Author. Tea-drinker. Peddler of feel good science and nature ephemera. Guardian. Apple News. BBC mags. Books include ‘This Book May Cause Side Effects’ and 'Life Changing'.
@helenpilcher.bsky.socialMy pleasure! Huge kakapo fan!
Helen Pilcher
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@helenpilcher.bsky.social@helenpilcher.bsky.socialI wrote about today's Living Planet Report. Now here's my opinion on it.
In short, yes, I do believe that hope can save the planet. But then this isn't your average kind of hope...
(any excuse to write about the kakapo 💚)
#science 🧪@worldwildlife.org
@helenpilcher.bsky.social"Seemingly against the odds, we have a rational basis for hope." This is the conclusion of the new Living Planet Report, out today. A welcome change to the usual environmental doom and gloom.
My story for BBC #Wildlife mag 🧪
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@davidbflower.bsky.socialReposted by @helenpilcher.bsky.socialOrionid meteor shower set to light up UK sky. 🔭 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
@whysharksmatter.bsky.socialReposted by @helenpilcher.bsky.socialSperm whales blow bubbles to stay afloat while resting, research shows 🧪🌎🦑
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@joannabagniewska.comReposted by @helenpilcher.bsky.socialWhat time of the year is it?
It's FAT BEAR WEEK!
It's been so popular that their website is having issues - but check periodically to see if you can vote for the chonkiest chonk on @fatbearweek.bsky.social
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@helenpilcher.bsky.socialNew podcast alert.
A total pleasure to chat 'This Book May Cause Side Effects' with Tim Anderson on the Original Strength 'Bodcast'
#science #nocebo 🧪
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@helenpilcher.bsky.socialAnteaters may look cute when they stand with their arms outstretched, but it’s a warning to back off. Theirs can be a fatal embrace.
Me for BBC #wildlife mag
#science 🧪
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@deepfrieddna.bsky.socialReposted by @helenpilcher.bsky.social@helenpilcher.bsky.socialLegend has it they feast on the blood of deer and farm animals before gorging on their entrails. But could the vampire squirrel of Borneo be misunderstood?
My story for #Science focus mag
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@chrisnsimms.bsky.socialReposted by @helenpilcher.bsky.socialThe body temperature of Tyrannosaurus rex has finally been figured out, confirming it was warm blooded.
Not only that, but the analysis of isotopes in T. rex teeth reveals that the king of the dinosaurs had about the same body temp as humans and elephants 🧪 🦖
@helenpilcher.bsky.social@helenpilcher.bsky.socialThank you for sharing this.
@helenpilcher.bsky.socialSounds awesome! Congrats!
@helenpilcher.bsky.socialMeet #Sacabambaspsis, my fave extinct fish. Loved, not just becz it looked like a fat tapdole, but becz when palaeontologist Elga Mark-Kurik made a model of it for the Helsinki Natural History Museum, she slapped on a pair of googly eyes from a craft shop.
#science 🧪
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