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Jon Sullivan

This is our chicken Buffy. We've been keeping chickens in our suburban garden for two decades now. Buffy is the second chicken we've had that has her curiousity dial turned up to 11.

While our five other chickens are happily settled in the fenced section of our front garden, doing their regular chicken things, Buffy's world is much bigger. She's always interested in what I'm doing, and she's figured out how to get up onto our deck and from there across to our back garden, which she now visits regularly by herself.

This morning I was surprised to find her inside our house, after I'd briefly left the front door open.

Personalities make the world work. 😄

#chickens#AnimalBehaviour#Personalities
Rebecca Nordquist

I am following this fantastic webinar series by UFAW and AWRN on translating animal welfare into law and policy, which has been very educational so far.

My biggest take from the second lecture, is "the UK legal system is utterly bonkers". But I also highly recommend this for learning about how to take your science to policy.

ufaw.org.uk/ufaw-events/-influ

www.ufaw.org.ukInfluencing for Impact – Translating animal welfare research into law & policy
#AnimalBehaviour#SciComm#AnimalLaw
Stan Carey

I will never not click on cuttlefish. This episode of Many Minds with Dr Tessa Montague taught me so much about these amazing animals:
manyminds.libsyn.com/the-cuttl

manyminds.libsyn.comMany Minds: The cuttlefish and its coat of many colorsWe humans have a hard time becoming invisible. For better or worse, we're basically stuck with the skin and body we have; we’re pretty fixed in our color, our shape, our overall appearance. And so we're fascinated by creatures that aren't—creatures that morph to meet the moment, that can functionally disappear, that can shape-shift on a dime. And no creatures are more skilled, more astonishing, more bedazzling in their abilities to do this kind of thing than the cephalopods. But how do they do this exactly? What's going on in their skin? What's going on under their skin? And what's going on in their brains that makes this all possible? My guest today is . Tessa is a neuroscientist in the Axel Lab at Columbia University; she studies the brain and behavior of the dwarf cuttlefish, with a special focus on the biology of their dynamic skin behaviors. Here, Tessa and I talk about how cuttlefish and other cephalopods exhibit the most impressive camouflaging abilities on the planet. We discuss how they change their skin's appearance with remarkable speed and fidelity—and not just when trying to blend in, but also when hunting, courting, fighting, and more. We talk about whether these behaviors are flexible and whether they're voluntary. We linger on the cruel irony that cuttlefish seem to be colorblind. We talk about the idea that a cephalopod's skin is kind of a window into their brain. We lay out the cells and organs in the cephalopod skin the make these behaviors possible—especially the tiny pigment-bearing structures called "chromatophores." And of course we also dive deep into the cephalopod brain and its sometimes bizarre and poorly understood structures. Excited to share it with you friends—I think you'll enjoy it. Without further ado, here's my chat with Dr. Tessa Montague.   A transcript of this episode will be posted soon.   Notes and links 3:00 – For more on Dr. Montague’s recent expeditions to the Philippines, including photos, see . 7:30 – Dr. Montague has published two recent reviews of dynamic skin behaviors in cephalopods—see and . We previously discussed cephalopod intelligence in a with Dr. Alex Schnell and a with the novelist Ray Nayler. 18:30 – For discussion of a recent “renaissance” in new model organisms, see . 20:30 – For more on how chameleons change color, see . 25:00 – A on cuttlefish camouflage, featuring the researcher Dr. Robert Hanlon. 30:30 – A on the details of pattern matching in cuttlefish camouflage. 31:00 – For more on the mimicking plant Boquila trifoliolata, see this . See also our with Dr. Paco Calvo and Dr. Natalie Lawrence. 35:00 – A about the so-called mimic octopus.  40:00 – For the hypothesis about color discrimination via chromatic aberration and pupil shape, see . 44:00 – For more on the “split body” skin behaviors observed in some cuttlefish, see . 51:00 – For the David Attenborough clip about a cuttlefish hypnotizing a crab, see . For the recent New York Times article on cuttlefish hunting behavior, including videos, see . For the academic article that inspired the New York Times piece, see . 58:00 – A on the possibility of octopus skin activity during dreaming. A that helped popularize the idea of cephalopod skin activity as evidence of dreaming. Our on why we—and other creatures—dream. 1:06:00 – For a study on chromatophore development from the lab of Dr. Gilles Laurent, see . 1:11:00 – For more on papillae, including videos, see .  1:17:00 – To explore an animated model of the cuttlefish brain, see of Dr. Montague’s website, .   Recommendations , Danna Staaf , Peter Godfrey-Smith , Roger Hanlon & John B. Messenger   Many Minds is a project of the , which is made possible by a generous grant from the John Templeton Foundation to Indiana University. The show is hosted and produced by , with help from Assistant Producer and with creative support from DISI Directors Erica Cartmill and Jacob Foster. Our artwork is by . Our transcripts are created by . Subscribe to Many Minds on Apple, Stitcher, Spotify, Pocket Casts, Google Play, or wherever you listen to podcasts. You can also now subscribe to the Many Minds newsletter ! We welcome your comments, questions, and suggestions. Feel free to email us at: manymindspodcast@gmail.com.    For updates about the show, visit or follow us on Twitter () or Bluesky ().
#podcast#science#cuttlefish
Rebecca Nordquist

Are you researching emotions (affect) in animals and would you like to communicate with lay public about animal affect? Join us this summer in Utrecht for a training school!

This is organized through the COST action Affect-Evo cost.eu/actions/CA23106/#tabs+ so there are (limited) funded spaces for participants from COST countries. Details in the flyer, and more in replies.

#AnimalCognition #AnimalBehaviour #ScieComm @animalcognitionproject @animalbehaviourlive

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Thousands of breeding flying foxes stopping planes from landing
By Freya Jetson

Next to Rockhampton Airport is a large botanical garden filled with thousands of flying foxes, and when the sun sets these creatures come alive and cause headaches for incoming flights.

abc.net.au/news/2025-03-20/bre

ABC News · Thousands of breeding flying foxes stopping planes from landing in RockhamptonBy Freya Jetson
#AnimalBehaviour#Animals#AirTransportIndustry
Rebecca Nordquist

I'm very excited about COST action Affect-Evo on animal affect, and equal parts excited and dauted to have taken on leadership of WG2, "Societal impacts of understanding animals’ affective states". Looking forward to working with social scientists, law scholars, and animal behaviour peeps.

We're still working on the website but have a logo. That means the project is official, right?

cost.eu/actions/CA23106/#tabs+

#AnimalBehaviour#emotions#COST
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Sophia Bullock

#Introduction
So here I am, someone who tried and failed Twitter numerous times, now attempting to get a handle on this 😂 I don't know if I'm on the right server, I guess time will tell!

I'm a #PhDStudent at #NewcastleUniversity using #animalBehaviour, #neuroscience, #physiology and #socialScience to improve #laboratory #animalWelfare (jeez that's a lotta hashtags!). 🐀

In my spare time I enjoy hunting, identifying, and sometimes even eating #fungi. I also like #photography and #baking vegan goodies 🍰

Shantell Powell

Monkeys who wank on deer. popsci.com/why-monkeys-have-se I’ve seen weird inter-species humping before. I think most people have encountered dogs who hump legs, but when I was little, my little black pony stallion was gelded because he kept trying to hump the dogs and the geese, and Dad was afraid he might come after me or my little sister next. #AnimalBehaviour #zoology #sex #sexuality

Popular Science · Yes, monkeys are having sex with deer. Why would they do that?The deer don't get anything sexual out of the pelvic thrusting, but they get something else in return.
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