Thread by @dr_abela

Okay I’ve been saving this one for the right moment. The ultimate timeline cleanse: Animals riding other animals, a thread. 🧵

1/ To kick things off, here’s a monkey riding a deer. 🐒 🦌

2/ here’s a weasel riding a woodpecker — woodpecker looks terrified but the experience looks forgettable 🦅

3/ penguin riding seal 🐧 🦭

4/ owl riding doggo 🦉 🐕

5/ baby monkey riding young boar 👼

6/ turtle riding alligator 🐊 🐢

7/ frog riding turtle 🐸 🐢

8/ monkey riding capybara 🙉 🐀

9/ snail riding frog riding turtle 🐌 🐸 🐢

10/ rat riding cat riding doggo 🐀 🐈 🐕

11/ ….

12/ how embarrassing I almost forgot one of my all time favourites - raccoon riding crocodile 🦝 🐊

btw - this is symbiosis 🐌🐒🦌🦫🐀🐈🐕🦅🐢🐊

Thanks for the follows, likes and shares everyone. I'm so grateful to see other people smile and enjoy the same silly things as I do. 🙃

Just wanted to clarify that I am not an ecologist. I am however a neuroscientist/psychologist who has expertise in animal behaviour.

I used to teach rats how to use touchscreens and make value-based choices to better undertand the role of the hippocampus in decision-making.

These days I get to apply my training in science and behaviour to try and help improve the lives of others in the #GC 🇨🇦 public service.

I worked in public health to help support the pandemic response. Now, I'm a senior researcher at Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada.

Follow me if you want. But, fair warning...

Things I tweet about:
✴️ behavioural science (nudge, boost, ethics, etc.)
✴️ equity / anti-racism
✴️ social / systems change
✴️ public health
✴️ public policy

Things I don't (usually) tweet about:
✴️ animals riding animals

Ok I lied I also tweet about animals sometimes especially this one 💖

See also

Had to append this one—frog riding fish 🐸🐟

Every time i think this thread is dead, it pulls me back in with a husky riding a horse 🐕🐎