Nick Rehberg-Besler

Lawyer, scientist, skeptic

[Nick Rehberg-Besler @NicolasTalks]

Only 1 minute of stoppage time in the first half of this #CopaAmerica final is a joke right? Who has the stats on how long they actually played vs stopped? Seemed like they only played 35 minutes... #FinalCopaAmérica

[Nick Rehberg-Besler @NicolasTalks]

@KellyKEditing Tzin! Or Japonais Bistro!

[Dan Mennill @DMennill]

Today is Toad Day: the day that Neotropical Yellow Toads emerge from their burrows, turn from brown to yellow, and mate in ponds @ACGuanacaste! 🐸🇨🇷
Here's what we've learned about this incredible day, during our long-term study...

[Nick Rehberg-Besler @NicolasTalks]

@D_Wiwad @SlackHQ Thank you, it's great! I left academia in fear of exactly what you describe: a saturated market of highly qualified PhDs seeking TTPs. I knew too many adjuncts being exploited by such a system and ran to a different profession altogether. Glad to see you made it to industry!

[Nick Rehberg-Besler @NicolasTalks]

@DMennill @ACGuanacaste @gdfcf_org @Nati_SanchezU @IsabelVargasCR @steph_doucet @an_depasquale @GiuliaSeverino3 @ColauttiLab @KatieMillette @thelonglab @DaniOrrell @LaurierBiology Check out this topical paper released just last week re yellow toad (and others) mortality on highways crossing the ACG
https://t.co/i3AAllFmPi

[Nick Rehberg-Besler @NicolasTalks]

@webbshasta @DMennill @ACGuanacaste @Nati_SanchezU @IsabelVargasCR @gdfcf_org @iBioUWindsor @ScienceUWindsor @UWindsor @LifeOnWing @EricSteMarie @KatrinaMGardner @MisterSavi I just want to say that if it's toad day tomorrow I'll have guessed it correctly 3 years in a row!

[Nick Rehberg-Besler @NicolasTalks]

@DMennill @Nati_SanchezU @an_depasquale @gdfcf_org @ACGuanacaste @iBioUWindsor @ScienceUWindsor @UWindsor @MisterSavi @KatrinaMGardner @IsabelVargasCR @steph_doucet I like May 5th!

[Nick Rehberg-Besler @NicolasTalks]

@DMennill @NShangi @steph_doucet @houserchrisa1 @ecofebria @TCNoel @iBioUWindsor @ScienceUWindsor @UWindsor @ACGuanacaste Awesome! Congratulations @NShangi from a fellow yellow toad enthusiast!

[Nick Rehberg-Besler @NicolasTalks]

@DMennill @ACGuanacaste @steph_doucet @KatrinaMGardner @NShangi @iBioUWindsor @ScienceUWindsor @UWindsor @gdfcf_org @TropiDry @AnimBehSociety @animal_prattle @an_depasquale @catalisis_ Wow! Surely that will be enough rain.

Turns out Vegas doesn't have a book for the timing of central American anuran explosive breeding events...I could have made some money!

[Nick Rehberg-Besler @NicolasTalks]

@DMennill @ACGuanacaste @steph_doucet @KatrinaMGardner @NShangi @MisterSavi @gdfcf_org @TropiDry @iBioUWindsor @ScienceUWindsor @an_depasquale Do we have historical data on the amount of rainfall that "initiates" toad day, so to speak?

[Nick Rehberg-Besler @NicolasTalks]

@DMennill @KatrinaMGardner @MisterSavi @NShangi @steph_doucet @iBioUWindsor @ScienceUWindsor @ACGuanacaste @NSERC_CRSNG @gdfcf_org @AnimBehSociety Awesome job to everyone involved! I would love to read the full paper - would you mind sharing your author copy with me?

[Dan Mennill @DMennill]

Sexual selection in a tropical toad: Do female toads choose brighter males in a species with rapid colour change?

Our new paper, now published in Ethology:
https://t.co/5qTdxX6C78

🐸🎨🇨🇷

Using 3-D printed Robo-Toads we found similar female preference for bright and dull males.

[Nick Rehberg-Besler @NicolasTalks]

@DMennill @KatrinaMSwitzer @MisterSavi @NShangi @steph_doucet @SaviMade @iBioUWindsor @ScienceUWindsor @UWindsor @ACGuanacaste @KiirstiO Awesome work!

[Nick Rehberg-Besler @NicolasTalks]

@DMennill @SaviMade @NShangi @steph_doucet @UWindsor @ScienceUWindsor They look a little better than the plasticine models we used 😅

[Nick Rehberg-Besler @NicolasTalks]

@DMennill @KatrinaMSwitzer @ColinMacfarla10 @KiirstiO @AD_basileuterus @ACGuanacaste @UWindsor @ScienceUWindsor @steph_doucet Wow congratulations Katrina, that's so cool!

[Nick Rehberg-Besler @NicolasTalks]

@KiirstiO I remember the tiny jellyfish at this beach. Hope you avoided the stinging!

[Nick Rehberg-Besler @NicolasTalks]

@DMennill @ACGuanacaste @KatrinaMSwitzer @KiirstiO @ColinMacfarla10 @AD_basileuterus @steph_doucet @MisterSavi @Alex_Smith_Ants I'm getting on the plane to Liberia right now

[Nick Rehberg-Besler @NicolasTalks]

@DMennill @KatrinaMSwitzer @steph_doucet @MisterSavi @thelonglab @Alex_Smith_Ants @KMartin_ecology @Judy_Bornais @houserchrisa1 @birdathologist It's not my first Toadeo!