{"id":125,"date":"2021-03-05T22:26:37","date_gmt":"2021-03-05T22:26:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agsci-labs.oregonstate.edu\/levit\/?p=125"},"modified":"2021-03-09T17:55:39","modified_gmt":"2021-03-09T17:55:39","slug":"the-golden-drool-study-finds-treasure-trove-of-info-in-saliva-of-foraging-bears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agsci-labs.oregonstate.edu\/levit\/2021\/03\/05\/the-golden-drool-study-finds-treasure-trove-of-info-in-saliva-of-foraging-bears\/","title":{"rendered":"The golden drool: Study finds treasure trove of info in saliva of foraging bears"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>November 25, 2016<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some media about our recently published research showing that residual bear saliva on salmon carcasses is a great source of DNA<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"366\" src=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/4322\/files\/2021\/03\/brown-bear1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-126\" srcset=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/4322\/files\/2021\/03\/brown-bear1.jpg 650w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/4322\/files\/2021\/03\/brown-bear1-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.corvallisadvocate.com\/2016\/scientists-rule-bears-drool\/\">Scientists Rule, Bears Drool<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Scientists studying brown bears in Southeast Alaska have been using saliva left behind in half-eaten salmon carcasses to identify individual bears faster and with improved efficiency. Did I mention that nearly 300 fecal samples were also taken for a comparative analysis? Yum! \u201cWe found that using bear saliva is not only easier and cheaper as \u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.corvallisadvocate.com\/2016\/scientists-rule-bears-drool\/\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also see<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2016\/11\/161109182848.htm\">https:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2016\/11\/161109182848.htm<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/katu.com\/news\/local\/saliva-left-on-partially-consumed-salmon-helps-osu-researchers-identify-bears\">http:\/\/katu.com\/news\/local\/saliva-left-on-partially-consumed-salmon-helps-osu-researchers-identify-bears<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>November 25, 2016 Some media about our recently published research showing that residual bear saliva on salmon carcasses is a great source of DNA Scientists Rule, Bears Drool Scientists studying brown bears in Southeast Alaska have been using saliva left behind in half-eaten salmon carcasses to identify individual bears faster and with improved efficiency. Did [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":224,"featured_media":126,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-125","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lab-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/agsci-labs.oregonstate.edu\/levit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/agsci-labs.oregonstate.edu\/levit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/agsci-labs.oregonstate.edu\/levit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agsci-labs.oregonstate.edu\/levit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/224"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agsci-labs.oregonstate.edu\/levit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=125"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/agsci-labs.oregonstate.edu\/levit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":127,"href":"https:\/\/agsci-labs.oregonstate.edu\/levit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125\/revisions\/127"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agsci-labs.oregonstate.edu\/levit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/agsci-labs.oregonstate.edu\/levit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agsci-labs.oregonstate.edu\/levit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agsci-labs.oregonstate.edu\/levit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}