Michelle A. Rodrigues 🐒
@marspidermonkey.bsky.social
Primatologist. Biological anthropologist. Recovering academic. Mammal Madness fan. Dog mom to the cutest rescue dog. Expertise in social relationships and stress in monkeys, apes, & humans, and the systemic inequities in academia & science. She/her
I made some tofu noodle (shells) soup!
November 19, 2025 at 3:45 AM
I made some tofu noodle (shells) soup!
Benny has the very best puppy dog eyes. He’s very good at using them effectively.
November 18, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Benny has the very best puppy dog eyes. He’s very good at using them effectively.
Counterpoint: if you have an emotionally needy dog, let them sleep in your bed all the time!
November 18, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Counterpoint: if you have an emotionally needy dog, let them sleep in your bed all the time!
This is my favorite inter dimensional portal picture.
November 17, 2025 at 2:23 PM
This is my favorite inter dimensional portal picture.
Precious little snuggle buddy!
November 15, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Precious little snuggle buddy!
For some reason, she really loved that old lecherous creep. And Leakey's tombstone bears a testament her to her love--ILYUA, for I Love You Always (16/fin).
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November 14, 2025 at 2:10 AM
For some reason, she really loved that old lecherous creep. And Leakey's tombstone bears a testament her to her love--ILYUA, for I Love You Always (16/fin).
images.findagrave.com/photos/2007/...
images.findagrave.com/photos/2007/...
Anyway, I've taken those posts down and reposted in a different way, but let's taking a digression to look at beautiful silverback western lowland gorilla Jontu from my sister @thena.bsky.social, because silverbacks gonna silverback! (4/16)
November 14, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Anyway, I've taken those posts down and reposted in a different way, but let's taking a digression to look at beautiful silverback western lowland gorilla Jontu from my sister @thena.bsky.social, because silverbacks gonna silverback! (4/16)
Many have heard of the “Trimates:” Jane Goodall, Dian Fossey, and Birute Galdikas.
But before any of them was Rosalie Osborn. But sadly, she, and her colleague Jill Donisthorpe, have been written out of the narrative. (1/16)
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But before any of them was Rosalie Osborn. But sadly, she, and her colleague Jill Donisthorpe, have been written out of the narrative. (1/16)
🧪#Primates
November 14, 2025 at 2:10 AM
Many have heard of the “Trimates:” Jane Goodall, Dian Fossey, and Birute Galdikas.
But before any of them was Rosalie Osborn. But sadly, she, and her colleague Jill Donisthorpe, have been written out of the narrative. (1/16)
🧪#Primates
But before any of them was Rosalie Osborn. But sadly, she, and her colleague Jill Donisthorpe, have been written out of the narrative. (1/16)
🧪#Primates
Today it was a perfectly clear night in MKE!
Of course, all I’ve manage to see is “is that a cloud streak or a ray of the Aurora!”
Of course, all I’ve manage to see is “is that a cloud streak or a ray of the Aurora!”
November 13, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Today it was a perfectly clear night in MKE!
Of course, all I’ve manage to see is “is that a cloud streak or a ray of the Aurora!”
Of course, all I’ve manage to see is “is that a cloud streak or a ray of the Aurora!”
What is this nonsense? We aren’t ready for winter!
November 9, 2025 at 4:38 PM
What is this nonsense? We aren’t ready for winter!
What is this nonsense? We aren’t ready for winter!
November 9, 2025 at 4:35 PM
What is this nonsense? We aren’t ready for winter!
I have this guy to snuggle with, but sometimes he hogs the blankets.
November 8, 2025 at 4:18 AM
I have this guy to snuggle with, but sometimes he hogs the blankets.
Little buddy waiting outside for his vet appointment. He believes the benches are dog seating, but I had to stop him from climbing up on the table itself!
November 7, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Little buddy waiting outside for his vet appointment. He believes the benches are dog seating, but I had to stop him from climbing up on the table itself!
Also, there’s a subplot about how her ex-husband—a fellow forest ecologist—was a hindrance to her career, and that seems to be the subplot in a whole lot of career memoirs of female ecologists. I’m glad she divorced him! (10/10).
November 5, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Also, there’s a subplot about how her ex-husband—a fellow forest ecologist—was a hindrance to her career, and that seems to be the subplot in a whole lot of career memoirs of female ecologists. I’m glad she divorced him! (10/10).
Overall, I really enjoyed this book, and it makes me think of the forest—and their fungal networks-- in a new light. 9/10)
November 5, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Overall, I really enjoyed this book, and it makes me think of the forest—and their fungal networks-- in a new light. 9/10)
The payoff comes in the last chapter, when she describes how her findings support what Indigenous Pacific Northwest tribes already knew about the forest—and how they connect to the salmon spawning cycle. (8/10)
November 5, 2025 at 4:53 PM
The payoff comes in the last chapter, when she describes how her findings support what Indigenous Pacific Northwest tribes already knew about the forest—and how they connect to the salmon spawning cycle. (8/10)
While Western science was so focused on studying trees as individual units, and assuming competitive relationships between them, they had literally missed the forest for the trees. (7/10)
November 5, 2025 at 4:53 PM
While Western science was so focused on studying trees as individual units, and assuming competitive relationships between them, they had literally missed the forest for the trees. (7/10)
She finds that via mycorrhizal networks, neighboring trees can transfer nutrients, for example, to make up for shading neighbors, and that these networks allow for chemical communication as well. (6/10)
November 5, 2025 at 4:53 PM
She finds that via mycorrhizal networks, neighboring trees can transfer nutrients, for example, to make up for shading neighbors, and that these networks allow for chemical communication as well. (6/10)
However, the book really gets interesting once she finds develops ways to study the transfer of nutrients between different species of trees. (5/10)
November 5, 2025 at 4:53 PM
However, the book really gets interesting once she finds develops ways to study the transfer of nutrients between different species of trees. (5/10)
Although I found the earlier parts of the book a bit slow-going, it was interesting how much of her fieldwork was a family affair, with family and friends stepping in to be her research assistants. (4/10)
November 5, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Although I found the earlier parts of the book a bit slow-going, it was interesting how much of her fieldwork was a family affair, with family and friends stepping in to be her research assistants. (4/10)
The book starts out with her background growing up in a Pacific Northwest logging family, and then describes her career, which starts out doing research with logging companies to find ways for to minimize ecological destruction. (3/10)
November 5, 2025 at 4:53 PM
The book starts out with her background growing up in a Pacific Northwest logging family, and then describes her career, which starts out doing research with logging companies to find ways for to minimize ecological destruction. (3/10)
This is a book by the forest ecologist who’s known for her research on the “Wood Wide Web.” Through a combination of personal and career memoir, she describes how her research led to groundbreaking discoveries in how forests are networked. (2/10)
November 5, 2025 at 4:53 PM
This is a book by the forest ecologist who’s known for her research on the “Wood Wide Web.” Through a combination of personal and career memoir, she describes how her research led to groundbreaking discoveries in how forests are networked. (2/10)
Time for another book review! My next book review is Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest, by Suzanne Simard (Vintage Books, 2021). (1/10)
🧪 #BookSky #ScienceBooks #BookReview
🧪 #BookSky #ScienceBooks #BookReview
November 5, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Time for another book review! My next book review is Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest, by Suzanne Simard (Vintage Books, 2021). (1/10)
🧪 #BookSky #ScienceBooks #BookReview
🧪 #BookSky #ScienceBooks #BookReview
I made some pretty delicious creamy apple, pumpkin, and squash soup recently!
It can easily be adapted based on what you have in your fridge/freezer/pantry.
Start with some mirepoix (ish). I had some sautéed carrots, celery, and leeks in the freezer to start with, sautéed in some butter.
It can easily be adapted based on what you have in your fridge/freezer/pantry.
Start with some mirepoix (ish). I had some sautéed carrots, celery, and leeks in the freezer to start with, sautéed in some butter.
November 4, 2025 at 4:36 AM
I made some pretty delicious creamy apple, pumpkin, and squash soup recently!
It can easily be adapted based on what you have in your fridge/freezer/pantry.
Start with some mirepoix (ish). I had some sautéed carrots, celery, and leeks in the freezer to start with, sautéed in some butter.
It can easily be adapted based on what you have in your fridge/freezer/pantry.
Start with some mirepoix (ish). I had some sautéed carrots, celery, and leeks in the freezer to start with, sautéed in some butter.
The best little dude.
November 4, 2025 at 4:12 AM
The best little dude.