Curations from the Human Jungle
[This is sure to rankle residents of The Jungle. It's a fun exercise, but not very scientific. Really ... Silverbacks are not as intelligent as pigeons? Rats? African Grey Parrots? Humans are #1? ... Gimmeabreak! Tip of the hat to SB Babs for connecting us up to this one. SB SM] By Grace Hussain September 20,... Continue Reading →
[This is the official 1000th post on Silverback Digest. I asked my fellow dwellers in The Jungle where we should go next, and here's how they responded. Thanks to all of you who came up with such great suggestions. SB SM] 21 thoughts on “Closing in on 1,000 … Asking for Your Help.” Steven Shepard... Continue Reading →
Silverback Digest is closing in on its 1000th post! It's time to celebrate, but also to rethink our purpose, our goals, our format, our style, our existence. We need your help. What are we doing right? Wrong? What could we do better? The first post? It happened on September 23, 2020. There was a picture... Continue Reading →
[Silverback John (Mendocino Bonobos) sent us this link showing an intimate glimpse of Silverback families in their natural habitat. If you go to Explore.org (link below) you can visit a huge range of live webcams from around the world. Go on a safari while having your morning coffee. What a treat. Ain't technology great! SB... Continue Reading →
[And how can you celebrate? By sending money, of course. Actually ... doesn't $55,000 sound like a piddling goal? Really? $55,000 to save an entire species? Time to reach for your wallets, fellow simians. I'm in for $55. SB SM] https://fundraise.gorillafund.org/worldgorilladay2022/ Helping People. Saving Gorillas START YOUR FUNDRAISER DONATE TODAY #WORLDGORILLADAY 2022 TOOLKIT WORLD GORILLA DAY... Continue Reading →
Published: August 31, 2022 12.40pm EDT in The Conversation theconversation.com Academic rigor, journalistic flair https://theconversation.com/ authors: Peter C. Kjærgaard Professor of Evolutionary History and Director, Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen Mark Maslin Professor of Earth System Science, UCL Trine Kellberg Nielsen Associate Professor, Department of Archeology and Heritage Studies, Aarhus University Neanderthals... Continue Reading →
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yB51vdkZAE from SBs Steve & Beth (Post Island SBs) These are brilliant. Homonyms or homographs are words of like spelling, but with more than meaning and sound. When pronounced differently, they are known as heteronyms. “The bandage was wound around his wound.“The farm was cultivated to produce produce.“The dump was so full that the workers... Continue Reading →
Tuesday, Feb. 8, 8 pm (EST) Join me at my Watch Party and chat with your fellow 'Backs and 'Belles My birthday is actually February 9, but I'm kicking it off with a Watch Party on 2/8/2022 at 8 pm (Eastern Standard Time). Here are the key facts: You must have an Amazon Prime accountThe... Continue Reading →
[This just in from SB Steve (Post Island SBs)] Ozzie is no longer with us in The Jungle Jan. 25, 2022, 9:50 PM EST / Updated Jan. 26, 2022, 12:29 AM EST By Tim Stelloh Ozzie, the world's oldest male gorilla, has died, Zoo Atlanta officials said Tuesday. He was 61. Ozzie, a western lowland silverback, was found dead... Continue Reading →
A moth species marks the solstice in a reliably procreative way. By Bryan Pfeiffer Updated December 18, 2021, 4:05 a.m. Published originally in the Boston Globe [Stick with it. This post gets downright pornographic at the end. Enjoy, you Silverback perverts. SB SM] Relatively few other insects have reason to be flying around New England in... Continue Reading →