Ari Rice
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Ari Rice
@AriBirdman
Bird nerd studying avian landscape genomics with the Manthey lab at TTU. Lover of hybrid zones, memes, and obscure animal taxa. He/him. Tweets are my own.
Lubbock, TX Beigetreten Ağustos 2017
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@AubertHeidi1 (2/2) My stance has softened since then. Like, I get it. Cats are irresistibly cute and make humans think irrationally. But for fuck’s sake, be responsible. You don’t let your cat wander unsupervised for the same reason that you wouldn’t let an animal-abusing toddler run amok.
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@AubertHeidi1 I used to get into all sorts of online arguments with outdoor cat advocates who might as well have been nazi sympathizers in my eyes. Then I took in a stray cat who was cruelly abandoned by my neighbor & found indoor homes for 2 more. (1/2)
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I hate the replies on this. I’ve said this time and time again, feral and outdoor cats are an invasive species and just not be encouraged and essentially subsidized.
4 billion birds a year, 2/3 of American species declining partially due to cats
It’s insane. Keep them inside
The New Yorker@NewYorker
“A neighborhood overrun with cats is a spectacle of contradictions,” Jonathan Franzen writes. “Our sympathy for animals has created a situation that’s terrible for animals.” nyer.cm/2Zf0Y4k
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“A neighborhood overrun with cats is a spectacle of contradictions,” Jonathan Franzen writes. “Our sympathy for animals has created a situation that’s terrible for animals.” nyer.cm/2Zf0Y4k
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@triangleDAYS @NewYorker No. I’ll tell you why this doesn’t work. Firstly, desexed cats still kill wildlife. Secondly, having groups of well-fed cats living outside just encourages more idiots to dump them, negating any population decreases. Cute as they may be, cats do not belong outside. Period.
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@NewYorker Some places in the world love cats. I remember seeing cats all around Rome and found there was even souvenirs of “Cats of Rome” !
The answer is to desex the cats.
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“Dad, I don’t like birds. I wanna be a marine biologist!”
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@Sirforde_Vol2 @samanthaiam Hey, they’re just trying their best to make up for past transgressions!
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As a woman in large carnivore conservation: I for one am ✨shocked✨ that the entire release team is white men!
Arojinle@arojinle1
Wolves went extinct in Colorado, USA since the 1940s. Two days ago, five grey wolves (2 young males, 2 young females and one old male) were released into the wild. I look forward to the day cheetahs will be reintroduced to the Nigerian wild. Tainkyu 😊
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This weirdo showed up today and told me to go into the creepy tower in my back yard. Should I listen to him
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@skwinnicki I would honestly prefer an email like this over the usual novella of groveling that leads to begging.
“Dear Professor Rice,
I am so sorry to bother you, but I am very concerned about my grade in this class…I am a hard-working pre-med student… please show some compassion.”
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Maybe a generational divide here, but I honestly do not give a shit about how students email me as long as I can read it
I’m happy to help answer their questions regardless— if the answer is in the syllabus I answer the question and link the syllabus for future reference
PHD Comics@PHDcomics
How to write to your instructor or T.A.
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@evornithology If I HAD to guess, birds are probably smart enough to not bathe when there's a serious risk of hypothermia. Hot springs would otherwise be death traps for them, and those have been around a lot longer than heated bird baths.
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In areas with severely cold winters, could it actually be a bad thing to provide a heated bird bath? Encouraging birds to get wet and then potentially becoming hypothermic? Thoughts?
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The only vote that matters is right here.
explore.org/fat-bear-week?…
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Sundays are for asking the hard hitting questions
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