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Recovery of a marine keystone predator transforms terrestrial predator-prey dynamics.
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Conversations frequently highlight the surprising adaptability of wolves, such as 'Wolves have taken over a marine ecosystem,' which showcases a shift in diet from deer to sea otters. Users use phrases like 'amazing adaptability' and 'one of the coolest papers I've read in a long time,' indicating excitement and valuation of the article's insights. The casual yet enthusiastic tone reflects a collective recognition of the findings' importance in understanding ecological dynamics.
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- Sea otters and wolves, both apex predators, have recently overlapped in their habitats after recovering from near extinction, leading to a novel interaction between the two species.
- From 2015 to 2021, researchers observed a shift in wolf diets from their usual prey, Sitka black-tailed deer, to sea otters after wolves colonized an island previously populated by sea otters.
- This dietary switch resulted in an unexpected ecological impact, as wolves adapted to rely on sea otters, leading to a decline in deer populations and demonstrating how restoring a marine predator can alter terrestrial ecosystems through cross-boundary interactions.
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Most liked on X and BlueskyThere are still wolves on Pleasant Island now 11 years post colonization. Check out the size of this washed up sea otter, which has been the primary food source since deer crashed 9 years ago. Hopefully new pups this year! Science about this linked below https://t.co/cOvYV6Catx https://t.co/zBGRFFk3m3
My honors ecology class read this fascinating paper on wolves preying on sea otters https://t.co/8cZwpSBdco Then they designed some follow-up experiments for a critical thinking exercise. And then made some memes! @taaltree @MiamiOHhonors (I promise, last memes tweet for awhile!) https://t.co/gsbfjFnsvf
Ecology is complex and oh so cool! Recovery of a marine keystone predator transforms terrestrial predator–prey dynamics https://t.co/tNhyWFlBtL
Wolves colonized an Alaskan island and ate most of the deer. Wolves then consumed sea otters, a keystone marine species. According to researchers, there are sufficient sea otters to support the wolves without major effects on marine ecosystems. In PNAS: https://t.co/Tehl5VOsFk https://t.co/ycP2wfnwYE
Recovery of a marine keystone predator transforms terrestrial predator–prey dynamics | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences https://t.co/NVEHnd82Wz
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Wolves Adapt Their Diets, Impacting Ecosystems and Species Dynamics
Wolves are excellent hunters and apex predators. Recent observations from 2015 to 2021 reveal that wolves have shifted their diets from deer to sea otters. This change illustrates how restoring marine predators can…
Sea Wolves and Sea Otters: Evolving Apex Predators' Dynamics
This video explores the evolving relationship between sea wolves and sea otters, two apex predators in the Pacific Northwest. The recovery of both species has led to significant changes in their diets and ecological…
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@ellelledeell @marewho12 She might be full of shit…https://t.co/YtEbktkqx7
Absolutely. As I read the article, I was reminded of the evolution of the sea wolves on Vancouver Island. youtu.be/ZORXhH7IAp0?...
I love this lady https://t.co/POzXiCSluP
Sea Wolves Are Evolving Into the Ocean's Newest Apex Predator https://t.co/g23k1d2wrJ via @YouTube
I lupi di mare si stanno evolvendo nel nuovo predatore di vertice dell'o... https://t.co/RMyy0cgbWY via @YouTube
Sea Wolves Are Evolving Into the Ocean's Newest Apex Predator https://t.co/ptiZ9Nvid3 via @YouTube
A marine biologists explores the science of the sea wolves who stalk the islands and coastal waters of the Pacific Northwest. https://t.co/H9btm780oq
Sea Wolves Are Evolving Into the Ocean's Newest Apex Predator https://t.co/8wJm6kl4Ef via @YouTube
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Sea Wolves Are Evolving Into the Ocean's Newest Apex Predator https://t.co/xloe2UHEds via @YouTube
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Amazing wolves adapting youtu.be/ZORXhH7IAp0?...
Sea Wolves Are Evolving Into the Ocean's Newest Apex Predator https://t.co/q5eJDXn7Hi via @YouTube
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Sea Wolves Are Evolving Into the Ocean's Newest Apex Predator https://t.co/LHpleQmLgk przez @YouTube
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(After you check your "Woke For Idiots" book, and the Climate Change protests are no longer being funded because money is going to ANTIFA again, know that these wolves aren't just good at adapting, they are evolving. No fins . . . yet.) https://t.co/oY8movjMcx
TIL about dietary plasticity in wolves.
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Wolves on Vancouver Island have adapted to become marine predators
I am more of a pizza and burgers wolf. https://t.co/RZ0AXCIwUl
Sea Wolves Are Evolving Into the Ocean's Newest Apex Predator https://t.co/f34ay9m49Y via @YouTube
Sea Wolves are real! - Sea Wolves Are Evolving Into the Ocean's Newest Apex Predator https://t.co/FPeqxZG0V8 via @YouTube
Sea Wolves! They're marine mammals! youtu.be/ZORXhH7IAp0?...
Because the ocean has become so toxic some are dying from high toxin levels. https://t.co/7INX80cY2Q
Sea Wolves Are Evolving Into the Ocean's Newest Apex Predator https://t.co/RRXRqwfzji via @YouTube
Sea Wolves Are Evolving Into the Ocean's Newest Apex Predator https://t.co/BxTZHRq8MJ via @YouTube
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Ok, hold on Canada friends. You all have SEA WOLVES?!? @mariatta @brettcannon @elthenerd @hwesta https://youtu.be/ZORXhH7IAp0?si=8d1EX8P-6lw90FIa
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Sea Wolves Are Evolving Into the Ocean's Newest Apex Predator https://t.co/sLWHfYdKgP via @YouTube
Sea wolves rock youtu.be/ZORXhH7IAp0?...
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Is there no limits to the amazing adaptability of wolves, they are truly beyond compare! https://t.co/nfpdqFEenc
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Wolves Have Taken Over a Marine Ecosystem https://t.co/IGwQpjtPj7 via @YouTube
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RT @taaltree: There are still wolves on Pleasant Island now 11 years post colonization. Check out the size of this washed up sea otter, whi…
RT @taaltree: There are still wolves on Pleasant Island now 11 years post colonization. Check out the size of this washed up sea otter, whi…
There are still wolves on Pleasant Island now 11 years post colonization. Check out the size of this washed up sea otter, which has been the primary food source since deer crashed 9 years ago. Hopefully new pups this year! Science about this linked below https://t.co/cOvYV6Catx https://t.co/zBGRFFk3m3
Sea Wolves! https://t.co/xta6g2SjMy
RT @taaltree: Whoa, @hankgreen made a video for @SciShow that communicates our wolf-sea otter-deer research to a general audience. Thanks H…
RT @taaltree: Whoa, @hankgreen made a video for @SciShow that communicates our wolf-sea otter-deer research to a general audience. Thanks H…
RT @taaltree: Whoa, @hankgreen made a video for @SciShow that communicates our wolf-sea otter-deer research to a general audience. Thanks H…
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Sea Wolves Have Taken Over a Marine Ecosystem https://t.co/8nxerl250m
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RT @E_EmeraldBryce: seawolfos :3 *sorry to the precious sea otters but a doggo gotta eat* https://t.co/B0OIWsKhhi
seawolfos :3 *sorry to the precious sea otters but a doggo gotta eat* https://t.co/B0OIWsKhhi
RT @taaltree: Whoa, @hankgreen made a video for @SciShow that communicates our wolf-sea otter-deer research to a general audience. Thanks H…
RT @taaltree: Whoa, @hankgreen made a video for @SciShow that communicates our wolf-sea otter-deer research to a general audience. Thanks H…
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RT @taaltree: Whoa, @hankgreen made a video for @SciShow that communicates our wolf-sea otter-deer research to a general audience. Thanks H…
RT @taaltree: Whoa, @hankgreen made a video for @SciShow that communicates our wolf-sea otter-deer research to a general audience. Thanks H…
RT @taaltree: Whoa, @hankgreen made a video for @SciShow that communicates our wolf-sea otter-deer research to a general audience. Thanks H…
RT @taaltree: Whoa, @hankgreen made a video for @SciShow that communicates our wolf-sea otter-deer research to a general audience. Thanks H…
RT @taaltree: Whoa, @hankgreen made a video for @SciShow that communicates our wolf-sea otter-deer research to a general audience. Thanks H…
RT @taaltree: Whoa, @hankgreen made a video for @SciShow that communicates our wolf-sea otter-deer research to a general audience. Thanks H…
RT @taaltree: Whoa, @hankgreen made a video for @SciShow that communicates our wolf-sea otter-deer research to a general audience. Thanks H…
RT @taaltree: Whoa, @hankgreen made a video for @SciShow that communicates our wolf-sea otter-deer research to a general audience. Thanks H…
RT @taaltree: Whoa, @hankgreen made a video for @SciShow that communicates our wolf-sea otter-deer research to a general audience. Thanks H…
Whoa, @hankgreen made a video for @SciShow that communicates our wolf-sea otter-deer research to a general audience. Thanks Hank! What a nice surprise https://t.co/GEJGtjEw9h
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Wolves Have Taken Over a Marine Ecosystem https://t.co/BzxpuyZlv0 via @YouTube
Wolves started eating sea otters!
Wolves Have Taken Over a Marine Ecosystem https://t.co/mKVg8zSgMe via @YouTube
Wolves Have Taken Over a Marine Ecosystem https://t.co/E3tXW48ZTy via @YouTube
Wolves Have Taken Over a Marine Ecosystem https://t.co/g0BGBWAIiA via @YouTube
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@michelleisawolf saw this and thought of you. https://t.co/9BuxKaoUsy
Wolves Have Taken Over a Marine Ecosystem https://t.co/vnOQwoYyeM via @YouTube
Oh no, the wolves found out about the ocean. Call the cops, no not the regular cops https://t.co/7E3e1Fq5Cx
Wolves Have Taken Over a Marine Ecosystem https://t.co/TRmlLnbKJl via @YouTube #scishow
@BizarreBeasts @emilyalvarezart @MatthewGaydos https://t.co/RPMXKIEvFg No wayyyyyy!!! I just said to do this!!! So cool!!!!!
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My honors ecology class read this fascinating paper on wolves preying on sea otters https://t.co/8cZwpSBdco Then they designed some follow-up experiments for a critical thinking exercise. And then made some memes! @taaltree @MiamiOHhonors (I promise, last memes tweet for awhile!) https://t.co/gsbfjFnsvf
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Wolves eat sea otters https://t.co/M4WBMyxZuM
RT @EuanRitchie1: Ecology is complex and oh so cool! Recovery of a marine keystone predator transforms terrestrial predator–prey dynamics…
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Commentary on https://t.co/955cEFpaWG by Gretchen Roffler, @ceeriksson7, Jennifer Allen, and @taaltree, one of my all-time favorite papers. If you missed it when it came out, take a look, and check Taal's thread with more content & hints about future work https://t.co/BDRyKs5Sni
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RT @SeaOtterSavvy: Read more in the @hakaimagazine article: https://t.co/NcVXFV3PS8 Or the science at: https://t.co/zZjIKaqWOp
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Recovery of a marine keystone predator transforms terrestrial predator-prey dynamics https://t.co/wwsKOIOhIR
Read more in the @hakaimagazine article: https://t.co/NcVXFV3PS8 Or the science at: https://t.co/zZjIKaqWOp
One of the coolest papers I've read in a long time: sea otters have become the primary prey source for a population of wolves in Alaska, resulting in oh so many surprising ecosystem effects https://t.co/nc9jfHWlMj
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Recovery of a marine keystone predator transforms terrestrial predator–prey dynamics | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences https://t.co/NVEHnd82Wz
Recovery of a marine keystone predator transforms terrestrial predator–prey dynamics | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences https://t.co/J4shR2NnbA #stableisotopes
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RT @EuanRitchie1: Ecology is complex and oh so cool! Recovery of a marine keystone predator transforms terrestrial predator–prey dynamics…
Ecology is complex and oh so cool! Recovery of a marine keystone predator transforms terrestrial predator–prey dynamics https://t.co/tNhyWFlBtL
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Recovery of a marine keystone predator transforms terrestrial predator–prey dynamics | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences https://t.co/jcvgGMpeYz
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unpredictability on reintroductions and predator prey dynamics https://t.co/OTIPgwXUwG
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Very interesting! Recovery of a marine keystone predator transforms terrestrial predator–prey dynamics | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences https://t.co/JcbJvdpHCd
Recovery of a marine keystone predator transforms terrestrial predator-prey dynamics https://t.co/0mnYlezWoY https://t.co/0eX8nVPw5j
By learning to hunt otters, wolves decimate a deer population https://t.co/KkOWLdg9Xl #science #animal_science #otters #wolves #deer #population
Recovery of a marine keystone predator transforms terrestrial predator–prey dynamics | PNAS https://t.co/zUaR2iu6mA
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Wolves colonized an Alaskan island and ate most of the deer. Wolves then consumed sea otters, a keystone marine species. According to researchers, there are sufficient sea otters to support the wolves without major effects on marine ecosystems. In PNAS: https://t.co/Tehl5VOsFk https://t.co/ycP2wfnwYE
Aàaska Dopo aver mangiato tutti i cervi, i lupi
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> sea otters, which became an abundant marine subsidy for wolves Recovery of a marine keystone predator transforms terrestrial predator–prey dynamics | Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences https://t.co/GG11UEN0nx
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Recovery of a marine keystone predator transforms terrestrial predator-prey dynamics https://t.co/lFcQwuchBd