Critical Cupcake<p>Would you rather have a blowhole or an extra leg?</p><p><a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/CriticalQuestions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CriticalQuestions</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Quiz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Quiz</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/PubQuiz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PubQuiz</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Blowhole" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Blowhole</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Leg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Leg</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/StayHome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StayHome</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/StaySafe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StaySafe</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/StayHomeStaySafe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StayHomeStaySafe</span></a></p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/TWtOO24iXPY" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/TWtOO24iXPY</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
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Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻💻🧬<p>Why do <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/whales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>whales</span></a> beach themselves? A vial of <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/parasites" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>parasites</span></a> in a <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Tasmanian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tasmanian</span></a> museum may hold the answer<br><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/PilotWhale" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PilotWhale</span></a> that beached in 1973 was infested with thousands of parasitic <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/nematodes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nematodes</span></a> that may have eaten away at its <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/blowhole" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blowhole</span></a><br>“We already know that parasites cause suicide in many other animals,” co-author and parasite expert Dr Shokoofeh Shamsi. “Why shouldn’t they do in whales?” Shamsi said the parasite infestation could have limited <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/whale" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>whale</span></a>’s ability to navigate<br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/aug/17/why-do-whales-beach-themselves-a-vial-of-parasites-in-a-tasmanian-museum-may-hold-the-answer" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/environment/ar</span><span class="invisible">ticle/2024/aug/17/why-do-whales-beach-themselves-a-vial-of-parasites-in-a-tasmanian-museum-may-hold-the-answer</span></a></p>
Alpha1Nine :funkwhale: :sofia:<p>50-year-old discovery in Aussie museum sparks surprising <a href="https://aus.social/tags/whale" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>whale</span></a> theory.</p><p>Little is known about the rare creatures pulled from the <a href="https://aus.social/tags/blowhole" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blowhole</span></a> of a <a href="https://aus.social/tags/beached" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>beached</span></a> whale in 1973.<br> <br>A rare <a href="https://aus.social/tags/parasite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>parasite</span></a> could offer a clue behind a spate of mysterious <a href="https://aus.social/tags/strandings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>strandings</span></a> of pilot whales. </p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/Researchers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Researchers</span></a> from Australia believe when the long, slimy, <a href="https://aus.social/tags/nematodes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nematodes</span></a> lodge themselves inside the blowhole it affects the host’s <a href="https://aus.social/tags/behaviour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>behaviour</span></a>. </p><p>“Imagine you have thousands of these objects, each of them three to five centimetres long, sitting in that blow hole and just clogging it,” Professor Shokoofeh Shamsi told Yahoo News.</p><p>The Charles Sturt University parasite expert and her colleague Dr Diane Barton have developed a theory that the infection in their blowholes could be <a href="https://aus.social/tags/disrupting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disrupting</span></a> the ability of pilot whales to <a href="https://aus.social/tags/navigate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>navigate</span></a> and <a href="https://aus.social/tags/communicate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>communicate</span></a>. </p><p>Their investigation was sparked after a vial of unidentified nematodes was rediscovered in the archives of a <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Tasmanian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tasmanian</span></a> <br> museum, which were originally scraped from the blowhole of a beached pilot whale more than 50 years ago. The outcome of that research has been published in the Journal of Diseases of Aquatic Organisms this month.</p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/auspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>auspol</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/PilotWhales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PilotWhales</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/MassStrandings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MassStrandings</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://au.news.yahoo.com/50-year-old-discovery-in-aussie-museum-sparks-surprising-whale-theory-073736115.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">au.news.yahoo.com/50-year-old-</span><span class="invisible">discovery-in-aussie-museum-sparks-surprising-whale-theory-073736115.html</span></a></p>
Tasmanian Photography<p>The Bicheno blowhole in action.</p><p>Credit LM</p><p><a href="https://mindly.social/tags/blowhole" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blowhole</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Bicheno" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bicheno</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Coast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Coast</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/rocks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rocks</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/ocean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ocean</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/water" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>water</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/tasmania" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tasmania</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/tasmanianscenery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tasmanianscenery</span></a></p>
Tasmanian Photography<p>Eaglehawk Neck Blow Hole. </p><p><a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Eaglehawk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Eaglehawk</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/blowhole" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blowhole</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/tasmania" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tasmania</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nature</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/water" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>water</span></a></p>
Tech News Worldwide<p>Log literacy: all about the log <br> <br> <a href="https://eclecticlight.co/2023/02/08/log-literacy-all-about-the-log/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">eclecticlight.co/2023/02/08/lo</span><span class="invisible">g-literacy-all-about-the-log/</span></a> <br> <br> <a href="https://aspiechattr.me/tags/Technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Technology</span></a> <a href="https://aspiechattr.me/tags/blowhole" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blowhole</span></a> <a href="https://aspiechattr.me/tags/macOS13" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>macOS13</span></a> <a href="https://aspiechattr.me/tags/Ventura" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ventura</span></a> <a href="https://aspiechattr.me/tags/Whither" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Whither</span></a> <a href="https://aspiechattr.me/tags/macOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>macOS</span></a> <a href="https://aspiechattr.me/tags/Mints" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mints</span></a> <a href="https://aspiechattr.me/tags/Ulbow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ulbow</span></a> <a href="https://aspiechattr.me/tags/Macs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Macs</span></a> <a href="https://aspiechattr.me/tags/logd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>logd</span></a> <a href="https://aspiechattr.me/tags/log" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>log</span></a></p>
Tech News Worldwide<p>How to write to the log from a script <br> <br> <a href="https://eclecticlight.co/2023/01/14/how-to-write-to-the-log-from-a-script/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">eclecticlight.co/2023/01/14/ho</span><span class="invisible">w-to-write-to-the-log-from-a-script/</span></a> <br> <br> <a href="https://aspiechattr.me/tags/AppleScript" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AppleScript</span></a> <a href="https://aspiechattr.me/tags/Technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Technology</span></a> <a href="https://aspiechattr.me/tags/scripting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scripting</span></a> <a href="https://aspiechattr.me/tags/blowhole" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blowhole</span></a> <a href="https://aspiechattr.me/tags/logger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>logger</span></a> <a href="https://aspiechattr.me/tags/macOS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>macOS</span></a> <a href="https://aspiechattr.me/tags/shell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>shell</span></a> <a href="https://aspiechattr.me/tags/Macs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Macs</span></a> <a href="https://aspiechattr.me/tags/log" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>log</span></a></p>
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