Dr. Dolittle

Comparative Physiologist, Proud member of the American Physiological Society (APS)

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Happy Halloween! Today, we examine some pretty spooky diets on LifeLines: https://t.co/jpoFcmSeXl
#Diet #animal #nature #science #foodfriday #Halloween2025 #Bats #frog

[Nature is Amazing ☘️ @AMAZlNGNATURE]

This place needs more baby Bears

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Check out my new flipboard magazine: Nature's Solutions and Lifelines https://t.co/Lq1Tnyzszc via @flipboard

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Primed for survival: How sea hares inspire new clues to protect the brain from low oxygen conditions such as stroke https://t.co/s5MAgTPbcs
#health #medicine #Stroke #science #animals #nature @AJPRegu

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It seems that we are learning more every day about potential exposure to "forever chemicals", such as PFAS. A new study aimed to track PFAS movement through the food chain. Find out what they learned: https://t.co/9OmMbyiwvN

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Of mice and men: Study reveals how exercise and age change muscles: https://t.co/IYkGb5hunb
#exercise #health #wellness @AJPRegu

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Meet the Tuatara, New Zealand's living fossil. No, we are not talking about the luxury sports car. We are talking about a reptile that is even cooler...
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#animals #reptile #biology #evolution #NewZealand #Tuatara
(photo by Sid Mosdell via Wikimedia)

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Best Friend or Stress Test? According to the NIH, 68% of households in the United States have a pet. Pets are thought to help people by decreasing stress and…https://t.co/lM2c36TKCv

#pets #dogs #health #stress #medicine
Photo by Anna Tarazevich on https://t.co/06l5nrI5Ik

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Your body has a small amount of special fat, called brown adipose tissue and research shows it does way more that generate heat and burn calories. Find out more: https://t.co/XPXOFyKmLW
#BrownFat #Health #hibernation #weightloss #science #metabolism #medicine

[Shark Week @SharkWeek]

A showdown between bull sharks turns chaotic when Paul de Gelder takes a surprise plunge 😳
Catch Bull Shark Showdown Friday at 10p as #SharkWeek continues on Discovery!

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Research shows that leadership roles can be stressful for both leaders and subordinates. Find out more on LifeLinesBlog: https://t.co/GlbUDFHb8n
#leader #health #stress #management #mentalhealth #medicine #animals https://t.co/GlbUDFHb8n

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Happy Shark Week! In this LifeLinesBlog post, we explore the surprising risks of fasting in juvenile tiger sharks: https://t.co/dDaIKaW8pK
#diet #fasting #SharkWeek #health #animals #ocean

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As if drinking blood weren't bad enough, find out what other gross things mosquitoes do while drinking blood on LifeLinesBlog: https://t.co/xmwoJq6EiU
#animals #science #mosquitos #MosquitoControl #health #insects #medicine #summer

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Red, White, and Bison: Celebrating Freedom and National Bison Month. Learn more about these remarkable animals: https://t.co/8UrawmA9ks
#animals #science #winter #NationalBisonMonth #independenceday2025

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Time Machine: Is lactic acid really to blame for muscle fatigue? Find out the answer on LifeLinesBlog: https://t.co/t1p4dw7uAG
#exercise #fitness #health @APSPhysiology

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Ocean oddity: Find out how teleost fish stay hydrated in saltwater and maintain healthy ocean ecosystems: https://t.co/Hn0E6fZvuo
#ocean #fish #animals #environment #science @APS_CEPS @APSPhysiology

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Check out these new findings about human and avian muscle adaptations to endurance exercise: https://t.co/GNKpPECcGp
#exercise #athlete #science #animal #health #medicine #fitness

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Time Machine: Keeping it hot...or not. Taking a look at how body temperature is regulated in this foundational review from 1921 by Dr. Henry Barbour (Yale University): https://t.co/uu2Q3ZdX67

[BBC Wildlife @WildlifeMag]

An agile hunter of fish, learn more about this carnivorous, semi-aquatic mammal, including how to identify each of the 13 species found worldwide, habitat, diet and other key species facts.

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[Popular Science @PopSci]

By parking harbor seals in front of, essentially, an arcade, researchers got a better sense of how they navigate such cloudy waters. https://t.co/eSBhdYKk2W