One Of The Hallmarks Of Family Scolopacidae (which Includes The Previously-covered Wood) Is A Keen Interest

One of the hallmarks of Family Scolopacidae (which includes the previously-covered Wood████) is a keen interest in education. Gathering into vast multi-genus flocks, these scholastic shorebirds are willing to travel thousands of miles to attend various scientific conferences. Above, a mixed group of Marbled Godwits and Willets pay keen attention to a presentation on the convergent evolution of tail weaponry amongst mammals, turtles, and ornithischian dinosaurs.

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Mark Hughes talks to CBS 

i am home safe from ICVM 2016

i really, really need to figure out a way to get paid to attend academic conferences because holy shit what incredible fun that was even just an afternoon.

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Smith’s Longspurs have a mutualistic relationship with a peculiar sort of fungus of the genus Cyathus, more commonly known as a Bird’s Nest fungus. This unusual mycorrhiza forms as a shallow bowl-like structure, and utilizes the droppings of nestling Longspurs to nourish itself and surrounding grassland. In return for vital nutrients, the grasses provide shelter and food for the small insects that parent Longspurs feed to their children. By the time the chicks are ready to fledge, they are coated in fungal spores and will distribute them far and wide.

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i am not smart enough to summarize the conclusions of the independent patellar evolution presentation but weirdly emus dont actually have kneecaps

crashing the hell out of ICVM 2016 life is greAT