Here is our great big monograph on #fossil#megafaunal#kangaroos of genus #Protemnodon! Six years in the making. We recognise 7 species, 3 newly named, with diversity of locomotor mode. Thanks to everyone that got this over the line ❤️
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@WoodnuttStacey Ahh I see! That's likely due to their eyes facing laterally - sideways - so they can more effectively watch for predators. This means they will have a small blind-spot directly in front of their nose.
Should've happened a while ago, but I'm saying goodbye now to this burning train being driven headlong into oblivion by a world-destroying, wannabe-fascist little man-child.
Come join me where the sky is Blue and my handle is the same as here xo
@WoodnuttStacey Hi Stacey, I don't know of an inability in kangaroos to focus on close objects. But they do have fairly poor colour-vision compared to many placental mammals (eg. humans) & have relatively good hearing & smell. Probably because they're night/dusk-dawn active, when light is low.
"Leave fossil fuels in the ground. It's so simple.This is the most important predicament humanity has ever faced and by design as a result of the enormous oppressive power of the fossil fuel industry, we're flunking it." George Monbiot.
No time to waste. #ActOnClimate
You mean mass redundancies, the evisceration of entire disciplines, rampant managerialism, and the fanatic embrace of a profit-driven model of scholarship haven't fostered a climate of open inquiry and big ideas?
Who could've known?! 🤷♂️
https://t.co/kwWkxhNUR6
Lots to digest in this piece - well worth 5 mins of your time to read.
Though grim, the original study puts tangible numbers on the utterly shit situation that so many PhD grads + postdocs are finding themselves in right now 😔
Op Ed by me, in @AusGeo.
"What’s most important, and sorely needed, is a reckoning with our relationship with this vast continent’s lands, seas and waters."
https://t.co/scbOaeAxcY
The description of the skull of Genyornis newtoni, a giant anseriform, is finally out, https://t.co/LZ7rQwHwHX after years of work, this skull has revealed so much more about this bird and its relatives than we could have hoped for. @Blokoweka and Trevor Worthy
Another new paper looking at how both the size of an animal and its diet together influence skull shape - this time in rodents! 🐭💀
Well done team! @WeisbeckerLab@aemarcy @TGuillerme
https://t.co/WF5D5om9yj
Very honoured to have been a contributing scientist to the new #megafauna documentary by @ABCaustralia which is now live on #ABCiview. The production team and the scientists are wonderful. Very highly recommend watching the new series Megafauna: what killed Australia's giants?
Back from the trip of a lifetime to #papuanewguinea, 2 weeks in the Bulolo area digging for #fossils in the Pliocene Otibanda Formation. Thankyou to @MuseumPNG, & to the welcoming & generous people in Saksak village for trusting us with your place & knowledge, we'll be back soon!