The fact that an estimated 50% to 90% of forest terrestrial life exists in the canopy lives rent free in my head. I get bothered when people write off sloths the way they write off pandas. They clearly have an extremely intricate relationship with this barely understood world above our heads
If you learned about the human microbiome and that we (sometimes) have more germs in our bodies than our own cells—you probably got a strong feeling that this must be an extremely important aspect of our biology that has largely gone unconsidered. Well imagine if you literally grew algae, fungi, bacteria, and even MOTHS on your fur
Ecological adaptations that cross the boundary between the macro- and micro- animal world have been a big blindspot for western science and I'm excited to see more attention and effort finally allotted to these parts of nature
If you learned about the human microbiome and that we (sometimes) have more germs in our bodies than our own cells—you probably got a strong feeling that this must be an extremely important aspect of our biology that has largely gone unconsidered. Well imagine if you literally grew algae, fungi, bacteria, and even MOTHS on your fur
Ecological adaptations that cross the boundary between the macro- and micro- animal world have been a big blindspot for western science and I'm excited to see more attention and effort finally allotted to these parts of nature