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Tired: obesity is a risk factor for heart diseaseWired: obesity is a risk factor for gut dysbiosis leading to microbiome induced inflammation that impacts heartInspired: Do bears get heart attacks?Hired: How can we get humans to hibernate?Desired: https://t.co/NJlwfmXpiW
Self-Satire'd:Why do female bears have pseudo-penis and what does that imply about resource availability and heart disease among autistic etiology and life expectancy?https://t.co/VXm5VtIAGP
@The_Lagrangian One of my hypothesis of heart disease and other disorders that lead to low life expectancy in autism etiology is b/c of high estrogen being over compensated with high T production causing immune system problems. It's the idea behind why I have threads on virility. Feeback loops.
Now I'm looking up bird sex as a response to predation.Did you know male ostriches raise the young and fight over being fathers by stealing children?https://t.co/Zebyd8MkIW
Ostrich mating habits.https://t.co/3GULiw8YTh
Ostriches laying eggs set to smooth guitar soundtrack, likely because the screaming of laying an egg that size would overpower the sensibilities of the human mind.https://t.co/aNRb1PzqgW
Learning about Ostrich Farming via a cooking show.https://t.co/c9QzExvcti
And also on Dirty Jobs w/ Mike Rowe.https://t.co/Salf0AL74K
"Ostriches belong to the most ancient group of living birds, and platypuses belong to the most ancient group of living mammals. Their unusual slumbering patterns might reflect an early stage in the evolution of sleep"https://t.co/V8T14Xb8bB
Lymph Piston Penis of the Leggy Boi. 💪🦆"For instance, ostriches have “really dense, collagenous penises" that males push out of their body cavity to mate, says Brennan, who led a study on this lymph-powered system in ostriches."https://t.co/JGa96GNpkt
The next silicon valley trend? EMUs as pets, to show off how big their yard is.https://t.co/9XJQUJELC1
Emu baby sitting gig worker a-go-go."She keeps a roster of qualified pet sitters for her 130 clients with a wide range of pets – from dog and cat to alpaca and emu. She also makes sure the clients will deliver the promised payment to the pet sitters."https://t.co/wjmFTpPTGI 💅
"Male emu are tamer than females. They have the brooding instinct, therefore they tend to be friendlier. When breeding season comes along, however, you will need to be more careful with both genders. This is with all animals though."https://t.co/8MkJKyIW0h
A bunch of Emu's were let loose in Illinois back in 1998ish https://t.co/u0PtUtiL3W and there's some suspicion they are still surviving as an invasive.https://t.co/pyG8FAySBuI know they can survive Vermont winters (friend raises them).
It seems that full grown Emus are being looked at for possibly being great for predator control https://t.co/g3zfTmikvnNot quite a road-runner, but neat that they might contend with coyote.https://t.co/iTLQCJ2291
"in which Jesus likens his care for the people of Jerusalem to a hen caring for her brood. This image, had it caught on, could have completely changed the course of Christian iconography, which has been dominated instead by depictions of the Good Shepherd"https://t.co/ySOYc1Tqly
One question that plague me, if only metaphorically: is why some animals have male dominated caring roles, and others do not. There's is clearly a bi-modal tippy system here that leads to some kind of schelling point. But what forces conspire to create it?https://t.co/pnXRcRV4A2
Strange patterns show up as traditionally domesticated animals are left to partially re-wild. This doesn't imply they are in their ancestral environment."Egg production in our flock actually increased after we start letting them free-range all day."https://t.co/xYMUWACJTT
They rewild in warm areas;"clucked their way into local lore and culture and are both beloved and reviled by Kauai's human occupants. Biologists, however, see in the feral animals an improbable experiment in evolution: what happens when chickens go wild?"https://t.co/NR2o1dl4rW
So this might explain why we have that silly chicken in Disney's Moana. Inspired in part because of Hawaii's lore?https://t.co/MlpRAnnUjYDerp chicken, lol.https://t.co/BMK9G8aBYj
There is a place in Alaska called "Chicken" https://t.co/9QvYiJAROX and also it seems there is a local ptarmigan ( a grouse? ) referred to as an "Alaskan Chicken" https://t.co/09GrGJplYZ just to be extra confusing.
Amazing."The ruffed grouse flies along and dive bombs head first into deep, fluffy snow – completely submerging itself. Its body heat then creates a sealed dome under the snow: essentially, its own igloo."https://t.co/IR7RP8FKSJ https://t.co/uL2EriOM9E
I didn't realize these over-winter."In the springtime, male greater sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) gather in groups, called leks, to compete for females."https://t.co/wBlnBbPFxP https://t.co/X0PmZUPLYs
Hmm. They seem to be in decline. I wonder if their weird mating habits are about threat to the young?"Downy young leave nest shortly after hatching. Young are tended by female, but feed themselves."https://t.co/l8IxRgWZ2g
Age as proxy for low-pred territory?"quantity and quality of habitats used by greater sage-grouse control the degree of predation. Thus, predation would be expected to be most important as habitat size and herbaceous cover within sagebrush decreases."https://t.co/ohKA7nZoAM
Poor derp birbs :("They are supremely evolved to live in the harsh, silent American steppe, but they are birds of little brain. “They’re not smart at all,” Sharon O’Toole says. They run into fences, stand in the middle of busy roads."https://t.co/pbsF2HQgMW
Junipers are invading the habitat; cut them down?Now you have more, AND an invasive grass problem."Felling the tree stops the competition underground with the plants for water, but essentially they were dropping thousands of juniper seeds on the site"https://t.co/dXXYnDE197
Meanwhile, here come the juniper loving birbs.https://t.co/KuvTuQU6vo
Fascinating that all of those birds are Phasianidae, but share different ecological niché. "The Phasianidae are a family of heavy, ground-living birds, which includes pheasants, partridges, junglefowl, chickens, turkeys, Old World quail, and peafowl."https://t.co/lETVN7eUqP
Palaeognathae (emu, ostrich etc.) seem to be largely separated by landmasses.Apparently there was even a species that roamed north america according to a fossil found in Wyoming.https://t.co/byKpVJTAjM
It occurs to me that images of ostriches swimming seem to look an awful lot like Loch Ness (& Champ).Birds can get pretty big. https://t.co/9iNS8u9wnv
HAAAONNNNK"We know that many large bird species existed at this time – giant adzebills, a large goose, the New Zealand raven. But their Māori names are lost. Extinction is reflected in the whakataukī, but sometimes in the gaps."https://t.co/0ZiEw0kptU
Can you imagine an ostrich-like creature, larger than a bus, making this sound: https://t.co/bOBjPyyRvg
I'm not actually sure what the Moa would have sounded like. But to be fair, until recently we didn't really have a lot of research onto their necks.https://t.co/B4d9jtc4RvAccordingly, a it may have sounded more like a Tinamou? https://t.co/gAP2pKFq4D
Apparently a group has figured out the sound and it is absolutely horrifying.https://t.co/mXdMVNelQh
Nightmare birdfrog level unlocked."In earlier versions of this film the Skeksis spoke their own language. Here is a scene with the alternate Skeksis language."https://t.co/y78qSyulxA
"One reason could be that only the lowest-frequency components of vocalisations [goes] unnoticed when vocal ranges are large. Additionally, the constraint may only be apparent in contexts when individuals are indeed advertising their size."https://t.co/De8AhGNv9l
"Female sage-grouse use acoustic signals to locate lekking males; thus, their ability to find leks could be compromised in noisy environments because of the reduced active space of detection. Once on the lek, females can detect males visually"https://t.co/t6DC1jrzF5
TFW you get cock-blocked by the low frequency sound of industrial machinery, masking your mating calls.https://t.co/mnZGp9gTQa https://t.co/sOLh3P80Ck
"The engine growl in some of America's best-selling cars and trucks is actually a finely tuned bit of lip-syncing, boosted through special pipes or digitally faked altogether. And it's driving car enthusiasts insane."https://t.co/NFS20RJdgYlol
"While videotaping moths jamming bats, "we kept hearing this funny signal that the bats were making," says Conner. This signal turned out to be a method of competitive jamming: bats foiling other bats as a way to snatch each other's food."https://t.co/N5RcnwIVRX
"By faking the mating call, the males could potentially persuade females they are more sexually active and fitter than other males."https://t.co/3B5yMyQZrZThis joke writes itself.
"Our guess is that future generations will look back and laugh. That said, we’re all still taking photos with CMOS sensors that have a speaker attached just to go “click” and the old-timey phone bell ringtone is still going strong."https://t.co/K4DlQP0aFw 📷💾☎️
Interesting that sound travels faster in the summer, but further in the winter.I notice that those sage-grouse's vie for higher ground. Possible that the louded/oldest bird's calls can travel the furthest, so it benefits the entire lek if he's on top of the mound?
Variation in air temperature act as an acoustic reflector, so less of the sound energy is lost to the atmosphere.https://t.co/5zeRrfqmM8
The interface between two mediums has fascinating effects on birds.https://t.co/PxRyHFpLC9
Help, I've gone to far.I'm now exploring how Kelvin-Helmholtz instability and possible impacts on the carrier frequency of sage-grouse maiting calls, while wondering if its possible for an insect to 'surf' on them.https://t.co/zeSRYWAEaz
Bees create waves by creating mini vortexes.https://t.co/HGy6L4x2EeThis doesn't help me learn about hibernation, but it is fascinating.
I wonder if sea mammals hibernate."Scientists believe that only male blue whales sing. Female blue whales choose their mates based on size, a selection process that has fostered the species’ gargantuan proportions. And deeper might signal bigger."https://t.co/gHN4gqUmg8
Apparently oxidative stress is a problem when you dive deep, and it's possibly related to a gene mutation that helps sea mammals process pesticides.https://t.co/Gtt9ku2xR9
A small group of endangered humans have a couple of mutations associated with deep diving that impact their spleen size.https://t.co/hZCIi6KSEl
Don't mind me. Just pirating a 100+ yo article about spleen size in hibernating animals.https://t.co/DJb26zkHEa
oh, it was relicenced as CC0 at some point. nice.https://t.co/nl6I4rlNzI
Of course it makes sense that the organ responsible for regulating blood platelets during deep diving would also engorge itself during hibernation of ground squirrels https://t.co/c0TvV0MAxr
Body temp correlates loosely with spleen engorgement. Fits more resent findings."During arousal bouts in small hibernating animals, there is a rapid (within a few hours) reappearance of retained lymphocytes probably from the gut and spleen to the blood "https://t.co/EAzs7PauvN
Spleen development regulated by gut microbiota?https://t.co/uwTDr5SHgSSpleen's own microbiota is modulated by tick infections.https://t.co/TvTNmN09olTraditional Chinsese Medicine's model of spleen health might be via blood microbiome?https://t.co/OPF2aouC3INice.
I wonder what blood looks like when you are in a hibernation state and all your red bloodcells are having a party at saturn.https://t.co/u6TGwVUer1
Did you know that it's likely Avicenna's 'Saturn' may be a poetic way to remember 'spleen'? Data mining ancient wisdom of astrology to understand a formative text among the history of western medicine, by way of alchemic thought.https://t.co/M7PiEwe3qyhttps://t.co/APfNyqMU8k
A black spleen causes torpor eh? "believed that the spleen was responsible for making "black bile," one of the four humors that needed to be kept in balance to stay healthy. If a spleen made too much black bile, it would make someone sad or depressed"https://t.co/DeHYXPwdBp
The spleen darkens when you hibernate?Who could have guessed. It was a model of hibernation all along. I'm laughing at the humors of it all.https://t.co/BfwVETBYvA https://t.co/kfTe6dQPYq
"Our findings emphasize the possibility that the immune system represents a novel therapeutic target for the treatment of mental health conditions."https://t.co/Bz5GpRdYfihahah, you_dont_say.jpg
You know what causes blood to turn black?OXIDATION.And it is related to immune function.https://t.co/2n8JysmVm2But what do I know?https://t.co/0r2xK0gFcX
Black bile? Actually thats just a sign of vaginal blockage.https://t.co/kOCxvcQCzP https://t.co/mhoZ2SG214
"although it is not oriented towards the Four Humors in its basic or foundational concepts, the Four Humors do indeed figure prominently in Chinese Medicine in many of its subsidiary concepts and doctrines."https://t.co/T2MeHJXvmu
Black Bile and blood that is so thick you can't draw it with a syringe? Actually that is a sign that you haven't been eating enough protein.https://t.co/y4Uavf3Z36
I find it interesting how when a semi-public facing article on Coyote ends up being published, inevitably it contains "wily" somewhere in it.https://t.co/gmrIc6QxA7(h/t hacker news)
Its interesting how foxes and coyotes seem to be coexisting (and thriving).https://t.co/sDGL6vFasD
Now if only we could figure out how to do this for bush puppieshttps://t.co/PQEe3WcXnL
Foxes are worth investigating (for hibernation purposes) because they (the northern kind at least) are mostly unaffected by the cold.https://t.co/YliWpNRBq7
2019 publication exploring the nature of the blood microbiome and ongoing research into the topic, including mentions of transitory states and the problem of contamination in measurements. https://t.co/7ZlTS6xc9B
When Birbs are the size of elephant, all animals look like a snack.Chonk as defense from predation.https://t.co/U0WJydPpgP
The time when big borbs roamed the American continent. And all animals weh loge. I wonder how big the birbs were.https://t.co/edypOUw1MDThe lorge ones would stay warm for longer too.https://t.co/1UNVSBePqX
Urine for a loopThe pee comes from inside the buttBears are hot composting their own urea using gut bacteria from decaying plant matter and ants.This is why temperature cycles during hibernation.Chonky bear orbs = BeORBy Boishttps://t.co/Sj9qpYANX3https://t.co/BCVLchlxUX
I think if birds get bigger, so do their common predators; Squirrels.https://t.co/mwjUP2HPEi https://t.co/ZHuieFHQ3v
I've seen some scary shit; now Imagine a chickadee the size of a basket ball.I want to live long enough to see it.https://t.co/gt9lYaeGoR
Giants squirrel ancestors roaming the countryside, cutting down trees in one bite to feed their giant fungus farms.https://t.co/B8y4nO7quN
This says giant squirrels "Instead of storing nuts and seeds in larders underground, Indian giant squirrels create caches of food high up in the treetops." that "have an unusual method for storing their food that's unlike any other squirrel."https://t.co/ylDTLUAmPsBullshit.
Squirrels do this all the time. Nobody watches squirrels enough.They are everywhere and no one pays them any attention.https://t.co/TQFB5bTqMB
Hypothetically we may be able to recreate this effect if we can find or engineer a mucus dwelling microbe that produces this Glycoproteins for us.All the more reason to harvest squirrel poop.I also learned dried mushrooms store near indefinitely.https://t.co/MX4m5MnDdg
I've decided to train squirrels and to harvest mushrooms for me.They are like tiny ant doggos.https://t.co/ALTY6wwDda
Do cassowaries kill kangaroos? Or is their size a protection most against wedge-tailed eagles? https://t.co/hBSc1BQXeKhttps://t.co/4t5OVVJ8DJ
Do you ever wonder if you can spontaneously convert fat to muscle entirely by willing your body into a different immune state via stress modulation ala meditating on bad ideas?https://t.co/JFaxfGgq91
A great lens for this is to look at how organisms manage in terms of stocks & flows. Inputs, outputs, and storage.I learned recently that bears recycle urea during hibernation and turn it into muscle/protein. Urea comes from processing fats. Store fats help them w/ insulation. https://t.co/zaBBRxyCJ3
I think Mangan is doing exactly what a hibernating bear does to build muscle as they lose fat (while hibernating).https://t.co/pc6cFzWZHVI wanna pay to have him coach me so I can figure out where my mental model of this space aligns with his.https://t.co/I73isEwwPI
Bears go 6 months without feeling hungry and gain muscle/lose fat in the process. More if they are heavily infected by T Gondii.https://t.co/mf1uO1Jb13
Self-hacking is kinda cool. https://t.co/EUwzfFc5bd
Amazing what a little self-experimentation can do if you're willing to go against conventional wisdom.https://t.co/OND4nDwBL5
Finally, a reason to be thankful for climate change...I wondered how to get Mega Wasp and was disappointed to learn wasps have been getting smaller.https://t.co/DrS0qaBV1xhttps://t.co/wxIbHVtsgv
My human hibernation theory in a nutshell:What if we just turn the human off and on again?https://t.co/puxuNZVqCN
Do you ever find out the radio frequency you'd need to activate TRPV1 receptors in your gut and wonder if it's safe make a wave guide and use it on your self?https://t.co/KeAT9gbqiQ
Is it illegal to play with radar?https://t.co/mFYcS2tl7n
Been exploring ultrasound therapy. I read that you can activate TRPV1 receptors in the ear to induce 'hearing voices' once and I've been fascinated by it ever since.https://t.co/tiVcR3R1Z5TRPV1 plays a role in healing.https://t.co/qWyLe8bEs9https://t.co/KPR0OUyXET(in mice)
What happens if you hit TRPV1 and TRPV4 in sequences that imitate the peristalsis of the gut? Does it make people shit themselves?https://t.co/B0zZcuaTJ2
I want to make a gun that makes me people shit themselves.It turns out we already made it, but we use it to make people think their skin is on fire by activating localized inflammation. https://t.co/L019uWUHuT
oh no, wait, that one litterally makes people burn.I was thinking of this one https://t.co/gQgL3Nb7YG
I stopped an anxiety spell by taking tincture of cayenne and then getting in warm shower. I stopped sweating as a result.Recognized I was turning on my TRPV1 receptors as a result of an immune shift targeting liver enzymes and anandamide production.:3https://t.co/RKFKfbV4EC
I'm going to be able to walk thru one of these psudo simulated heat rays while everyone around me is writhing in pain. I will appear as a god among men. and the enemy will then suddenly shit their pants at my command.A funny parlor trick.
It would be really useful to have animals void their bowels on command.Did you know that trick involving warm water on your hand while you're sleeping also works in other areas of the body?My stomach bellows outward in laughter.https://t.co/TcvDrUQnX6
Let me tell you about wanting to fix URINARY INCONTINENCE by learning how TRP receptors and Substance P impact smooth muscle trigger responses.https://t.co/TkbqcnC1ZyYou ever piss yourself laughing so hard?
Or maybe laugh until your heart stops?https://t.co/q2ERYXXWqz
Should I stop HAARPing on this topic?https://t.co/gjEHv1YBtm
Of course, I can just sense your emotions remotelyhttps://t.co/F9bONdEPjF
A fell harvest.https://t.co/z1gIA2zOrx
"I've been working on energy harvesting conventionally for at least six years, and for most of this time it didn't seem like there was a key to make energy harvesting work in the real world, because of FCC limits on power emission and focalization" https://t.co/iNkNk29oJl
"Indeed, the U.S. government initially dismissed reports that U.S. diplomatic and intelligence personnel were suffering from headaches, nausea and ringing in the ears."https://t.co/WfJbe0lhf3
How much do you understand about radio?https://t.co/c2hHj9CUre
How deep is your understanding?https://t.co/iHjkKQKVY0
Do you ever get a question about it stuck in your head like an ear wyrm?https://t.co/kIQ6XyXpeM
Questions like: how do we stop this from happening?https://t.co/i0rCBTdyl1
What was operation mindfuck anyway?https://t.co/prhlyfS3is
Do you ever suddenly catch on fire for no reason?https://t.co/htKPxsiXFC
"We dig, dig, dig, dig, dig, dig, digUp everything in sightWe dig up diamonds by the scoreA thousand rubies, sometimes moreThough we don't know what we dig 'em forWe dig, dig, dig-a-dig, dig"https://t.co/ShAJlmYPZo
History repeats, but no one really understand history.https://t.co/qGaAqPhyPm
"A wave of nausea hit Polymeropoulos, and he was suddenly drenched in sweat. He stayed in his hotel room for the rest of his trip, unable to move. His body was in revolt, and he had no idea why. "https://t.co/8bAUUP4DpeIs my hypothetical immune system perturbing gun real?
His ears were ringing. https://t.co/gVzfFJZ2Qd
Someone's talking about me.https://t.co/rOfL9V1xSx
Literally me.https://t.co/GMokcKktxDhttps://t.co/wlLGhiHojK
Did you know that TRPV1 activation can reduce Cannabinoid Hyperemesis Syndrome. It causes all sorts of fun symptoms.https://t.co/7NtewnizQ8
"Some of them call it a buzzing. Others describe it as whispering or even singing. Today we call such conditions tinnitus. [...] all sorts of strange cures for it. The Assyrians poured rose extract into the ear through a [tube]."https://t.co/PFIIUr7Oxohttps://t.co/DSBOp9xp10
Can you hear the hum?https://t.co/Bfx7j051z7
How many electric motors are in your house? In your room? in your neighboors house?Do you know the density of the ground your house's foundation stands on?Why not?https://t.co/vmdXXHjvqQhttps://t.co/ysASXxbC2j
Are you listening?https://t.co/4OwIRANqc9https://t.co/sGDPAeKBco
Oh I can hear.https://t.co/50mFFXhw6g