Ted R. Kahn
@tedrkahn.bsky.social
Retired Zoologist/Herpetologist/Environmental Consultant/Field Biologist/Artist/Author. IUCN/SSC/ASG Commission Member. Punk Rocker/Skateboarder.
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Juma Xipaia Chief of the Yanuni, Brazil. she lowers her headdress to call upon the forest & all the forests people to come together & protect one another. The documentary "Yanuni" & how she has survived 6 assassination attempts defending her people’s land from illegal gold miners and deforestation.
January 18, 2026 at 1:48 AM
Juma Xipaia Chief of the Yanuni, Brazil. she lowers her headdress to call upon the forest & all the forests people to come together & protect one another. The documentary "Yanuni" & how she has survived 6 assassination attempts defending her people’s land from illegal gold miners and deforestation.
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The documentary "Yanuni" profiles Indigenous chief Juma Xipaia, who has survived six assassination attempts while defending her land from illegal gold miners and deforestation.
“Yanuni”: Film Follows Brazilian Indigenous Leader Juma Xipaia’s Fight for the Amazon
The documentary Yanuni profiles Indigenous chief and activist Juma Xipaia, who has survived six assassination attempts while defending her people’s land from illegal gold miners and deforestation. The...
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January 18, 2026 at 12:16 AM
The documentary "Yanuni" profiles Indigenous chief Juma Xipaia, who has survived six assassination attempts while defending her land from illegal gold miners and deforestation.
Still #frogfriday here in Washington, DC (e.g., Satan's Ballroom). Sorry world. We'll fix this shit asap. Here have a polychromatic black & blue Andinobates fulgritus & and a nominal black & green one. Hope they make you feel better. #resist🐸
January 17, 2026 at 12:47 AM
Still #frogfriday here in Washington, DC (e.g., Satan's Ballroom). Sorry world. We'll fix this shit asap. Here have a polychromatic black & blue Andinobates fulgritus & and a nominal black & green one. Hope they make you feel better. #resist🐸
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#frogfriday Parque Regional Natural Barbas-Bremen is an active research area where Andinobates bombetes is being conserved & studied. The park serves as a biological corridor ~60 ha, adjoining a total area of 1,600 hectares. Municipality of Finlandia, Department of Quindo, Colombia. 🐸
January 16, 2026 at 11:09 PM
#frogfriday Parque Regional Natural Barbas-Bremen is an active research area where Andinobates bombetes is being conserved & studied. The park serves as a biological corridor ~60 ha, adjoining a total area of 1,600 hectares. Municipality of Finlandia, Department of Quindo, Colombia. 🐸
Enjoy another frog for #Frogfriday!🐸 The yellow polytype of Ameerega bassleri I painted/published yrs.-ago. They got jump! Enjoy!
January 16, 2026 at 6:25 PM
Enjoy another frog for #Frogfriday!🐸 The yellow polytype of Ameerega bassleri I painted/published yrs.-ago. They got jump! Enjoy!
#frogfriday! Enjoy the shapes of some Burmese frogs I illustrated for an SI publication (Zug, 2022).🐸...and some frog anatomy from another pub.; I forget which journal and year (Pyron et al., maybe 2015?).
January 16, 2026 at 1:44 PM
#frogfriday! Enjoy the shapes of some Burmese frogs I illustrated for an SI publication (Zug, 2022).🐸...and some frog anatomy from another pub.; I forget which journal and year (Pyron et al., maybe 2015?).
How we determined the Environmental Doomsday Clocks time. North America is set at 10:26 for 2025. Here's the PDF summary press release. www.af-info.or.jp/en/ed_clock/...
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January 15, 2026 at 1:24 PM
How we determined the Environmental Doomsday Clocks time. North America is set at 10:26 for 2025. Here's the PDF summary press release. www.af-info.or.jp/en/ed_clock/...
Bad news. The Environmental Doomsday Clock (the sense of crisis felt about the continuance of the Human race) has moved forward for the first time in four-years (2025). Guess it's time to start resetting the clock for 2026. Should get it done by early Winter 2026... if we are still alive...
January 15, 2026 at 1:16 PM
Bad news. The Environmental Doomsday Clock (the sense of crisis felt about the continuance of the Human race) has moved forward for the first time in four-years (2025). Guess it's time to start resetting the clock for 2026. Should get it done by early Winter 2026... if we are still alive...
Today the White House says the Smithsonian Institution must submit materials about current and upcoming exhibitions & events for a review that will determine whether they express “improper ideology.” Glad I'm not at SI anymore. Imagine using the words polymorphic, monophyletic & Polytypic! LOL T****
January 14, 2026 at 4:33 PM
Today the White House says the Smithsonian Institution must submit materials about current and upcoming exhibitions & events for a review that will determine whether they express “improper ideology.” Glad I'm not at SI anymore. Imagine using the words polymorphic, monophyletic & Polytypic! LOL T****
My peps made the WAMU 88.5 Radio here in Washington, DC & heard worldwide. Here they are w/ my Nephew/Niece in the middle. Minor Threat's (Ian on left) Rights of Spring's (Alec on right). HarDCore punk from the early 80's. Yes, I was at each show. Read, watch & listen. Peace wamu.org/story/25/12/...
January 13, 2026 at 8:54 PM
My peps made the WAMU 88.5 Radio here in Washington, DC & heard worldwide. Here they are w/ my Nephew/Niece in the middle. Minor Threat's (Ian on left) Rights of Spring's (Alec on right). HarDCore punk from the early 80's. Yes, I was at each show. Read, watch & listen. Peace wamu.org/story/25/12/...
Just for fun. Enjoy! "A bird in the hand..." Birds in the hand. Understand four-or-more languages, speak as many as you can (my Dad spoke 7 fluently-I'm 3-behind); learn another language today, and for Christ's sake keep your genetic distance.🐸😊
January 13, 2026 at 6:31 AM
Just for fun. Enjoy! "A bird in the hand..." Birds in the hand. Understand four-or-more languages, speak as many as you can (my Dad spoke 7 fluently-I'm 3-behind); learn another language today, and for Christ's sake keep your genetic distance.🐸😊
#mundanemonday Words 300 to ~129 per journal spec's. My editors will be happy. Here, have a rather rare polytype of Porthidium lansbergii (Schlegel, 1841) from Venezuela; the Epistine files are not there. Bitching snakes & friends are! Santos, mi pana.🐍💚Straight guys can give flowers to each other.
January 13, 2026 at 4:29 AM
#mundanemonday Words 300 to ~129 per journal spec's. My editors will be happy. Here, have a rather rare polytype of Porthidium lansbergii (Schlegel, 1841) from Venezuela; the Epistine files are not there. Bitching snakes & friends are! Santos, mi pana.🐍💚Straight guys can give flowers to each other.
#snakesunday Photographer wishes to remain anonymous; respect that if you know this person and/or pic's. I've permission to use several. Lampropeltis elapsoides, FL, USA; Pre-pub teaser😁 Specific details of locality will be withheld. Pic's to be in upcoming publication by yours truly, et al. Enjoy!🐍
January 11, 2026 at 7:56 AM
#snakesunday Photographer wishes to remain anonymous; respect that if you know this person and/or pic's. I've permission to use several. Lampropeltis elapsoides, FL, USA; Pre-pub teaser😁 Specific details of locality will be withheld. Pic's to be in upcoming publication by yours truly, et al. Enjoy!🐍
#salamandersaturday Have a backyard lead-backed phase of the red-backed salamander, Plethodon cinereus; fat w/ eggs. Washington, DC's official (in absentia) State Amphibian; DC's not a State. Photo in my backyard, NW Washington, DC USA.🦎(sorry no salamander emoji). Enjoy! Don't "Drain the Swamp!"
January 11, 2026 at 6:40 AM
#salamandersaturday Have a backyard lead-backed phase of the red-backed salamander, Plethodon cinereus; fat w/ eggs. Washington, DC's official (in absentia) State Amphibian; DC's not a State. Photo in my backyard, NW Washington, DC USA.🦎(sorry no salamander emoji). Enjoy! Don't "Drain the Swamp!"
#salamandersaturday Red Salamanders Pseudotriton r. ruber (sorry no salamander emoji) two-2-year olds and a 1-year old larva🦎Enjoy! Photo by me. Frederick Co., MD USA.
January 11, 2026 at 5:14 AM
#salamandersaturday Red Salamanders Pseudotriton r. ruber (sorry no salamander emoji) two-2-year olds and a 1-year old larva🦎Enjoy! Photo by me. Frederick Co., MD USA.
#snakesaturday Neonate smooth green snakes, WVA, USA. Enjoy!🐍
January 10, 2026 at 2:35 PM
#snakesaturday Neonate smooth green snakes, WVA, USA. Enjoy!🐍
#frogfriday Not a bad day in ca. Tena, Ecuador ~9-yrs. ago. Two Ranitomeya ventrimaculata & one of many Ameerega bilinguis. Enjoy!🐸
January 9, 2026 at 4:01 PM
#frogfriday Not a bad day in ca. Tena, Ecuador ~9-yrs. ago. Two Ranitomeya ventrimaculata & one of many Ameerega bilinguis. Enjoy!🐸
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHMs... Yep. What Punks can't have 10,000 songs we love?
It's Alright
YouTube video by Loggins & Messina - Topic
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January 8, 2026 at 3:58 PM
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHMs... Yep. What Punks can't have 10,000 songs we love?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mneh... America sucks.
Signal 99 - American Monster
YouTube video by Signal 99
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January 8, 2026 at 3:52 PM
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mneh... America sucks.
#tbt Huaorani lances from ~25-yrs. ago when I was inducted into the tribe while living in their territory, Amazon.The red one is a well-used-poison-tipped war lance; the other is ceremonial & carried into the UN in NYC. Both were gifts & legal. ~3 meters long. Chaunta Palm holds very sharp edges.
January 8, 2026 at 1:13 PM
#tbt Huaorani lances from ~25-yrs. ago when I was inducted into the tribe while living in their territory, Amazon.The red one is a well-used-poison-tipped war lance; the other is ceremonial & carried into the UN in NYC. Both were gifts & legal. ~3 meters long. Chaunta Palm holds very sharp edges.
www.youtube.com/shorts/NpIq-... Yep. Have a laugh and a cry.
Mr. Oil Man, start your machines
YouTube video by Elle Cordova
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January 8, 2026 at 11:13 AM
www.youtube.com/shorts/NpIq-... Yep. Have a laugh and a cry.
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Trump regime ICE troops murdered a US citizen, a woman in Minneapolis. She was shot point blank in the face according to witnesses. Footage shows her drive away as an ICE trooper shoots into her car window, causing her car to lose control.
January 7, 2026 at 6:34 PM
Trump regime ICE troops murdered a US citizen, a woman in Minneapolis. She was shot point blank in the face according to witnesses. Footage shows her drive away as an ICE trooper shoots into her car window, causing her car to lose control.
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Release the Files
January 7, 2026 at 5:50 PM
Release the Files
#wetwednesday soon!🦎(Sorry no salamander emoji😔). VA, USA. I've been surveying this population of Ambystoma (& a few Plethodontids) for ~40+ yrs. but it has been monitored for more than 70-yrs! Enjoy!
January 7, 2026 at 5:02 PM
#wetwednesday soon!🦎(Sorry no salamander emoji😔). VA, USA. I've been surveying this population of Ambystoma (& a few Plethodontids) for ~40+ yrs. but it has been monitored for more than 70-yrs! Enjoy!