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Spilið er núna fáanlegt í Nexus, Spilavinum og á síðu Karólínafund

Næsti viðburður er fimmtudaginn 27.maí á borgarbókasafninu í Kringlunni, kl 17 - 18.30

#náttúruval #spil #Borgarbókasafn #Nexus #Spilavinir #Karólínafund

Agami Heron (Agami agami) Mexico & the Amazon Basin. Stealth predators, they crouch motionless on branches or tree roots overhanging water for hours at a time.

They’re listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.

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Munur á hegrum og trönum er helst í því hversu vel hærðir hegrarnir eru.

Það er enginn hegri í stokknum en grátranan er það.

beardedmrbean

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Gíraffar og skjaldbökur

OgMörgÖnnurDýr

Kíktu í Nexus Glæsibæ og nældu þér í spilið

#náttúruval #Nexus #gíraffi #skjaldbaka

Komdu að sækja eða kaupa Náttúruval í Nexus Glæsibæ á sunnudaginn 3.maí, milli 14 og 16

#náttúruval #Nexus #Glæsibær #Hópfjármögnun

Komdu að sækja eða kaupa Náttúruval í Nexus Glæsibæ á sunnudaginn 3.maí, milli 14 og 16

#náttúruval #Nexus #Glæsibær #Hópfjármögnun

deepdwellingsteamboat

BLUE PLANET II 2017・1x02 The Deep

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Japanski kóngulóarkrabbinn, er í stokknum. Flattur út nær hann 1,5 metra 👀🦀

#natturuval.is #Náttúruval #spil

babyfoxcollectionthings

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Stórglæsilegur örn, eða assa.

#natturuval.is #náttúruval #örn #assa

Ef þú vissir ekki hvað hvalir eru magnaðir þá mæli ég með að kíkja á þetta, þarna er líka stutt myndband um hvernig vísindafólk fór að geta "þýtt" hljóðin þeirra

Kannski eigum við ekki langt í land með að skilja hvað hvalir eru að syngja um?

The mammals' mysterious clicks contain a stunning level of complexity, a new study shows.

#náttúruval #hvalir #spil #fréttir úr dýraríkinu #dýraríkið #hvalasöngur #mikilvægi hvala #hvalahljóð

amnhnyc

Appearances can be deceiving. 👀 Though it may look like a close relative of rabbits or mice, the bush hyrax (Heterohyrax brucei) is actually more closely related to manatees and elephants! All three animals are members of the clade Paenungulata. And just as in elephants, the hyrax’s front incisors grow continuously to form tusks. Unlike its larger cousins, this small mammal only weighs about 10 lbs (4.5 kg). It inhabits rocky areas, and can be found in parts of Africa including Egypt and Angola.

Photo: Mike G. Rutherford, CC BY-NC 4.0, iNaturalist

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Áhugaverðir náungar!

#nature #science #animals #did you know #Náttúruval #Card game

amnhnyc

Appearances can be deceiving. 👀 Though it may look like a close relative of rabbits or mice, the bush hyrax (Heterohyrax brucei) is actually more closely related to manatees and elephants! All three animals are members of the clade Paenungulata. And just as in elephants, the hyrax’s front incisors grow continuously to form tusks. Unlike its larger cousins, this small mammal only weighs about 10 lbs (4.5 kg). It inhabits rocky areas, and can be found in parts of Africa including Egypt and Angola.

Photo: Mike G. Rutherford, CC BY-NC 4.0, iNaturalist

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Áhugaverðir náungar!

#nature #science #animals #did you know #Náttúruval #Card game

elbiotipo

Also I am asking all of you, once again, to learn about ecosystem conservation and restoration instead of wallowing in "we are already past the point of no return" or that it will take "millennia" to restore ecosystems.

You have to understand that nature does not work in the same timeframe as ours. Protecting and restoring ecosystems is RIDICULOUSLY inexpensive and requires very little industrial technology; shovels and saplings are not exactly high-tech. But it takes time and long-term projects with people determined to do it. Maybe we are too focused in our "we want it now" thinking, but what you see today is not what you may see in 10, 20, 50, even 80 years if you live that long.

But it works. It's working right now, and when capitalism is replaced by socialism and we stop thinking on short-term gain, when our societies are focused into the common welfare instead of accumulation, it will even work better. Again I could point out to individual examples but instead, I encourage you to learn about ecology. We are well past from the catastrophic "Earth will die and there's nothing we can do" predictions from the 80s. We know what to do, we know it can work.

elbiotipo

A new study published online today, April 25, in the scientific journal Science provides the strongest evidence to date that not only is nat

This article talks about this very much in the "see? ecology can help the economy too!" tone that unfortunately is sort of necessary to convince people in the current capitalist system. But I don't want you to focus on this right now.

I want you to KNOW how doable this is. How inexpensive this is, how POSSIBLE THIS IS. That people working and loving the land and nature they live in is possible. That these projects WORK, THEY DO restore and preserve ecosystems. That humanity is neither a plague that destroys everything or a passive bystander on its own destruction but that these are actual things that can be, are, and will be implemented, backed by actual science and results. This is not empty #hopecore #hopepunk feel good stuff, these are things you can learn about, even work towards, and you can most certainly demand they are part of our society.

Are you listening to me?

solarpunkcast

"I'm just losing hope." Then get some fucking conviction. Millions of people around the globe are working their asses off and seeing results. What they are doing IS WORKING.

This orange peel story was huge years ago: https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/a-fruitful-experiment-in-land-conservation/

Beavers reintroduced to historic wetlands improve them at such a level that we can see the improvements from space: https://news.mongabay.com/2023/09/nasa-satellites-reveal-restoration-power-of-beavers/

Africa is successfully slowing desertification and restoring historic farming soil with their Green Wall project: https://welcomeafrica.org/en/africa-combats-desertification-with-a-belt-of-life/

There has even been success at regrowing coral reefs--something which I am old enough to be told was impossible. But people have been hard at work for decades since then, and this is one of the results: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2024/03/240308123248.htm

REPAIRING THE DAMAGE IS ENTIRELY WITHIN THE REALM OF POSSIBILITY.

THERE IS ALWAYS HOPE IF YOU HAVE THE CONVICTION TO BACK IT UP.

vanann6

One of my favorite youtube channels for keeping hope alive. Anytime I can, I donate to their rewilding project.

China is using goat herds to keep the grass (which has grown back because of shade provided by their solar farms) in check. And they’re planting drought tolerant trees and using rabbits to help regreen some of the deserts.

And Nevada, a state I’m from, reuses over 80% of its wastewater. Arizona is not too far behind with over 50% wastewater recycling. And Arizona has been working to restore their wetlands, like the Tres Rios.

I may not be doing anything all that big, but I do go out at least once a month with a local group to help pick up litter.

There are things we can do, big and small.

And I think that’s pretty freaking cool.

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Hér er ótrúlega góð ástæða fyrir því að sjá og skilja að fólk sé ekki vírus eða vandamálið. Við erum hluti af vistkerfinu og við berum ábyrgð.

lavendercowboyart

Be it by accident, carelessness, or intention, humans have driven an uncountable number of species to extinction.

There was a time when Reunion giant tortoise (Cylindraspis indica) herds dominated an island in the Indian ocean. The curious and friendly behavior of these gentle giants made them easily hunted, introduced invasive species decimated any future generation, and they were met with extinction in the 1800s.

A large relative to the pigeon, the Dodo (Raphus cucullatus) was a turkey-sized flightless bird endemic to a small island east of Madagascar. The Dodo’s fearlessness towards humans allowed for easy and heavy hunting. The first record of the Dodo was penned in 1598 and not even 65 years later - by 1662 - the species was believed to be lost.

Curious, gentle, and nearly 3x the size of a manatee, Steller’s sea cows (Hydrodamalis gigas) were never recorded to have caused damage to the ships ruthlessly hunting them. Though populations were already in decline, the Steller’s sea cow went extinct within 27 years of European discovery.

The Falkland Islands wolf (Dusicyon australis), like the others, was similarly curious and fearless of humans. This trusting behavior was easily exploited and used to lure the small canids to an accelerated extinction.

It is a shame how the most gentle are often the most easily exploited. The loss is unquantifiable.

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Merkilegt að sjá hversu auðveldlega þetta hefur verið gert.

Það þýðir ekkert að benda á að þetta sé svo langt síðan. Þetta er enn að gerast og við þurfum að vera vakandi fyrir því.

#náttúruvernd

v-e-l-v-e-t-g-o-l-d-m-i-n-e

Last month my mom sent me a link with a story about a pack of desert lions in Namibia that decided to move to the beach in a search for food, and I've been thinking about it since I read it, like

Imagine finding those big girls in a beach, of all places

A pack of desert lions in Namibia is adapting to the rugged terrain of the Atlantic coast, and wildlife photographer Griet Van Malderen is d

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Áhugaverð frétt um dýr sem þurfa finna sína leið þegar hýbýli þeirra eru í húfi

#Fréttir úr dýraríkinu #Ljón

headspace-hotel

At some point in the last 3 hours I ran off on a tangent looking up things about captive deer farms, since Chronic Wasting Disease has been popping up in Kentucky now and it seems to be highly related to captive deer farms.

My curiosity was raised because I remembered a long time ago I was curious about rabies in deer and found this paper documenting symptoms of rabies in deer that died of the disease in a captive deer farm, and I investigated further and found another paper documenting rabies cases on a deer farm in Pennsylvania.

From the second paper:

Most (71%) farms reported vaccinating deer against at least 1 disease, but deer were vaccinated on case farms only in response to previously rabid deer (Table 1). A low perceived risk for rabies was cited as the primary barrier to rabies vaccination among control farms. In contrast, witnessed contact between deer and rabies reservoir species was relatively common (43% of farms reported contact with skunks, and 36% reported contact with raccoons) (Table 2).

That means 29% of the farms didn't vaccinate their deer against any diseases.

Anyways, most of the google results for captive deer farming seem to be related to chronic wasting disease, and it seems like captive deer farming is one of the main causes of the spread of the disease, since they are moving deer long distances. It's unbelievable that this isn't at the forefront of the conversation.

...By the way, the deer are being bred for "hunts" where some rich asshole pays $10,000 to go into a fenced-in area to shoot a deer that has been bred to have freakishly large antlers and habituated to have no fear of people. And just look at them!

The poor things. This isn't hunting

(images come from this article from a hunting magazine - real hunters of course are disgusted by this bullshit)

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Ekki allt dýrahald er siðferðislega réttlætanlegt en þetta er dýraníð.

Endilega kynnið ykkur aðstæður áður en þið heimsækið og styrkið þar með starf staða sem starfa með og sýna dýr.

Dýragarðar eru ekki sjálfkrafa að stunda dýraníð og á sama tíma getur gæludýraeign verið vafasöm, þá bæði siðferðislega og hvað varðar aðstöðu.

Dýr eru ekki hlutir sem við megum koma fram við hvernig sem okkur sýnist. Þau eru lifandi verur sem eru fær um að þjást og upplifa ömurð. Það er okkar skylda að koma fram við þau af þeirri sæmd sem þau verðskulda.

#Dýrahald #Dýraníð #Svo eru þessi ofsalegu horn víst krabbamein #Dýraræktun

ltwilliammowett

This video depicts a moment that is nearly impossible to observe: a sperm whale surfacing with a giant squid clenched between its teeth. These predators hunt at depths exceeding 800 meters, where light does not penetrate, and only biosonar directs the pursuit. Consequently, clear surface images are exceedingly rare.

🎬: @lud_adventure

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Risasmokkfiskurinn hefur lengi verið mikil ráðgáta og það hefur verið deiluefni hvort búrhvalir og risasmokkfiskar etja grátt silfur. Nú er samt þannig að búrhvalir eru örum settir, geta kafað á mikið dýpi og hafa fundist leifar af risasmokkfiskum í dauðum búrhvölum.

#Búrhvalur #Risasmokkfiskur