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The "Spags🍝 and snags🌭" study is officially out in @journal_evo. W/ @Keogh_Lab & A. Skeels
🩵🫰for @StephenZozaya for this amazing photo
of the Kimberley shallow-soil blindsnake
Check it out at: academic.oup.com/evolut/arti…
summary in this series of post/thread 👇
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Another wonderful paper led by @jamesTstroud, I do miss watching these lizards in Miami
New paper! Exploring the interaction between two convergent lizards who evolved separately on different Caribbean islands and were introduced to south Florida.
Read all about how character displacement could play out in real time in the wild!
🦎🦎🦎
nature.com/articles/s41467-0…
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Dear fellow vertebrates, We have discovered some fascinating rules about vertebrate counts that you probably weren't aware of. (1/12)
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Osteoderms, body armor in the skin, occur in many unrelated species, from tiny worm lizards to massive dinosaurs. But what are they actually good for? Is the term “body armor” even deserved? For an answer, check out our latest article hot of the press: doi.org/10.1111/jzo.13224
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The year is flying past, so thought I’d better share the happy news that I’m joining the School of Biological Sciences at @MonashUni @monashbiol as a Group Leader from Jan 2025. Couldn't be more thrilled to be returning to the place that introduced me to research as an undergrad!
7/ and spaghetti like blindsnakes, like this Pilbara blindsnake, tend to occur in hotter + dryer areas with harder soil substrate. 📸 @StephenZozaya
Bonus content from @AntRoom_taku
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飼育中のブラーミニメクラヘビ。
捕食場面を動画で撮影しましたが、何度見ても不思議な食べ方をします。
まるで掃除機のように、スルスルと吸い込まれるように口の中へ入っていきます。
blog.livedoor.jp/antroom/arc…
5/ So we asked whether the morphological diversity is correlated with their current environmental niche? 🤔
6/ We found that sasaugey blindsnakes, like this robust blindsnake, tend to occur in areas that are cooler, wetter, with softer soil. 📸 @scott_macor That's a good snag.
3/ and they eat pupae and larvea of ants and termites. So those eye shields are good to have!
Here's a great video of a blindsnake eating some pupae: xitter.cf/i/status/1428609828012…
2/ Blindsnakes aren't actualyl blind, they just have very reduced eyes covered by scales because they spend most of the time underground....
ALT head of blindsnake
