<p>This is perfect. We humans tend to center ourselves in everything. This is true with animals, land, and even other people.</p><p>Source: <span class="h-card"><a href="https://mas.to/@anna_lillith" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>anna_lillith</span></a></span> (posted fresh to include full alt text).</p><p><a href="/tags/humans/" rel="tag">#Humans</a> <a href="/tags/humanity/" rel="tag">#Humanity</a> <a href="/tags/animals/" rel="tag">#Animals</a> <a href="/tags/nature/" rel="tag">#Nature</a> <a href="/tags/philosophy/" rel="tag">#Philosophy</a></p>
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<p>🦝🧠 Researchers have found that <a href="/tags/raccoons/" rel="tag">#raccoons</a> pack a primate-like number of neurons into their small brains, including specialized cells once thought to be exclusive to <a href="/tags/humans/" rel="tag">#humans</a> and great <a href="/tags/apes/" rel="tag">#apes</a>.</p><p>This "neural density" helps explain their ability to solve complex puzzles and remember solutions for years, often outperforming <a href="/tags/dogs/" rel="tag">#dogs</a> and <a href="/tags/cats/" rel="tag">#cats</a>.</p><p>👉 <a href="https://www.good.is/raccoon-science" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>www.good.is/raccoon-science</a></p><p><a href="/tags/biology/" rel="tag">#biology</a> <a href="/tags/wildlife/" rel="tag">#wildlife</a> <a href="/tags/neuroscience/" rel="tag">#neuroscience</a> <a href="/tags/nature/" rel="tag">#nature</a> <a href="/tags/evolution/" rel="tag">#evolution</a> <a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#science</a> <a href="/tags/behavior/" rel="tag">#behavior</a> <a href="/tags/stem/" rel="tag">#stem</a></p>
<p>This is my childhood friend Kevin's "Big Stick" emblem. He had* severe hemophilia and the Big Stick is a rite of passage that he's taken part in for over 20 years at an activity camp for kids with hemophilia.</p><p>Hemophilia is a bleeding disorder where your body doesn't make enough clotting factor to stop bleeds. This means that there is no such thing as a minor injury. It's not just cuts and scrapes. You pull a muscle? There's bleeding that has to be controlled.</p><p>Hemophiliacs have to administer clotting factor from an IV to stop bleeds. At this camp, the kids will reach an important rite of passage. They learn a crucial skill they'll need to become independent. The kids will self infuse their own IV for the first time.</p><p>Kevin's at the camp for work reasons, but he's also volunteering to give back. He hand carves every child their own custom stick trophy to award to them after they've taken a needle and made their "big stick".</p><p>*-He still has hemophilia, but cutting edge therapies improved it.</p><p><a href="/tags/humans/" rel="tag">#humans</a> <a href="/tags/today/" rel="tag">#today</a></p>
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<p>People with genetic variants for red hair may have special cells that can convert an excess amino acid into pigment, researchers in Spain have found. Read more from <span class="h-card"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@ScienceAlert" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ScienceAlert</span></a></span>:</p><p><a href="https://flip.it/6jbbj1" rel="nofollow"><span class="invisible">https://</span>flip.it/6jbbj1</a></p><p><a href="/tags/science/" rel="tag">#Science</a> <a href="/tags/humans/" rel="tag">#Humans</a> <a href="/tags/hair/" rel="tag">#Hair</a> <a href="/tags/nature/" rel="tag">#Nature</a> <a href="/tags/health/" rel="tag">#Health</a></p>