Holly Pringle
@hollypringle.bsky.social
🌱 Ecology PhD student, Biome Health Project, UCL
🦒 Research interests: human & livestock impacts on wildlife, camera traps, Maasai Mara
📍 Bedfordshire, UK
🐾 Bipedal companion to retired IED detection dog Charlie
🦒 Research interests: human & livestock impacts on wildlife, camera traps, Maasai Mara
📍 Bedfordshire, UK
🐾 Bipedal companion to retired IED detection dog Charlie
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Scientists love to debate and argue, but if there are 3 things every scientist absolutely agrees on, it's that:
1. Climate change is real
2. Vaccines work
3. Those are NOT dire wolves 😤
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1. Climate change is real
2. Vaccines work
3. Those are NOT dire wolves 😤
🧪
April 8, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Scientists love to debate and argue, but if there are 3 things every scientist absolutely agrees on, it's that:
1. Climate change is real
2. Vaccines work
3. Those are NOT dire wolves 😤
🧪
1. Climate change is real
2. Vaccines work
3. Those are NOT dire wolves 😤
🧪
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GODDAMIT. IT’S NOT A RESURRECTED DIRE WOLF. 20 edits in 19,000 genes.
IT’S NOT GOING TO AID CONSERVATION.
EVERY WRITE UP THAT SWALLOWS AND REGURGITATES THIS GUFFERY WOLFSHIT IS DOING PR FOR A FUNDING ROUND.
IT’S NOT GOING TO AID CONSERVATION.
EVERY WRITE UP THAT SWALLOWS AND REGURGITATES THIS GUFFERY WOLFSHIT IS DOING PR FOR A FUNDING ROUND.
April 8, 2025 at 12:05 PM
GODDAMIT. IT’S NOT A RESURRECTED DIRE WOLF. 20 edits in 19,000 genes.
IT’S NOT GOING TO AID CONSERVATION.
EVERY WRITE UP THAT SWALLOWS AND REGURGITATES THIS GUFFERY WOLFSHIT IS DOING PR FOR A FUNDING ROUND.
IT’S NOT GOING TO AID CONSERVATION.
EVERY WRITE UP THAT SWALLOWS AND REGURGITATES THIS GUFFERY WOLFSHIT IS DOING PR FOR A FUNDING ROUND.
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This is such nonsense. This company "claims that the same techniques it uses to summon back species from the dead could prevent existing but endangered animals from slipping into extinction themselves." We already have a method for preventing extinction. It's called conservation, and it works.
April 7, 2025 at 3:09 PM
This is such nonsense. This company "claims that the same techniques it uses to summon back species from the dead could prevent existing but endangered animals from slipping into extinction themselves." We already have a method for preventing extinction. It's called conservation, and it works.
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Dire wolves were not close relatives of gray wolves. They last shared a common ancestor more than 5 million years ago. What Colossal has done is make something new and slapped a dire wolf sticker on it, as if an organism equals a hypothetical genome.
Dire Wolves Were Not Really Wolves, New Genetic Clues Reveal
The extinct giant canids were a remarkable example of convergent evolution
www.scientificamerican.com
April 7, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Dire wolves were not close relatives of gray wolves. They last shared a common ancestor more than 5 million years ago. What Colossal has done is make something new and slapped a dire wolf sticker on it, as if an organism equals a hypothetical genome.
One oat latte for me and a dog-friendly ice cream for Charlie Boy
March 10, 2025 at 4:51 PM
One oat latte for me and a dog-friendly ice cream for Charlie Boy
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“The days of rule by unelected bureaucrats are over.”
Uh....
Uh....
March 5, 2025 at 2:54 AM
“The days of rule by unelected bureaucrats are over.”
Uh....
Uh....
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* unless they're storming the Capitol in support of Trump.
Trump calls on Congress to pass a law mandating the death penalty for people convicted of killing cops
March 5, 2025 at 3:28 AM
* unless they're storming the Capitol in support of Trump.
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Word of the day is ‘lickspittle’ (17th century): a person who fawns upon someone in power for personal gain.
March 4, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Word of the day is ‘lickspittle’ (17th century): a person who fawns upon someone in power for personal gain.
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We are all Zelensky.
February 28, 2025 at 6:37 PM
We are all Zelensky.
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Gene editing technology began by people studying salt marshes. Ozempic began by folks studying the venom of Gila Monsters. Support for basic science has empowered us to understand our world. Tethering it to applications health has transformed and saved countless lives.
February 8, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Gene editing technology began by people studying salt marshes. Ozempic began by folks studying the venom of Gila Monsters. Support for basic science has empowered us to understand our world. Tethering it to applications health has transformed and saved countless lives.
Charlie and I took a trip to North Herts Museum yesterday. He was very interested in the natural history section. So so proud of how well this boy has adapted to civilian life 🥰 #belgianmalinois #retiredmwd
February 9, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Charlie and I took a trip to North Herts Museum yesterday. He was very interested in the natural history section. So so proud of how well this boy has adapted to civilian life 🥰 #belgianmalinois #retiredmwd
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Nice to see our opinion paper on #species #range #shifts & #species #traits among the 🔟 most downloaded papers in 2024 in #GCB 🌏🌐🧪
@globalchangebio.bsky.social
shorturl.at/j7tQW
@globalchangebio.bsky.social
shorturl.at/j7tQW
Bringing traits back into the equation: A roadmap to understand species redistribution
In this opinion piece, we explore under which circumstances species traits are expected to explain the rates and directions of species redistributions in response to climate change and discuss how fu...
shorturl.at
February 5, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Nice to see our opinion paper on #species #range #shifts & #species #traits among the 🔟 most downloaded papers in 2024 in #GCB 🌏🌐🧪
@globalchangebio.bsky.social
shorturl.at/j7tQW
@globalchangebio.bsky.social
shorturl.at/j7tQW
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I don't know, I reckon I could probably guess what's going on 🧐
February 6, 2025 at 10:31 PM
I don't know, I reckon I could probably guess what's going on 🧐
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We are still recruiting Brazilian experts in species ID at Pivotal. It's remote flexible work so a really handy side gig.
If you can identify Brazilian plants or mammals from photos, of frogs, bats or birds from audio, please apply! 🧪
www.researchgate.net/job/1018369_...
If you can identify Brazilian plants or mammals from photos, of frogs, bats or birds from audio, please apply! 🧪
www.researchgate.net/job/1018369_...
REMOTE ROLE FOR ECOLOGISTS, NATURALISTS, AND TAXONOMIC EXPERTS at Pivotal Future in London, UNITED KINGDOM
Jan 2, 2025 | Ecologists, Naturalists, and Taxonomic Experts Can you identify birds, bats or frogs from acoustic data? Or can you identify plants,... | EXPIRES IN 4 DAYS
www.researchgate.net
January 28, 2025 at 11:49 AM
We are still recruiting Brazilian experts in species ID at Pivotal. It's remote flexible work so a really handy side gig.
If you can identify Brazilian plants or mammals from photos, of frogs, bats or birds from audio, please apply! 🧪
www.researchgate.net/job/1018369_...
If you can identify Brazilian plants or mammals from photos, of frogs, bats or birds from audio, please apply! 🧪
www.researchgate.net/job/1018369_...
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Reposted by Holly Pringle
Someone told me recently that it was impossible for adult male elephants to seals to be cute. I’ve never heard someone be so wrong before.
January 27, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Someone told me recently that it was impossible for adult male elephants to seals to be cute. I’ve never heard someone be so wrong before.
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Went on a beautiful wintery walk with Charlie at RSPB The Lodge the other day. Feel blessed to be within walking distance 🥰
January 9, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Went on a beautiful wintery walk with Charlie at RSPB The Lodge the other day. Feel blessed to be within walking distance 🥰
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Coyote pack in the Sierra Nevada.🧪🦊📷
December 23, 2024 at 7:55 PM
Coyote pack in the Sierra Nevada.🧪🦊📷
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🦅⚠️ Vultures save lives & billions
The collapse of vultures in India led to a 4% rise in human mortality due to sanitation impacts, costing $69.4 billion annually.
Clearly conserving keystone species has immense social & economic value
🔗 www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
#Conservation #SciComm 🧪
The collapse of vultures in India led to a 4% rise in human mortality due to sanitation impacts, costing $69.4 billion annually.
Clearly conserving keystone species has immense social & economic value
🔗 www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
#Conservation #SciComm 🧪
The Social Costs of Keystone Species Collapse: Evidence from the Decline of Vultures in India
(October 2024) - Scientific evidence has documented we are undergoing a mass extinction of species, caused by human activity. However, allocating conservation resources is difficult due to scarce evid...
www.aeaweb.org
December 23, 2024 at 2:08 PM
🦅⚠️ Vultures save lives & billions
The collapse of vultures in India led to a 4% rise in human mortality due to sanitation impacts, costing $69.4 billion annually.
Clearly conserving keystone species has immense social & economic value
🔗 www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
#Conservation #SciComm 🧪
The collapse of vultures in India led to a 4% rise in human mortality due to sanitation impacts, costing $69.4 billion annually.
Clearly conserving keystone species has immense social & economic value
🔗 www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
#Conservation #SciComm 🧪
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December 23, 2024 at 6:00 PM
The smartest boy 🎄💚
December 23, 2024 at 6:03 PM
The smartest boy 🎄💚