#zoology — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #zoology, aggregated by home.social.
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🪱 NEW: Researchers in #Vienna found that the jaws of the ragworm 'Perinereis cultrifera' are made of #proteins bonded with metal ions including #zinc, producing a #material hard like metal yet elastic like #polymer.
Other bristle #worms swim backwards without turning, see in #ultraviolet, and detach rear ends that swim to the surface to spawn.
👉 https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/living-world/2026/bristle-worms-are-super-weird
#polychaetes #marinebiology #metals #evolution #ocean #zoology #robotics #bioluminescence #invertebrates #science #nature #wildlife
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“Paul Kammerer was a renowned zoologist - ‘Darwin’s Inheritor’ - with a history of dramatic love affairs and a reputation for self-promotion, who died by suicide in Vienna just a few weeks after he was accused of academic fraud on a paper.
A century after his death, his ideas deserve a fresh look, writes evolutionary biologist Max Telford.”
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The North Dakota Bestiary: Thanks to its unique clime, North Dakota is home to a variety of ground squirrel found nowhere else. Once thought to be a hybrid of the native 13-lined ground squirrel and the invasive banded ground squirrel, the plaid ground squirrel is now considered a separate species with a stabilized population in the western part of the state.
It’s omnivorous and opportunistic, but takes a special delight in devouring as many pumpkin-spice grasshoppers as it can find at the end of summer and early fall in preparation for winter. It spends its long hibernation deep in its cozy burrow decorated with at least one “Chai. Chirp. Ciao.” framed sign or throw pillow.
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They’re the sopranos of the forest, so what’s silencing the gibbons’ morning chorus? https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/15/singing-gibbons-forest-sopranos-malaysia-aoe #Primatology #UrbanWildlife #EndangeredSpecies #Wildlife #Malaysia #EndangeredHabitats #TreesAndForests #AnimalBehaviour #Conservation #Animals #AsiaPacific #Environment #Zoology #Science
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They’re the sopranos of the forest, so what’s silencing the gibbons’ morning chorus? https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/15/singing-gibbons-forest-sopranos-malaysia-aoe #Primatology #UrbanWildlife #EndangeredSpecies #Wildlife #Malaysia #EndangeredHabitats #TreesAndForests #AnimalBehaviour #Conservation #Animals #AsiaPacific #Environment #Zoology #Science
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They’re the sopranos of the forest, so what’s silencing the gibbons’ morning chorus? https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/15/singing-gibbons-forest-sopranos-malaysia-aoe #Primatology #UrbanWildlife #EndangeredSpecies #Wildlife #Malaysia #EndangeredHabitats #TreesAndForests #AnimalBehaviour #Conservation #Animals #AsiaPacific #Environment #Zoology #Science
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They’re the sopranos of the forest, so what’s silencing the gibbons’ morning chorus? https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/15/singing-gibbons-forest-sopranos-malaysia-aoe #Primatology #UrbanWildlife #EndangeredSpecies #Wildlife #Malaysia #EndangeredHabitats #TreesAndForests #AnimalBehaviour #Conservation #Animals #AsiaPacific #Environment #Zoology #Science
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They’re the sopranos of the forest, so what’s silencing the gibbons’ morning chorus? https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/15/singing-gibbons-forest-sopranos-malaysia-aoe #Primatology #UrbanWildlife #EndangeredSpecies #Wildlife #Malaysia #EndangeredHabitats #TreesAndForests #AnimalBehaviour #Conservation #Animals #AsiaPacific #Environment #Zoology #Science
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They’re the sopranos of the forest, so what’s silencing the gibbons’ morning chorus?
By Rebecca RatcliffeAs human development and roads increasingly fragment their habitats, a study suggests traffic noise could be altering the animals’ wake-up call
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/15/singing-gibbons-forest-sopranos-malaysia-aoe
#Primatology #Urbanwildlife #Endangeredspecies #Wildlife #Malaysia #Endangeredhabitats #Treesandforests #Animalbehaviour #Conservation #Animals #AsiaPacific #Environment #Zoology #Science #TheGuardian #RebeccaRatcliffe
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They’re the sopranos of the forest, so what’s silencing the gibbons’ morning chorus?
By Rebecca RatcliffeAs human development and roads increasingly fragment their habitats, a study suggests traffic noise could be altering the animals’ wake-up call
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/15/singing-gibbons-forest-sopranos-malaysia-aoe
#Primatology #Urbanwildlife #Endangeredspecies #Wildlife #Malaysia #Endangeredhabitats #Treesandforests #Animalbehaviour #Conservation #Animals #AsiaPacific #Environment #Zoology #Science #TheGuardian #RebeccaRatcliffe
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They’re the sopranos of the forest, so what’s silencing the gibbons’ morning chorus?
By Rebecca RatcliffeAs human development and roads increasingly fragment their habitats, a study suggests traffic noise could be altering the animals’ wake-up call
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/15/singing-gibbons-forest-sopranos-malaysia-aoe
#Primatology #Urbanwildlife #Endangeredspecies #Wildlife #Malaysia #Endangeredhabitats #Treesandforests #Animalbehaviour #Conservation #Animals #AsiaPacific #Environment #Zoology #Science #TheGuardian #RebeccaRatcliffe
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They’re the sopranos of the forest, so what’s silencing the gibbons’ morning chorus?
By Rebecca RatcliffeAs human development and roads increasingly fragment their habitats, a study suggests traffic noise could be altering the animals’ wake-up call
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/15/singing-gibbons-forest-sopranos-malaysia-aoe
#Primatology #Urbanwildlife #Endangeredspecies #Wildlife #Malaysia #Endangeredhabitats #Treesandforests #Animalbehaviour #Conservation #Animals #AsiaPacific #Environment #Zoology #Science #TheGuardian #RebeccaRatcliffe
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The North Dakota Bestiary: As any North Dakotan can tell you, fictional depictions of buffalo wings are a bit off. True buffalo wings are not like those of a feathered bird or run-of-the-mill pegasus; rather, they have long and strong modified bones that support a leathery skin membrane used for flying. In other words, it’s a mammal.
Remarkably, the majestic North Dakota bat-winged bison retains the four legs of a quadrupedal animal, similar to a European/western dragon. This is an example of convergent evolution, so while they aren’t able to breathe fire like a dragon, these ruminants do share rudimentary echolocation abilities with their bat cousins. (Note: the jury is still out on whether or not regular bison use echolocation.)
So the next time you hear something big crashing through the roof of your home or office, don’t worry! It’s just a BWB.
PS: Yes, we know the difference between a buffalo and a bison, but we have chosen as a state to not get worked up about it. Relax.
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_Этология, етологія, Ethology
#Этология, #етологія, #Ethology
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/494_Энтомология, Entomology, Ентомологія
#Энтомология, #Entomology, #Ентомологія
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/493Эмбрио, Ембріо, Embryo
эмбриология биология развития Embryology developmental biology
#Эмбрио, #Ембріо, #Embryo
#эмбриология #биологияразвития #Embryology #developmental biology
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/492_Экология, Ecology, Екологія
эко окружающая среда энвайронментализм, экосистемы, популяции,
#Экология, #Ecology, #Екологія
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/491_эволюция, еволюція, evolution
теория эволюции, эволюционная теория
#эволюция, #еволюція, #evolution
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/490_Флора и фауна Украины
Flora and fauna of Ukraine
Флора і фауна України
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/489_систематика, taxonomy
#систематика, #taxonomy
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/488_Палеонтология, Paleontology, Палеонтологія
#Палеонтология, #Paleontology, #Палеонтологія
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/487_Орнитология, Орнітологія, Ornithology
#Орнитология, #Орнітологія, #Ornithology
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/486B Biology, Біологія, Биология
#Biology, #Біологія, #Биология
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/485_нейро, neuro
Нейробиология, нейрология, Нейробіологія, нейрологія, Neurobiology, neurology,
#нейро, #neuro
#Нейробиология, #нейрология, #Нейробіологія, #нейрологія, #Neurobiology, #neurology
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/483_Нематология, Nematology
#Нематология, #Nematology
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/482Определители растений, лишайников, грибов
Визначники рослин, лишайників, грибів
#Определители
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/481_Микробиология и Вирусология
Мікробіологія та вірусологія
Microbiology and Virology
#Микробиология и #Вирусология
#Мікробіологія та #вірусологія
#Microbiology and #Virology
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/480_Микология, Mycology, Мікологія
#Микология, #Mycology, #Мікологія
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/479_Макология
#Макология
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/478_Microscopy, Мікроскопія, Микроскопия
#Microscopy, #Мікроскопія, #Микроскопия
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/476Cell
Cell biology, Клітина, клітинна біологія, біологія клітини, Клетка, клеточная биология, биология клетки
#Cell
#Cell biology, #Клітина, #клітиннабіологія, #біологіяклітини, #Клетка, #клеточнаябиология, #биология клетки
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/475Клетка, клеточная биология
#Клетка, #клеточнаябиология
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/474_Красная книга
Червона книга, the Red Book,
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/473История биологии
History of biology
Історія біології
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/472Иммунология, Імунологія, Immunology
#Иммунология, #Імунологія, #Immunology
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/471Гистология, Histology, Гістологія
#Гистология, #Histology, #Гістологія
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/469_Грибы
mushrooms, Мікологія, Микология, Mycology
#Грибы
#mushrooms, #Мікологія, #Микология, #Mycology
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/470Зоология, Зоологія, Zoology
#Зоология, #Зоологія, #Zoology
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/468Genome, Геном,
геномика, Genomics, геноміка
#Genome, #Геном,
#геномика, #Genomics, #геноміка
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/466Genetics, генетика
#Genetics, #генетика
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/465Вода, Water
#Вода, #Water
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/464Владивосток, Vladivostok, Приморье, Приморский край
природа, наука, в основном биология, ДВГУ, дипломные работы
#Владивосток, #Vladivostok, #Приморье, #Приморскийкрай
#природа, #наука, в основном #биология, #ДВГУ, #дипломныеработы
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/463Анатомия и морфология растений
Анатомія і морфологія рослин
Anatomy and morphology of plants
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/462Сосудистые растения,
Судинні рослини
Vascular plants
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/460Низшие растения
Lower plants
Нижчі рослини
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/459Геоботаника, Геоботаніка, Geobotany
#Геоботаника, #Геоботаніка, #Geobotany
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/458Биоэтика, Біоетика, Bioethics
#Биоэтика, #Біоетика, #Bioethics
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/456Биохимия, молекулярная биология
Biochemistry, molecular biology
Біохімія, молекулярна біологія
#Биохимия, #молекулярнаябиология
#Biochemistry, #molecular biology
#Біохімія, #молекулярнабіологія
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/455Биология моря, морская биология
Marine biology, Біологія моря, морська Біологія
#Биологияморя, #морскаябиология
#Marine biology, #Біологіяморя, #морськаБіологія
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/453Альгология, Альгологія, Algology
#Альгология, #Альгологія, #Algology
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/452Bioinformatics, Биоинформатика, Біоінформатика
#Bioinformatics, #Биоинформатика, #Біоінформатика
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‘Feral swine bomb’ includes small pig populations in Arizona
He’s been collecting footage of feral hogs in and around the river north of Redington ever since. A…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Wildlife #animal #Animals #arizona #Environment #Feral #feralpig #human–animalinteraction #hunting #pig #Science #UnitedStatesDepartmentofAgriculture #wildboar #Wildboars #Zoology
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Via @your.local.federal.agent on Instagram:
Some of my favourite facts about blue whales!
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Enjoying this, decades after first encountering de Waal via his excellent book on bonobos. The focus is still on primates, but he switches to birds, cetaceans, dogs, cephalopods, rats, etc. as appropriate
#books #CognitiveScience #zoology #AnimalBehavior #FransDeWaal #primatology
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Illustration of a spotted lanternfly (Lycorma delicatula) 🪰
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#scientificillustration #zoology #biology #insect #animal #boardgame #insectarium #menagerie #cardgameart #sciart #bug #lanternfly #fly -
`By generating localized Chordin sources in the Chordin morphant background, we showed that mobile Chordin is necessary and sufficient to establish a peak of BMP signaling opposite to Chordin source. These results provide evidence for BMP shuttling in a bilaterally symmetric cnidarian and suggest that BMP shuttling may have been functional in the potentially bilaterally symmetric cnidarian-bilaterian ancestor.`
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Nesting instinct (Zoology 🦥)
Nesting behavior is an instinct in animals during reproduction where they prepare a place with optimal conditions to nurture their offspring. The nesting place provides protection against predators and competitors that mean to exploit or kill offspring. It also provides protection against the physical environment. Nest building is important in family structure and is theref...
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Frozen zoo (Zoology 🦥)
A frozen zoo is a storage facility in which genetic materials taken from animals are stored at very low temperatures in tanks of liquid nitrogen. Material preserved in this way can be stored indefinitely and used for artificial insemination, in vitro fertilization, embryo transfer, and cloning. There are a few frozen zoos across the world that implement this...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frozen_zoo
#FrozenZoo #Zoos #Cloning #Zoology #Cryobiology #InVitroFertilisation
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Frozen zoo (Zoology 🦥)
A frozen zoo is a storage facility in which genetic materials taken from animals are stored at very low temperatures in tanks of liquid nitrogen. Material preserved in this way can be stored indefinitely and used for artificial insemination, in vitro fertilization, embryo transfer, and cloning. There are a few frozen zoos across the world that implement this...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frozen_zoo
#FrozenZoo #Zoos #Cloning #Zoology #Cryobiology #InVitroFertilisation
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Frozen zoo (Zoology 🦥)
A frozen zoo is a storage facility in which genetic materials taken from animals are stored at very low temperatures in tanks of liquid nitrogen. Material preserved in this way can be stored indefinitely and used for artificial insemination, in vitro fertilization, embryo transfer, and cloning. There are a few frozen zoos across the world that implement this...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frozen_zoo
#FrozenZoo #Zoos #Cloning #Zoology #Cryobiology #InVitroFertilisation
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Frozen zoo (Zoology 🦥)
A frozen zoo is a storage facility in which genetic materials taken from animals are stored at very low temperatures in tanks of liquid nitrogen. Material preserved in this way can be stored indefinitely and used for artificial insemination, in vitro fertilization, embryo transfer, and cloning. There are a few frozen zoos across the world that implement this...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frozen_zoo
#FrozenZoo #Zoos #Cloning #Zoology #Cryobiology #InVitroFertilisation
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If it weren't for the fact that american mink are a non-native invasive species destroying the local wildlife, I'd find them rather elegant and fuzzy...
First time of seeing one in the wild myself. Impressed at just how close we got (about 15' across a water channel).
#mink #americanmink #perthshire #highland #scotland #video #nonnative #invasivespecies #zoology #ecology #biodiversity
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Modern problems with scientific naming: Example – Bigfoot
An article advanced-published on 14 November 2024 in the Journal of Mammalogy calls out the problem with poor naming practices of proposed new species in our internet age. One of the most famous examples of poor practice was that of Melba Ketchum, et al., who not only did a terrible job analyzing DNA from “Bigfoot” but also used a pop-up journal to give Bigfoot another useless name.
The “Perspective” piece by Ruedas, Norris, and Timm, titled “Best practices for the naming of species“, explains that there are set rules to effectively naming new species. Naming is governed by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN) based on the 10th edition of Linnaeus’s Systema Naturæ published likely in 1758. Linnaeus’s system of nature called a consistent use of two Greek or Latin words to denote genus and species.
A person who wishes to designate an organism as a new species must publish the name and description according to the rules in the code of the ICZN. But that frequently does not happen as it should leading to “descriptions that fail to meet standards outlined in the Code” that “can create problems for years afterwards, with any number of unfortunate—and often unforeseen—consequences.”
For example, when authors propose new names that fail to meet the standards in the Code, these names are unavailable. They are called “naked names” (singular = nomen nudum; plural = nomina nuda). The description and name is invalid. The real world effect of these errors is that, if we cannot clearly define the organism we are talking about, we can’t effectively study or protect it.
Ruedas, et al. goes on to describe what makes a good naming process. Additionally, they note issues with electronic publications, which are more prevalent now than in… uh… 1758. The ICZN Code addresses that. It might be argued, they say, that an HTML version of the description can never be the version of record because it’s impermanent.
When you don’t have an actual Bigfoot
There is also a problem with not having a holotype specimen when we now have photographic, video, and DNA evidence instead of a collected sample. While it’s not prohibited, things can get messy if you only have a photo or video to document the find. The example given of an “absurd situation” is that of Bigfoot/Sasquatch. I don’t think the paper’s authors were aware of (or maybe they chose not to go down that hole) of the many instances of people proposing names for Bigfoot and other cryptids on a whim and thinking those names would be valid. This happened before that of the infamous Melba Ketchum and her Bigfoot DNA/Sasquatch Genome debacle. But Ketchum was name-checked in this article because, out of all the rules she didn’t follow, she DID register Homo sapiens cognatus with the ZooBank, the official registry of the ICZN. The name is a nomen nudem because it was missing every other requirement, including a description. Not mentioned in the article is the fact that the Denovo journal that she created herself to publish this one paper (after failing to get it into Nature because the science was so bad), has now disappeared from the internet. It no longer exists.
A second example related to Bigfoot is that of the Patterson-Gimlin Film which is the visual of this creature that everyone recognizes, seemingly from childhood. If a name was given to the creature based on this film, and it turned out that it was a man in horsehide suit as suspected, the name would apply possibly either to the man or to the horsehide as a holotype! That spirals even further into nomenclature chaos, but you can read the article if you want to hear what would happen regarding synonyms.
Unsurprisingly, this tactic has been attempted! In 2017, an alternative healer, Dr. Erich Hunter, described and named the animal based on the 1967 film. He self-published a document on CreateSpace calling the creature Kryptopithecus gimlinpattersonorum (Hunter 2017). The document, “Kryptopithecus gimlinpattersoni, A New Species of Bipedal Primate (Primates: Hominidae) From Humboldt County, California USA” (later edited to “gimlinpattersonorum” as noted above), is a legitimate way to declare a species – since it was printed and could be archived. But Hunter couldn’t follow the rules, either. The original species name was “gimlinpattersoni” which appeared on the cover and in the released print/Kindle copy. That is incorrect Latinization and there is no legitimate way to fix it. Sloppy Latin was just one of the problems in this Bigfoot naming ceremony.
Like Ketchum, Hunter registered the name in ZooBank. That makes no difference. The Code or the registration of the name includes no judgment on the validity of the species description or characterization. The ICZN code, however, explicitly prohibits naming hypothetical concepts. Until a part of a body is found and clearly documented by a professional who knows what they are doing, Bigfoot remains hypothetical. No past used name would legitimately apply unless (I think) it could be proven that the previous name was referring to the same creature. Considering all the things out there that are called a Bigfoot, but aren’t, that’s a heavy lift.
Finally, this process reminds me of the ridiculous stunt pulled as part of the Lost Monster Files show where they named a chupacabra by plucking fun, cool words out of the air. That was just idiotic. There have been past attempts to name the Loch Ness Monster and Cadborosaurus, too. Some of those names are still circulating in the cryptid literature today, misleading the audience to assume that such names are valid and represent a creature yet to be captured. Since there is no distinct description of what the creature was (they possibly could have been just a wave or an already named big fish), the suggested name means nothing without the definitive description. Don’t let amateurs play the zoological name game.
#Bigfoot #binomialNomenclature #Cryptozoology #howToNameNewSpecies #ICZN #MelbaKetchum #newSpecies #Sasquatch #science #scientific #scientificName #scientificProcess #zoology
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Rational cryptid commentator Tyler Stone responds to a question on TikTok about the evolutionary plausibility of Bigfoot. It’s a short and pithy answer that sums up the serious, remaining problems with Bigfoot/Sasquatch existing as a real animal in North America.
- Bigfoot is not that unlikely, compared to other cryptids, because it’s proposed as another species of giant ape. But that idea introduces two very unlikely and unsupported options:
- A. Another member of the human lineage survived undetected alongside us in an area where humans are populous. Or,
- B. Another family of great apes evolved, independently of humans, to walk bipedally.
- Sasquatch as a concept is not very old, considering that indigenous mythology didn’t consider it on the same status as a bear, deer or other local animal. It was more of a spiritual being. Where is the evidence for it in prehistoric America?
- The descriptions of the creature are variable, so much so that several researchers propose that there are multiple unknown species across the continent. This is really stretching the limits of plausibility. Large animals don’t evolve into such distinct populations as proposed in such a short period of time.
- Stories of Bigfoot include significant human interactions. Yet they remain “undetected”. This does not square with how the real world works. How is it that we regularly encounter the creature but yet can’t establish its existence?
- Bigfoot is widespread in range, reported from across the continent, not just the Pacific Northwest. It strains credulity to say that it can be so widely distributed but never be found or documented properly. The idea of no body parts of dead animals may apply to remote (there is no untouched wilderness) parts of forestland, but Bigfoot is reported close to towns and, since they are seen by people, in areas inhabited by people. Therefore, we should have found better evidence by now.
- How would have a Bigfoot species gotten to America? If it was a species from Asia (say, Gigantopithecus – which is problematic in itself), it would have crossed over the Bering land bridge (connecting modern Siberia and North America 15,000 years ago at the latest). Yet, we do not find fossil evidence of it as we do for many other large Ice Age species. There are many other assumptions made that don’t stand up to scrutiny and that scuttle this idea of an Asian migration. (See the video for the details.)
https://www.tiktok.com/@tylerstoneart/video/7405641711306771754
In conclusion, there are several lines of evidence missing for Bigfoot that should exist for us to find, if it is a real animal. Doubt about its reality is well-justified, not just skeptics being dismissive. The fact that scientific research has failed to support the idea of Bigfoot as a species leaves a huge problem with the widespread reports of its existence across the US and Canada. If it’s not a zoological possibility, then what is going on? We have two general options here:
- The sightings and reports are a socio-cultural phenomenon where people are interpreting their encounters as a Bigfoot experience, but they are not actually seeing a Bigfoot as we culturally know it. Instead, the sighting (hearing, smelling…) could be an established animal, person, or thing that the witness did not correctly identify. This option also includes misremembered accounts, deliberately exaggerated or fictionalized reports, and outright hoaxes. If people are told that Bigfoot exists, they are more likely to report that they have encountered it.
- Bigfoot/Sasquatch is not a zoological creature. Since it has been able to avoid capture and biological identification, its behavior and capabilities go beyond natural. It must be para-natural. This option creates an entirely new, complicated, implausible, and currently unsupported array of concepts to unpack. But, some people are very willing these days to venture here in order to support their belief in the creature.
Follow https://www.tiktok.com/@tylerstoneart for more great videos.
#Bigfoot #cryptids #cryptidtok #evolution #IsBigfootReal #Sasquatch #TylerStone #zoology
- Bigfoot is not that unlikely, compared to other cryptids, because it’s proposed as another species of giant ape. But that idea introduces two very unlikely and unsupported options:
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Rational cryptid commentator Tyler Stone responds to a question on TikTok about the evolutionary plausibility of Bigfoot. It’s a short and pithy answer that sums up the serious, remaining problems with Bigfoot/Sasquatch existing as a real animal in North America.
- Bigfoot is not that unlikely, compared to other cryptids, because it’s proposed as another species of giant ape. But that idea introduces two very unlikely and unsupported options:
- A. Another member of the human lineage survived undetected alongside us in an area where humans are populous. Or,
- B. Another family of great apes evolved, independently of humans, to walk bipedally.
- Sasquatch as a concept is not very old, considering that indigenous mythology didn’t consider it on the same status as a bear, deer or other local animal. It was more of a spiritual being. Where is the evidence for it in prehistoric America?
- The descriptions of the creature are variable, so much so that several researchers propose that there are multiple unknown species across the continent. This is really stretching the limits of plausibility. Large animals don’t evolve into such distinct populations as proposed in such a short period of time.
- Stories of Bigfoot include significant human interactions. Yet they remain “undetected”. This does not square with how the real world works. How is it that we regularly encounter the creature but yet can’t establish its existence?
- Bigfoot is widespread in range, reported from across the continent, not just the Pacific Northwest. It strains credulity to say that it can be so widely distributed but never be found or documented properly. The idea of no body parts of dead animals may apply to remote (there is no untouched wilderness) parts of forestland, but Bigfoot is reported close to towns and, since they are seen by people, in areas inhabited by people. Therefore, we should have found better evidence by now.
- How would have a Bigfoot species gotten to America? If it was a species from Asia (say, Gigantopithecus – which is problematic in itself), it would have crossed over the Bering land bridge (connecting modern Siberia and North America 15,000 years ago at the latest). Yet, we do not find fossil evidence of it as we do for many other large Ice Age species. There are many other assumptions made that don’t stand up to scrutiny and that scuttle this idea of an Asian migration. (See the video for the details.)
https://www.tiktok.com/@tylerstoneart/video/7405641711306771754
In conclusion, there are several lines of evidence missing for Bigfoot that should exist for us to find, if it is a real animal. Doubt about its reality is well-justified, not just skeptics being dismissive. The fact that scientific research has failed to support the idea of Bigfoot as a species leaves a huge problem with the widespread reports of its existence across the US and Canada. If it’s not a zoological possibility, then what is going on? We have two general options here:
- The sightings and reports are a socio-cultural phenomenon where people are interpreting their encounters as a Bigfoot experience, but they are not actually seeing a Bigfoot as we culturally know it. Instead, the sighting (hearing, smelling…) could be an established animal, person, or thing that the witness did not correctly identify. This option also includes misremembered accounts, deliberately exaggerated or fictionalized reports, and outright hoaxes. If people are told that Bigfoot exists, they are more likely to report that they have encountered it.
- Bigfoot/Sasquatch is not a zoological creature. Since it has been able to avoid capture and biological identification, its behavior and capabilities go beyond natural. It must be para-natural. This option creates an entirely new, complicated, implausible, and currently unsupported array of concepts to unpack. But, some people are very willing these days to venture here in order to support their belief in the creature.
Follow https://www.tiktok.com/@tylerstoneart for more great videos.
#Bigfoot #cryptids #cryptidtok #evolution #IsBigfootReal #Sasquatch #TylerStone #zoology
- Bigfoot is not that unlikely, compared to other cryptids, because it’s proposed as another species of giant ape. But that idea introduces two very unlikely and unsupported options:
-
Rational cryptid commentator Tyler Stone responds to a question on TikTok about the evolutionary plausibility of Bigfoot. It’s a short and pithy answer that sums up the serious, remaining problems with Bigfoot/Sasquatch existing as a real animal in North America.
- Bigfoot is not that unlikely, compared to other cryptids, because it’s proposed as another species of giant ape. But that idea introduces two very unlikely and unsupported options:
- A. Another member of the human lineage survived undetected alongside us in an area where humans are populous. Or,
- B. Another family of great apes evolved, independently of humans, to walk bipedally.
- Sasquatch as a concept is not very old, considering that indigenous mythology didn’t consider it on the same status as a bear, deer or other local animal. It was more of a spiritual being. Where is the evidence for it in prehistoric America?
- The descriptions of the creature are variable, so much so that several researchers propose that there are multiple unknown species across the continent. This is really stretching the limits of plausibility. Large animals don’t evolve into such distinct populations as proposed in such a short period of time.
- Stories of Bigfoot include significant human interactions. Yet they remain “undetected”. This does not square with how the real world works. How is it that we regularly encounter the creature but yet can’t establish its existence?
- Bigfoot is widespread in range, reported from across the continent, not just the Pacific Northwest. It strains credulity to say that it can be so widely distributed but never be found or documented properly. The idea of no body parts of dead animals may apply to remote (there is no untouched wilderness) parts of forestland, but Bigfoot is reported close to towns and, since they are seen by people, in areas inhabited by people. Therefore, we should have found better evidence by now.
- How would have a Bigfoot species gotten to America? If it was a species from Asia (say, Gigantopithecus – which is problematic in itself), it would have crossed over the Bering land bridge (connecting modern Siberia and North America 15,000 years ago at the latest). Yet, we do not find fossil evidence of it as we do for many other large Ice Age species. There are many other assumptions made that don’t stand up to scrutiny and that scuttle this idea of an Asian migration. (See the video for the details.)
https://www.tiktok.com/@tylerstoneart/video/7405641711306771754
In conclusion, there are several lines of evidence missing for Bigfoot that should exist for us to find, if it is a real animal. Doubt about its reality is well-justified, not just skeptics being dismissive. The fact that scientific research has failed to support the idea of Bigfoot as a species leaves a huge problem with the widespread reports of its existence across the US and Canada. If it’s not a zoological possibility, then what is going on? We have two general options here:
- The sightings and reports are a socio-cultural phenomenon where people are interpreting their encounters as a Bigfoot experience, but they are not actually seeing a Bigfoot as we culturally know it. Instead, the sighting (hearing, smelling…) could be an established animal, person, or thing that the witness did not correctly identify. This option also includes misremembered accounts, deliberately exaggerated or fictionalized reports, and outright hoaxes. If people are told that Bigfoot exists, they are more likely to report that they have encountered it.
- Bigfoot/Sasquatch is not a zoological creature. Since it has been able to avoid capture and biological identification, its behavior and capabilities go beyond natural. It must be para-natural. This option creates an entirely new, complicated, implausible, and currently unsupported array of concepts to unpack. But, some people are very willing these days to venture here in order to support their belief in the creature.
Follow https://www.tiktok.com/@tylerstoneart for more great videos.
#Bigfoot #cryptids #cryptidtok #evolution #IsBigfootReal #Sasquatch #TylerStone #zoology
- Bigfoot is not that unlikely, compared to other cryptids, because it’s proposed as another species of giant ape. But that idea introduces two very unlikely and unsupported options:
-
Rational cryptid commentator Tyler Stone responds to a question on TikTok about the evolutionary plausibility of Bigfoot. It’s a short and pithy answer that sums up the serious, remaining problems with Bigfoot/Sasquatch existing as a real animal in North America.
- Bigfoot is not that unlikely, compared to other cryptids, because it’s proposed as another species of giant ape. But that idea introduces two very unlikely and unsupported options:
- A. Another member of the human lineage survived undetected alongside us in an area where humans are populous. Or,
- B. Another family of great apes evolved, independently of humans, to walk bipedally.
- Sasquatch as a concept is not very old, considering that indigenous mythology didn’t consider it on the same status as a bear, deer or other local animal. It was more of a spiritual being. Where is the evidence for it in prehistoric America?
- The descriptions of the creature are variable, so much so that several researchers propose that there are multiple unknown species across the continent. This is really stretching the limits of plausibility. Large animals don’t evolve into such distinct populations as proposed in such a short period of time.
- Stories of Bigfoot include significant human interactions. Yet they remain “undetected”. This does not square with how the real world works. How is it that we regularly encounter the creature but yet can’t establish its existence?
- Bigfoot is widespread in range, reported from across the continent, not just the Pacific Northwest. It strains credulity to say that it can be so widely distributed but never be found or documented properly. The idea of no body parts of dead animals may apply to remote (there is no untouched wilderness) parts of forestland, but Bigfoot is reported close to towns and, since they are seen by people, in areas inhabited by people. Therefore, we should have found better evidence by now.
- How would have a Bigfoot species gotten to America? If it was a species from Asia (say, Gigantopithecus – which is problematic in itself), it would have crossed over the Bering land bridge (connecting modern Siberia and North America 15,000 years ago at the latest). Yet, we do not find fossil evidence of it as we do for many other large Ice Age species. There are many other assumptions made that don’t stand up to scrutiny and that scuttle this idea of an Asian migration. (See the video for the details.)
https://www.tiktok.com/@tylerstoneart/video/7405641711306771754
In conclusion, there are several lines of evidence missing for Bigfoot that should exist for us to find, if it is a real animal. Doubt about its reality is well-justified, not just skeptics being dismissive. The fact that scientific research has failed to support the idea of Bigfoot as a species leaves a huge problem with the widespread reports of its existence across the US and Canada. If it’s not a zoological possibility, then what is going on? We have two general options here:
- The sightings and reports are a socio-cultural phenomenon where people are interpreting their encounters as a Bigfoot experience, but they are not actually seeing a Bigfoot as we culturally know it. Instead, the sighting (hearing, smelling…) could be an established animal, person, or thing that the witness did not correctly identify. This option also includes misremembered accounts, deliberately exaggerated or fictionalized reports, and outright hoaxes. If people are told that Bigfoot exists, they are more likely to report that they have encountered it.
- Bigfoot/Sasquatch is not a zoological creature. Since it has been able to avoid capture and biological identification, its behavior and capabilities go beyond natural. It must be para-natural. This option creates an entirely new, complicated, implausible, and currently unsupported array of concepts to unpack. But, some people are very willing these days to venture here in order to support their belief in the creature.
Follow https://www.tiktok.com/@tylerstoneart for more great videos.
#Bigfoot #cryptids #cryptidtok #evolution #IsBigfootReal #Sasquatch #TylerStone #zoology
- Bigfoot is not that unlikely, compared to other cryptids, because it’s proposed as another species of giant ape. But that idea introduces two very unlikely and unsupported options:
-
Rational cryptid commentator Tyler Stone responds to a question on TikTok about the evolutionary plausibility of Bigfoot. It’s a short and pithy answer that sums up the serious, remaining problems with Bigfoot/Sasquatch existing as a real animal in North America.
- Bigfoot is not that unlikely, compared to other cryptids, because it’s proposed as another species of giant ape. But that idea introduces two very unlikely and unsupported options:
- A. Another member of the human lineage survived undetected alongside us in an area where humans are populous. Or,
- B. Another family of great apes evolved, independently of humans, to walk bipedally.
- Sasquatch as a concept is not very old, considering that indigenous mythology didn’t consider it on the same status as a bear, deer or other local animal. It was more of a spiritual being. Where is the evidence for it in prehistoric America?
- The descriptions of the creature are variable, so much so that several researchers propose that there are multiple unknown species across the continent. This is really stretching the limits of plausibility. Large animals don’t evolve into such distinct populations as proposed in such a short period of time.
- Stories of Bigfoot include significant human interactions. Yet they remain “undetected”. This does not square with how the real world works. How is it that we regularly encounter the creature but yet can’t establish its existence?
- Bigfoot is widespread in range, reported from across the continent, not just the Pacific Northwest. It strains credulity to say that it can be so widely distributed but never be found or documented properly. The idea of no body parts of dead animals may apply to remote (there is no untouched wilderness) parts of forestland, but Bigfoot is reported close to towns and, since they are seen by people, in areas inhabited by people. Therefore, we should have found better evidence by now.
- How would have a Bigfoot species gotten to America? If it was a species from Asia (say, Gigantopithecus – which is problematic in itself), it would have crossed over the Bering land bridge (connecting modern Siberia and North America 15,000 years ago at the latest). Yet, we do not find fossil evidence of it as we do for many other large Ice Age species. There are many other assumptions made that don’t stand up to scrutiny and that scuttle this idea of an Asian migration. (See the video for the details.)
https://www.tiktok.com/@tylerstoneart/video/7405641711306771754
In conclusion, there are several lines of evidence missing for Bigfoot that should exist for us to find, if it is a real animal. Doubt about its reality is well-justified, not just skeptics being dismissive. The fact that scientific research has failed to support the idea of Bigfoot as a species leaves a huge problem with the widespread reports of its existence across the US and Canada. If it’s not a zoological possibility, then what is going on? We have two general options here:
- The sightings and reports are a socio-cultural phenomenon where people are interpreting their encounters as a Bigfoot experience, but they are not actually seeing a Bigfoot as we culturally know it. Instead, the sighting (hearing, smelling…) could be an established animal, person, or thing that the witness did not correctly identify. This option also includes misremembered accounts, deliberately exaggerated or fictionalized reports, and outright hoaxes. If people are told that Bigfoot exists, they are more likely to report that they have encountered it.
- Bigfoot/Sasquatch is not a zoological creature. Since it has been able to avoid capture and biological identification, its behavior and capabilities go beyond natural. It must be para-natural. This option creates an entirely new, complicated, implausible, and currently unsupported array of concepts to unpack. But, some people are very willing these days to venture here in order to support their belief in the creature.
Follow https://www.tiktok.com/@tylerstoneart for more great videos.
#Bigfoot #cryptids #cryptidtok #evolution #IsBigfootReal #Sasquatch #TylerStone #zoology
- Bigfoot is not that unlikely, compared to other cryptids, because it’s proposed as another species of giant ape. But that idea introduces two very unlikely and unsupported options:
-
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