[Don G Baldi]

An interesting read that I stumbled across. It seems every species has its winners and losers. That applies to our interests in fish and game heredity.

‘Checking privilege in the animal kingdom’: Biologists investigate animal ‘inequality’ | The College Fix

ANALYSIS: Increasingly, scholars and the media link so-called animal privilege with economic and sociological terms such as inequality and intergenerational wealth.

www.thecollegefix.com

 

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[Don G Baldi]

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Clearly offspring of the best and brightest.

 

[forestgrump]

Clearly offspring of the best and brightest.

Better than the middle school "humor" displayed in your avatar image.

 

[Don G Baldi]

Better than the middle school "humor" displayed in your avatar image.

Cover your eyes. Any comment on the article?

 

[forestgrump]

Cover your eyes. Any comment on the article?

You want me to comment on an article about wealth, privilege, and socio-economic inequities?
At the same time you ask me to ignore your avatar displaying similar concepts?
An avatar that degrades poor people, mocks native Americans beliefs, and objectifies women?
You are correct - Common sense is not evenly distributed

 

[Don G Baldi]

You want me to comment on an article about wealth, privilege, and socio-economic inequities?
At the same time you ask me to ignore your avatar displaying similar concepts?
An avatar that degrades poor people, mocks native Americans beliefs, and objectifies women?
You are correct - Common sense is not evenly distributed

The article is about fish, squirrels and bees and how the offspring of the leaders fare better than those of the followers. That lends itself to the concept of survival of the fittest. Clearly your interst is to hijack the thread. Please stop.

 

[dirtman]

Don - I like your avatar. However, some people can't see the forest through the trees and are just grumps.

 

[Don G Baldi]

I read the article and thought it would make for an interesting discussion. I mean, clown fish getting nesting rights to the family anemone. It's the biggest on the block and provides the best protection. Does that happen on our reefs with local species?

 

[SSPey]

The linked article is pretty crappy. Interesting topic, but an undercurrent of bias in the “journalistic message.”

I decided to look at some of the original linked papers. They are vastly more interesting. Small world … I am (was) friends with the person cited therein clownfish, we were in grad school together and hung out socially.

The science. In one paper, the authors construct phylogenies (relatedness charts) of various social mammals and examine patterns of male vs female dominance. Turns out, relatively few social mammal taxa are female-dominant.

I was disappointed that elk were not included in the analysis. Perhaps the scientific data aren’t clear enough, but I’m pretty darn sure they’re matriarchal.

 

[forestgrump]

Don - I like your avatar. However, some people can't see the forest through the trees and are just grumps.

Clever

The article is about fish, squirrels and bees and how the offspring of the leaders fare better than those of the followers. That lends itself to the concept of survival of the fittest. Clearly your interst is to hijack the thread. Please stop.

As stated in the article, it's also that: "humans can learn important lessons about income inequality and privilege"

 

[Don G Baldi]

Clever

As stated in the article, it's also that: "humans can learn important lessons about income inequality and privilege"

I'm sorry you were triggered - help is available.

 

[Don G Baldi]

Oxford gets into the act. Yes, it starts with human condition but then looks to nonhuman privilege.

nature of privilege: intergenerational wealth in animal societies

Intergenerational transfer of wealth (e.g., tools, land, shelter) is widespread across human societies but is also ubiquitous in animals. Whereas wealth inequal

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New York Times on crab inequality:

Even Hermit Crabs Have Wealth Inequality (Published 2019)

The distribution of shells in one population of hermit crabs matched how wealth is shared in some human societies.

www.nytimes.com

And another on privilege in the animal kingdom:

Checking Privilege in the Animal Kingdom

Researchers say the human concepts of intergenerational wealth and inequality are useful for studying some animals’ behavior.

www.nytimes.com

Or follow any of the other links.

 

[SSPey]

Oxford gets into the act. Yes, it starts with human condition but then looks to nonhuman privilege.

nature of privilege: intergenerational wealth in animal societies

Intergenerational transfer of wealth (e.g., tools, land, shelter) is widespread across human societies but is also ubiquitous in animals. Whereas wealth inequal

academic.oup.com

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New York Times on crab inequality:

Even Hermit Crabs Have Wealth Inequality (Published 2019)

The distribution of shells in one population of hermit crabs matched how wealth is shared in some human societies.

www.nytimes.com

And another on privilege in the animal kingdom:

Checking Privilege in the Animal Kingdom

Researchers say the human concepts of intergenerational wealth and inequality are useful for studying some animals’ behavior.

www.nytimes.com

Or follow any of the other links.

Oxford is just the publisher, a money-maker affiliated with the university, but no substantive connection to the research. Not that it matters one iota.

 

[Don G Baldi]

{sigh}

 

[WaterDog]

Clearly someone is living up to their moniker.

Don - as one of the more ....prolific posters... you win some and you lose some. Maybe you can find a study on a fishes mood depending on which side of the coral reef one wakes up on. 🤷‍♂️💐

 

[weld22]

You want me to comment on an article about wealth, privilege, and socio-economic inequities?
At the same time you ask me to ignore your avatar displaying similar concepts?
An avatar that degrades poor people, mocks native Americans beliefs, and objectifies women?
You are correct - Common sense is not evenly distributed

Woah, Speaking of red flag laws.

 

[Don G Baldi]

Clearly someone is living up to their moniker.

Don - as one of the more ....prolific posters... you win some and you lose some. Maybe you can find a study on a fishes mood depending on which side of the coral reef one wakes up on. 🤷‍♂️💐

I'm sure there's been a study on that very thing but just haven't run across it yet.

BTW - love your tag line.

 

[jimh406]

The article is about fish, squirrels and bees and how the offspring of the leaders fare better than those of the followers. That lends itself to the concept of survival of the fittest. Clearly your interst is to hijack the thread. Please stop.

Ignore is a solution to hijacking.

We've recently gotten into chickens for my grandkids. Well, that's what we are saying any way. We have three different groups of slightly different ages. We don't know if any privileges they have are related to color or breed quite yet. But there does seem to be a pecking order that's changing over time.

 

[SSPey]

I'm sure there's been a study on that very thing but just haven't run across it yet.

Probably the sunny side of the coral reef, given fish mood varies with temperature

Small within-day increases in temperature affects boldness and alters personality in coral reef fish | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Consistent individual differences in behaviour, termed personality, are common in animal populations and can constrain their responses to ecological and environmental variation, such as temperature. Here, we show for the first time that normal within-...

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