Ray Chatterji

@raychatterji.bsky.social

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Evolutionary biologist specialising in trait evolution Big nerd

Egyptian geese bullying a pigeon. Being an asshole is also a convergent goose trait
Time dated phylogeny of waterfowl, with branches colour coded by foraging behaviour. On the right are the average hindlimb shapes for each foraging group, and the mean skull shapes for each dietary group
4 PCA plots for waterfowl skull shape, femur shape, tibiotarsus shape, and tarsometatarsus shape. The skull is grouped together by diet and foraging. While the rest are grouped together by foraging behaviour
Mal musk duck on a lake
Molecular phylogeny of waterfowl, with the major groups within anatidae highlighted