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James Van Dyke

@jamesuvandyke.bsky.social

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Biologist studying reproduction and its consequences in vertebrates. Views my own. Duduroa and Wiradjuri country www.jamesuvandyke.com www.1millionturtles.com www.turtlesat.org.au

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James Van Dyke @jamesuvandyke.bsky.social · 17d

We launched another turtle island in Wodonga this week!

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Streem

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James Van Dyke @jamesuvandyke.bsky.social · 18d

What? Perpetual economic growth is a scam?

James Van Dyke @jamesuvandyke.bsky.social · Sep 22

Unfortunately that 2nd one has been hijacked to support a whole bunch of ideas that are not necessarily correct.

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Dr. Solomon David @solomonrdavid.bsky.social · May 1

My pet gar that I donated to Shedd Aquarium would recognize me and swim over to say hi when I visited her exhibit ❤️🐠

A rare hybrid gar, I raised her since she was 2 inches long, and had to re-home her when I moved to Chicago. I was happy I could visit her in her new home!

TO BE CONTINUED…

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James Van Dyke @jamesuvandyke.bsky.social · Sep 16

Can we still watch this cult classic? www.imdb.com/title/tt0985...

Machete (2010) ⭐ 6.6 | Action, Crime, Thriller

1h 45m | R

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James Van Dyke @jamesuvandyke.bsky.social · Sep 15

This ignores the very successful Pacific campaign waged by the US Navy once they fixed their torpedoes

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James Van Dyke @jamesuvandyke.bsky.social · Sep 14

Algebra is less formulaic than Dan Brown novels

James Van Dyke @jamesuvandyke.bsky.social · Sep 13

But against whom? The left? The right? Nick Fuentes? What's she going to do if the alleged shooter's current profile as an even-harder-right than Kirk is true?

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James Van Dyke @jamesuvandyke.bsky.social · Sep 9

Also, a range of native predators (birds, water rats/rakali, etc) could still access nests protected by islands and fences, but their total predation impacts was nowhere close to what foxes achieve.

James Van Dyke @jamesuvandyke.bsky.social · Sep 9

New paper out! Christina Hunter used artificial nests to compare floating islands, fenced beaches, and individual nest protection to protect turtle nests from invasive foxes. The outcome was that all three methods worked, but islands are probably the best.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Mitigating Fox Predation on Freshwater Turtle Nests: Comparing Effectiveness of Three In Situ Protection Methods

Floating islands provide the best protection for freshwater turtle nests, compared to fenced nesting beaches and individually protected nests. However, all three methods are better than leaving nests...

onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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James Van Dyke @jamesuvandyke.bsky.social · Sep 8

If we invested in it properly we wouldn't have to make such choices.

But... submarines and nukes and fast cars, etc

James Van Dyke @jamesuvandyke.bsky.social · Sep 8

^this is my biggest concern. We will lose countless species, for sure, but as long as life exists, evolution will persist in diversifying new taxa as niches come available.

The bigger worry to me is our own ability to survive, and our ability to protect the things that we care about.

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James Van Dyke @jamesuvandyke.bsky.social · Sep 5

Give it 50 million years and it will be fine.

I'm sure that timeline is just perfect for most people, right?

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James Van Dyke @jamesuvandyke.bsky.social · Sep 5

Fake news

James Van Dyke @jamesuvandyke.bsky.social · Sep 4

Not to mention the media's role in devaluing, even mocking, expertise

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Professor Euan Ritchie @euanritchie.bsky.social · Sep 2

Good luck to everyone tonight, you're all amazing! #EurekaPrizes

Australian Museum Eureka Prizes @eurekaprizes.bsky.social · Aug 14

The 2025 Australian Museum Eureka Prize recipients will be announced during a live, broadcast event — and you're invited to attend!

📆 Wednesday 3 September

🕖 6.30 pm AEST

Registration now open 👇

secure.australian.museum/48926

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James Van Dyke @jamesuvandyke.bsky.social · Aug 31

I wonder how eggboy is doing

James Van Dyke @jamesuvandyke.bsky.social · Aug 31

Always.

James Van Dyke @jamesuvandyke.bsky.social · Aug 27

Holy shit it's like Trophim Lysenko and George Orwell cooked up the hybrid demon baby from hell

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Steve Portugal @sjportugal.bsky.social · Aug 26

Come join us in the @biology.ox.ac.uk at @ox.ac.uk! New Associate Professor position in Animal Behaviour, with Merton College:

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Job Details

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Julian Catchen @jcatchen.bsky.social · Aug 26

Our EEB department at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is hiring an assistant professor in evo-devo. See go.illinois.edu/EEBAsstProf for details. Please share!

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James Van Dyke @jamesuvandyke.bsky.social · Aug 24

Also imagine that universities weren't all advised by a cabal of consultants getting rich off taxpayers and students.

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James Van Dyke @jamesuvandyke.bsky.social · Aug 23

KatyDad?

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James Van Dyke @jamesuvandyke.bsky.social · Aug 22

a man wearing a hat says " d ' ya like dags "

ALT: a man wearing a hat says " d ' ya like dags "

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James Van Dyke @jamesuvandyke.bsky.social · Aug 21

Coachwhip snakes do something similar, and it is always fun (they also play dead, and are neurotic spazzes). I miss them