This is horrific.
USDA lab studies coyote “grief” by deliberately killing their lifelong mates.
Researchers at the USDA’s Predator Research Facility in Utah, working with Utah State University, examine how monogamous coyotes respond when their lifelong mates are deliberately killed. According to a FOIA-obtained protocol, the work involves creating widows by euthanizing one member of bonded pairs, then monitoring the survivors’ behavior and collecting their brains afterward.
Coyotes form lasting, genetically monogamous pair bonds. A 2025 study found elevated stress-related receptors in the brains of widowed female coyotes from the facility. The NSF-funded protocol (approved December 2025, involving up to 78 animals) also includes blood draws, brain-targeted drug injections, GPS and video monitoring, and other procedures.
The research describe the work as an effort to understand the biology of social bonds and grief, with possible relevance to human mental health.
New cross-cultural mix of genres of Tibetan electronic dance music, with the Tibetan dramyin(སྒྲ་སྙན་) lute and influences from American bluegrass music.
Been listening on repeat all day yesterday.
credit to: handhat from tibet.
Good morning weirdos. How do I feel worse today than I did yesterday? I’ve also got fresh cooties on my hands WTF man 🤬🤬🤬🤬
What’s everyone up to on this glorious Friday?
And just like that.
Pauline Hanson comes out to defend rapist Russell Brand.
This woman is a sick depraved monster.
No wonder One Nation is full of rapists, pedophiles, sex offenders, fraudsters and felons.
Of course if Brand was brown, Hanson would shout RAPIST!
#auspol
Again, Australia is destroying so much intact forest home to endangered species! 😡
There is now so much agricultural land across the country, I refuse to believe that MORE forest needs to be cleared! BETTER utilise that land that’s been already destroyed! 😤
Look at that Orangutan. What must it be thinking? Genuinely makes me cry.
The most intelligent species watching its home, the most biodiverse rainforest on earth, disappear for cheap cash… 😭🌳