Thank you for voting in the last poll, the winning design subjects were Canids as pollinators? Nectar foraging by Ethiopian wolves may contribute to the pollination of Kniphofia foliosa & Mummified cave cheetahs inform rewilding actions in Saudi Arabia! I'll be sketching these designs over the next couple of days, at which point you will have the option to select which composition you like best to become part of this campaign! At that point the poll for design #3 will close and the cycle will begin again.

When the pin designs are complete, I will post an update with the finished designs and they will be added to the campaign. Any pledges to the Ultimate Collector: All Campaign Rewards tier will include any stretch goal rewards without any increase in the tier pledge price. Same for Complete Enamel Pin Set (Standard & Deluxe) and Complete Sticker Set tiers. Once you pledge to these tiers, stretch goal designs and variants are INCLUDED.

Thank you again for your support and participation in this campaign! Your collaboration efforts and enthusiasm is so inspiring for me.

I appreciate you all,
Starr Vipi


As a reminder, here are the papers for the current poll*:

✨BACKER SUGGESTION ✨ Pollen analysis of Australian honey
✨BACKER SUGGESTION ✨ Soundboard-trained dogs produce non-accidental, non-random and non-imitative two-button combinations

Evidence of active sound production by a shark

🌟WINNER #1: NOT INCLUDED IN FUTURE POLLS🌟 Canids as pollinators? Nectar foraging by Ethiopian wolves may contribute to the pollination of Kniphofia foliosa

⭐WINNER #2: NOT INCLUDED IN FUTURE POLLS⭐ Mummified cave cheetahs inform rewilding actions in Saudi Arabia

* I am still accepting Backer Suggestions, but bear in mind they will not be added until the next poll goes up, which will be once this poll ends or the next goal is reached, whatever happens first. Otherwise any answers that do not win will still be in the rotation of upcoming polls, unless there is an overwhelming amount of Backer Suggestions. Polls will have 10 or fewer options each time to keep it manageable. 

There's currently a TIE between Flexible use of a multi-purpose tool by a cow and Canids as pollinators? Nectar foraging by Ethiopian wolves may contribute to the pollination of Kniphofia foliosa! These are likely our winners for design #1 & #2 but Mummified cave cheetahs inform rewilding actions in Saudi Arabia is right there with only one vote less than them, so please vote if you haven't already.

Over the weekend I'd injured my hand but I'll be doing some sketches tomorrow so there will be visuals to vote on for the next stage: Design selection! Backer's Choice Design #3 is already unlocked, so that poll will be up once this one closes.

Again if you have any subjects you'd like to see please leave a comment and I'll do some research!

Thank you all for your support of this project!



As a reminder, here are the papers included in the poll*:

*BACKER SUGGESTION* Pollen analysis of Australian honey

* I am still accepting Backer Suggestions, but bear in mind they will not be added until the next poll goes up, which will be once this poll ends or the next goal is reached, whatever happens first. Otherwise any answers that do not win will still be in the rotation of upcoming polls, unless there is an overwhelming amount of Backer Suggestions. Polls will have 10 or fewer options each time to keep it manageable. 

Y'all are the best! I'm so happy to read your comments about the research put into this project. This is my third of Science series and it's so exciting to see what is interesting to you all!

The poll for designs #1 & #2 will be closing on Tuesday, at which point the new poll for designs #3 & #4 will be available. If all 5 stretch designs are unlocked, new stretch goals for variants will open!

As a reminder, here are the papers included in the poll*:

*BACKER SUGGESTION* Pollen analysis of Australian honey

* I am still accepting Backer Suggestions, but bear in mind they will not be added until the next poll goes up, which will be once this poll ends or the next goal is reached, whatever happens first. Otherwise any answers that do not win will still be in the rotation of upcoming polls, unless there is an overwhelming amount of Backer Suggestions. Polls will have 10 or fewer options each time to keep it manageable. 

That was SO FAST! The survey for #1 is still up, so we can use the top 2 papers from that poll to determine our concept. I've extended the end date to Tuesday to allow time for people to vote! 

As a reminder, here are the papers included in the poll:

*BACKER SUGGESTION* Pollen analysis of Australian honey

Canids as pollinators? Nectar foraging by Ethiopian wolves may contribute to the pollination of Kniphofia foliosa

I am still accepting Backer Suggestions, but bear in mind they will not be added until the next poll goes up, which will be once this poll ends or the next goal is reached, whatever happens first. Otherwise any answers that do not win will still be in the rotation of upcoming polls, unless there is an overwhelming amount of Backer Suggestions. Polls will have 10 or fewer options each time to keep it manageable. 

This project was funded in just 3 hours and I am so grateful for your support! I have a list of variants and a variety of new designs that YOU backers can choose for stretch goal designs as the project reaches $4,000+ in funding. A new stretch goal will be added at each $1,000 mark beyond!  

First, back the campaign! That will list you as a project backer, giving you access to the backer-only polls I'll be using. Then go to the Community tab of the project and select "Polls", and vote! New polls will be released as designs are selected and finalized and funding goals are reached.

The first 5 stretch goals will be "Variety", brand new designs to the campaign. Following that, stretch goals of $9,000+ will be "Variant" goals, or different color schemes for existing designs. Before the goal is met, a Variant or Variety poll will be live. Once the funding is reached (see achievements for progress) the poll will close, and a new poll for the design category will open. This category poll will be open for 48 hours to give people time to review the options. The sketch poll will be released after that, to determine the final design. Once the design is added to the campaign a new Update will be posted to begin the cycle again!

Important! Pledging to the Ultimate Collector or Complete Enamel Pin Set (Standard & Deluxe) tiers WILL INCLUDE THESE PINS AT NO ADDITIONAL COST. In other words, as stretch goal pins are added to the campaign, inclusive tiers will not go up in price but will include more rewards. This is also true for the Complete Sticker Set tier. Each design will have a matching sticker made and the Complete Sticker Set tier will include ALL stickers from the campaign with no change to the pledge tier price. This pricing is EXCLUSIVELY available to Backerkit backers, as without your support these pins would not exist!

I have a list of designs I had considered already, but will be adding to this list based on what YOU are interested in! Go to the project, or reply to the stretch goal update and comment what you want to see and I will pull up relevant research to see if it fits the series. If it does, I'll add the paper here as *BACKER SUGGESTION* so you can spot them right away! 

I am always accepting Backer Suggestions, you can comment them on updates or directly to the project and I will see them! If I have 👍 your comment that means there is a match to both relevant research and it is on theme with the series. Please bear in mind they will not be added until the next poll goes up, which will be once the current poll ends or the next goal is reached, whatever happens first. Otherwise any answers that do not win will still be in the rotation of upcoming polls, unless there is an overwhelming amount of Backer Suggestions. Polls will have 10 or fewer options each time to keep it manageable.  

#1: Canids as pollinators? Nectar foraging by Ethiopian wolves may contribute to the pollination of Kniphofia foliosa


#2: Mummified cave cheetahs inform rewilding actions in Saudi Arabia


#3: Iron-coated Komodo dragon teeth and the complex dental enamel of carnivorous reptiles