Etti Cooper

Investigating the scaling of feeding performance and metabolic rate in chameleons @usd. @BatesCollege alum. Avid creature finder. she/her

[Etti Cooper @EttiCooper]

Come work with us!

[Christopher V. Anderson @CVAnderson_USD]

I am hiring a Postdoctoral Researcher to study the comparative biomechanics & thermal effects of chameleon feeding! See attached flier for more info & contact me directly with questions!
Official job add & application portal: https://t.co/FZFQzCPw8r

[IUCN SSC Chameleon Specialist Group @IUCNchameleons]

Happy Chameleons Day! Today we celebrate these magnificent reptiles and honor the existance of the 228 species (from 12 genera) described to date!
#chameleonday #InternationalChameleonDay #ShowYourColors #ChameleonDay2024 #ChameleonDay #ChameleonDayMay9

[IUCN SSC Chameleon Specialist Group @IUCNchameleons]

Chameleon have independently moving eyes that allow them to look in two directions at the same time. Their eyes are able to move >180º horizontally * >90º vertically.
#InternationalChameleonDay #ShowYourColors #ChameleonDay2024 #ChameleonDay #ChameleonDayMay9

[IUCN SSC Chameleon Specialist Group @IUCNchameleons]

Chameleons use ballistic tongue projection to feed at distances ≤2.5x their body length, producing the highest accelerations & power outputs among any reptile, bird & mammal movements.
#InternationalChameleonDay #ShowYourColors #ChameleonDay2024 #ChameleonDay #ChameleonDayMay9

[IUCN SSC Chameleon Specialist Group @IUCNchameleons]

It's International Chameleon Day somewhere (midnight in Madagascar)! Starting with this post, we will make a post an hour for the next 37 hours (11pm Hawaii time)! To start off, we want to announce the new IUCN SSC Chameleon Specialist Group (CSG) website: https://t.co/2r3aYPd7bC

[Etti Cooper @EttiCooper]

Tomorrow (May 9th) is the first ever International Chameleon Day! Follow @IUCNchameleons to learn more about these incredible creatures.

[IUCN SSC Chameleon Specialist Group @IUCNchameleons]

May 9, 2024 will be the inaugural International Chameleon Day! This day, which is being initiated by Wildlife Madagascar in collaboration with more than 25 partner organizations, is a day to celebrate and raise awareness about one of the planet's most unique and engaging reptiles! The IUCN Chameleon Specialist Group will be actively posting and sharing information about the biology and conservation of chameleons throughout the day, so stay tuned and watch this space to learn about these fascinating animals!
#showyourcolors #internationalchameleonday #chameleonday #chameleondayMay9

[Etti Cooper @EttiCooper]

Some cool stuff from George, South Africa!

[Christopher V. Anderson @CVAnderson_USD]

On our way to South Africa for our second year of fieldwork and specimen collection as part of the lab’s work on thermal adaptations in chameleons.

[Nikole Schneider @KoleChameleon]

New paper out in @PLOSONE !

Comparative analysis of gender disparity in academic positions based on U.S. region and STEM discipline

Spoiler alert: work towards gender parity is needed in every region and STEM discipline!

https://t.co/8HLIQoU6l8

[Etti Cooper @EttiCooper]

Absolutely unreal creature I’ve just discovered. This is the white lipped tamarin (Sanguinus labiatus). He looks like the offspring of a Furby and a gremlin

[Etti Cooper @EttiCooper]

by a lateral membrane, which is the dark tissue pictured here. This is only HALF of this individual’s clutch! Luckily, chameleons’ internal organs don’t take up much space, which leaves lots of room for the babies to develop until parturition.

[Etti Cooper @EttiCooper]

Ever wondered what the inside of a gravid chameleon looks like? Some chameleon species, like the Trioceros jacksonii jacksonii specimen pictured here, are viviparous. After struggling to analyze some ultrasound images of gravid females, I decided to dissect

[Etti Cooper @EttiCooper]

some preserved specimens that were presumed gravid. I certainly wasn’t expecting the eggs to fill up so much of the body cavity! This individual had 14 eggs, each one containing an embryo that appeared to be beginning to develop limb buds. Half of the clutch is separated

[Etti Cooper @EttiCooper]

Zoom in on the words in the rat figures. Unreal (literally)

[Raven Baxter, Ph.D. @ravenscimaven]

Please come look at this shit. These scientists used AI images in this damn paper. Link to this real paper in the fucking thread. @FrontiersIn is a joke

[Etti Cooper @EttiCooper]

@madi_g_mcintyre Hmm… if only someone got credit for starting this

[Etti Cooper @EttiCooper]

Are you interested in chameleons and/or the scaling of metabolic rate? Find out what this guy and I have been working on at 2:30 on Wednesday the 3rd as part of the Metabolism part 1 session! #SICB2024

[Madi McIntyre @madi_g_mcintyre]

It’s the end of 2023 and the beginning of 2024; you know what that means!? 2023 Creatures Wrapped: Here are my top five creatures of the year. It was hard to choose when I had the privilege to meet so many cool guys!

[Madagasikara Voakajy @MVoakajy]

Let's save 'Calumma tarzan', a unique chameleon in the Anosibe An'Ala district!
Madagasikara Voakajy gives training on the use of SMART tool to the member of Dina Committee and local community based within Ambatofotsy and Ankorabe for forest inspection.
#SaveOurSpecies

[Etti Cooper @EttiCooper]

INAT WRAPPED LETS GOOOO

[iNaturalist @inaturalist]

It's that time again, the iNaturalist Year in Review is out!

Over 1m people posted nearly 40m observations of 289k species so far, and we've got some nerdy charts for you to check out, like...

https://t.co/gf3I9BiNYI

#biodiversity #communityscience #nature #citizenscience

[iNaturalist @inaturalist]

Our #WildlifeWednesday Observation of the Day is this Mulanje #Chameleon (Nadzikambia mlanjensis), seen in #Malawi by rfoquet!

More details at: https://t.co/jhlFOWElX4 #nature #reptiles #herpetology #biodiversity