Alexander Verbeek  Geverifieerd account

@Alex_Verbeek

Editor of The Planet | Public Speaker | Photographer | Yale World Fellow | TEDx | Climate Change | Wildlife | Art | Energy-Water-Food | Sustainability 🌱

Ottawa, Ontario
Geregistreerd in juni 2011

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    🌎 TEDx just uploaded on YouTube my recent TEDx talk: ‘Our failure to imagine Planetary Security threats.’ ➡️ RT’s appreciated 😊 Thank you and

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  2. 🌎 12/12. Did you already subscribe to The Planet newsletter? If you like this thread, you will like The Planet. ➡️ Sign up for free, or (preferably) support this initiative with a paid subscription. 🙏 It takes 30 seconds. ➡️ RT

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  3. 🕷 11. And I won’t leave you without this one. It only takes a small dog and a spider costume 😂😂😂 🧵 thread continues

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  4. 🕷 10. This spider tried to eat the cursor. 😂 A video by 🧵 thread continues (give me a few minutes…)

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  5. 🕷 9. Have you ever enjoyed the clapping of a spider? (Sound on 🔊) 😊 🧵 more videos in thread ➡️ RT

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  6. 🕷 8. I love the spider's reaction when it sees itself infront of a mirror. 🧵 more fun-spider-videos in thread

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  7. 🕷 7. Spiders can be funny too. So I will continue this thread with a few more funny spider videos. 😂 Give me a few minutes, meanwhile perhaps you can sign up for the free or paid version of The Planet. It takes just 30 seconds. 🙏

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  8. 🕷 6. This zipper spider reminded me of those wasteful plastic wrapping machines for suitcases that you see on airports. Nature inspires everyone… Filmed by in his garage. 🧵 thread continues

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  9. 🕷 5. A six-eyes sand spider (Hexophthalma) that produce venom that can is capable of causing serious or even life-threatening wounds, particularly if the wound becomes infected or the venom spreads in the body. Watch how it hides in the sand. 🧵

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  10. 🕷 4. A fascinating timelapse of a Mexican flame knee tarantula shedding its old exoskeleton, a process known as ‘molting’ that that occurs numerous times in the spider’s lifespan until it finishes growing. via

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  11. 🌎 3. Read about nature in The Planet newsletter. Subscribe to The Planet and start your day with stories about the beauty of nature, or threats like climate change. ➡️ Please subscribe 🙏 🧵thread continues with more spider videos 🕷

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  12. 🕷 2. When male jumping spiders flirt with females, they risk losing their lives. This is a mating dance, but she is not interested and he escapes with his life, because often females will eat their lover after sex. 🧵 📹: EstradaWildPhotography

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  13. 🕷 1/… Sorry for disturbing you buddy! We’ll leave you alone now! 😂 A thread about spiders. 🧵 ➡️ RT   MT

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    "We subsidize a lot of luxuries at the government level that we do not really need when basic needs aren't available for many around the world. The government gives one 100 times more subsidies for and meat products than for and ," said

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    Alexander Verbeek () told : "There is a direct link between the rapid growth over the past 200 years and the problem of . When we get richer we also want to consume more."

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    🌎 4. Humans like to dominate and destroy for short-term gains but fail to preserve the ecosystems they need in any long-term strategy to benefit them as a species and all life on the planet. 🧵

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  18. 🌍 On Tuesday 19 October, I will be a speaker at the in the session on ‘Climate and Global Health Crises as Strategic Threats’. 10 am EDT, that is 4 pm in most of Europe ➡️ RT

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    🌎 3. But: Since the dawn of civilization, humanity has lost 83% of all wild mammals and half of all plants. Of all the mammals on earth, 96% are livestock and humans, while only 4% are wild mammals. 🧵 Thread

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    🌎 1. Suppose an alien spaceship will land on earth next week. After many light-years of travel through space, some friendly little green creatures decide to get out and stretch their legs on our planet. What would they report home? 🧵Thread

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