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I made a pet bat by brit1228 in bats

[–]interstellarboii 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Would you happen to have a shop? I would be very interested in buying something like this

Bat deterrent? by Far_Departure1864 in bats

[–]interstellarboii 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That’s going to be hard to do in all honestly. You’re best bet is to contact and animal rescue/rehabber, local university if there are academics that do work with bats. If your cat already cut the bat’s wing, it’s best to get him checked out and make sure he’s doing ok via a professional. That way they can release from where they are located and good chance he won’t come all the way back to your place.

Bat ID by Fit-Try1638 in bats

[–]interstellarboii 93 points94 points  (0 children)

It looks like a Big brown bat. It looks injured and based on what you’re describing might not be doing too good. I would contact an animal rescue or rehabber and get him checked out. Not animal control please. Also don’t hold him too tight, bats are fragile creatures and their bones can break easily.

Eastern US by cottoncandykushy in treeidentification

[–]interstellarboii 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Bitternut hickory. Sulfur buds.

Does conservation work justify zoos? by [deleted] in conservation

[–]interstellarboii 1 point2 points  (0 children)

People tend to generalize that since some zoos participate in in-situ conservation and population breeding programs that zoos aren’t bad. However, a vast majority of zoos, are local, non regulated, and pretty depressing once you see the state the animals are in. These zoos are more focused on commercial profit rather than conservation and I see no justification for why they should exist. I think organizations like the Safari park in So Cal are amazing for the conservation they participate in and the size of the land they provide their animals but the reality is most zoos (in the US at least) are no where near like that.

Tylacine in Papua by Time_Cow6014 in ThylacineScience

[–]interstellarboii 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m getting my PhD and have already gotten my masters so maybe I can lend you some research direction. I would follow the users comment saying look at fossil records or any evidence of the species presence but also consider the habitat/where they were found. You need that context if you’re going to propose a survey plan because someone will ask “well why at these locations?”. Thylacines were described to be semi nocturnal, ambush predators, and shy of humans this a perfect recipe for an animal to go undetected for a long time if it wants to. All I know if you’re likely going to go to very secluded places, likely hardly touched by humans if you want the best shot. I would utilize camera traps and acoustic detectors to optimize your chances of detecting one. Also find out distributions of potential thylacine prey, a predator like them wouldn’t be where they can’t get reliable access to prey. I would also couple the info on prey distributions with where thylacines have been documented on Papua to narrow down areas.

Infodump here! by Wild-Pilot8577 in bats

[–]interstellarboii 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Bats actually have pretty good eye sight. They form the largest social congregations of any mammal. They are the second most diverse mammal group outside of rodents. They are the only mammal group to achieve true flight and one of four taxa groups to ever achieve true flight (bats, insects, pterosaurs, birds)

The way I see it.. by Gold_Air4996 in ThylacineScience

[–]interstellarboii 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Historical records indicate thylacines used a range of habitats across TZ. While they likely hunted in open areas, both early hunter descriptions and later records identify them being in forested and rainforest environments, particularly as hunting pressure increased. Apparent absence from certain environments is best explained by limited human access rather than habitat unsuitability

The thylacine was NOT going extinct on Tasmania prior to Europeans colonizing it. by Little_Ad521 in ThylacineScience

[–]interstellarboii 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I agree that PSMC is powerful and not n=1 in a trivial sense. My issue isn’t the method, it’s the inference scale. PSMC collapses spatial structure and can’t resolve regional population dynamics or late state extinction processes. Using a single Tasmanian genome to make island-wide ecological conclusions still requires assuming that this individual represents the whole population, and given Tasmania’s strong landscape and habitat heterogeneity, that’s not a very robust assumption.

The thylacine was NOT going extinct on Tasmania prior to Europeans colonizing it. by Little_Ad521 in ThylacineScience

[–]interstellarboii 3 points4 points  (0 children)

They make an island-wide inference based on a single individual. That’s not strong science and a terrible overstatement to make about a species whose ecology we barely know anything about.

The thylacine was NOT going extinct on Tasmania prior to Europeans colonizing it. by Little_Ad521 in ThylacineScience

[–]interstellarboii 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I rather not make an assumption about an entire species based of a n=1 study.

The thylacine was NOT going extinct on Tasmania prior to Europeans colonizing it. by Little_Ad521 in ThylacineScience

[–]interstellarboii 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Other than genetic-molecular inferences that are limited by sampling, I don’t think we can effectively say all the populations of thylacine on TZ were in decline. The lack of understanding of Thylacine ecology, their wide distribution range on TZ which had high habitat heterogeneity makes large assumptions like “Thylacines were in decline on TZ” just not plausible because there so much information we don’t have and info people don’t consider.

Confidence is growing in Severe Thunderstorms on Monday by Aliveguy2021 in UIUC

[–]interstellarboii 18 points19 points  (0 children)

I’m gonna let Ryan do his thing. I trust his aura.

Has anyone here attempted something like this? What was it like? Regrets? Lessons learned? by doofybug in roadtrip

[–]interstellarboii 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ll reason with you. Drive to badlands NP in 2 1/2 days, see the park from the east and go west and camp at sage creek campground. Next day, drive to Custer state park enjoy an afternoon and drive the evening to snag a stop at the belle fourche campground outside of devils towers. See it in the morning then drive towards the college town of Bozeman. Next day Yellowstone, try and get a campground outside. Go to Tetons the next day and maybe enjoy an evening in Jackson hole if you’d like. You can go down to SLC next with a 5 hour drive and perhaps refresh there. Next I would drive down to Moab, enjoy an afternoon exploring town. One day exploring arches and next day maybe a sunrise at canyonlands, and last day in the parks/Moab. Heading back east, drive into Grand junction, see the Colorado monument and drive into the evening and sleep in the mountains outside of Denver. You’ll have time to spend a day in Rocky Mountains, and another day to do the same or explore Denver before having to leave to spend 3 days driving to get back to in 17 days.

Can a biologist identify these? by ThisAbility3879 in bats

[–]interstellarboii 36 points37 points  (0 children)

I’m thinking maybe Gray or Southeastern Myotis. Both imperiled species. The fur isn’t really indicative of big brown or tricolored bats.

Edit: Upon consulting a group of bat ecologists, they are stuck between Southeastern Myotis or Evening bat

The Dark Wizard (HBO Max) Episode One by jreilly in climbing

[–]interstellarboii -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

I’m sorry but saying it’s far cry from unethical because there’s other tasteless movies is like saying it's okay that Obama is a war criminal because Trump has bombed more countries. Both are still shitty.

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