Happy anniversary to Björk’s album, ‘Homogenic’. Released this week in 1997. #bjork #homogenic #joga #bachelorette #hunter #alarmcall #allisfulloflove

Today's poem:

Atlas
- by Terisa Siagatonu

https://www.tumblr.com/ukdamo/715380709571837952/atlas?source=share

#poetry #TerisaSiagatonu #samoa #ClimateCatastrophe #oceans #pacific #refugee #AlarmCall #perceptions #skewing #GlobalHeating

Parochialism in a bird species: playbacks of distress calls induce hierarchical patterns of helping, the bird being more prone to cooperate with close members of their group. Remarkably, this pattern is independent of kinship.

#Science #Biology #AnimalBehaviour #Bird #Wren #AlarmCall #communication #cooperation #KinSelection

📄 Camerlenghi et al (2023) Multilevel social structure predicts individual helping responses in a songbird. Current Biology http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2023.02.050

Tali: The GROUNDHOG is VISIBLE. 😡
Me: Okay, let's go on a walk so you can smell where it was and realize it's just a giant squirrel, not a competitor.
Tali: Don't care, eating grass. 🐮
One titmouse in particular: The #CAT is VISIBLE. 😡

#AlarmCall #LeashCat #GetOutside #Spring