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Petros Chrysafis @pchrysafis.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

Hey so my daughter wants to be Rumi from Kpop demonhunters for Halloween this year (surprise surprise). My question is does anyone know of a wood Mira wig that will fit a large adult head well? I really dont want to spend money online to realize it doesnt fit.

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Petros Chrysafis @pchrysafis.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

In semi professional news I am up to handling 5 of these cute Giant Kangaroo rats (with proper permits and training). Soon ill be able to qualify for designated biologist. Im still a large mammal guy but these guys are too cute(and fiesty).🦊🧪

The world's hottest wildlife biologist (me) messing the toes of a giant kangaroo rat.

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Petros Chrysafis @pchrysafis.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

Apologies for the long silence. New job and all is making it hard to keep up with social media. As a penalty I post bobcat kittens carried by their mom

A bobcat mom on a mountain trail among green vegetation carrying a bobcat kitten

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Petros Chrysafis @pchrysafis.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

Coyote in high elevation snow in March. I was looking for fishers at the time. 🧪🦊📷

A coyote in the distance among snow and pine trees

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Petros Chrysafis @pchrysafis.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

I got a great Eurasian Lynx sighting while visiting Sweden this year. I am so excited about it. 🦊🧪📷

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Petros Chrysafis @pchrysafis.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

A fluffy gray fox stops by a camera in the high Sierra Nevada. 📷🦊🧪

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Petros Chrysafis @pchrysafis.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

Sequoia National Forest tracking and aesthetic pictures

A picture of a rule with a canine track on sand

A picture of mushrooms growing next to a tree

More canine prints in mud with a white ruler next to them

More canine tracks on wet ground with ruler next to them

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Petros Chrysafis @pchrysafis.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Ever since I showed her the pictures and videos of the rattlesnake I saw during fieldwork she is obsessed with them. We alternate between YouTube videos like @rattlesnakes.bsky.social and livestreams.

The backside of a child looking at a computer screen that shows a video of a snake.

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Petros Chrysafis @pchrysafis.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

I saw my first rattlesnake today. We'll I've seen glimpses before and heard them but never this gorgeous and stood still

A zoomed out version of the rattlesnake among the rocks

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Petros Chrysafis @pchrysafis.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

Hey camera trap peeps has anyone tried the new 4K Reconyx camera? I need some more cameras and I was wondering what the consensus is. 📷

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Petros Chrysafis @pchrysafis.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Sierra Foothills bobcat. A species I will never tire of capturing. 🦊🧪📷

A bobcat is looking towards the camera among granite and oaks

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Petros Chrysafis @pchrysafis.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Stuff like that is making me extremely nervous to travel outside of the USA anymore.

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Petros Chrysafis @pchrysafis.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

In some personal news, Predator Detection and Deterrence as well as any other independent human-wildlife conflict I do will stop operations on June 15th. I am still taking clients but my goal is to leave everyone with a sustainable long term plan by June 15th. It's sad but...

A bobcat walking down a trail among grass and trees

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Petros Chrysafis @pchrysafis.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Chicken people really text you at 5 am telling you that new product has arrived like it's some sort of drug deal.

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Petros Chrysafis @pchrysafis.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

I have been working/hoping for this shot for 6 whole years. I am incredibly happy to have gotten it. 📷🧪🦊

A mountain lion is staring at a pond in the backgroundamong vegetation

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Petros Chrysafis @pchrysafis.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

Blind in one eye, this male mule deer still continues to impress in size.

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Petros Chrysafis @pchrysafis.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Late rut time means horny horny Tule Elk bulls. This was taken in September in the Carrizo Plains for Snapshot USA 🦊🧪📷

A bull elk following two cow elk in the dried grass with fog surrounding them

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Petros Chrysafis @pchrysafis.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

I have been really bad at checking cameras. Life, stress and a collapse of mental health have reduced my want to do fieldwork. But it's getting better so I am hoping to be out there again as soon as the winter storms pass for a check. 📷🧪🦊

A mountain lion walking up to some manzanita brush with a fallen log and vegetation in the background

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Petros Chrysafis @pchrysafis.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

People have been asking me lately why I don't talk about depredation and conflict as much and the reality is that it has slowed up significantly. Between the counties not offering funding anymore, people not willing to pay and my financial situation getting trickier I no longer...🧪

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Petros Chrysafis @pchrysafis.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

It's been a wild January and it's for sure not gonna get better before it gets worse so just checking in on all my U.S. science peeps. 🧪

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

If you are a member (or not) you can email their leadership about this. President Theresa M. Koehler Theresa.M.Koehler@uth.tmc.edu President Elect Alexander McAdam Alexander.McAdam@childrens.harvard.edu They need to know this bullshit cannot be tolerated.

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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Well the award for most cowardly, boot-lickingest academic society has squarely gone to the American Society of Microbiology, who has taken down features of various non-white scientists. Absolutely pathetic behavior. Those articles are now coming up as “under review”. Truly sickening cowardice here.

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Petros Chrysafis @pchrysafis.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

Perfectly camouflaged the spots on this bobcat break the pattern enough allowing it to blend into granite and grass alike.🧪🦊📷

A bobcat is seen stealthing along some granite rocks in the background. There are some dry yellow glass along the way and some green valley oak in the background

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Petros Chrysafis @pchrysafis.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

Finally some pronghorn. After a year of no show on camera this young pronghorn visits the spring for some water. 📷🦊🧪

A pronghorn looking at a spring of water. Behind it is a large tree and som grassland

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Petros Chrysafis @pchrysafis.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

Coyotes are often considered to be the biggest contributor to livestock depredation and while regionally that might be true, more often than not feral dog kills are also attributed to coyotes. I find that a lot of people underestimate the spread of feral dogs in semiurban locations. 🧪🦊📷

A coyote staring at the camera in a Sierra Nevada foothill vegetation setting.

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Petros Chrysafis @pchrysafis.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

Grayscale apex predators caught on camera for this year's Snapshot USA efforts. 📷🦊🧪

A grayscale image of an American Black Bear

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Petros Chrysafis @pchrysafis.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

Sunset in an Tule Elk's eyes🧪🦊📷. Despite their challenges, Tule elk sure provide some really nice shots.

A black and white image close up of a Tule elk and the sun having just set over the horizon

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Petros Chrysafis @pchrysafis.bsky.social · 26/12/2024

Man I love this capture so much even if it's in pink and with a messed up angle. The coyote approaching the elk herd that was bedded down by the water trough is just cool to me. 📷🦊🧪

A coyote walking towards an elk herd in the background. The image is tinted pink.

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Petros Chrysafis @pchrysafis.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

Coyote pack in the Sierra Nevada.🧪🦊📷

Two visible coyotes and the rear end of one are looking around on a trail between thick oak and pine. The image is from a trail camera so there is a time stamp at the bottom.

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Petros Chrysafis @pchrysafis.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

Picturesque background? check. Coyote? Check. Camera IR malfunction? Also check. Still it lends itself to a certain pinkish charm. 📷🦊🧪

A capture of a coyote walking towards the camera with the Carrizo in the background. The entire image is tinted pink due to a malfunction

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Petros Chrysafis @pchrysafis.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

I don't often carry a gun in the field but when I do people usually ask if it's for mountain lions or bears and the response always is that it's for wild pigs and feral dogs. It always seems to surprise them but Im not taking any chances with either of those.

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Petros Chrysafis @pchrysafis.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

This year's Carrizo Plain deployments may have been wrecked by elk but it was also the highest frequency of American Badgers caught on cameras so that's something. Especially because they are so cool looking. 🧪🦊📷

A black and white image of a badger walking on a trail

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Petros Chrysafis @pchrysafis.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

A coyote utilizes the most obvious fence opening to navigate arbitrary human property lines.🦊🧪📷

A coyote front and center surrounded by some hills and dry vegetation. On it's left is a fence with an open green gate

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Petros Chrysafis @pchrysafis.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Big boi comin! It was a season of black bears for this year's Snapshot USA 📷🧪🦊

An American black bear on a trail surrounded by vegetation. The bear is heading towards the camera

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Petros Chrysafis @pchrysafis.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

I have been camera trapping Tule elk for 4 years but this is the first time I ever caught them bugling. 🦊🧪📷

A Tule Elk bull bugling as it it covered in mud in a spring. There is a female cow in the background

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Petros Chrysafis @pchrysafis.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

A natural spring provides animals here with the much needed water. Although coyotes are common in the Carrizo they are always a beautiful sight to behold. 🧪🦊📷

A coyote on some bare dirt next to a spring of water. There is a large tree behind it.

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Petros Chrysafis @pchrysafis.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

For the second time ever my Carrizo Plains cameras captured a mountain lion. It's a pretty rare occurrence since there isnt a lot of varied vegetation to help them hunt but this fella probably followed some feral pigs at night. 🦊🧪📷

A black and white image of the back of a mountain lion heading away from the camera surrounded by vegetation

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Petros Chrysafis @pchrysafis.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Nope its just a good old fashioned trail camera. Just retrieved it yesterday

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Petros Chrysafis @pchrysafis.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

The plains are as giving as they are unforgiving. I am a total 7 cameras down which I am probably not going to be able to recover for a while but man if the area doesn't produce gorgeous shots as an apology. Plus I caught one of the most rare species you can catch on camera there. Stay tuned 🦊🧪📷

A bull elk walking among gold grass and gold hills

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Petros Chrysafis @pchrysafis.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Well this year's SnapshotUSA Carrizo camera pick up was rough 📷

A trail camera opened up with the batteries missing and the cables chewed up.

A trail camera pushed to face the ground with poop on it

A trail camera missing it's cover and destroyed

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Petros Chrysafis @pchrysafis.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Hey all I have blown up in followers lately and if you are a Twitter mutual please do hit me up. I am trying to follow you all back to rebuild everything since I am migrating slowly

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Enigmatic White Woman @worstgirleva.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

Spine of Eternity: Everybody Wants to be a Star is a Powered by the Apocalypse Tabletop RPG. In a modern fantasy setting where fame is power you play as an adventurer traveling the land to earn the strength to reach the Stars. Out now! tinyurl.com/spineofetern...