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Alper Umur
@aumur.bsky.social
Studying biology, lover of all wildlife & pets. Interested in science, history, photograpy, cinema, gardening, literature and philosopy. Posts in en / tr.

📎 https://linktr.ee/aumur
“Nothing quite encourages as does one's first unpunished crime.”

― Marquis de Sade
November 2, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Mildly interesting :)
October 20, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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"If children don't grow up knowing about nature and appreciating it, they will not understand it. And if they don't understand it, they won't protect it. And if they don't protect it, who will?"
- Sir David Attenborough
October 15, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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explain yourself
October 17, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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Bir ev için duvar-kolon-kiriş neyse, psikolojimiz için de erdemler aynı şeydir: Bizi ayakta tutar, hayatın zor mevsimlerinden korur ve başkaları için de güvenilir kılarlar. İyilik, dürüstlük, çalışkanlık, ümit, cesaret gibi erdemlerin yokluğunda insanlar da çöker, toplumlar da.
September 4, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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RIP #JaneGoodall - one of the modern pioneers of profound interconnections between people, animals and ecosystems. Her life was lived through science, compassion and tireless advocacy for the multiple values of nature - leaving a legacy that will endure for people and planet.
October 1, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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Dört bin yıl önce Antik Mısır'da da birini efkâr basmış:
June 11, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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I am convinced that a stay in the forest is the most effective antidote to melancholy. 💚
-Sylvain Tesson

#ForestFriday
#FernFriday
#trees #moss
#nature #ferns
#photography
September 12, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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Another amazing thing about diving in Costa Rica - all of the huge schools of fish. #MarineLife #scuba #photography
August 24, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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More schools of fish in Costa Rica - some more orderly than others. #MarineLife #scuba #photography
August 24, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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Didn’t notice til editing that you can see and read the text on the telephone wire (or fiber optic cable based on what it says). God I love a good telephoto lens! Northern cardinal here in NH 🌿🪶
July 27, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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Whether it's land or sea, our native biodiversity is being threatened by species brought in accidentally or on purpose from other parts of the world. In the Med it's the south-east Asia seaweed, on the Atlantic coast forests are being chocked by uncontrolled Eucalyptus propagation.
Thousands of tons of invasive seaweed ‘overwhelming’ Spanish beaches
Alga from south-east Asia is major threat to biodiversity, say experts as they warn of environmental catastrophe
www.theguardian.com
July 27, 2025 at 8:22 AM
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18 months. 12,000 questions. A whole lot of anxiety. What I learned from reading students’ ChatGPT logs
18 months. 12,000 questions. A whole lot of anxiety. What I learned from reading students’ ChatGPT logs
Students increasingly use AI chatbots for anything from academic queries to emotional quandaries. But are they missing out on the chance to make their own mistakes? Three undergrads reveal all …
www.theguardian.com
July 27, 2025 at 9:06 AM
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“kaçıncı” is a turkish word that doesn’t correlate to a word in english. i propose a new word “whichnth” (pronounced which-unth) for it. so instead of saying “how many times has this happened abi ya!” you say “whichnth is this abi ya!”. (“abi ya” is just an exclamation for frustration)
July 21, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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76 Ozzy Osbourne years are 228 human years.
July 22, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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Slate-throated Redstart taking a bath at La Minga Ecolodge #colombia

#birds #nature
July 23, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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Kendi anneler günümü kutlarım:)))
May 11, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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Abflugbereit
May 1, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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May 2, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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Hepimize geçmiş olsun. 🫂
April 24, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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The spectacular Glistening-Green Tanager at Doña Dora #Colombia

#birds #nature 🌿
April 24, 2025 at 1:34 AM
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daddy flycatcher is SHOWING OFF to his kids #birds
April 24, 2025 at 4:04 AM
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On the anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, we thought we'd answer a question that's often asked,

"If they raised the Mary Rose, why not raise the Titanic?"

Allow our scaled diagram to explain...
April 15, 2025 at 8:21 AM
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A hairdressers in Salford, England 1986.
Photographer Martin Parr.
April 15, 2025 at 10:46 AM