Chris Anderson
@cnanderson.bsky.social
I study evolution, ecology, & behavior and teach at a Hispanic Serving Institution. Interested in Broadening Participation in STEM. Greater Chicago Area. He/him.
EDIT: I know that there is no lower latitude than the equator. I just misspoke.
November 7, 2025 at 2:46 PM
EDIT: I know that there is no lower latitude than the equator. I just misspoke.
So I can explain to the students why, at this specific location, we are higher up than the floodplain across the way. The fast moving water has made this side of the pond a modest bluff 5/5
November 7, 2025 at 2:41 PM
So I can explain to the students why, at this specific location, we are higher up than the floodplain across the way. The fast moving water has made this side of the pond a modest bluff 5/5
Same thing happens in an oxbow pond (or any river bend, really), the flow on the outside is faster than the flow on the inside 4/N.
November 7, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Same thing happens in an oxbow pond (or any river bend, really), the flow on the outside is faster than the flow on the inside 4/N.
At the beginning of class, when discussing ocean gyres, I share this CALVIN AND HOBBES strip and point out that the equator makes a much longer circumference trip than higher and lower latitudes. 3/N
November 7, 2025 at 2:38 PM
At the beginning of class, when discussing ocean gyres, I share this CALVIN AND HOBBES strip and point out that the equator makes a much longer circumference trip than higher and lower latitudes. 3/N
This photo was taken at an oxbow pond at a forest preserve like 5 minutes from campus. This specific location allows me to connect (at a different scale) a concept that I talked about in the first week of class. 2/N
November 7, 2025 at 2:35 PM
This photo was taken at an oxbow pond at a forest preserve like 5 minutes from campus. This specific location allows me to connect (at a different scale) a concept that I talked about in the first week of class. 2/N
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There are other fun flamingo adaptations:
1. They have an organ that excretes salt, so they can drink saltwater.
2. Adults secrete 'crop milk' to feed young. Because of the carotenoids in their diet, this red liquid looks like blood.
3. Same-sex couples raising chicks are common in large flocks.
1. They have an organ that excretes salt, so they can drink saltwater.
2. Adults secrete 'crop milk' to feed young. Because of the carotenoids in their diet, this red liquid looks like blood.
3. Same-sex couples raising chicks are common in large flocks.
July 6, 2024 at 3:34 PM
There are other fun flamingo adaptations:
1. They have an organ that excretes salt, so they can drink saltwater.
2. Adults secrete 'crop milk' to feed young. Because of the carotenoids in their diet, this red liquid looks like blood.
3. Same-sex couples raising chicks are common in large flocks.
1. They have an organ that excretes salt, so they can drink saltwater.
2. Adults secrete 'crop milk' to feed young. Because of the carotenoids in their diet, this red liquid looks like blood.
3. Same-sex couples raising chicks are common in large flocks.