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Carissa Rocco, MSc🐇 @mustelidmay.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

We worked hard to apply to jobs and update our application packet today so time for some rest

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Alex Wild @alexwild.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

I would like to point out that the local people in Bolivia were already familiar with the new cat species, traditionally calling it "Tilcayo", a name honored by the scientists who carried it over into the formal scientific name Leopardus tilcayo.

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SK Winnicki, PhD 🏳️‍⚧️ @skwinnicki.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

the cognitive dissonance required to pour myself into job applications while also wondering how much of society as we know it will still be around in a decade sure is something

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Carissa Rocco, MSc🐇 @mustelidmay.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Have you tried turning your gov off and back on again?

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Carissa Rocco, MSc🐇 @mustelidmay.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Really wish I knew how to get more southeastern state wildlife agencies funding for non-game research 😭 All the jobs are mainly habitat management for game species & not helping biodiversity at all. I can't say it's anyone's fault. Their funding comes from hunters, so land is managed for that ☹️

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Carissa Rocco, MSc🐇 @mustelidmay.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

My dad apparently got tricked by AI into buying some snake-oil-ass scam drug from Facebook. He said it looked like Sam Elliot recommended it & Elon Musk invented it for space ppl to keep their blood sugar low 🙃 So yea that pretty much sums up how boomers in the south are doing 🙃 🙃 Bless em.

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Carissa Rocco, MSc🐇 @mustelidmay.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Heyyy! It's ya girl 💁🏻‍♀️ I am slowly in the process of moving back east to help care for a sick family member. I'm looking for Wildlife work (preferably in NC or TN) or PhD positions if anyone has leads. I'm working on publishing my armadillo work, and I want to do more movement ecology research! ♥️

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Jess McLaughlin, PhD (they/them) @jfmclaughlin92.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

In a report of the faculty advisory board on AI and good god my blood pressure

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Carissa Rocco, MSc🐇 @mustelidmay.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Wasn't there someone on here reporting all cases of ppl killing rattlesnakes and bragging about it online? 👀 Trying to find them

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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

'Ayotl' means turtle or tortoise 'Tochtli' means rabbit. "Ayotochtli" = Turtle-rabbit.

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Susan Ingham @susaningham.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Believe the judges would have awarded a 10/10 for this jump in the Mink Olympics! For full story & photos, click link below: www.inaturephoto.com/blog/2026/7/... #mink #mustelid @mustelidmay.bsky.social @briggsalexa.bsky.social #Olympics #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #wildlife

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Carissa Rocco, MSc🐇 @mustelidmay.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

Sending thotz and prayers to the gov. That outta fix it.

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Carissa Rocco, MSc🐇 @mustelidmay.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

If anyone knows of any nice jobs around TN, NC, VA, etc please reach out. I'm great at capturing/handling small mammals, herps, and birds. I also have a drone license & love GIS.

Cat in a small cooler box for attention.
Please give me a job. I'm tired of working in a desert in WA with people who treat me like dirt.

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Carissa Rocco, MSc🐇 @mustelidmay.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

I'm trying very hard to find a wildlife job back near Tennessee... Washington is nice, but I miss my best friends terribly. And frogs. I really miss frogs. And lightenin' bugs.

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Carissa Rocco, MSc🐇 @mustelidmay.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

The opposite of our target species 😂 a long-tailed weasel that was predating our pygmy rabbits most likely. Such a cutie, though ♥️

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Carissa Rocco, MSc🐇 @mustelidmay.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

I've been a top 3 choice for like 5 PhD positions but never get chosen. Usually they pick someone they already know in person. I'm so tired. I really just want to research misunderstood mammals and mentor new biologists. *sigh* Anyway, here's a baby mouse I accidentally dumped out of a tarp today.

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Susan Ingham @susaningham.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

A mink having a spa day! For full story & photos, click link below: www.inaturephoto.com/blog/2026/5/... #mink #mustelid @briggsalexa.bsky.social @mustelidmay.bsky.social #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #spa #wildlife #nature @ripfriattfro.bsky.social #🦊#Alberta #yyc

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Carissa Rocco, MSc🐇 @mustelidmay.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

She's a border collie and pyranees mix. Extremely intelligent as you can see.

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Carissa Rocco, MSc🐇 @mustelidmay.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

ISO a #brewery to create a "hoppy" beer in support of endangered Columbia Basin Pygmy Rabbits in #washington thx. We can call it "li'l pyg-me up" or somethin?! Okay bye

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Carissa Rocco, MSc🐇 @mustelidmay.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Was loading the field truck up this morning and hit my knee in a spot similar to the "funny bone" on an elbow and BOY HOWDY what a way to start the day 😂😂😂😭

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Carissa Rocco, MSc🐇 @mustelidmay.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Are you even a wildlife biologist if you don't have some form of poop, dead animal, or animal genitalia pics on your phone? Pygmy rabbit female up close 🔎

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Katie O'Reilly @drkatfish.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

tag yourself, I'm Existential Crisis Bug

A cropped image showing a snorkeling bug asking "Am I shrimp too?"

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

A history of the top marginal tax rates on the wealthiest Americans: 1940: 81% 1950: 84% 1960: 91% 1970: 72% 1980: 70% 1990: 28% 2000: 40% 2010: 35% For 50 years, corporate backed politicians in Congress have slashed taxes to line the pockets of their wealthy donors.

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Carissa Rocco, MSc🐇 @mustelidmay.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

Spent Friday exploring a little in the northern Idaho panhandle. Almost had the entire day ruined by people shooting in the national forest 🙃 but we were able to relocate our fishing spot far enough away. Why is disturbing the peace and being so selfish a fun thing for y'all? 🙃 More pics below

An American dipper screaming into the void

A beautiful portrait of Dutchman's breeches 👖 flowers. I've seen so many pictures but never found them in person until now! So much smaller than I expected

A western terrestrial garter snake. Are there extra terrestrial garters??

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Carissa Rocco, MSc🐇 @mustelidmay.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

So fun trying to job hunt. Looking at PhD positions in Canada tbh. But I have no energy to put in the effort I need atm. I'm so tired.

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Carissa Rocco, MSc🐇 @mustelidmay.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Guess what?

Pika butt.
(a small, gray, egg-shaped mammal with round ears scurries across a rock around a mountain side)

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Janet Hill @saskajanet.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

The bird. The habitat. (Ruffed Grouse. Aspen Parkland.) #birds 🌿

Very well camouflaged chicken-like bird. It is a symphony in brown and standing among brown foliage and snow.

White-barked aspen trees with blue sky, white fluffy clouds and patches of snow.

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Carissa Rocco, MSc🐇 @mustelidmay.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

Wildflowers of the sagebrush steppe ♥️

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Carissa Rocco, MSc🐇 @mustelidmay.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Lol rejection email received 🙃 I cannot even get a job as a technician. Cool. Great job market rn.

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Carissa Rocco, MSc🐇 @mustelidmay.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

I wanna play my new games all day, but I must resist and finish my PowerPoint for WA TWS 😢

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Carissa Rocco, MSc🐇 @mustelidmay.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Decisions were made. Probably not good ones. But yolo

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Carissa Rocco, MSc🐇 @mustelidmay.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

I'm tired of this, grandpa. Been removing ground staples for many hours this week & my leg muscles are v mad @ me 😭 So many squats.

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Carissa Rocco, MSc🐇 @mustelidmay.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Had an interview with this tribe today for a wildlife technician job & really enjoyed talking with them & their plans for cougar/ungulate monitoring. Would looove to move on from small mammal work even though I still enjoy it a ton! Small poops & tiny baby bun Pic for reference 😂

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Carissa Rocco, MSc🐇 @mustelidmay.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

Maybe academia almost letting me back in 4 times but choosing someone else was for the best. I want to go work outdoors daily, not get swept up that lack of work/life balance & freak out about writing and editing. I love research, but the field is full of toxic people and energy. ☹️

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JayIsPainting 🍁 @jayispainting.earthskyart.ca · 20/02/2026

Immigrants make everywhere better. Pass it on.

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Carissa Rocco, MSc🐇 @mustelidmay.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

I don't think Central Washington has ever had such little snow or such a short winter. I'm worried what it will mean for the sensitive pygmy rabbits ☹️

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Carissa Rocco, MSc🐇 @mustelidmay.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

I'm so damn thankful for all of the opportunities I get to share wildlife with more people ♥️ This was awesome. Big thanks to @seattletimes-rss.bsky.social

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Carissa Rocco, MSc🐇 @mustelidmay.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Made it to the Seattle Times ♥️ 🐇 Pygmy rabbits are vital to the Columbia Basin. Will they survive? | The Seattle Times share.google/igLEZSMWra63...

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