one sentence at a time

But like this seems. Like a lot?

using 4 generations of pedigree data his coefficient of inbreeding is 14.06%. but pedigree calculation assumes that any prior ancestors have zero blood relation which is rarely the case, so it's very likely this dog could even be a few points higher on a genetic COI test

for reference 12.5% would be the same as a half-sibling mating and 25% would be a full sibling mating. definitely not ideal but acceptable to some old school breeders, attitudes are steadily changing and there's absolutely health-minded breeders out there that would never breed this close.

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A DOG AND A PLANE | EP1

Bonus:

Pride burger emojis for @marissadawolf8491!

(I'm sorry the lack of sexual plumage dimorphism makes this more difficult)

A repost of a popular post from last year!!

THIS TOO IS YURI?!?!?!

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Radio Lab: The Seagulls

In the 1970s, as LGBTQ+ people in the United States faced conservatives whose top argument was that homosexuality is “unnatural,” a pair of young scientists discovered on a tiny island off the coast of California a colony of seagulls that included… a significant number of female homosexual couples making nests and raising chicks together. The article that followed upended the culture’s understanding of what’s natural and took the discourse on homosexuality in a whole new direction. In this episode, our co-Host Lulu Miller grapples with the impact of this and several other studies about animal queerness on her life as a queer person. Special thanks to the History is Gay Posdcast

Listen here: The Seagulls

The gulls are alright: How a lesbian seagull discovery shook up 1970s conservatives