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Ryan Brook, PhD. Chairman of the Boar
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🍁• #ElbowsUpCanada • Community Engaged Wildlife Research • Professor • University of Saskatchewan • farmkid • dadof2 • Rebel Scum • born@330ppm CO2 now 428 • 7x covid vax • caribou • invasive pigs • wolves • peatlands in the Hudson Bay Lowlands Manitoba .. more

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Ryan Brook, PhD. Chairman of the Boar @ryankbrook.bsky.social · Nov 16
Let me introduce myself. I'm a professor @usask.bsky.social at the University of Saskatchewan. My group works on invasive wild pigs, caribou, wolves, and other beasties. I take the responsibility of my academic freedom very seriously and use it and good science to hopefully have some influence.

Reposted by Ryan K. Brook, Jaanus Suurväli

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Jeff Bowman @jeffcbowman.bsky.social · 1d
Now published: Landscape connectivity across Canada and the USA. A seamless, high resolution connectivity map across both countries. 🧪🌎 Open access in Facets, including open data www.facetsjournal.com/doi/full/10....
A map showing the probability of movement for terrestrial animals across Canada and the USA.

Reposted by Amir Attaran, Ryan K. Brook

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 1d
Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych is out of the Winter Olympics over a banned helmet honoring athletes killed in the war with Russia.
Ukraine's Vladyslav Heraskevych out of Winter Olympics over banned helmet honoring war dead
Ukrainian skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych is out of the Milan Cortina Games after he refusesd to stop wearing a banned tribute helmet.
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Ryan Brook, PhD. Chairman of the Boar @ryankbrook.bsky.social · 2d
My heart is shattered.

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Ryan Brook, PhD. Chairman of the Boar @ryankbrook.bsky.social · 2d
Here is an interesting read that may help explain a lot:

Men’s Value for a Large Penis Relates to Threatened Masculinity, Dominance, and Aggression: A Test of Symbolic Self-Completion Theory

psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...
APA PsycNet
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Ryan Brook, PhD. Chairman of the Boar @ryankbrook.bsky.social · 2d
So sad. Love that guy.

Reposted by Valerie Mueller, Andrew Jacobs, Ryan K. Brook

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Yashar Ali 🐘 @yasharali.bsky.social · 2d
James Van Der Beek, who has been battling cancer, has died.

He was 48.

Per TMZ.

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Ryan Brook, PhD. Chairman of the Boar @ryankbrook.bsky.social · 2d
See that's the first mistake most make. If you never make an actual list then you can't possibly ever fall behind.

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Ryan Brook, PhD. Chairman of the Boar @ryankbrook.bsky.social · 2d
I had a prof, the great Rick Riewe that climbed on at table and demonstrated walrus mating behaviour every year.

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Ryan Brook, PhD. Chairman of the Boar @ryankbrook.bsky.social · 2d
On International Day of Women and Girls in Science I am so lucky to get to work with amazing Women+Girls in science from the elders that show us the way, to youth out on the tundra, to all my undergrad classes and arctic field course, to grad students in my lab and beyond, everyone just crushing it.

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Ryan Brook, PhD. Chairman of the Boar @ryankbrook.bsky.social · 2d
Spring has sprung,
The grass has ris’
I wonder where the birdies is.

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Ryan Brook, PhD. Chairman of the Boar @ryankbrook.bsky.social · 3d
I'm working furiously on finalizing plans for this!

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Ryan Brook, PhD. Chairman of the Boar @ryankbrook.bsky.social · 3d
This one hit me like a freight train today.

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Ryan Brook, PhD. Chairman of the Boar @ryankbrook.bsky.social · 3d
How is your profile name not Sphagnum P.I.?

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Ryan Brook, PhD. Chairman of the Boar @ryankbrook.bsky.social · 3d
Super cool. At first I thought it was burned by fire.

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Ryan Brook, PhD. Chairman of the Boar @ryankbrook.bsky.social · 3d
My favourite quote from one of my mentors Dr. Norm Kenkel: "don't give reviewers sticks they can use to beat you with".

I've repeated that one at least a thousand times by now!

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Ryan Brook, PhD. Chairman of the Boar @ryankbrook.bsky.social · 3d
Well you have a standing invite to visit me on the sixth floor any time you are around!

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Ryan Brook, PhD. Chairman of the Boar @ryankbrook.bsky.social · 3d
Yes! From that guy it is 28 steps and four floors to my office.

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Ryan Brook, PhD. Chairman of the Boar @ryankbrook.bsky.social · 3d
oh no. They are great tools- when they work correctly!

Reposted by Ryan K. Brook

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Michael de Adder @deadder.bsky.social · 3d
The Contrarian

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Ryan Brook, PhD. Chairman of the Boar @ryankbrook.bsky.social · 4d
yes it is a nice relaxing spot..warm and smells like coffee. Definitely in Saskatchewan.

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Ryan Brook, PhD. Chairman of the Boar @ryankbrook.bsky.social · 4d
Wow that's super cool. We captured dozens of moose with a net gun from helicopter and never had any issues releasing them. We also did a one time spring calf count for all of the collared females which meant pushing them out of cover to count the babies--zero issues.

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Ryan Brook, PhD. Chairman of the Boar @ryankbrook.bsky.social · 4d
Like most things, I only learn from my moosetakes.

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Ryan Brook, PhD. Chairman of the Boar @ryankbrook.bsky.social · 4d
Pro tip: keep your ‘to do’ lists short and manageable.

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Ryan Brook, PhD. Chairman of the Boar @ryankbrook.bsky.social · 4d
Where am I?

Reposted by Ryan K. Brook

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Chris Fisher @fisherspeaks.bsky.social · 4d
Habitat loss in Canada’s grasslands has threatened many species.
That includes the American badger, which Fisher described as “one of the most important, central and iconic species that remains of the North American grassland ecosystem.”
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
An American Badger is seen heading into its burrow on the grasslands.

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Ryan Brook, PhD. Chairman of the Boar @ryankbrook.bsky.social · 4d
Yikes. That will get your heart rate up!

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Ryan Brook, PhD. Chairman of the Boar @ryankbrook.bsky.social · 4d
The best option to avoid a moose confrontation is to remember you are ALWAYS in moose country and keeping aware. Have a quick scan of the area before proceeding outside.

If you encounter a moose close up DO NOT start taking photos or try to get closer. Remain calm and back away. Get to shelter.

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Ryan Brook, PhD. Chairman of the Boar @ryankbrook.bsky.social · 4d
Moose are generally calm and just ignore us, but..

Obvious signs of a pissed off moose:

-ears back
-head low
-hair on neck up
-smacking lips
-snorting or grunting
-stomping feet

or..there may be little to no sign before a moose charges.

2/3

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Ryan Brook, PhD. Chairman of the Boar @ryankbrook.bsky.social · 4d
I did an interview today about an aggressive moose in Saskatchewan that caused some significant concern. There is no place in this province that I would be surprised to see a moose at this point, including my neighborhood in Saskatoon. 1/3

www.facebook.com/Saskatchewan...

@fisherspeaks.bsky.social

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Ryan Brook, PhD. Chairman of the Boar @ryankbrook.bsky.social · 4d
It is Teacher/Staff Appreciation Week here in Saskatchewan. I would start with thanking some teachers that fundamentally changed my life. So many great ones.