I came across an article called Owls — Not Quite as Clever as We Think and after the post about AI generated images and today’s is it real or isn’t it pic of the Northern Lights https://lemmy.world/post/15495156, I felt now was the right time to share this article and see some of your opinions on the matter. I feels it’s...
Heck yeah, Flammy Friday 💪 I’m interested to learn that our little buddy was so chill about his home being invaded for research and photography.
Tl;dr for those who didn’t read the article - the chainsawed out parts of the tree could be placed back over the nest like a lid when visiting time was done, and filming/botherance was kept to 20 mins max each night.
Honestly quite respectful for someone who reads as being so burned out as this guy. He seems quite cynical (even calling out his wife’s choice of inferior camera lens for a picture she seemed excited about? My dude.)
The debate on wild pics vs. staged pics (personally I wouldn’t use the term “fake” because it’s not like they’re using animatronic birds) reminds me a lot of the debate about using “false color” photos in astronomy.
Almost none of the astronomical structures you see published from the fancy telescopes would look anything like that if you were in a spaceship up close. Because decisions have to be made about things like how to present wavelengths of light that can’t be seen by humans, but are present in the telescope data. So there a certain amount of actual artistry that goes into producing the final published photos.
I’m happy for the artifice as long as it’s done with careful consideration specifically to achieve science communication and education. I think staging photos and videos of animals that would be intrusive or impossible to capture in the wild falls within the same realm of art performed in service of education and I’m ok with it.
I have been feeling neglectful of some of the more exotic owl species lately. All the GHO and Barred babies have been dominating my feeds recently, so I’ve been overflowing with that content....
How wild that these continents have such similar owls when so many other continents have owls that look like total aliens to me. Cause if you’d have told me that these were pics of a Burrowing Owl and a GHO, I’d 100% have believed you.
I’m actually surprised that they look more similar than I expected. Especially the coloring on this Pharoah individual and this Eurasian individual. But that body shape is surprisingly preserved across a lot of different geographies.
Pharma companies are basing pricing for these one-time-in-a-life-dose drugs on supply and demand principles. There will never be high demand for these drugs because the conditions are so rare. And only needing to be dosed once for a complete lifetime cure means that there is no recurrent payment happening the way you would have with a drug that needed to be dosed repeatedly over a lifetime.
You’ll hear all the usual excuses about “muh R&D costs 😭😭” but the truth is they’re pricing it this way because they can. Because somewhere in the bible of capitalism, this is the way things work.
The guy holding the owl in the photo is the rescuer, not the “depositer!” He says he’s running into too many people not reading the article and think he did it....
Discussing wildlife photography ethics, including the story why this Flammy looks quite displeased (lemmy.world)
I came across an article called Owls — Not Quite as Clever as We Think and after the post about AI generated images and today’s is it real or isn’t it pic of the Northern Lights https://lemmy.world/post/15495156, I felt now was the right time to share this article and see some of your opinions on the matter. I feels it’s...
Owl-rora Bore-owl-is (lemmy.world)
From Alan Murphy...
Two owlets were stuck in a chimney, rescuers worked for 24 hours to save them (sopuli.xyz)
This article about owlets being rescued from a chimney made it to the national news! It’s in Finnish, but here’s a quick google translation....
Tiny Tufts! A Marsh Owl, plus 2 other African owls in comments! (lemmy.world)
I have been feeling neglectful of some of the more exotic owl species lately. All the GHO and Barred babies have been dominating my feeds recently, so I’ve been overflowing with that content....
X now treats the term cisgender as a slur (www.engadget.com)
50 Photos of Sooty Owls! (lemmy.world)
Here’s a few highlights from this Flickr gallery from Richard Jackson....
Sunda Scops Owl (lemmy.world)
Photo by Barun Kumar Acharya...
Barred Owl Standing Tall (lemmy.world)
Photos by Mar Acevedo...
Tiniest Barred Baby (lemmy.world)
From The Raptor Center...
Stylish Pants (lemmy.world)
From Hoo’s Woods...
About to head out into the wild (lemmy.world)
Photo by Ruth Neal...
Owls in the Bluebells (lemmy.world)
Photos from Kent Owl Academy...
Two newborn twins need a one-dose treatment that would save their lives: Zolgensma, a $2.1M drug. Insurance (also the mother's employer) cut coverage of the drug the day after they were born. (www.wbtv.com)
america is so fucking based man...
The man himself - Jeffrey Combs - will be live at a movie marathon celebrating his B horror movie career. Philly, June 21 & 22 (thecolonialtheatre.com)
Another Great Foster Parent (lemmy.world)
From World Bird Sanctuary...
Find-the-Flamny (lemmy.world)
@JetpackJackson asked for a more challenging game of Find-the-Flammy....
Man walks into bank with live barn owl as a deposit (lemmy.world)
The guy holding the owl in the photo is the rescuer, not the “depositer!” He says he’s running into too many people not reading the article and think he did it....
Flammulated Friday (lemmy.world)
Photo by Jessica Findlay