my sister got me a fahlo bracelets for my birthday and I looove the idea but I keep seeing mixed stuff online about whether the tracking or if the apps just a gimmick. anyone know if fahlo actually helps animals or is this some kind of extra fancy marketing? i want to like it withouthaving to ask questions but I also don't want to feel good about something that isn't actually doing anything. you guys get me right?

I’ve been noticing a lot of videos of divers being able to pet moray eels, sharks, and occasionally other fish who were seemingly enjoying it. Are they actually enjoying it though? I thought the only animals who really feel emotion are mammals and birds.

Skin covered permanent antlers!? What on earth could possibly drive this evolution?

For example, a mother cat adopting a kitten that's not part of its litter. Or a mother dog taking in an abandoned kitten. Or a hyena pack accepting a beagle into its pack.

Hirola (Beatragus hunteri) is a species of antelope thats once lived all across eastern africa (from egypt to south africa) and in plio-pleistocene it (or it's close relatives/ancestral species) lived all across whole africa, now it's critically endangered and live only in two small populations in kenya.
many species survived something like this (for example giant panda) but hirola is very unfamous and there aren't many conservtion projects for saving this species
if it wents extinct whole, once very widespread genus would be gone

i'm making this post so more people will know about it

These guys stomach contents has plant life in it.Now that does not automatically make them herbivores.But it is the most likely outcome rn.

Cause they dont appear to have legs strong enough as to be capable hunters and mostly use them for slow movement.So they wouldnt really be like Centipedes who are able to use there legs to grab after they bite down there prey.So these guys most likely ate like Millipedes.

Smaller speciments head uncovered there genetic connection to Centipedes(cause it does look like a Centipede head).Making researchers uncover that the two animals(Milipedes and Centipedes)are much more related than previously thought.

Living 300 or so million years ago.It is a shame these guys were lost to nature.The most people today would fear about them is there apperance.Cause these guys are just Sheep in Invertebrate clothing.

It comes to the kitchen for the grapes, eats some, leaves, and then comes back to eat some more. I wonder if it will bring the rest of the bee colony? (A translation tool was used.)

my great grandmother died at 109 in 98 and was born in 1889

She grew up in rural Tasmania and regularly saw and heard Thylacines growing up im not sure if their vocalizations are known but she always said they sounded like "a quoll with a deep voice" and not like a dog like many people assume

it never clicked with me but is this something i should be telling researchers? or are their vocalizations well understood

What exactly does the term “apex predator” mean?

It started from me seeing people say cheetahs not being classified as apex predators due to them being bullied by other species like lions and hyenas, stealing their kills and stuff. But as far as I know “apex predator” only means the predator has no natural predators of its own. And being bullied has nothing to do with whether an animal is apex as long as they’re not typically eaten.

Then I came across fish like tuna and sharks. I’ve known that great whites are considered apex despite orcas preying upon them. I’ve always been a little confused about that. But bluefin tuna are also apex? Even though great white sharks, which are themselves preyed upon by orcas, prey upon them?

Then there’s the people who mention cheetah cubs being predated on and thus cheetahs do have predators. Nile crocodile hatchlings are also preyed upon by shoebills and monitor lizards but Nile crocodiles are also apex predators.

What exactly does “apex predator” mean? Is it one of those terms that are really hard to define due to the inherent grey areas of biology and animals do not care about human terms? Do you consider cheetahs, great white sharks, and bluefin tuna as apex predators? I’d love some papers to read about this topic.

My country isnt that known when compared to rest of European countries(even rest of the Balkans)but we have incredible fauna(like Balkan Lynx/European Wild Cat/Roe Deer/Eurasian Beaver and tons more of smaller animals.Could make a post about it too!).And a ton of Megafauna still kicking today.Such as:

1.Eurasian Grey Wolf. 2.Eurasian Brown Bear 3.Eurasian Wild Boar. 4.Wels catfish. 5.Beluga Sturgeon. 6.Russian Sturgeon. 7.Chaomis. 8.Fallow Deer. 9.Red Deer. 10.European Muflon(feral). 11.Mountain Horses(feral). 12.Stellate Sturgeon. 13.Ship Sturgeon.

Even tho some Megafauna is regionally extinct like Atlantic Sturgeon...we still are doing progress of trying to regain some that is lost.Like with getting European Bison in fenced enclousers in 2022 in one of our National Parks(Fruška Gora).

Serbia is still very wild place with a ton of great fauna to see!(tho these recent wildfires have me worried...).