"Researchers ‘Translate’ #Bat Talk. Turns Out, They Argue—a Lot"
AKA, #bats are just like us:
"One of the call types indicates the bats are arguing about food.
Another indicates a dispute about their positions within the sleeping cluster.
A third call is reserved for males making unwanted mating advances
and the fourth happens when a bat argues with another bat sitting too close"
food, hierarchy, sex, and autonomy
the endless squabble
Two new reviews (2/2): Providing an exceedingly interesting take on how animals understand death, Playing Possum manages to be both accessible to a general audience and relevant to specialists. Out this coming Tuesday!
https://inquisitivebiologist.com/2024/10/12/book-review-playing-possum-how-animals-understand-death/
#Ethology #AnimalBehavior #ComparativePsychology #Death #Thanatology #Books #BookReview #Bookstodon #Scicomm @Susana_MonsO @princetonupress @princetonnature @animalbehaviourlive @SICBJOURNALS @bookstodon
Two new reviews (1/2): How Animals Grieve is a thought-provoking book that surveys a large body of anecdotal observations to compellingly argue that animals can, and do, grieve.
https://inquisitivebiologist.com/2024/10/12/book-review-how-animals-grieve/
#Books #BookReview #Bookstodon #Ethology #AnimalBehavior #Scicomm @bjkingape @animalbehaviourlive @SICBJOURNALS @bookstodon
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This week's #NewBooks at the library: An exciting new review copy from @princetonupress, Playing Possum by Susanne Monsó; a recent book from @themitpress, Our Ancient Lakes by Jeffrey McKinnon; and a second-hand biography on #MaryAnning, Jurassic Mary by Patricia Pierce, from The History Press
The Inquisitive Biologist turns 7 today! What better way to celebrate than with not one but two reviews (2/2). Never less than thoughtful, Living on Earth is an ambitious exploration of the coevolution of life and its environment that wandered more widely than I expected.
#Anthropology #Ethology #Evolution #Neurobiology #Philosophy #Psychology #Books #BookReview #Bookstodon #Bookstodon #Scicomm @bookstodon @fsgbooks
I spent yesterday in shock and grief over the death of primatologist and animal-behavior scientist Frans de Waal, and that continues today. Here are only some of his books that revolutionized my thinking, research, and teaching about animal cognition and emotion. #FransDeWaal #animals #ethology #chimpanzees #animalbehavior #animalcognition #books
Juvenile great #apes love to tease and annoy their elders, study finds - https://www.theguardian.com/science/2024/feb/14/juvenile-great-apes-love-to-tease-and-annoy-their-elders-study-finds "Young chimps, orangutans, bonobos and gorillas show wide range of playful and sometimes aggressive behaviours" #ethology
An #introduction - Animal Law is managed by @ProfJohanna and curates research, current topics, opinion and comment in animals and law including #AnimalLaw #AnimalWelfare #CriticalAnimalStudies #Ethology #AnimalPhilosophy #Anthropocene #Anthropocentrism #AnimalCultures #AnimalSocieties #AnimalResearch #NonHuman #AnimalRights #Sentience #Consciousness #AnimalPersonhood #Veganism and more. Hoping to connect with a vibrant and interdisciplinary research and advocacy community!
The Canine Brains Project has finally joined Mastodon! Here's our #introduction! 
We are scientists from Harvard's Hecht Lab who are studying dog #neuroscience and #behavior. We are interested in how #genes, #neuroanatomy, #dogtraining, and lifetime experiences shape dogs' minds. We also study how dog brains and behaviors #evolve.
"Whether oaks succeed in this slow-motion migration — and eventually grace new landscapes with their noble, carbon-sequestering, shelter-providing, wildlife-nourishing presence — will be a function of countless encounters between a mouse or a vole and an acorn."
My latest, on 
I'm a Group Leader at HHMI Janelia working at the intersections of #ComputerVision, #MachineLearning, #DataScience, #Neuroscience, #Ethology & #HCI. I use #CV, #ML and tech to gain insight into biology. My most cited work involves animal tracking and behavior analysis. I love algorithms and trying to understand how, when, & why they work. But really I'm an engineer and want to solve problems however I can!
Outside work, I like sunshine, outdoors, #climbing, & #crosswords.
Finally found out how to follow hashtags and starting to feel like I'm getting the hang of this. So, time for a re-#introduction: I work in #philosophy, where I specialise in #AnimalCognition, #AnimalEthics, #AnimalBehavior, #PhilosophyOfAnimalMinds. I work interdisciplinarily and aim to be in a dialogue with folks from #Ethology and #ComparativePsychology. I'm also interested in #BehavioralEcology, #Evolution, #AnimalWelfare, #AnimalStudies, and all things #Science. Happy to be here! :)
A lot has changed since my #introduction:
Now I'm a #postdoc in Liège (Belgium) trying to figure out how #neuroethology works.
I will be working with two #Peromyscus species.
My focus is the processing of #smell, especially #predator #odours, but most likely also #SocialOdors
I'm still looking for more #AnimalBehaviour, #BehavioralEcology, and #ChemicalEcology folks to follow!
#AnimalBehavior
#biology
#ecology
#mammals
#science
#ethology
#Evolution
#ChemicalCommunication
#semiochmistry
#introduction Hey, I'm Thorbjörn, an #ecologist specialised in #chemicalcommunication.
Currently located in #Finland, but looking for #postdoc option across #Europe.
Bare with me while I figure everything out. You can still find me on the Big Bird @volephd.
#biology
#ecology
#scicomm
#mammals
#animalbehavior
#science
#ethology
#Evolution
