jrosindell
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2 months ago Introductory tours and tours advertising OneZoom products
- Introductory / how to use / remake the tutorial as a tour
- What is a tour - explaining the concept of slides etc. so others could see how they might imagine content for a tour themselves
- Sponsorship stories (Coelanth,Pearl,Seahorse,Transfish,Pearl,Saiga)
- Popularity index tour
Eco and Evo concepts
- “EDGE” species (started) (explaining what an edge species is, by looking at ED-only species e.g. tuataras or aardvarks, GE species e.g. mouse shrews, and full EDGE species e.g. purple frog, kakapo, long-beaked echidnas)
- Convergent evolution (e.g. poison frogs, pitcher plants, blind snakes, pangolin scales, spines of echidna and hedgehog and porcupine)
- Island gigantism
- Eusociality incl. Eusocial shrimps
- What is biodiversity (species concept, traits, features, phylogenetic diversity - with examples)
- Island radiations tour (classic examples from Madagascar, Hawaii, Galapagos)
- Evolution of the eye and vision (octopus, fly, starfish, tuatara - third eye, pit viper, mammals, wavelengths of light, loss of sight and other forms of vision - star nosed mole)
- Zoonotic diseases (carriers, vectors, message about wildlife trade and conservation).
- great and small: evolution of body size
- How things evolved (e.g. any feature)
- Population dynamics tour
Taxa based tours
- Rose by any other name
- Lemurs (their evolutionary history and relatives / ancestors outside Madagascar, Aye aye, other endangered lemurs. (this is started)
- Dog or wolf (we need Canis familiaris on the tree really)
- Reptiles (started)
- Fish
- Birds
- Flowering plants
- Insects
- Cephalopods (James has a rough plan)
- Dinosaurs and their place relative to living species (best to wait for dino tree probably now)
- Kakapo and its relatives (Kakapo, Kia, other parrots, evolution, Kiwi, food - rimu fruit, reasons for decline - Polynesian rat)
- Chameleons (tour of global diversity and evolution)
Habitat / location focused tours
- Underground species (bacteria, earth worm, purple frog, star nosed mole, naked mole rat, blind snake, western underground orchid)
- Returns to the sea
- Madagascar e.g. Baobabs (Madagascan species and mainland species) Madagascan carnivores (Fossa, Mongoose radiation)
- Western Ghatts tour
Fun tours
- Crazy names (Nervous shark, Chocolate chip starfish, scrambled egg slime, mint sauce worm, football jersey worm - make an underlying point about too many species to find short / sensible names for)
- Superpowers (started) again a bit of fun but the chance to show off amazing capabilities of a range of animals, plants and fungi
- Nature’s shiny things (gold gems, dragons etc.)
- Colours of blood
- Species of cultural importance (myriad possibilities e.g. crops, building materials)
- Bird songs and animal sounds
- How to draw animals / plants
- Art and music inspired by animals and plants
- Medicinal plants
- species named after celebrities
- iridescent animals
- Tour of stings and the Schmitt pain scale
- References to literature / peoms
Food and drink tours
- Gin tour (botanicals that are added and why)
- Recipes
Tours corresponding to special days in the calendar
- Paternal care e.g. tours for mother's / Father's Day. https://x.com/ImperfectFunGuy/status/1801965609200095250
- Valentines day
- tours for important days of the year corresponding to festivals etc.
Here's an issue in which we can dump ideas for tours, as we come across them.
Convergence in "saws" of sawfish etc: https://mapress.com/mz/article/view/mesozoic.1.2.3 - would make a nice tour This sort of thing is an example of topical social media-type stuff to highlight (or make a tour for) on OneZoom: https://x.com/ImperfectFunGuy/status/1801965609200095250