/u/screwyoushadowban's posts

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If we never had any live observations or living specimens, would we be able to tell that marabou storks and turkey vulture were scavengers based solely on skeletal morphology? What are the diagnostic features of a flying scavenger?	1	askscience
Does poop decay really slowly in really arid deserts because there's fewer detritivores than wetter places, or is it about the same as temperate climates? What breaks it down primarily? Flies? Dung beetles? Wind? Solar radiation?	1	askscience
In early 19th & 20th century America & Europe: could a woman's job or hobbies threaten her femininity in the social sense? Like how a man's choices could get him labeled "unmanly"/"less than a man". What would happen if a woman wanted to play rugby or American football?	1	AskHistorians
What was life like for black people in Dublin or Liverpool (and nearby places) at the turn of the 20th century? How were black people treated in working-class communities?	1	AskHistorians
Why are placental mammals seemingly so much more widspread and diverse than marsupials? Is this a geographic accident or do placentals consistently outcompete marsupials in most niches?	1	askscience
What was the general level of awareness of American Halloween in the USSR &, in the 90s, post-Soviet countries? Would 90s Russian or Ukrainian teens ever dress up for funsies? Also, what about other American versions of holidays (e.g. St Patrick's Day as a drinking holiday)?	1	AskHistorians
Most domestic dogs exhibit strong stress responses when a family member/fellow dog dies or is missing for a long time. Is this a product of domestication, or do highly social wild canines (wolves, painted dogs, etc.) do the same when a packmate dies during a hunt or expires near the den?	1	askscience
Would the earliest tetrapodomorphs have had tadpoles/larvae like modern amphibians? What distinguishes the tadpoles/larvae of amphibians from the larval stage of, say, lungfish?	1	askscience
How do the ways the human brain and endocrine system respond to generically pleasant music vs. specifically relaxing music differ? And does this also apply to other mammal brains, specifically our common domestic pets?	1	askscience
Do economic sanctions work? That is, do they quantifiably change the behavior of states subject to them (in ways that match the stated goals of the ones doing the sanctioning)?	1	askscience

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