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Nihan D. Dağtaş

@nihandd.bsky.social

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PhD candidate, sediments, ancient DNA, method development 🧪🧬 and a bit of 🐦🏞️🍲on the side Formerly @METU, @UniOklahoma Currently @TAU #slonlab

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Nihan D. Dağtaş @nihandd.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

Hailing from the Americas, silky anteater is yet another one in the Pygmies List ❤️ the night & hanging out up in🌳where it escapes from vicious🦅 Not only 🐜 but sleepy wasps too fall victim to these hungry furballs. In 2017, people realized it’s not 1 but actually ~7 species😮 Pop trend unknown 📸D.Gunn

A silky anteater sitting on a branch of a tree, looking down. Sharp claws are visible.

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Nihan D. Dağtaş @nihandd.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

Western pygmy marmoset. Smallest 🐒, living in the northwestern Amazon. Adults weigh ~90g & can turn their heads 180dgr🤯 Exudativore, meaning feeds on tree fluids, like sap, resin, even latex⁉️Pop decline >30% due to deforestation, mining, palm cultivation, settlements, hunting. Vulnerable 📸T.Aronson

A western pygmy marmoset sitting on a tree, looking curiously at the camera

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Nihan D. Dağtaş @nihandd.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Least pygmy squirrel. 1 of the smallest 🐿️ on 🌏 -not bigger than a 🖊️! Found mostly in Borneo's lowland 🌳 Loves to eat 🐛 & bark. Threatened by 🌳 clearing for agriculture and industry. Although covered by some, it’s believed to occupy 🌳 that are outside the protected areas. Pop size unknown 📸 from Wiki

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Nihan D. Dağtaş @nihandd.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Here's mine. Messy is a subjective term, I guess 🙆 #lifeofanacademic

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