Leida Dos Santos

I am a passionate innovative conservationist,educator,researcher and communicator with a particular interested in amphibians and in love with the natural world

[Tock @yvan_theriault]

Quand les oiseaux chantent dans votre jardin, votre cerveau reçoit un signal qu'il interprète depuis des centaines de milliers d'années comme une seule information : il n'y a pas de danger. Pas une impression. Un mécanisme.

Dans toute l'histoire évolutive des mammifères, le silence soudain des oiseaux précédait la présence d'un prédateur. Leur chant continu signalait l'inverse : l'environnement est sûr, les ressources sont disponibles, le système nerveux peut sortir de sa vigilance. Ce câblage n'a pas disparu. Des chercheurs de l'Institut Max Planck pour le développement humain à Berlin ont soumis 295 participants à six minutes de chant d'oiseaux ou de bruit de circulation, dans une expérience randomisée publiée dans Scientific Reports en 2022. Le chant des oiseaux a réduit de manière significative l'anxiété et les pensées anxieuses — des effets mesurables sur l'état mental après six minutes d'écoute.

Une étude plus récente a suivi 233 personnes lors d'une promenade de trente minutes dans un parc, en mesurant la pression artérielle, la fréquence cardiaque et le cortisol salivaire avant et après. Le cortisol a chuté en moyenne de 33 %. Les participants qui avaient activement prêté attention au chant des oiseaux autour d'eux ont obtenu des résultats encore plus marqués. Pas besoin d'identifier les espèces. Pas besoin de connaître leur nom. Juste écouter.

Ce qui rend ce signal plus fragile qu'il n'y paraît : la LPO, le Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle et l'Office français de la biodiversité ont publié le bilan de trente ans de comptages. Entre 1989 et 2019, la France a perdu près de 30 % de ses oiseaux communs. Dans les milieux agricoles, un tiers des effectifs a disparu. Merles, mésanges, pinsons, rouge-gorges — les espèces des jardins ordinaires déclinent à mesure que les haies disparaissent, que les insectes se raréfient, que les façades se rénovent sans laisser de cavités.

Le chant du matin n'est pas un fond sonore. C'est un rapport sur l'état du vivant autour de vous.

Ce que votre jardin attire, votre cerveau l'entend.

[Give A Shit About Nature @giveashitnature]

Don't move a box turtle. Box turtles spend their entire lives within a few-acre home range, memorized down to specific logs, water sources, and winter burrows. A relocated turtle will spend the rest of its life trying to walk home, crossing roads, exhausting itself, and usually dying long before it gets there.

[Annie @AnnieForTruth]

Trump is spending another $5 million in taxpayer money to coat four horse statues in 24.75 karat gold. He is spending OUR money on frivolous things while hardworking Americans are struggling to pay for gas, groceries and medication. 😡 https://t.co/vMKBorcQsO

[Nature Unedited @NatureUnedited]

Don't harm opossums! They’re harmless and actually really useful. They keep pests in check (eating ticks, roaches, rats, and scorpions), clean up dead animals, and help spread seeds. Basically, they’re nature’s cleanup crew

[Chris Gloninger, CCM, CBM @ChrisGloninger]

35°C in London. 7 dead in France. A ball girl nearly collapsed at Roland Garros. It's May.

The UK broke its spring temperature record. Climate Shift Index for London: 5, the maximum. A Nature study found heatwaves are 200× more likely now. Fossil fuel companies caused half the intensity increase. 95% of UK homes have no AC. They were built for a climate that no longer exists. Full breakdown on Substack:

https://t.co/8v3O7DD8LJ

#UKHeatwave #RolandGarros #ClimateChange #ExtremeHeat #ClimateScience

[SriSathya @sathyashrii]

Bravo ✨👏👏

[Olena Rohoza @OlenaRohoza]

🇺🇸🧐“AND YOU STILL DARE TO OPEN YOUR MOUTH…”

Sasha Legerman: This is too accurate not to share.

This Australian’s response to Trump’s rant that “NATO does nothing for America” is absolutely devastating:

“Mate. You run a country where 600,000 homeless people will sleep on the streets tonight.

A country where 40% of adults can’t cover a $400 emergency without borrowing money.

A country where insulin costs more than a car payment, and people ration it just to stay alive.

A country where medical debt is the number one cause of bankruptcy.

A country where women die in hospital parking lots because doctors are too afraid of abortion laws to treat miscarriages.

You imprison more of your own citizens than any country on Earth.
More than China. More than Russia. More than North Korea.

In the land of the free, 2 million people sit in cages, and a quarter of them haven’t even been convicted of anything.
They’re simply too poor to afford bail.

Your life expectancy is declining. You’re the only developed nation where that’s happening.

Your infant mortality rate is worse than Cuba’s.

Your children practice active shooter drills between math and English classes while you sell defense stocks to your friends.

Your minimum wage hasn’t changed in 15 years.

Your teachers work two jobs, your veterans sleep under bridges, and you just spent a trillion dollars flattening a country that never attacked you.

And now a convicted criminal — found liable for sexual abuse, defending a pedophile, sleeping with a porn star, and running the biggest dumpster-fire campaign since the Taliban — is thanking you for yet another disaster.

And you call Greenland badly governed?

Greenland has universal healthcare. Free education. One of the lowest incarceration rates in the world.
Nobody there goes bankrupt because they got sick. Nobody dies in a waiting room because insurance refused treatment.

‘NATO wasn’t there when we needed them.’

When exactly was that, champ?
September 11?

Because NATO invoked Article 5 for the first and only time in history FOR YOU.

Soldiers from dozens of countries deployed, fought, bled, and died in Afghanistan FOR YOU.

Australia wasn’t even in NATO, and we still showed up. For twenty years.

And then you left at 2 a.m. without telling anyone and left everybody else to clean up the mess.

You don’t care that a great nation is being terrorized by your friend, and you haven’t shown it a single ounce of sympathy.

So maybe before calling other countries badly governed, take a look at your own backyard, you aluminum siding salesman with a spray tan.

The only thing badly managed in this picture is your damn mouth.

And you still dare to lecture the rest of the world?”

[Amphibian Survival Alliance @amphibiansorg]

SO... ABOUT THE PRIZES

Your lens could take the top prize of $1000 or one of the 4 $200 category prizes. But more importantly, your image could help people see amphibians differently.

Send you shots by July 6 → https://t.co/DHjxJDNI6A

[Protect the Wild @ProtectTheWild_]

The River Wye has just made UK history.

For the first time, an entire river catchment has been formally recognised as a living ecosystem with rights - including the right to flow, thrive, regenerate, and be free from pollution.

It's a major victory for nature.

[Geoffrey Lean @GeoffreyLean]

For decades sceptics cited lack of melting of Antarctic ice as proof the world was not hearing up. But since 2015 it has been vanishing far faster than scientists expected. Now a new study suggests it may spark a new climate tipping point.

https://t.co/MhCWC56YW3

[Green is a mission @Greenisamissio1]

I am the tree

- I cool the earth
- I store CO2
- I protect the soil
- I take care of the water table
- I am the home of many animals
- I produce oxygen
- I clean the air and water

Please make sure that my friends become more, not less.💚☘️🌿🌱🌳🌲🍀💚

[Calgary_Wildlife @CalgaryWildlife]

After 7 months in care, our pelican patient has been released!
Last seen, swimming off with her new flock! 💚 🥹 💚

[Leida Dos Santos @Anfileida]

@BettinaSRoss1 I don’t expect anything else 🫣

[TheBossRoss 🇪🇺 🧶 ❄ 📷 6x💉 @BettinaSRoss1]

So what happens when Reform take over your local council?

This.

#KentCountyCouncil

[Bat Conservation International @BatConIntl]

With over 1500 species found everywhere but the polar regions, bats are key contributors to biodiversity worldwide. 🌎

Happy International Day for Biological Diversity from the batties! 🦇

[Leida Dos Santos @Anfileida]

@Martina Is this actually true ? Anyone ?

[Tangwa Abilu.🌿🌏🌾🍀🍃.SDG's. @AbiluTangwa]

Let's champion sustainable agriculture 🌱
By embracing regenerative farming, we heal our soil, secure our food, and empower a brighter future for all.
Say NO to slash & burn farming.
Like, comment, repost if you agree! #SaveOurSoil #RegenerativeFarming

[UN Environment Programme @UNEP]

Grasslands, shrublands, and savannahs cover nearly half of our land and are rich in life and history.

Now under threat, they need restoration, including preserving native plants, local knowledge, and sustainable practices.

#GenerationRestoration info: https://t.co/LzWx62B4k1

[Leida Dos Santos @Anfileida]

Don’t you just love wildlife 🥰🥰🥰

[UN Environment Programme @UNEP]

Happy 100th birthday to the world's most beloved nature broadcaster!

@‌UN Champion of the Earth Sir David Attenborough has devoted his life to documenting the bond between humanity and nature, and sharing it with the world.

Thank you for inspiring millions to care for our planet.