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anna_lillith 🇺🇦🌱🐖<p>🚨This is happening right now in <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Klaksv%C3%ADk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Klaksvík</span></a>. 🚨</p><p>Why do the <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Faroese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Faroese</span></a> feel the need to interfere with every single <a href="https://mas.to/tags/pod" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pod</span></a> of <a href="https://mas.to/tags/PilotWhales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PilotWhales</span></a> that pass by, even when their freezers are already full, according to their own reports? It seems like they have an obsession with <a href="https://mas.to/tags/dolphins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dolphins</span></a>. No other country monitors and tags every pod like this—it’s unnecessary.</p><p>While we support scientific research and the pursuit of knowledge, we cannot endorse this <a href="https://mas.to/tags/brutal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>brutal</span></a> and invasive method of handling pilot whales.</p><p>1/2</p>
Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p>Clues for the <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/evolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>evolution</span></a> of <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/menopause" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>menopause</span></a> in whales — and humans?<br><a href="https://www.npr.org/2024/03/22/1198909539/menopause-humans-whales-evolution" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">npr.org/2024/03/22/1198909539/</span><span class="invisible">menopause-humans-whales-evolution</span></a></p><p>The evolution of menopause in <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/ToothedWhales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ToothedWhales</span></a> <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07159-9" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nature.com/articles/s41586-024</span><span class="invisible">-07159-9</span></a> </p><p>"menopause is something of an evolutionary blip. We are one of the few <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/animals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>animals</span></a> to experience it... There are five species of toothed <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/whales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>whales</span></a> that undergo menopause — short-finned <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/PilotWhales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PilotWhales</span></a>, <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/FalseKillerWhales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FalseKillerWhales</span></a>, <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/KillerWhales" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KillerWhales</span></a>, <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/narwhals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>narwhals</span></a> and <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/belugas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>belugas</span></a> — making it the type of animal that is known to have evolved menopause most frequently."</p>