Brooke
@brookecaldrich.bsky.social
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Neotropical Primate Conservation * Asia for Animals Coalition * Books, primatology, cats, vegan food, monkeys, justice ... ? https://linktr.ee/brooke.aldrich
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The Endangered status of long-tailed macaques has been reconfirmed, with an estimated decline of 50%+ over the last 30 years.
Many thousands of them are captured, bought, sold, experimented on and otherwise abused every year. Something needs to change, fast.

www.iucnredlist.org/species/1255...
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WHO IS READY FOR SOME MONKEY BUSINESS? 🐒

PSGB is coming to Cardiff Nov 27-28. Get ready for
- gorgeous venue
- great plenary guests
- talks, posters, and interactive workshops
- plant-based lunch included

Abstract submission is open until 15 Oct, and tickets go on sale next week. #primates
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Submissions are still open for abstracts and workshop proposals for our 2025 winter meeting in Cardiff! Submit before the 15th of October! www.psgb.org/pages/14-mee...
Meetings | Primate Society of Great Britain
www.psgb.org
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"...urban forests can support important populations of primates, particularly endemic and threatened species ... remnant forest patches and green corridors should be prioritized in urban planning strategies to ensure long-term wildlife persistence in rapidly developing landscapes."
A survey of critically endangered plecturocebus oenanthe in moyobamba’s urban forests, Peru - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - A survey of critically endangered plecturocebus oenanthe in moyobamba’s urban forests, Peru
www.nature.com
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#beardedvultures specialize in eating bones, paint their feathers orange with mud, and hoard human-made bits and bobs... and now scientists have found a 650-year-old shoe, among other treasures, in one of their nests... 💕 share.google/13InaJYP4FCd...
Found: 650-year-old shoe, in vulture nest
Many unexpected human artifacts have been preserved, for centuries, in vulture nests.
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Primatologist participants needed for online study on face perception in primates! All species welcome (esp. macaque sp.). 30min questionnaire, info below. Link unioflincoln.questionpro.eu/t/AB3u5RNZB3...
Thank you! #primate @ourprimatepast.bsky.social @primatology.net @ips-primatenews.bsky.social
We are running an online study investigating 'perception of human and non-human primate faces'. The research is being run by researchers in Lincoln, UK, UC Davis, USA and UNSW, Australia. 
We are looking for primatologist participants, including students and research assistants (+18 years old, fluent in English, experience with any non-human primate species but particularly macaque species, no face blindness) who can recognise and differentiate individual non-human primates they have worked with by their physical features including faces (this could be either with live non-human primates, through a video, or photos). The study uses validated human face images from established tests of face recognition. We have also added some images of non-human primates using the same methods.

You will be given an Amazon voucher for the equivalent of £10 GBP to compensate you for taking part. The study will take around 30 minutes to complete. 

The research has been given ethical agreement from the University of Lincoln Ethics Committee [ref 19037]. 

👉Please click the link to take part https://unioflincoln.questionpro.eu/t/AB3u5RNZB3wHi8

If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact us:
Laetitia Marechal: lmarechal@lincoln.ac.uk
Thank you very much for your time and your valuable participation!
With gratitude, 
Laetitia Marechal
On behalf of the Research Team
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Is the USA going to be ok?
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#Caturday is #Claudius day. This boy is live perfection 🥰
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If anyone out there reads this and knows some tips for just getting a simple affordable room for a couple of nights feel free to advise! I've been searching Airbnb, Hotels.com, etc, etc... (I'm relying on the fact that nobody here knows my husband and very few people seem to see my posts anyway 🤣)
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Damn. Spent a huge amount of ££ on tickets to see #NickCave and the #BadSeeds in #Brighton in July - a Christmas present for my husband. Now I'm finding that even "cheap" hotels are entirely unaffordable at that time of year. Even the Travelodge is nearly £600 for two nights?
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It's wonderful that more people see the charm of spiders, including jumping spiders---- fabulous animals. But it's not cool to celebrate sales-focused, high-volume spider-breeding of this nature: "tens of thousands of 'web puppies'" in a single shop. They're not toys. #spiders #pets #nature
Scared of spiders? Some former arachnophobes now are keeping jumping spiders as pets
The jumping spider pet market is booming, particularly with women. And for many, the journey to spider enthusiast began as an arachnophobe.
www.npr.org
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The orange one's political career began with a smooth ascent down an #escalator... Let's hope an awkward walk up another one kickstarts the end of it. A nice symmetry there...
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The article says "the European Parliament ...voted in favor of establishing an EU-wide positive list for exotic pets, providing that the feasibility study shows the measure to be valuable and legally possible." This totally passed me by, but seems like excellent news. How likely is it to go forward?
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#taiwan #macaques #primates #tianmu #macacacyclopis
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The loveliest magical park in the world #naha #okinawa
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The loveliest of many lovely train station cats. #taitung #taiwan #caturday
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This platform is strange ... I find it interesting, lots of good, informative accounts to follow... But I find it nearly impossible to engage with anyone here. Is this just me? Am I doing it wrong?
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#Caturday #Claudius day
This boy is the center of my universe 😁🥰
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#orbweaver #kunigami #okinawa August 2025
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Lovely garden #spider
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#indri #andasibe #madagascar July 2025
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Yes! In my household too!
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#HappyPlace #Yomitan #Okinawa