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2025. Distress calls as social stressors affecting chicken welfare. (Biology Letters, in press) www.researchgate.net/publication/...
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Request PDF | Distress calls as social stressors affecting chicken welfare | (in press; Biology Letters) Social signals about current environmental risks can shape development in young animals. Distre...
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November 29, 2025 at 4:30 AM
2025. Distress calls as social stressors affecting chicken welfare. (Biology Letters, in press) www.researchgate.net/publication/...
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Photographer Kathrin Swoboda captured amazing images of a red wing blackbird's song, visible via the bird's breath in cold air and early light #WomensArt
November 29, 2025 at 5:34 AM
Photographer Kathrin Swoboda captured amazing images of a red wing blackbird's song, visible via the bird's breath in cold air and early light #WomensArt
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#OTD in 1967, Jocelyn Bell discovered pulsars & changed our view of the universe. 𝘉𝘶𝘵...
The #Nobel Prize in #Physics for their discovery went to to her thesis supervisor Antony Hewish & to astronomer Martin Ryle.
theconversation.com/fifty-years-...
#WomenInSTEM #astrophysics #MatildaEffect
The #Nobel Prize in #Physics for their discovery went to to her thesis supervisor Antony Hewish & to astronomer Martin Ryle.
theconversation.com/fifty-years-...
#WomenInSTEM #astrophysics #MatildaEffect
November 28, 2025 at 11:34 PM
#OTD in 1967, Jocelyn Bell discovered pulsars & changed our view of the universe. 𝘉𝘶𝘵...
The #Nobel Prize in #Physics for their discovery went to to her thesis supervisor Antony Hewish & to astronomer Martin Ryle.
theconversation.com/fifty-years-...
#WomenInSTEM #astrophysics #MatildaEffect
The #Nobel Prize in #Physics for their discovery went to to her thesis supervisor Antony Hewish & to astronomer Martin Ryle.
theconversation.com/fifty-years-...
#WomenInSTEM #astrophysics #MatildaEffect
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Australia just recorded zero cervical cancer cases in women under 25 for the first time since records began in 1982. The amazing result of HPV vaccination.
November 28, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Australia just recorded zero cervical cancer cases in women under 25 for the first time since records began in 1982. The amazing result of HPV vaccination.
Climate change affects animal welfare, but a literature review suggests that communication strategies may be overlooking this important angle.
https://faunalytics.org/is-animal-welfare-missing-from-conversations-about-climate-change/
https://faunalytics.org/is-animal-welfare-missing-from-conversations-about-climate-change/
Is Animal Welfare Missing From Conversations About Climate Change? - Faunalytics
Climate change affects animal welfare, but a literature review suggests that communication strategies may be overlooking this important angle.
faunalytics.org
November 28, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Shut your cakehole, you over-educated whore: The misogynistic weaponization of the PhD by Tara Brabazon, Flinders University, South Australia.
researchnow.flinders.edu.au/en/publicati...
researchnow.flinders.edu.au/en/publicati...
Shut your cakehole, you over-educated whore: The misogynistic weaponization of the PhD
researchnow.flinders.edu.au
November 28, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Shut your cakehole, you over-educated whore: The misogynistic weaponization of the PhD by Tara Brabazon, Flinders University, South Australia.
researchnow.flinders.edu.au/en/publicati...
researchnow.flinders.edu.au/en/publicati...
The saddest aspect of all this that a generation of boys may feel compelled to suppress the ordinary the joy of celebrating another's success.
The internet is resembling the first few pages of The Handmaid's Tale
The saddest aspect of all this that a generation of boys may feel compelled to suppress the ordinary the joy of celebrating another's success.
www.abc.net.au
November 28, 2025 at 9:25 PM
🏊♂️ The National Drowning Report 2025 recorded 357 drowning deaths over the past 12 months.
🦈 Over the past 10 years, there was an average of average 2.8 shark fatalities each year.
🚘 In 2024, there were 1300 motor vehicle deaths.
#Perspective #Australia #Swimming #Summer #Sharks #SharkSafety ⬇️🦈
🦈 Over the past 10 years, there was an average of average 2.8 shark fatalities each year.
🚘 In 2024, there were 1300 motor vehicle deaths.
#Perspective #Australia #Swimming #Summer #Sharks #SharkSafety ⬇️🦈
Spring shark buffet season is happening off the WA coast.
Please share our tips to avoid being bitten.
Please share our tips to avoid being bitten.
November 27, 2025 at 9:15 AM
🏊♂️ The National Drowning Report 2025 recorded 357 drowning deaths over the past 12 months.
🦈 Over the past 10 years, there was an average of average 2.8 shark fatalities each year.
🚘 In 2024, there were 1300 motor vehicle deaths.
#Perspective #Australia #Swimming #Summer #Sharks #SharkSafety ⬇️🦈
🦈 Over the past 10 years, there was an average of average 2.8 shark fatalities each year.
🚘 In 2024, there were 1300 motor vehicle deaths.
#Perspective #Australia #Swimming #Summer #Sharks #SharkSafety ⬇️🦈
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FISH SUFFER 22 MINUTES INTENSE PAIN 🐟
"Each year a trillion or so fish are pulled from the water... While it's hardly a pleasurable outcome for the animal, a new study has just put a sobering number on their suffering."
#AusPol #Ocean #MarineLife #Sea #Animals
www.sciencealert.com/fish-suffer-...
"Each year a trillion or so fish are pulled from the water... While it's hardly a pleasurable outcome for the animal, a new study has just put a sobering number on their suffering."
#AusPol #Ocean #MarineLife #Sea #Animals
www.sciencealert.com/fish-suffer-...
Fish Suffer Up to 22 Minutes of Intense Pain When Taken Out of Water
Each year, a trillion or so fish are pulled from the water, typically destined for our plates.
www.sciencealert.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:19 AM
FISH SUFFER 22 MINUTES INTENSE PAIN 🐟
"Each year a trillion or so fish are pulled from the water... While it's hardly a pleasurable outcome for the animal, a new study has just put a sobering number on their suffering."
#AusPol #Ocean #MarineLife #Sea #Animals
www.sciencealert.com/fish-suffer-...
"Each year a trillion or so fish are pulled from the water... While it's hardly a pleasurable outcome for the animal, a new study has just put a sobering number on their suffering."
#AusPol #Ocean #MarineLife #Sea #Animals
www.sciencealert.com/fish-suffer-...
Rusted-on Bingo wins the internet today. #Auspol #ClimateChange
As the @albomp.bsky.social gov (94 seats!) tries to ram thru industry-serving regressive EPBC laws that'll see further biodiversity, climate & environmental damage, here's the current play on the @kudelka.bsky.social bingo card
A1, A2, B5, C1, C2, C3, C5, D1, D2, D3, E1, E2, E3
A1, A2, B5, C1, C2, C3, C5, D1, D2, D3, E1, E2, E3
November 23, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Rusted-on Bingo wins the internet today. #Auspol #ClimateChange
The Grammar Police are hilarious when they flip the switch. #VetMed
Thinking about changing my pets' vet only because their appointment confirmations say "pleased to confirm tomorrows appointment" and the lack of apostrophe annoys me to no end
November 23, 2025 at 10:45 AM
The Grammar Police are hilarious when they flip the switch. #VetMed
All I heard in this banger was #Turtle Love #Turtle Power & Fight to save #Wildlife 🐢💚🎶💥😁
Shell Shocked feat Kill The Noise & Madsonik - Juicy J, Wiz Khalifa, Ty Dolla $ign
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Shell Shocked feat Kill The Noise & Madsonik - Juicy J, Wiz Khalifa, Ty Dolla $ign
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Juicy J, Wiz Khalifa, Ty Dolla $ign - Shell Shocked feat Kill The Noise & Madsonik (Official Video)
YouTube video by Atlantic Records
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November 23, 2025 at 2:16 AM
All I heard in this banger was #Turtle Love #Turtle Power & Fight to save #Wildlife 🐢💚🎶💥😁
Shell Shocked feat Kill The Noise & Madsonik - Juicy J, Wiz Khalifa, Ty Dolla $ign
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Shell Shocked feat Kill The Noise & Madsonik - Juicy J, Wiz Khalifa, Ty Dolla $ign
youtu.be/BaACrT6Ydik?...
1/ The stars of the Australian Firefighters Calendar have blazed into town, swapping their fire trucks for furry friends, as they raise funds for local pet charities.
November 19, 2025 at 10:47 AM
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WE DID IT! 🐶🐱
Pet burials now legal in Victorian human cemeteries
"Victoria now allows pets to be buried at cemeteries alongside their owners, becoming just the second jurisdiction in Australia to do so."
www.parliament.vic.gov.au/news/society...
#Pets #Animals #AusPol #AusPol2025 #Dogs #Cats
Pet burials now legal in Victorian human cemeteries
"Victoria now allows pets to be buried at cemeteries alongside their owners, becoming just the second jurisdiction in Australia to do so."
www.parliament.vic.gov.au/news/society...
#Pets #Animals #AusPol #AusPol2025 #Dogs #Cats
Victoria legalises pet burials in human cemeteries - Parliament of Victoria
www.parliament.vic.gov.au
November 17, 2025 at 9:52 AM
WE DID IT! 🐶🐱
Pet burials now legal in Victorian human cemeteries
"Victoria now allows pets to be buried at cemeteries alongside their owners, becoming just the second jurisdiction in Australia to do so."
www.parliament.vic.gov.au/news/society...
#Pets #Animals #AusPol #AusPol2025 #Dogs #Cats
Pet burials now legal in Victorian human cemeteries
"Victoria now allows pets to be buried at cemeteries alongside their owners, becoming just the second jurisdiction in Australia to do so."
www.parliament.vic.gov.au/news/society...
#Pets #Animals #AusPol #AusPol2025 #Dogs #Cats
This is the best thing I have read all week. 🐏🌈❤️ #Sheep #GaySheep #RainbowWool #LGBTQ+ #AnimalWelfare
Everything about this story is awesome. Gift link:
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/s...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/s...
A Farmer, a Designer and a Dating App Unite to Save Some ‘Gay Sheep’
www.nytimes.com
November 16, 2025 at 7:55 AM
This is the best thing I have read all week. 🐏🌈❤️ #Sheep #GaySheep #RainbowWool #LGBTQ+ #AnimalWelfare
#Koala populations in #SouthAustralia are under pressure from drought, disease, habitat loss, and bushfires. The 2025 Great Koala Count census is on now ➡️ 15th - 23rd November.
🐨 Download the #Koala Spotter App: www.nkmp.org.au/populations....
#Koalas #Wildlife #Conservation #CitizenScience #Auspol
🐨 Download the #Koala Spotter App: www.nkmp.org.au/populations....
#Koalas #Wildlife #Conservation #CitizenScience #Auspol
INTERVIEW: The Great Koala Count and the citizen scientists involved
INTERVIEW: The Great Koala Count and the citizen scientists involved
Scientists in South Australia are asking the public to help count koalas - in a citizen science initiative that could have national implications.
www.sbs.com.au
November 16, 2025 at 1:13 AM
#Koala populations in #SouthAustralia are under pressure from drought, disease, habitat loss, and bushfires. The 2025 Great Koala Count census is on now ➡️ 15th - 23rd November.
🐨 Download the #Koala Spotter App: www.nkmp.org.au/populations....
#Koalas #Wildlife #Conservation #CitizenScience #Auspol
🐨 Download the #Koala Spotter App: www.nkmp.org.au/populations....
#Koalas #Wildlife #Conservation #CitizenScience #Auspol
If you have pets that you regularly post on social media, you need to know that a) I love them, b) they are also my pets, and c) we are in a long distance relationship. 🐾💕
November 15, 2025 at 11:21 PM
If you have pets that you regularly post on social media, you need to know that a) I love them, b) they are also my pets, and c) we are in a long distance relationship. 🐾💕
"Octopus and Plastic Bottle — Tyler Toews in Vancouver, Canada. A mural showing an octopus [with its tentacles] wrapped around a floating plastic bottle, painted across the side of a building."
via ➡️ @streetartutopia.com 🎨🖌️
via ➡️ @streetartutopia.com 🎨🖌️
November 15, 2025 at 3:45 AM
"Octopus and Plastic Bottle — Tyler Toews in Vancouver, Canada. A mural showing an octopus [with its tentacles] wrapped around a floating plastic bottle, painted across the side of a building."
via ➡️ @streetartutopia.com 🎨🖌️
via ➡️ @streetartutopia.com 🎨🖌️
Most of them die in transit. Fucking pieces of shit who belong in jail. #SorryNotSorry #Australia #Auspol #Wildlife #Poaching #WildlifeCrime #AnimalWelfare #AnimalCruelty
Worth up to $100k and hidden in chocolate boxes: Inside Australia's illegal animal trade
Worth up to $100k and hidden in chocolate boxes: Inside Australia's illegal animal trade
Global illegal trade in wildlife is estimated to be worth $32 billion, with rare species in Australia at risk.
www.sbs.com.au
November 15, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Most of them die in transit. Fucking pieces of shit who belong in jail. #SorryNotSorry #Australia #Auspol #Wildlife #Poaching #WildlifeCrime #AnimalWelfare #AnimalCruelty
#SeniorPets have my heart above all others. ❤️🐾 Look at this amazing list of rescue organisations!!! 🐾⬇️ #AdoptDontShop #AdoptASeniorPet #AnimalWelfare #Australia #Auspol
SPACE IN YOUR HOME AND HEART?
Old dogs, new beginnings 🐶❤️
Did you know November is Adopt a Senior Dog Month?
Give a golden oldie the love they’ve been waiting for!
Check out our list of rescues centres here: nsw.animaljusticeparty.org/adopt_dont_s...
#Animals #DogsofBsky #Dogs #Animals #Pets
Old dogs, new beginnings 🐶❤️
Did you know November is Adopt a Senior Dog Month?
Give a golden oldie the love they’ve been waiting for!
Check out our list of rescues centres here: nsw.animaljusticeparty.org/adopt_dont_s...
#Animals #DogsofBsky #Dogs #Animals #Pets
November 15, 2025 at 3:20 AM
#SeniorPets have my heart above all others. ❤️🐾 Look at this amazing list of rescue organisations!!! 🐾⬇️ #AdoptDontShop #AdoptASeniorPet #AnimalWelfare #Australia #Auspol
If a #GuideDog #AssistanceDog #ServiceDog approaches you without a person, follow the dog, because the person is down and needs help. 🦮🆘️
November 14, 2025 at 10:05 PM
If a #GuideDog #AssistanceDog #ServiceDog approaches you without a person, follow the dog, because the person is down and needs help. 🦮🆘️
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Stop 👏 kidnapping 👏 healthy 👏 fledglings 👏
Thankfully this guy was abducted around the corner from the clinic so after a little feed (because a man had helpfully contained him in a bucket overnight so his parents couldn’t get to him) I managed to find his mum and reunite them
Thankfully this guy was abducted around the corner from the clinic so after a little feed (because a man had helpfully contained him in a bucket overnight so his parents couldn’t get to him) I managed to find his mum and reunite them
November 13, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Stop 👏 kidnapping 👏 healthy 👏 fledglings 👏
Thankfully this guy was abducted around the corner from the clinic so after a little feed (because a man had helpfully contained him in a bucket overnight so his parents couldn’t get to him) I managed to find his mum and reunite them
Thankfully this guy was abducted around the corner from the clinic so after a little feed (because a man had helpfully contained him in a bucket overnight so his parents couldn’t get to him) I managed to find his mum and reunite them
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Two new studies suggest the story of dogs and their relationship with humans is older and more complex than once thought.
Dogs 10,000 years ago roamed with bands of humans and came in all shapes and sizes
theconversation.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Two new studies suggest the story of dogs and their relationship with humans is older and more complex than once thought.
The sweetest thing 💕 When my elderly dog went deaf, my cat took over sentinel duty and became the guard cat, alerting me when someone was outside. We underestimate how intelligent they are. 🥰
This is Archie. He's deaf and doesn't hear when his humans get home. Luckily, his little brother Frankie lets him know with a gentle nudge to make sure he doesn't miss the moment. 14/10 for both (TT: melissamilne)
November 14, 2025 at 12:21 AM
The sweetest thing 💕 When my elderly dog went deaf, my cat took over sentinel duty and became the guard cat, alerting me when someone was outside. We underestimate how intelligent they are. 🥰