Larissa

behavioural ecologist turned environmental consultant. (she/her) | BSc @DalhousieU | MSc @UZH_science | 🐕🐿

[Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation @OKWildlifeDept]

it looks like another lovely spring day to REMIND YOU DELINQUENTS TO STOP "RESCUING" BABY ANIMALS. THEIR MOMS ARE MOST LIKELY NEARBY SO JUST MIND YOUR BUSINESS.

FAWNS, DROP EM'.
BIRDS, LEAVE EM'.
RACCOONS, DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT.

ARMADILLO?¿? ARMADILL-NO.

[Larissa @lardarc]

@UPS_Canada Thanks for your reply Henry. Twitter is blocking me from sending you a DM because it thinks I’m not human 🙄🙄 any way I can reach out by phone?

[Larissa @lardarc]

@UPS_Canada are you delivering in Metro Vancouver today? I have been waiting for a package which has been delayed due to sorting errors, now wondering if the weather will further delay

[Imogene Cancellare, PhD @biologistimo]

I’m a biologist, but I’ve got a bone to pick with how woodpeckers are named.

[Saara Junttila 🐶 @JunttilaSaara]

You may have seen some news sites falsely claiming that a recent study ranked breeds by intelligence and found the Belgian Malinois to be the most intelligent. This is not what we did at all.

[Andrew Boozary MD @drandrewb]

Moderna wants to charge $130 for its Covid vaccine in 2023. It costs $3 to produce. And its development was funded almost entirely by the public.

A reminder that in 1923, Drs. Banting and Best sold their patent for insulin to the University of Toronto for $1 dollar.

[Larissa @lardarc]

“Rutherford and the owners are not the leaders they think they are. But Boudreau is everything that defines a dignified and authentic leader.
Please, more Boudreaus and less Rutherfords and Aquilinis in this world.”

https://t.co/53y2k9nWqY

[Larissa @lardarc]

@_GregMelvin What I’ve learned in my short career in consulting is that academia skills are transferable and somewhat useful, but I wouldn’t say a PhD is necessary (and is perhaps too focused). Practicing applied biology is quite different than academia in many ways!

[Larissa @lardarc]

@drclairetaylor would you happen to know anyone in western Canada or US?

[Larissa @lardarc]

Hey #MedTwitter, does anyone know any doctors who are specializing in ME/CFS in western Canada? Really looking for some help for a family member. Obviously not looking for naturopath, chiro, other non-science based disciplines etc.

[Larissa @lardarc]

Somebody make leaf blowers illegal PLEASE

[rax ‘levon honkers’ king @RaxKingIsDead]

‘gas stoves are dangerous’ ‘there’s lead in your chocolate’ ‘your food is full of microplastics’ what am i supposed to do

[Larissa @lardarc]

@BrandyLJensen We hate our shitty coil stove so much that we asked our landlord if we could purchase a new one ourselves. They said no (obviously) 😢🙃

[Larissa @lardarc]

@TheAngryOlogist On top of everything wrong with this, it really bothers me when people say they have a “domesticated” wild animal. No, you have a tame animal that is still wild, and it’s only a matter of time before it behaves like it 😑

[Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation @OKWildlifeDept]

Newt year newt me (salamander hyperfixation era)

[USFWS Pacific @USFWSPacific]

Wisdom, the world’s oldest known wild bird, recently returned to Midway Atoll!

The beloved Laysan albatross, or mōlī, is at least 71 years old. Biologists first identified and banded Wisdom in 1956 after she laid an egg, and the large seabirds aren’t known to breed before age 5.

[Meaghen Johnson @MeaghenJohnson]

I'll just take this time to remind everyone that Canada's women's team has a World Cup in 7 months. They're the reigning Olympic gold medallists and are currently ranked 7th in the world.

[Larissa @lardarc]

Anyways, remember in 2013 when one of the world’s biggest problems was the sriracha factory shutting down?? Blissful times

[Larissa @lardarc]

Not trying to minimize the men’s efforts, but if we are all for ‘equality’ why are we still phrasing things like men’s sports are the only sports?

See: “Ronaldo is the first player to score in 5 World Cups”

See: “Davies’ goal is the ‘greatest moment in Canadian soccer history’”

[Larissa @lardarc]

@zachpatthabitat @irishwill83 @Blazincanuck @vegashal67 Not to mention the women’s team has qualified for 7 of 8 world cups and has scored more than one goal and actually made it out of the group stages…