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minus-squarelugal@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up77·6 months agoI’m not sure if this means that they are annoyed or if they use it as an indicator that there is something to do.
minus-squareFinal Remix@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up34·6 months agoShould be simple enough: check their cortisol levels in the presence and absence of various water stimuli.
minus-squareTachyonTele@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up35·6 months agoHas anybody thought to just ask them?
minus-squareTheFriar@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·6 months agoSee, sometimes the best scientist needs to ask the simplest questions no one thought to ask. Here is your Nobel Prize
minus-squareMeatPilot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·6 months agoStick to the facts and don’t get too deep into the woods. Good ideas will always float to the surface.
minus-squareMishmash2000@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 months agoThe problem is it’s often hard to see the forest for the trees.
minus-squarespinnetrouble@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·6 months agoYou say this like drawing blood from wild beavers is a trivial task!
minus-squarehazeebabee@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·6 months agoSuper fair point, I’m projecting human emotions onto the beavers & don’t actually know how they feel about the sound of running water lol
I’m not sure if this means that they are annoyed or if they use it as an indicator that there is something to do.
Should be simple enough: check their cortisol levels in the presence and absence of various water stimuli.
Has anybody thought to just ask them?
See, sometimes the best scientist needs to ask the simplest questions no one thought to ask.
Here is your Nobel Prize
Stick to the facts and don’t get too deep into the woods. Good ideas will always float to the surface.
The problem is it’s often hard to see the forest for the trees.
Too busy, those beavers.
You say this like drawing blood from wild beavers is a trivial task!
Super fair point, I’m projecting human emotions onto the beavers & don’t actually know how they feel about the sound of running water lol
It can be both.