Shelby Bohn

@shelbybohn

PhD student studying ecology of red squirrels with . Science, , petting dogs. She/her/hers 📸:

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    27 Jul 2017

    Just out! "Personality predicts ectoparasite abundance in an asocial sciurid" w/

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    19 Dec 2019

    The Ontario Environment Minister cited as a reason to cancel a partially built wind farm. Although they can be a major issue, they weren't this time...so I wrote an Op-Ed in the about it...

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    26 Nov 2019

    Charlie, my 5 yo, just said that she needed help closing her creative brain because she already had her best idea and she didn’t want to let the worst one out. Ensuing inspirational parent lecture aside, man, she really gets to the scary core of it, huh?

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    25 Nov 2019

    "If I had influence with the good fairy who is supposed to preside over... all children, I should ask that her gift to each child in the world be a sense of wonder so indestructible that it would last throughout life" -Rachel Carson

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    23 Oct 2019

    Happy Halloween season! Enjoy charming images of bats responsibly. Reminder that "batty" is ableist

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  6. 29 Aug 2019

    This is my current foster puppy Pia, whose name makes me think of the pia mater, the most "delicate" of the brain meninges. The canine Pia protects my brain too, so it's been a pretty accurate name so far.

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  7. 28 Aug 2019

    1. My favourite conifer is the jack pine 2. I can skate 31 laps around a roller derby track in 5 minutes (~20.5 km/h) 3. I've never eaten lobster , and YOU if haven't participated yet & still want to - I nominate you!

    1) once a camel bit me on the lip (as a kid at the zoo) 2) as a baby avocados were one of the only foods I would eat (still love them)🥑 3) I ran a marathon in high school (& won’t go running now)
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  8. 15 Aug 2019

    My computer keeps trying to correct "ghrelin" to "gherkin" so one of these days I'm going to end up quantifying circulating gherkin concentrations

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  9. 13 Aug 2019

    Back on my BS (Bat Scicomm) TOMORROW at 7 pm for 's Talks on Tap! If you're near Guelph, come listen to my IRL bat enthusiasm and maybe learn a new fun bat fact or two!

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  10. 29 May 2019

    So exciting to see this paper out in the world & a great experience working with these folks (including & )! "An experimental test of the allotonic frequency hypothesis to isolate the effects of light pollution on bat prey selection"

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    6 Feb 2019

    We all know squirrels have a dark side and I want to know more about it! Anyone know of field observations of squirrels hunting or scavenging on food sources outside of seeds and nuts? I've found these excellent excerpts and am looking for more!

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    28 Nov 2018

    Peak statistics twitter in this thread😂

    Not the most glaring issue with , but this plot from Michael Crichton's original 1990 novel looks pretty darn weird. /1
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  13. 27 Nov 2018

    Further h/t to who showed me this rad gift guide full of items for outdoorsy people. Thanks for posting this !

    A gift guide for non-binary outdoor adventurers (h/t )
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    23 Nov 2018

    Please RT! What scientific study or story impacted you the most in 2018? Send me your favourite! Working on a piece for public television and would love to hear from you. Reply or DM.

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    21 Nov 2018

    Our new paper is out in Proc B today! Is biasing offspring sex ratio adaptive? A test of Fisher's principle across multiple generations of a wild mammal in a fluctuating environment

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  16. 21 Nov 2018

    The don't seem as keen to accessorize

    Another fancy NYC Squirrel! I may have to do a photo essay.
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  17. 18 Nov 2018

    Inspired by ’s , and I made an ode to squirrel science (thanks for doing all the actual pie making work and letting me decorate, Jack!)

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    8 Nov 2018

    My latest blog post - please RT if you've been told or have told someone that they don't look like a scientist. The Consequences of Being Girly in STEM

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    6 Nov 2018

    It’s out! Our article about foraging rhinoceros auklets in . Seabirds sample our oceans in biologically relevant ways that tell us about change and relationships , Scott hatch 1/6

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  20. 5 Nov 2018

    My office mate shared this with me and I can't stop thinking about it - if you have a mug like this or have your paper/thesis printed on a different accessory please show me!

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