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Danielle Clode

@dclode.bsky.social
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Writer | Nature Science History www.danielleclode.com.au Author of award-winning Australian nonfiction books for adults and children.

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Danielle Clode @dclode.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Ours seems fine. We watch it most nights.
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Danielle Clode @dclode.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Unexpected start to the day when we found this little #joey tangled by her foot in a fence. Popped her in a pouch made out of an old jumper. The #wildlifecarer took her to the vet and there was no major damage. Fingers crossed. 🫰 Happy she's in good hands. #Australianwildlife #kangaroos
Women holding a small joey
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Danielle Clode @dclode.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
What plans/processes does your local council/land authorities have in place to collect dead birds quickly to slow the spread of H5 bird flu? And if they can't or don't, what should we do? Avoid, Record, Report only works if it's follwed up by a quick RESPONSE. #birdflu #lga
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Professor Euan Ritchie FAMS @euanritchie.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Wildlife, wildlife carers, wildlife rescuers, wildlife researchers, wildlife disease experts, veterinarians...all need far greater support than governments are currently providing during this difficult, dangerous and devastating time. au.news.yahoo.com/grim-beachsi... @michaeldahlstrom.bsky.social
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Grim beachside discovery reveals 'challenge' for everyday Australians: 'My money is on kindness'
Experts note the country has two options in response to the bird flu crisis, and they hope the positive one 'wins out'.
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Danielle Clode @dclode.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Good point. I'm updating Killers in Eden just now and have a whole chapter on this topic.
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Danielle Clode @dclode.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
We must taste really awful...
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Danielle Clode @dclode.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Fascinating - I did not know the curcubits had their own special bee. (Prob why I read the noun as a verb!)
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Danielle Clode @dclode.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Worried for a minute there. Thought that was an instruction.
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Danielle Clode @dclode.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
I think the bulk of most domestic cat prey is smaller birds, reptiles and lizards which are rarely taken into care. Even though I always kept my cat inside from late afternoon to late morning, keeping her in all the time has radically increased small birds and skinks. And improved her health!
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Danielle Clode @dclode.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
teamkowari.com.au/product/limi...
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Limited Edition Team Kowari Socks - Team Kowari
Limited edition Team Kowari Socks. Made from organic, smooth combed cotton. Australian made. Free shipping in Australia!
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Danielle Clode @dclode.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
While setting up my book stall for the Aust Mammal Society conference a friend asked if I'd mind selling these gorgeous Team Kowari socks as well. Happy to support a great cause. Only later discovered that the socks were designed by my youngest daughter!🤯 #AusWildlife #nonfiction #conservation
Book stall with natural history books and socks for saleRed socks decorated with small brushtailed kowari marsupials on a checked bakground
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Danielle Clode @dclode.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
I'm heading to Canberra and feeling well-prepared...
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Danielle Clode @dclode.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
So looking forward to this! If you're attending I'll have books available to purchase AND you can come ask me all your academic/popular science writing questions! See you there! #AMSABS #auswildlife
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Danielle Clode @dclode.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Join me on July 9 for a conversation with KI echidna expert Peggy Rismiller, chaired by monotreme biologist Frank Grutzner. In person and online! Book here for details. #nonfiction #auswildlife #naturewriting. Signed books available to purchase events.humanitix.com/rssa-july-20...
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RSSA July 2026 Meeting and Scientific Presentation
RSSA July Meeting and Scientific Presentation
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Danielle Clode @dclode.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
How about a very undignified wedgetailed eagle capture (literally)? Rescued from a failed chicken run raid. Male - the larger female watched on unimpressed. He's fine.
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Danielle Clode @dclode.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
What country?
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Danielle Clode @dclode.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Slowly but surely the civil defence (or wtf reaction) is kicking in. Better late than never I guess. These problems were very predictable. AI doesn't save time - it just creates a heap of unpaid not pleasant work for others.
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Professor Euan Ritchie FAMS @euanritchie.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Yet MORE evidence that dingoes ARE dingoes, NOT 'wild dogs'. Time to stop the disinformation? "Our tests of over 300 free-roaming canines around Australia shows most carry overwhelmingly dingo ancestry. On average...88.3% dingo and just 11.7% domestic dog." theconversation.com/new-dna-evid...
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New DNA evidence shows dingoes are almost 90% pure – and fall into eight distinct groups
Ancient and modern dingo DNA reveals eight genetically distinct groups of dingoes – and the limited influence of domestic dog genes.
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David @daverino.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05...
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'Incredible' colonial-era boat used for trade in Sydney Harbour uncovered
Maritime archaeologists are working to restore the oldest colonial-era boat ever found in Australia, discovered during the construction of the Barangaroo metro station in 2018.
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Danielle Clode @dclode.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
I don't often charge my car away from home but it was getting low when I went into town so I plugged in. Came back a few hours later to a fully charged car that cost $8.32 to fill. Not bad! #ev #electric #lovemycar
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Danielle Clode @dclode.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Agree. But the ratio of engagement to followers is pretty bad - even for people with thousands of followers. Guess it's much like Twitter was in that. Love to support an independant platform but sadly Meta platforms are working better for connection (despite ads and AI). 😟
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Danielle Clode @dclode.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Reckon that answers my question.
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Danielle Clode @dclode.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Thinking of streamlining my social media. BlueSky seems to have a super low rate of engagement - even for people with loads of followers. So I'm not sure it's worth the effort. I don't need to be here to talk to myself! Thoughts? Or do I just need to use #lists better?
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Danielle Clode @dclode.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
#nonfiction book review
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Danielle Clode @dclode.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
And yet we know the legal system is so unlikely to investigate/prosecute cases like this, I tend to assume they only do so when the evidence is overwhelming.
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Danielle Clode @dclode.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Electric trucks, buses, cars, trains. C'mon what more encouragement do you need? Diversified renewable energy supply makes sense environmentally and economically.
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Danielle Clode @dclode.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
The future is electric - by train, truck, bus or car. www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/economy... via @thesaturdaypaper.com.au
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B-doubling down on electric trucks
While the Coalition claims electric trucks are not capable of transporting heavy freight, overseas usage and current trials in Australia show they far outperform diesel on both overall cost and effici...
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Danielle Clode @dclode.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Echidna of the day (6) - Echidnas are surprisingly long lived for their size and adults tend to remain in the same fairly large area so this could well be the same one. They have really good memories too - maybe this one remembers seeing @katara27 before too?
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Danielle Clode @dclode.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Day 4 book countdown: Let's make this a book plus echidna post then. Because echidnas are great for any occasion! (Except maybe landscaping your garden). #TheEngmaticEchidnq out May 5.
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Danielle Clode @dclode.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Book countdown Day 3: Echidnas have an amazing capacity to survive fires, both by burying themselves underground and undergoing torpor for several days afterwards. They are often seen with burnt spines afterwards but these soon grow back. Resilient animals! #TheEnigmaticEchidna May 5
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Danielle Clode @dclode.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Book countdown Day 2- #Echidnas have such incredibly long and quick tongues but they are usually quite hard to see. Have to be quick - takes a lot of ants or termites to fill up an echidna! #thenigmaticechidna out May5 Thanks to @kk-maker.bsky.social for this post from Perth Zoo.
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Danielle Clode @dclode.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
To be fair, no-one has actually given echidnas an eye test that I'm aware but they have remarkably flat lenses and highly overlapping binocular field of view which are both traits of distance vision (like ours - usually!).
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Danielle Clode @dclode.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Book countdown day 1: Reposting #echidnas everyday the next month in the lead up to publication day on May 5. This one from the Dandenongs in Victoria under the towering Mountain Ash forests. Thanks for sharing @yungenchee.bsky.social #TheEnigmaticEchidna
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Danielle Clode @dclode.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Echidnas seem to have pretty good eyesight actually and surprisingly long focal range - but they mostly just follow their nose! #TheEnigmaticEchidna out May 5.
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Danielle Clode @dclode.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Danielle Clode reviews ‘The Man Who Planted Canberra: Charles Weston and his three million trees’ by Robert Macklin with John Gray www.australianbookreview.com.au/abr-online/c...
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Danielle Clode reviews ‘The Man Who Planted Canberra: Charles Weston and his three million trees’ by Robert Macklin with John Gray
We like to think that Australian cities are blessed with an abundance of nature – spacious inner-city parklands, proximity to national parks, and plentiful nature strips and street trees. Recent studi...
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Danielle Clode @dclode.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Oh my goodness - is that a thing? I was excited to see that an officeworks is opening up in the "man's world" section of Mt Barker (which is cloer to us than the homemaker centre). Desegregation in action at last.
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Danielle Clode @dclode.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Quokkas make everything better...
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Danielle Clode @dclode.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Plump little possum. Nothing like a rat!
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Danielle Clode @dclode.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
On the hunt for the super-poopers.
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Danielle Clode @dclode.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Fascinating discovery about the origins of the #pineal gland or "third eye" which all vertebrates have except hagfish. Central for regulating #sleep and circadian rhythms (jetlag anyone?) this fossil suggests it was once a pair of fully functioning #eyes, not just light sensitive tissue.
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Danielle Clode @dclode.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
I hate them doing that. Stop it!
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Danielle Clode @dclode.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Missed US cultural references are probably more common than we think. I can't shake my image of a "sloppy joe" as a very daggy unwashed sweatshirt. #language #idioms
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Danielle Clode @dclode.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Think the potential for coal was discussed in esrly exploration accounts because of geological similarities to the Welsh coast. Also a way of increasing the perceived value of your discovery? Not sure if the source is going to come to hand readily but I'll let you know if/when it does.
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Danielle Clode @dclode.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Something quite distressing about a new resident flying a huge Australian flag off their gatepost. Feels deeply divisive and disprespectful. But the big Q is - are they English or bogans?
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Danielle Clode @dclode.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
That's an interesting idea. Our reasons for celebrating Jan 26 seem grounded in 1990s politics rather than older history. But I thought the reason for "New South Wales" was because of the coal? Which is a pretty good insight into their real interests. Not so much Enlightment as $$$.
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Danielle Clode @dclode.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
I once had an editor describe an essay as being a bit "shrill". What is this shit? I was writing about our failure to address the environmental crisis. Impassioned, vehement, passionate, sure, but "shrill"? Funny how people who claim to deal in words have so little insight into the words they use.
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Danielle Clode @dclode.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
That's crazy! We do usually have 5 repeats on most ongoing scripts but it still means more GP visits than you need.
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Danielle Clode @dclode.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Ouch. We're meant to have free healthcare in Aust but there's been a $70-100 co-payment for 15min for years. And you're forced to go back just for repeat prescriptions for ongoing conditions (like being female).
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Danielle Clode @dclode.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Regulation is definitely the best option (we're working on that in Australia but it's tough to counter the AI cult marketing - the lure of easy $$$ is powerful). But I'm not conviced by the "too hard" argument. Looks more like hands in the air.
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Danielle Clode @dclode.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Would love to read this but it's member only. Thanks for the Qobuz tip!
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