#Chien C. Lee

[markscherz]

My mother and I have two masters degrees between us and yet somehow we could not figure out if frogs have lungs or not.

Can you help settle the debate?

All frogs have lungs except one! The bizarre Barbourula kalimantanensis is the only known frog to lack lungs. It makes up for this by being heckin' flat, basically imitating the bizarre pipids.

#the more you know #science #animals #frogs #frog facts with Mark #Barbourula is just such a great genus name #this is a really weird frog #and I heckin' love it #Barbourula #Barbourula kalimantanensis #Chien C. Lee

[herpsandbirds]

Satanic Leaf-tailed Gecko (Uroplatus phantasticus), family Gekkonidae, found in eastern Madagascar

photograph by Chien C. Lee

#leaf tailed gecko #gecko #uroplatus #gekkonidae #lizard #reptile #herpetology #animals #nature #madagascar

[terranlifeform]

Ring-tailed vontsira (Galidia elegans) in Madagascar

Chien C. Lee

#Galidia elegans #Eupleridae #mammals

[sixteenseveredhands]

Macrocilix maia: these moths have a wing pattern that deters predators by mimicking a pair of flies gathered around a pile of bird droppings; the moth even emits a pungent odor to enhance the illusion

This species has developed a very unique defense mechanism -- its wings are decorated with elaborate markings that resemble two flies feeding on a pile of bird droppings.

There are many other moths that are known to mimic bird droppings, but the markings of this particular species are far more elaborate than the markings found on the other species, and the scene that it mimics is especially specific; the addition of the "flies" is also a unique touch, as is the odor that the moth emits.

The markings even mimic the sheen of a fly's wings/exoskeleton by including squiggly patches of white at the back of each fly's thorax, and those white patches have a thin, blue outline that gives the flies a blackish-blue appearance (just like actual flies). There are white lines located in the rounded sections of the bird droppings, too, which mimics the glistening, convex appearance of dung.

M. maia can be found in the forests/jungles of Borneo, Sumatra, Malaysia, India, Japan, Taiwan, China, and Korea.

Sources & More Info:

Moths of Borneo: M. maia

Moth Identification: Macrocilix maia Moth

Chien C. Lee Wildlife Photography: Fly-Mimic Moth

#lepidoptera #entomology #moths #macrocilix maia #fly-mimic moth #mimicry #animal camouflage #cool bugs #insects #animals #nature #evolution #animal facts #arthropods #weird animals

[lycomorpha]

Sunday emergency moth to bring you joy: look at this beautiful lappet moth going about it's day, making the world a better place by existing. What a perfect fluffy leaf <3

Image by Chien C Lee on Flickr - I share on here so I can add alt text, but pls go visit their Flickr gallery because it's full of amazing bugs.

#motivational moth #emergency moth #bugblr #good moths #moth #moths #lepidoptera #bug #bugs #insect #insects #cool bugs #pretty bugs #pretty moth #cute moth #moths matter #moths are cute #moths moths moths #I love moths #garden wildlife #crypsis #cryptid #camouflage #camo #camo moths

[typhlonectes]

Bornean Earless Monitor Lizard  Lanthanotus borneensis

Endemic to Borneo

Semi-aquatic, usually found in streams and marshes in lowland rainforest

Endangered, but data on numbers is incomplete

Most closely related to “true monitor lizards”, family Varanidae

Forked tongue, and presumably, a jacobson’s organ

Prehensile tail

Total length of up to 40 cm (16 in)

Nocturnal

Recent studies show them to possess a very mild venom

Feed on a variety of aquatic and terrestrial invertebrates and small vertebrates

Oviparous (egg laying)

photograph by Chien C Lee - CC

#earless monitor lizard #lizard #reptile #herpetology #borneo #asia #nature #animals #science

[compneuropapers]

Interesting Papers for Week 15, 2024

Activity-dependent organization of prefrontal hub-networks for associative learning and signal transformation. Agetsuma, M., Sato, I., Tanaka, Y. R., Carrillo-Reid, L., Kasai, A., Noritake, A., … Nagai, T. (2023). Nature Communications, 14, 5996.

Goal-directed recruitment of Pavlovian biases through selective visual attention. Algermissen, J., & den Ouden, H. E. M. (2023). Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 152(10), 2941–2956.

The mushroom body output encodes behavioral decision during sensory-motor transformation. Arican, C., Schmitt, F. J., Rössler, W., Strube-Bloss, M. F., & Nawrot, M. P. (2023). Current Biology, 33(19), 4217-4224.e4.

Audio-visual integration is more precise in older adults with a high level of long-term physical activity. Azizi, Z., Hirst, R. J., Newell, F. N., Kenny, R. A., & Setti, A. (2023). PLOS ONE, 18(10), e0292373.

Worth the Work? Monkeys Discount Rewards by a Subjective Adapting Effort Cost. Burrell, M., Pastor-Bernier, A., & Schultz, W. (2023). Journal of Neuroscience, 43(40), 6796–6806.

Laminar neural dynamics of auditory evoked responses: Computational modeling of local field potentials in auditory cortex of non-human primates. Chien, V. S. C., Wang, P., Maess, B., Fishman, Y., & Knösche, T. R. (2023). NeuroImage, 281, 120364.

Selective encoding of reward predictions and prediction errors by globus pallidus subpopulations. Farries, M. A., Faust, T. W., Mohebi, A., & Berke, J. D. (2023). Current Biology, 33(19), 4124-4135.e5.

Gate control of sensory neurotransmission in peripheral ganglia by proprioceptive sensory neurons. Fuller, A. M., Luiz, A., Tian, N., Arcangeletti, M., Iseppon, F., Sexton, J. E., … Sikandar, S. (2023). Brain, 146(10), 4033–4039.

Attentional effects on local V1 microcircuits explain selective V1-V4 communication. Katsanevaki, C., Bastos, A. M., Cagnan, H., Bosman, C. A., Friston, K. J., & Fries, P. (2023). NeuroImage, 281, 120375.

Subjective and objective measures of visual awareness converge. Kiefer, M., Frühauf, V., & Kammer, T. (2023). PLOS ONE, 18(10), e0292438.

Immediate neural impact and incomplete compensation after semantic hub disconnection. Kocsis, Z., Jenison, R. L., Taylor, P. N., Calmus, R. M., McMurray, B., Rhone, A. E., … Petkov, C. I. (2023). Nature Communications, 14, 6264.

Atypical cognitive training-induced learning and brain plasticity and their relation to insistence on sameness in children with autism. Liu, J., Chang, H., Abrams, D. A., Kang, J. B., Chen, L., Rosenberg-Lee, M., & Menon, V. (2023). eLife, 12, e86035.

Rapid, Activity-Dependent Intrinsic Plasticity in the Developing Zebra Finch Auditory Cortex. Lu, Y., Sciaccotta, F., Kiely, L., Bellanger, B., Erisir, A., & Meliza, C. D. (2023). Journal of Neuroscience, 43(41), 6872–6883.

Ketamine evoked disruption of entorhinal and hippocampal spatial maps. Masuda, F. K., Aery Jones, E. A., Sun, Y., & Giocomo, L. M. (2023). Nature Communications, 14, 6285.

Orbitofrontal cortex conveys stimulus and task information to the auditory cortex. Mittelstadt, J. K., & Kanold, P. O. (2023). Current Biology, 33(19), 4160-4173.e4.

Prediction error in models of adaptive behavior. Navarro, V. M., Dwyer, D. M., & Honey, R. C. (2023). Current Biology, 33(19), 4238-4243.e3.

Thalamic regulation of ocular dominance plasticity in adult visual cortex. Qin, Y., Ahmadlou, M., Suhai, S., Neering, P., de Kraker, L., Heimel, J. A., & Levelt, C. N. (2023). eLife, 12, e88124.3.

A unified explanation of variability and bias in human probability judgments: How computational noise explains the mean–variance signature. Sundh, J., Zhu, J.-Q., Chater, N., & Sanborn, A. (2023). Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 152(10), 2842–2860.

Grid cells in rats deprived of geometric experience during development. Ulsaker-Janke, I., Waaga, T., Waaga, T., Moser, E. I., & Moser, M.-B. (2023). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 120(41), e2310820120.

A theory of hippocampal theta correlations accounting for extrinsic and intrinsic sequences. Yiu, Y.-H., & Leibold, C. (2023). eLife, 12, e86837.4.

#neuroscience #science #research #brain science #scientific publications #cognitive science #neurobiology #cognition #psychophysics #neurons #neural networks #neural computation #computational neuroscience

[white-collar-cannibal]

Generation Loss episode 2 Patient Charlie... moodboard? Sources under the cut!

Top left: Thyroid Surgery by n.raveender - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0,, Top middle: Gross pathology of surgical margin sampling in lobectomy by Mikael Häggström - Own work, CC0, Top right: Rigid Internal fixation mandible condyle by Coronation Dental Specialty Group, CC BY 3.0, Middle left: Heterotopic Ossification removal 2011 By Eric - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0 Middle: Right Subcostal Incision by haitham alfalah, CC BY-SA 4.0, Middle right:Splenic hematoma of the dog by Joel Mills - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, Bottom left: Cardio surgery by Dominique Cappronnier - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, Bottom middle: Ileus2 by THWZ - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, Bottom right: VATS 08 by Chih-Hao Chen, Shih-Yi Lee, Ho Chang, Hung-Chang Liu, Chao-Hung Chen and Wen-Chien Huang - C. H. Chen, S. Y. Lee et al.: Technical aspects of single-port thoracoscopic surgery for lobectomy. In: Journal of cardiothoracic surgery. Vol. 7, 2012, pp.50, doi:10.1186/1749-8090-7-50. PMID 22672719. CC BY 2.0,

#genloss #generation loss #tw gore #gore tw #tw blood #<- just in case

[todaysbug]

November 22nd, 2023

Frog Beetle (Sagra buqueti)

Distribution: Found in southeast Asia, in countries such as Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia and Malaysia.

Habitat: Tropical jungle habitats, often found on stems or foliage.

Diet: Adults are generalist herbivores, feeding on the leaves, fruit and shoots of many plants. Larvae feed exclusively on certain species of kudzu.

Description: Unlike its namesake, the frog beetle doesn't use its powerful hind legs for jumping! Instead, it uses them to grip stems and foliage as it feeds, keeping itself still; the legs are covered in a multitude of tiny hairs which gives it a better grip. Male frog beetles have much larger legs than the females, which implies this trait is the result of sexual selection. Male frog beetles have never been observed fighting, but in similar species, legs are used to threaten other males, then to attack competitors by attempting to grab their abdomen.

Frog beetle cocoons are a fairly common sight in the tropical forests of southeast Asia. Despite this, very little is otherwise known about this species.

(Images by Eugenijus Kavaliauskas (male) and Chien C. Lee (female))

#today's bug #biology #bugs #ecology #entomology #nature #wildlife #beetles

[silverbat]

Photo: Chien C. Lee

[linguistlist-blog]

TOC: Language and Linguistics | 語言暨語言學 Vol. 25, No. 1 (2024)

2024. iii, 186 pp. Table of Contents Articles Topic drop and pro drop C. -T. James Huang & Barry C. -Y. Yang pp. 1–27 Cleaving idioms with right-node-raising: An LF copying approach Jeong-Seok Kim, Duk-Ho Jung & Jin Hyung Lee pp. 28–55 Structural position affects topic transition: An eye-tracking study Siqi Lyu, Jung-Yueh Tu & Chien-Jer Charles Lin pp. 56–79 Sino-Tibetan *w in Tibetan and Old Chinese Axel Schuessler pp. 80–122 Causative alternation in Zuo Tradition Saina Wuyun pp. 123–16 http://dlvr.it/T2ld4b

[herpsandbirds]

Earless Monitor Lizard (Lanthanotus borneensis), family Lanthanotidae, endemic to Borneo

ENDANGERED.

Semi-aquatic.

Closely related to true monitor lizards in the family Varanidae.

The only member of its family.

They do have inner ears, and are capable of hearing, despite the lack of ear openings and tympanae.

photographs by Reptiles4all and Chien C. Lee

#earless lizard #lanthanotus #lanthanotidae #lizard #reptile #herpetology #nature #animals #asia #borneo

[terranlifeform]

Cloud forest at Udzungwa Mountains National Park in Tanzania

Chien C. Lee

#landscape #rainforest #tropical montane forest

[readtilyoudie]

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1Q84 by Haruki Murakami

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Ahsoka by E.K. Johnston | Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood | Alice Have I Been by Melanie Benjamin | Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland by Lewis Carroll | Animal by Lisa Taddeo | Ariadne by Jennifer Saint | Artemis Fowl Series by Eoin Colfer

B

The Band by Nicholas Eames | Bitter by Akwaeke Emezi | The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner

C

Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White | Choke by Chuck Palahniuk | The Chosen and The Beautiful by Nghi Vo | Circe by Madeline Miller

D

The Dark Tower Series by Stephen King | Deerskin by Robin McKinley | The Dictionary of Lost Words by Pip Williams | Dietland by Sarai Walker | Dreadnought by April Daniels

E

Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine | Enders by Lissa Price | The Enlightenment of Bees by Rachel Linden

F

Fable: the Balverine Order by Peter David | Fable: Reaver by Peter David | Fairy Tales of Remnant by E.C. Myers | Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk

G

Good Omens by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman | The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

H

Hamlet by William Shakespeare | Harper Connelly Series by Charlaine Harris | The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams | The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien | How To Train Your Dragon Series by Cressida Cowell | The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

I

The Illuminae Files by Amie Kaufman, Jay Kristoff | The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde | Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu | Invisible Monsters by Chuck Palahniuk | Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao

J

K

Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn | A Knight of the Word by Terry Brooks

L

Last Flight by Liane Merciel | Loki: Where Mischief Lies by Mackenzi Lee | The Long Way To A Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers | The Looking Glass Wars by Frank Beddor | The Lost Girls by Sonia Hartl | Lost in the Never Woods by Aiden Thomas | Lullaby by Chuck Palahniuk

M

The Memoirs of Lady Trent by Marie Brennan | Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides | Misty of Chincoteague by Marguerite Henry

N

A New Dawn by John Jackson Miller | Night of the Living Rez by Morgan Talty | A Noodle Shop Mystery by Vivien Chien | Not Your Sidekick Series by C.B. Lee

O

Oryx & Crake by Margaret Atwood

P

The Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood | Percy Jackson Series by Rick Riordan | Pet by Akwaeke Emezi | Plain Bad Heroines by Emily M. Danforth | The Portrait of Dorian Grey by Oscar Wilde | A Prayer For Owen Meany by John Irving | The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon

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R

The Reckoners Series by Brandon Sanderson | Red Riding Hood by Sarah Blakley-Cartwright | The Robber Bride by Margaret Atwood | Ruination by Anthony Reynolds

S

A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket | The Shadow and Bone Trilogy by Leigh Bardugo | Sherlock Holmes by Sir Conan Doyle | The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares | Starters by Lissa Price | Survivor by Chuck Palahniuk | A Swiftly Tilting Planet by Madeleine L'Engle

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The Tale of the Nutcracker by E.T.A. Hoffman | These Ruthless Deeds by Kelly Zekas & Tarun Shanker | These Vicious Masks by Kelly Zekas & Tarun Shanker | To Be Taught If Fortunate by Becky Chambers | Toil & Trouble: 15 Tales of Women & Witchcraft by Elizabeth May | Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson | The Two Princesses of Bamarre by Gail Carson Levine

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Uglies Series by Scott Westerfeld | Until I Find You by John Irving

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The Wayfarers Series by Becky Chambers | Wayward Children Series by Seanan McGuire | When Christmas Comes Again: The World War One Diary of Simone Spencer by Beth Seidel Levine | The Wicker King by K. Ancrum | William Shakespeare's Star Wars: Verily, A New Hope | A Wind In The Door by Madeleine L'Engle | The Witcher Series by Andrzej Sapkowski | The Wizards of Once by Cressida Cowell | The World According to Garp by John Irving | A Wrinkle In Time by Madeleine L'Engle

X

Y

The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories by Charlotte Perkins Gilman | The Young Elites Series by Marie Lu

Z

Zeus Grants Stupid Wishes by Cory O'Brien

#blog maintenance #archive #book archive

[lycomorpha]

Leaf-mimic lappet moth by Chien C Lee

Since my moth trap is depressingly quiet this year so far, I'm going to share some images of my favourite camo moths by other folks. I'm sharing like this so that I can add alt text, but pls follow the links to find the OPs.

Spot the moth 1: Gastropacha leopoldi

This is a lappet moth, and lappets are the best leaf mimics AND some of the most utterly fkn delightful moths in existence. May your day be visited by things as lovely as this moth.

The quietness of the moth trap is all the more reason to do what I can to help moths at a time when many species are declining. I'm growing as many wildflowers/weeds/grasses as I can, amongst other things! You can help too by:

Getting advice from local wildlife orgs - here's mine: Butterfly Conservation - they have a guide to helping moths & gardening for moths

If you're lucky enough to have a garden, weed less and tidy less (moths - the best excuse for taking it easy,) and leave some space for wild plants

Talk to your local council/government bodies about making no-mow/wildlife areas near you, and about protecting existing areas

Look after your local trees, and report any intentional damage to them - trees are critical food plants for many moths

I made a zine about appreciating and looking after moths called "Messages from the Moth Promotional Board" that I sold out of at my local art centre last weekend, and I'm so grateful to everyone who came buy and picked up a copy. You can get the zine now in my Etsy store here.

#motivational moth #spot the moth #moth promotional board #moth #moths #lepidoptera #entomology #pretty moth #pretty bugs #cute moth #cute bugs #cute animals #moths are cute #a beautiful friend #bugblr #bug #bugs #insect #insects #nature #wildlife #garden wildlife #moths matter #moths moths moths #because moths #cw bugs #cw insects

[projectourworld]

Hiding in Plain Sight – mangroves and wildlife winner

A nesting common potoo (Nyctibius griseus) in the dense mangrove forest of Colombia’s Utría national park. Rather than construct a nest, the bird deposits its single egg in a small depression along a branch. Active only by night, potoos sit motionless during the day, using their camouflage to remain hidden. ‘As I didn’t want to risk disturbing the potoo into flight, I photographed it with a long lens and partially obscured by the branches of intervening mangrove trees. It was only after looking through the lens that I realised there was actually a single egg.’

Photograph: Chien C Lee/Mangrove Photography Awards #mangroves #wildlife #photography