Biology work isn't always glamorous, but when it is...it *really* is!
#cave #science #nature #photography #biology #ecology #caving #speleobiology #TheWorldIsStillBeautiful
Biology work isn't always glamorous, but when it is...it *really* is!
#cave #science #nature #photography #biology #ecology #caving #speleobiology #TheWorldIsStillBeautiful
Stupid winter. Cabin fever has set in and I'm already jonesing for canyon country. Right about now unplugging and dropping into a remote canyon never to be seen again sounds like a good idea, right?
#Desert #Canyon #Cave #Geology #Winter #Landscape #Photography #Darktable
Stupid winter. Cabin fever has set in and I'm already jonesing for canyon country. Right about now unplugging and dropping into a remote canyon never to be seen again sounds like a good idea, right?
#Desert #Canyon #Cave #Geology #Winter #Landscape #Photography #Darktable
One of the reasons why I vastly prefer local legends to fairy tales is that the former are often set in recognizable real world locations which are fascinating in their own right.
For example, I am currently researching a tale about a #dragon , and I just learned that in its #cave there were discoveries of human remains that date back several tens of thousands of years, as well as the remains of more than 30,000 cave bears.
#history #bear #folklore
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drachenh%C3%B6hle
One of the reasons why I vastly prefer local legends to fairy tales is that the former are often set in recognizable real world locations which are fascinating in their own right.
For example, I am currently researching a tale about a #dragon , and I just learned that in its #cave there were discoveries of human remains that date back several tens of thousands of years, as well as the remains of more than 30,000 cave bears.
#history #bear #folklore
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drachenh%C3%B6hle
Described in 2009, assessed as Critically Endangered in 2010, not seen since 2013...until now.
The cave crayfish Cambarus laconensis.
And you lucky ducks who follow me get to see a photo of it! It is endemic to a single cave. Talk about pressure! It has one home in the entire world. Let's protect it, shall we? By protecting the small critters, we protect us all.
#endangered #critical #habitat #crayfish #cave #caves #biology #ecology #nature #animal #wild #wildlife #science #life#SilentSunday
Described in 2009, assessed as Critically Endangered in 2010, not seen since 2013...until now.
The cave crayfish Cambarus laconensis.
And you lucky ducks who follow me get to see a photo of it! It is endemic to a single cave. Talk about pressure! It has one home in the entire world. Let's protect it, shall we? By protecting the small critters, we protect us all.
#endangered #critical #habitat #crayfish #cave #caves #biology #ecology #nature #animal #wild #wildlife #science #life#SilentSunday
Re: iNaturalist getting involved with Google genAI...feeding our comments into things...Due to continued silence from iNaturalist about everything, October 31. That’s my deadline. That’s MORE THAN FAIR amount of time for them to:
1) Have a proper outline of the project and exactly what it will be.
2. Have a solid opt-in to the project, so no users are auto opted in without their consent
3. Have added account deletion options from an over-year-old feature request to add ways to delete including without removing ID’s for others along with anonymization. If data loss is really such a problem to them (which I think it should be) not having a way to do such a type of delete should be TOP PRIORITY especially with all this genAI bs going on...already it sounds like some power users have fully deleted their accounts over this, tired of waiting.
- Signed, someone with almost 25k ID’s for others, and almost 4k observations, including some firsts on the site (including new species to science) and other rare reports.
Please boost because I don't think most users know what is going on. All this info is mostly occurring on their separate forum, which you need to make a separate account to join. This is part of the issue of lack of transparency!
#AI#genAI#LLM #programming #computers #nature #naturalist #iNaturalist #iNat #biology #ecology#communityScience #cave #critters #invertebrate #insect
Re: iNaturalist getting involved with Google genAI...feeding our comments into things...Due to continued silence from iNaturalist about everything, October 31. That’s my deadline. That’s MORE THAN FAIR amount of time for them to:
1) Have a proper outline of the project and exactly what it will be.
2. Have a solid opt-in to the project, so no users are auto opted in without their consent
3. Have added account deletion options from an over-year-old feature request to add ways to delete including without removing ID’s for others along with anonymization. If data loss is really such a problem to them (which I think it should be) not having a way to do such a type of delete should be TOP PRIORITY especially with all this genAI bs going on...already it sounds like some power users have fully deleted their accounts over this, tired of waiting.
- Signed, someone with almost 25k ID’s for others, and almost 4k observations, including some firsts on the site (including new species to science) and other rare reports.
Please boost because I don't think most users know what is going on. All this info is mostly occurring on their separate forum, which you need to make a separate account to join. This is part of the issue of lack of transparency!
#AI#genAI#LLM #programming #computers #nature #naturalist #iNaturalist #iNat #biology #ecology#communityScience #cave #critters #invertebrate #insect
