Haley L. Yorke

Arachnologist, Zoologist, and Evolutionary Biologist. Lives with 100 tarantulas, 16 snakes, 2 rescue parrots. Likes to articulate skeletons. She/Her.

[TurnFear2Fascination 🇬🇧 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇮🇱🕷️ @Tone_Killick]

For the last 12 years I have studied spiders. They have pretty much been a major part of my otherwise hectic life. I generally write about my observations but over the last couple of months I have tried poetry and this is one of them. Please enjoy. #TurnFear2Fascination

[Haley L. Yorke @Haley_Y]

We know who’s really responsible for climate disasters: the oil and gas industry and their financial backers. If @RBC wants to be a climate leader, they can start by cutting Big Oil’s purse strings. #RBCRevealed https://t.co/O2huyYSW78

[Leadnow @leadnowca]

Who would sponsor a wildfire? Only the world's #1 bankroller of fossil fuels,@RBC. By investing billions in oil companies, @RBC is driving intensifying wildfire seasons every year. They rather the public not know this - so we're helping get the message out. #RBCRevealed

[Haley L. Yorke @Haley_Y]

.@s_guilbeault: we have a responsibility to live up to our climate commitments. Will you commit to a fossil fuel phase-out at #COP27? https://t.co/WrIrhbeIeZ

[Leadnow @leadnowca]

URGENT: #COP27 is almost over and Canada is refusing to join India, the US & the EU in committing to a “fossil fuel phase out.” But phasing out oil & gas is essential for a #JustTransition.

@s_guilbeault, be the climate leader you claim to be. Commit to phasing out fossil fuels.

[T. Ryan Gregory 🇨🇦 @TRyanGregory]

Evolutionary biologist here. Those arguments are bullshit. This is "paleo diet"-type pseudoscience but for infections.

[Haley L. Yorke @Haley_Y]

.@SylviaJonesMPP .@FordNation LTC patients, nurses and Ontarians will suffer even more if you privatize healthcare. Privatization is not a solution; investing and supporting public healthcare IS. #OnPoli https://t.co/hJmOKSgDM7

[Leadnow @leadnowca]

.@SylviaJonesMPP and @FordNation: This morning’s announcement is not what healthcare workers or people across Ontario have been demanding. Invest in the PUBLIC healthcare system, #RepealBill124, #10PaidSickDays, #AccessForAll.

https://t.co/Flvh0mWLcX #onpoli

[KevinSmith @ThatKevinSmith]

This @Calgaryexpo is for the birds...

[Haley L. Yorke @Haley_Y]

@ThatKevinSmith @Calgaryexpo It was lovely to meet you and the Clerks crew, @ThatKevinSmith ! Glad you enjoyed the birds and the alligator! (The green one is Joey and the blue and gold macaw is Skye!)

[Haley L. Yorke @Haley_Y]

@DrDanielGillis @shoshanahjacobs @uofg I am absolutely disgusted on behalf of both of you.

[Haley L. Yorke @Haley_Y]

.@JustinTrudeau @FP_Champagne @MattDube You put a fox in charge of the henhouse. Now Telecom competition is dead. #FireIanScott for his big business bias and correct the #CRTC on its arbitrary wholesale internet ruling!

[Haley L. Yorke @Haley_Y]

.@DougBlackAB We have no time to lose to avert the worst of the climate crisis. @SenateCA #PassBillC12 before you rise for the summer. #cdnpoli https://t.co/RzzwieOQKh

[Leadnow @leadnowca]

Canada has missed every climate target it has ever set, and now, our first-ever climate accountability law is hanging by a thread.

We're counting on @SenateCA to sit until #BillC12 passes. Our kids' health and future are at stake.

https://t.co/3NGnu7DVDN

#cdnpoli #PassBillC12

[Haley L. Yorke @Haley_Y]

@Alex_Smith_Ants @uofg CUUUTE!!!

[Haley L. Yorke @Haley_Y]

One of my female #tarantulas that guest starred on @KimsConvenience laid an egg sac that just hatched out! These are only half the babies. @bitterasiandude are you looking for a new fuzzy friend? 😜

[Haley L. Yorke @Haley_Y]

@AmandaZima Hey thanks buddy! Hope all is well with you!

[Haley L. Yorke @Haley_Y]

⁦@bitterasiandude⁩ holding one of his two Lasiodora parahybana costars on the set of this week’s ⁦@KimsConvenience⁩ My tarantulas and I had a great time on set! Love this show and so glad I could be a part of it!

[Haley L. Yorke @Haley_Y]

@angvadel @bitterasiandude @KimsConvenience Her name is Lassie! She and her sister Dora shared the role of ‘Spider’ between them! Lassie did most of the sitting still shots, while Dora did most of the action shots. (Dora is clearly an aspiring stunt spider! 😉)

[Haley L. Yorke @Haley_Y]

@Wynterloren @bitterasiandude Days when I get to do stuff like this are pretty awesome, and I totally love what I do, but there’s also lots of cleaning up poop. LOL 😜

[Haley L. Yorke @Haley_Y]

@AmandaZima Thanks! It was lots of fun!

[Haley L. Yorke @Haley_Y]

@bitterasiandude My pleasure! There’s actually no species of tarantula we know of that is deadly to humans, so you were never in any danger! 😉 (But still makes for good street cred!)

[Haley L. Yorke @Haley_Y]

@Wynterloren @bitterasiandude Lol yup! I train humans as well as parrots, reptiles, and spiders! (As much as spiders can really be ‘trained’, lol. Paul was an A+ trainee! 😁

[Haley L. Yorke @Haley_Y]

@TooManyNewGames @bitterasiandude There were two tarantulas, both female Lasiodora parahybana, and their names are Lassie and Dora.

[Haley L. Yorke @Haley_Y]

@SturdyHugh @andrewphung @bitterasiandude He did! He was very brave and ended up warming up to his arachnid costars quite well! (The spiders and I had a great time on set too!)