This is super interesting, just like the feet! I had no idea that feathers served so many different functions. Thank you for this post and also for curating the links. That takes a lot of time!

Oh nice, more goodies! Do you know offhand how it's possible for the toe to rotate? Is it not fixed in the joint as with other birds (and mammals)? Or something about where the joint attachment is located?

Did you create this yourself? Kudos, if so! If not, do you have a source? Either way, thank you for sharing. My plants are thanking you too ;)

Wait, is this a mushroom or a coral? Perhaps like some other lurking upvoters, I am not actively growing or finding but do enjoy learning from the posts here. Thanks for sharing!

Thank you for starting this open chat! What do you consider to be 'must reads' of contemporary sociology? Any new favorites also?

that blue tail!

nice photo! these make me appreciate not being an arachnid mom ;)

I would offer a different perspective, though it could be that I'm misreading your intention in the last sentence. Scientific findings should all be available to the public, which is the ultimate source of most research funding through taxation or through product pricing. Misunderstanding should be addressed through education, not restricting access to knowledge.

That's a good thought. I went to check, and yes, same account and settings on mobile and web apps. I've read when this happens across instances, there are federation issues, but mander is local, and Houseplants is the only mander community with disappearing posts for me. Does this happen for anyone else locally? If not, maybe just another blip in the fediverse ¯_ (ツ) _/¯

a link to the accepted version of the paper (unprettified): https://perception.jhu.edu/files/PDFs/23_Silence/GohPhillipsFirestone_PerceivingSilence_PNAS.pdf

edit: the fishing equipment: scholar.google.com or semanticscholar.org

Ah thank you for sharing! I may try, it's a lovely plant.

Thanks for this interesting link! After landing here a couple of days ago, just want to say thank you also for sprinkling diverse tidbits of interest all around the site :)

In this study, the two groups seem to differ on many factors other than language type, so I thought the authors' attribution of connectivity differences to characteristics of the two of the languages was not as well supported as one might like. But it is an interesting idea!