Orianne Society joining in to participate in chat; work with @HerpMapper in our cit sci efforts @CoopSciScoop #citscichat
#CitSciChat Trivia Q: How many types of poisonous #snakes are there in the world?
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@OrianneSociety - thanks for joining the#CitSciChat - you do great work
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#citizenscience can provide early warning of decline of formerly common species@CoopSciScoop#citscichat -
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@OrianneSociety@CoopSciScoop@ShirkSci I also want#citizenscience to help detect salamander chytrid before too many deaths#citscichat -
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@OrianneSociety@CoopSciScoop@ShirkSci W/#citizenscience, I belive can detect pathogen faster vs w/ gov't & academia alone#citscichat
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Most species have limited protection - and we don't know conservation status of many tropical species
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A2. some species like turtles highly overexploited for food
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#citizenscience can be very important to gain support for more herp conservation laws@CoopSciScoop#citscichatThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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#citizenscience is to use environmental DNA to "find" herps without even seeing them@CoopSciScoop#citscichat - 1 more reply
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A3. Also possible presence of new salamander chytrid could be good job for
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@OrianneSociety@CoopSciScoop Exactly, can raise awareness and ask public to take pics & report dead salamanders & location ASAP#citscichat -
@OrianneSociety@CoopSciScoop Then after a report can do formal gov't/academic research trip to survey#chytrid presence there#citscichat -
@OrianneSociety@CoopSciScoop#citscichat Might get false-positives (death by other factors), but in an emergency like this, can really help
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A1. many medicines have come from herps esp. venomous ones
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@SeanSterrett@CoopSciScoop Less than most people would expect!#CitSciChat
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@CoopSciScoop As I understand it aren't they ALL poisonous?#citscichat#Trivia -
@AlongsideWild@CoopSciScoop Just slapped head - NEED my first coffee!#citscichat
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