach an old dog (yours truly) new tricks.
(Photo used to grab your attention...) 😏

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Master of Weird Little Guys 🐬 @anthroandrew.bsky.social · May 2

Jaguar drawn in PowerPoint for a presentation on identifying wildlife charisma in archaeological contexts 🐆 🏺

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Master of Weird Little Guys 🐬 @anthroandrew.bsky.social · Apr 30

I should! I'd either do Golden, Delacour's, or Francois' probably

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Master of Weird Little Guys 🐬 @anthroandrew.bsky.social · Apr 30

Yucatan Black Howler (Alouatta pigra)! A friend/colleague of mine here at UTSA works with them!

Master of Weird Little Guys 🐬 @anthroandrew.bsky.social · Apr 22

It's been a week-ish and it's definitely still a raw wound.

I know you're up there waiting at the edge of a yard for me, Krickett 💔

A kind old lady American Shepherd looks at the camera before eating the peanut butter and banana dog-friendly gelato we got her for her 18th birthday.

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Master of Weird Little Guys 🐬 @anthroandrew.bsky.social · Apr 21

Thank you! Theeeee @banditelli.org is incredibly talented

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Master of Weird Little Guys 🐬 @anthroandrew.bsky.social · Apr 17

I love this

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Master of Weird Little Guys 🐬 @anthroandrew.bsky.social · Apr 6

Finally got this done! 😁 🏺

A pair of Yucatan Black Howlers (Alouatta pigra) sing out in their Maya Nut Tree (Triplochiton scleroxylon) home.

Also in the canopy is a Blue Morpho (Morpho peleides) and a Mexican Hairy Dwarf Porcupine (Coendou mexicanus).

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Master of Weird Little Guys 🐬 @anthroandrew.bsky.social · Apr 4

Your lemoos would be proud

a close up of a dog 's face behind a glass door with a to logo on the bottom right

ALT: a close up of a dog 's face behind a glass door with a to logo on the bottom right

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Master of Weird Little Guys 🐬 @anthroandrew.bsky.social · Apr 4

@prancingpapio.bsky.social DR!!!! DR!!!! DR!!! 🥳🥳🥳🥳

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Master of Weird Little Guys 🐬 @anthroandrew.bsky.social · Mar 30

Also got to meet @sciencebarbie.bsky.social in person after being mutuals for years! How incredible! 🐬🏺

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Master of Weird Little Guys 🐬 @anthroandrew.bsky.social · Mar 30

Rather feeling this amazing candid of me presenting at #SFAA2025! I had a blast learning about Anthropology's role in conservation (especially in regards to marine resources!) as well as sharing my own brand of "Dolphin Anthropology" 💕🐬🏺

An anthropologist stands at his poster labeled "The Role of Wildlife Charisma and Where it Comes From" and passionately talks about the northern right whale dolphins he studies.

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Master of Weird Little Guys 🐬 @anthroandrew.bsky.social · Mar 24

Love em 💕🐬

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Master of Weird Little Guys 🐬 @anthroandrew.bsky.social · Mar 21

Omg maybe maybe 👀

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Master of Weird Little Guys 🐬 @anthroandrew.bsky.social · Mar 21

Question for the hive mind - does anyone know of a survey site that would allow participants to rank images? 🧪🐬🏺

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Master of Weird Little Guys 🐬 @anthroandrew.bsky.social · Mar 19

So many people have shared with me the story of the astronauts landing and immediately being greeted by the dolphins. It's clear they're curious and playful and there's something really wonderful about it 💕🐬🏺

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Master of Weird Little Guys 🐬 @anthroandrew.bsky.social · Mar 18

A fun dive into a speculative evolution project I'm a part of - the great island of Salotum, home to the Aputsum Brubafa and a whole cast of endemic species, like the Salotian Rhinoceros! 🧪 #speculativeevolution

Salotum @salotumofficial.bsky.social · Mar 18

The Salotian rhinoceros (Sphenorhinus acerus) has long occupied a contentious placement within the rhinoceros family tree. However, a landmark paper by Reyes et al. last year delivered a surprising verdict for the phylogenetic placement of these island rhinos. #salotum #specevo #worldbuilding

A phylogenetic tree depicting the rhinoceros family, including extinct relatives. The focal species, the Salotian rhinoceros (Sphenorhinus acerus), occupies a position ever so slightly closer to Asian rhinoceros species than to African rhinoceros species. This image was published in 2024 as a figure in the Journal of Salotian Natural Sciences.

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Master of Weird Little Guys 🐬 @anthroandrew.bsky.social · Mar 3

Making a lot of progress on this piece 😁🧪🏺

A pair of Yucatan Black Howlers howl in unison in the canopy of a breadnut tree. The monkeys are surrounded by bromeliads, a blue morpho butterfly, and a Mexican Hairy Dwarf Porcupine

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · Mar 3

Today, a broad coalition of scientific professional societies who represent over 92,000 scientists are speaking out against the politicization and demonization of Federally funded science and government scientist jobs.

It was an honor to help the Union of Concerned Scientists with this! 🧪🌎

48 Scientific Societies Representing Almost 100,000 Scientists Ask Congress to Protect the Future of Science

48 scientific societies representing almost 100,000 scientists signed on to a letter asking Congress to protect the future of science

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Master of Weird Little Guys 🐬 @anthroandrew.bsky.social · Feb 27

Working in conservation is a funny thing, especially when my study species are currently listed as Least Concern (but with Unknown Population Trends, and knowledge that their suitable habitat range is shrinking?)

Gonna do everything I'm able to protect them 🐬🏺🧪

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IUCN Cetacean Specialist Group @iucn-cetaceansg.bsky.social · Jan 8

Red List Status & Extinction Risk of the World’s Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises published in Conservation Biology showed that 1 in 4 cetacean species (26% of 92) were assessed as threatened (Critically Endangered, Endangered, Vulnerable)
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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Salotum @salotumofficial.bsky.social · Feb 25

Though nowhere near as expansive as human conflicts, brubafa warfare is well documented, particularly in Salotum’s Aputsum people. Rarely equipped in more than light armor, those of high status adorned their garbs with jewel beetles to further augment their opulence.

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