Sarah

Created for Lehigh University's EES 28

[Sarah @Sarah63601898]

@erinlyn028 This is probably the most interesting part of 23andMe to me. I only have less than 2% Neanderthal DNA; I have 230 Neanderthal variants. #ees028

[Sarah @Sarah63601898]

Another round of birding #ees028

[Sarah @Sarah63601898]

I went for a walk the other day. Loads of geese near a pond, and also a few other birds flying around. #ees028

[Sarah @Sarah63601898]

A Japanese aquarium is encouraging people to video call their eels. Due to the absence of visitors, the eels are becoming wary of people & hiding, making it hard for keepers to check on them. The video calls hopefully will help them remember people #ees028
https://t.co/EVuywGjt0l

[Sarah @Sarah63601898]

An example of ex situ controversy... a rare snow leopard was captured and sent to a zoo due to "wild animal-human conflict." People are unhappy that the leopard will be removed from natural habitat & forced into captivity for the rest of its life #ees028
https://t.co/bmlaGyRHRk

[Sarah @Sarah63601898]

"The more we clear, the more we come into contact with wildlife that carries microbes well suited to kill us" - habitat destruction presents a major threat to us as well as the species whose habitat we are destroying #ees028
https://t.co/taSkOxYohW

[Sarah @Sarah63601898]

The endangered Przewalski's horse can be found in the zone; the horses were released there as part of a conservation program, but there is debate about balancing the benefit from the lack of human interference with the harm of contamination. #ees028

[Sarah @Sarah63601898]

Numerous animal species have repopulated the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, which was pretty much entirely abandoned by humans due to the nuclear explosion in 1986. #ees028
https://t.co/h5OjiVP0wF

[Michael Greshko @michaelgreshko]

BREAKING: Paleontologists in Morocco have found a nearly complete tail of the enigmatic dinosaur Spinosaurus—and it's shaped like a giant paddle. It's arguably the most extreme aquatic adaptation ever found in a large predatory dinosaur. My latest: https://t.co/SW89IAkQeI

[Sarah @Sarah63601898]

My results: #ees028

[Sarah @Sarah63601898]

I just calculated my Ecological Footprint! How many planets does it take for your lifestyle? Find out: https://t.co/ZlHAuChdQS
#movethedate #ees028

[Sarah @Sarah63601898]

A suggestion would be to deextinct species such as mammoths, especially with projects to extract DNA occurring. However, the project member believes the science is still a long way off for that, and also that there are ethical obstacles to doing so. #ees028

[Sarah @Sarah63601898]

13,000 years ago, North America had very different animals living on it - North American lions, cheetahs, etc. These animals went extinct, likely due to human involvement known as "Pleistocene overkill". #ees028

[Sarah @Sarah63601898]

A third concern is that the reintroduced species could be invasive and harm the ecosystem, but the project member argues that this is unlikely as the species has previously inhabited this land rather than being entirely new #ees028