re: #270 Glenn Beck’s Grand Unifying Theory of Obdicut

My brother just successfully defended his thesis and got his PhD! And he just negotiated for his first PhD-level job— he’ll be primary investigator doing research on wolf/caribou/bear interactions in Alaska.

He rules.

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That sounds like fascinating work. I would imagine that the intereactions of the various species would be complex (one large herd based herbavore, one smaller pack based carnavore & one usually solitary omnivore) especially as the climage continues to change. Within those interactions, I wonder sometimes how the smaller prey/predator interactions are impacted as well - fox/rodent for one example - or where carrion comes into play with theses three as well with other species trying to live on the leavings of them? Complex interactions but I’m sure he must find it rewarding to have run the academic gauntlet for it.