#rheas — Public Fediverse posts

Save #Andean #flamingos, #rheas, #guanacos, and #prehistoric micro-organisms from #electric #cars
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/jan/01/chile-lithium-rio-tinto-fears-colla-indigenous-water-atacama-ecosystem?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
My take here https://nkozphoto.com/index.php/2022/07/11/space-race-electric-cars-and-climate-change-elon-musks-misguided-bid-for-south-american-access-and-resources/ #tesla #Climate #climatechange #wildlife #atacama #chile #musk #kast

Dumb birds no more: #Emus and #rheas are technical innovators, say researchers https://phys.org/news/2025-02-dumb-birds-emus-rheas-technical.html paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-88217-8

"palaeognath innovation is not as complex as in #crows and #parrots. However, it is still a very important finding... There were no reports of technical innovation in #palaeognaths before this study, and there was a prevailing view that they are dumb birds... that is not true. Technical innovation may have evolved far earlier in #birds than previously thought"