spotted a big one back in august. beautiful bug! #teammoth

shuck yeah buddy

I’m curious about spatial epidemiology and related GIS. Is there a publication that goes with this image, or not yet? Did your team at USask create this?

Why do mules make up a majority of such cases? Higher susceptibility?

Hell of a long way to paddle

Agree. Saying ‘human’ makes it seem like human existence and environmental destruction are two inextricable concepts. We can dismantle capitalism, colonialism, racism, and patriarchy, as these are evils upkept by the system and our compliance to it. They are not innate in human beings.

I do not know the answer to this - but it reminds me of the mast fruiting phenomenon; Robin Wall Kimmerer wrote about it in pecan trees.

orionmagazine.org/article/peca...

I wonder if a similar communication, cue, or something… is responsible for the mass shedding.