David Bradley

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Science writer & wildlife photographer by trade; musician at heart. After 18 years with my previous choir, I’ve helped launch a new community choir called Fen Edge Voices. I'm also to be found performing with various bands or chasing around to photograph flying things #moths #butterflies #birds

#Science #NatureMatters #UKBirding #TeamMoth #Music #Photography

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Show threadDavid Bradley1d ago
@ar387 Always great to see...and increasingly common to see overwintering specimens emerging when there's a warm winter's day in recent years.
Show threadDavid Bradley1d ago
Not to say that cancer patients are going to be fed something from caterpillar poo any time soon, these kinds of discovery are going on all the time and most never reach the clinic. But, a few do, so who knows. The team involved seem to have moved on to other metabolites in the 2025 paper from their lab, so they're pioneering and not necessarily propagating...I could be wrong. It's all fascinating and was the stuff I started out writing about back in the early 90s for New Scientist and Science!
David Bradley1d ago

I don't know if I missed this paper at the time, but apparently Swallowtail larval frass (poop) contains a metabolite from the plants the larvae eat that has anti-colon cancer activity.

https://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/swallowtail-frass-and-colon-cancer.html

Show threadDavid BradleyFeb 26
@knowuh Hahahah, perhaps, or just too mean to part with the money!
Show threadDavid BradleyFeb 24
@knowuh @renewedresistance I have never subscribed to anything anyway
David BradleyFeb 17

We had a second attempt at a trip to Tenerife earlier this month (we'd both been really ill when we visited last year). This time a bigger, family affair to celebrate my entering my seventh decade.

A few wildlife snaps and scenery shots

https://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/tenerife-redux.html

Show threadDavid BradleyJan 23
I think we've had one clear evening so far, but I was busy launching a choir that night, so missed telescoping!
Show threadDavid BradleyJan 22
I mean...how can you not love moths, this evolved while actual eyes were still evolving!!!
David BradleyJan 22
@vinterkarusell Two's companies, one's something else, three's definitely a crowd
Show threadDavid BradleyJan 22
@jon We've got the bigliest of plans, our plans are the bigliest...such good plans, all good nobody has bester plans mine are the biggest best of plans all you other big plans are just imitators so won's the real peace plan please stand up, please stand up ......................