The Sound of European Hornets Buzzing Could Help Owls Survive

Let’s talk about whether “man flu” is fact or fiction, how the Arctic lakes just threw a curveball at our climate change projections, and the genius new way bats are tricking their predators. 

The Myth of Man Flu 

• “Man flu is not a thing – Gender-specific secondary analysis of a prospective randomized-controlled trial for acute rhinosinusitis” by Reidl et al.
  • https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022399922003324?via%3Dihub
• “Stop accusing men of overreacting – 'man flu' really does exist, doctor claims” by Nicola Davis
  • https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/dec/11/stop-accusing-men-of-overreacting-man-flu-really-does-exist-claims-doctor
• “'Man Flu' May Be Real After All, Study Says” by Alice G. Walton
  • https://www.forbes.com/sites/alicegwalton/2017/12/12/man-flu-may-be-an-actual-thing-study-finds/?sh=723fbdb31240
• “The science behind “man flu”” by Kyle Sue
  • https://www.bmj.com/content/359/bmj.j5560
• “Is "man flu" really a thing?” By Robert H. Shmerling, MD
  • https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/man-flu-really-thing-2018010413033

Arctic Lakes 

• “Bats buzz like hornets to scare off owl predators” by Freda Kreier
  • https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-01274-1
• “Bats buzz like hornets to scare away predators” by Tess Joosse
  • https://www.science.org/content/article/bats-buzz-hornets-scare-away-predators#:~:text=One%20of%20the%20mouse%2Deared,and%20send%20owls%20scurrying%20away

Buzzing Bats 

• “Arctic lakes are vanishing in surprise climate finding” by University of Florida
  • https://phys.org/news/2022-08-arctic-lakes-climate.html
• “In a surprise climate change finding, Arctic lakes are vanishing” by Karen Graham
  • https://www.digitaljournal.com/tech-science/in-a-surprise-climate-change-finding-arctic-lakes-are-vanishing/article#ixzz7hLx9zkz6

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