When ants eat or drink caffeine, many interesting things happen
#ethology
Monkeys are kidnapping babies of another species on a Panamanian island, perplexing scientists
American crows: the ultimate angry birds?
"Crows form mobs that scold dangerous people and naïve crows exposed to mobs learn to identify a dangerous person’s face, associate it with danger, and react accordingly"
by @grrlscientist via #Substack
#birds #ornithology #ethology #behavior #SciComm https://grrlscientist.substack.com/p/american-crows-the-ultimate-angry
American crows: the ultimate angry birds?
"Crows form mobs that scold dangerous people and naïve crows exposed to mobs learn to identify a dangerous person’s face, associate it with danger, and react accordingly"
by @GrrlScientist via #Substack
#birds #ornithology #ethology #behavior #SciComm https://grrlscientist.substack.com/p/american-crows-the-ultimate-angry
American crows: the ultimate angry birds?
"Crows form mobs that scold dangerous people and naïve crows exposed to mobs learn to identify a dangerous person’s face, associate it with danger, and react accordingly"
by @GrrlScientist via #Substack
#birds #ornithology #ethology #behavior #SciComm https://grrlscientist.substack.com/p/american-crows-the-ultimate-angry
14-May-2025
#Chimpanzees use #medicinal leaves to perform first aid
Scientists observed chimpanzees in Uganda apparently cleaning and treating their own and others’ wounds
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1083030
see also my feature on #animals #selfMedicating (#openArchives) https://proseandpassion.blogspot.com/2023/05/animal-health-services.html #science #ethology #behaviour #ecology
14-May-2025
Gelada #monkeys understand complex "conversations" involving distress calls and prosocial comforting responses, exhibiting surprise when such vocal exchanges are manipulated to violate their expectations
Riders: Horses' World View Ignored - Karolina Westlund on Huberman
Chimpanzees more empathetic than assumed - study
Bonobos refuse to participate when faced with unequal rewards
This week's #NewBooks at the library: A diverse trio of second-hand books: The Question of Animal Culture from Harvard University Press, The Limits to Growth Revisited from my favourite "collapsologist" Ugo Bardi, and #StrangerThings: Flight of Icarus.
#Books #Scicomm #Bookstodon #Ethology #AnimalBehavior #Economics @bookstodon
As part of this week-long event, I will be hosting a 2-day “Animals in Motion” workshop in London, with the generous support of @SoftwareSaved.
It’s for anyone who wants to get hands-on experience with using open-source software to track animals from video footage and analyse their motion.
Attendance is free of charge, but spots are limited. A small number of travel stipends are available. More info at https://neuroinformatics.dev/open-software-week/
#neuroscience #behavior #ethology #neuroethology #python
From: @neuroinformatics
https://mastodon.online/@neuroinformatics/114348660994777557
National Dolphin Day 2025: Honoring the ocean’s most playful minds
We’re only at the beginning of discovering the #animal roots of #language. But one thing that we can’t ignore² anymore is the Logos was not given exclusively to #humanity. #Anthropocentrism can now survive only through voluntary ignorance. Reality is there for all to see. We’ll have to admit either that the Word descends from the flesh and not the flesh from the Word, or that the spirit is not a #human prerogative.
A new piece¹ of the puzzle: bonobos #language complexity, more structured than expected. The myth of a separate #human language according to Martinet’s double articulation, is nextdoor.
https://www.sciencealert.com/bonobo-communication-reveals-a-stunning-kinship-to-human-speech
Ants are the only animals besides humans that perform life-saving surgeries
Fish use sharks as shields to ambush prey, study reveals
New review: Uncovering Dinosaur Behavior is a concise, well-structured, and beautifully illustrated book that transcends being "merely" good popular science by also addressing professional palaeontologists.
#Books #BookReview #Bookstodon #AnimalBehavior #Ethology #Fossils #Evolution #Paleontology #Palaeontology #Dinosaurs #Scicomm princetonupress@mastodon.social @princetonnature @serpenillus @bookstodon
Drone captures narwhals using their tusks to explore, forage and play
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