C3POLab
@c3polab.bsky.social
Comparative Cognition and Communication Lab at the University of South Alabama. Studying dolphins, dogs, apes, hermit crabs, and any other fascinating animal someone brings to us! Director: Heidi Lyn @[email protected]
🚨New Publication Alert🚨
In the most recent issue of Aquatic Mammals, the C3PO Lab in collaboration with the Institute of Marine Mammal Studies discuss instances of human interaction in common bottlenose dolphins over 15 years in the Mississippi Sound.
www.aquaticmammalsjournal.org/article/inst...
In the most recent issue of Aquatic Mammals, the C3PO Lab in collaboration with the Institute of Marine Mammal Studies discuss instances of human interaction in common bottlenose dolphins over 15 years in the Mississippi Sound.
www.aquaticmammalsjournal.org/article/inst...
January 16, 2026 at 12:00 AM
🚨New Publication Alert🚨
In the most recent issue of Aquatic Mammals, the C3PO Lab in collaboration with the Institute of Marine Mammal Studies discuss instances of human interaction in common bottlenose dolphins over 15 years in the Mississippi Sound.
www.aquaticmammalsjournal.org/article/inst...
In the most recent issue of Aquatic Mammals, the C3PO Lab in collaboration with the Institute of Marine Mammal Studies discuss instances of human interaction in common bottlenose dolphins over 15 years in the Mississippi Sound.
www.aquaticmammalsjournal.org/article/inst...
‘Tis the season to talk about joy in animals!🎄🎅🏼
If you want to dive deeper into animal research on joy, then you should check out the Stories of Impact podcast episode on Animal Joy!
Stories of Impact podcast episode: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gh9v...
#rats #apes #scicomm #animalfacts #science
If you want to dive deeper into animal research on joy, then you should check out the Stories of Impact podcast episode on Animal Joy!
Stories of Impact podcast episode: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gh9v...
#rats #apes #scicomm #animalfacts #science
December 25, 2025 at 11:14 PM
‘Tis the season to talk about joy in animals!🎄🎅🏼
If you want to dive deeper into animal research on joy, then you should check out the Stories of Impact podcast episode on Animal Joy!
Stories of Impact podcast episode: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gh9v...
#rats #apes #scicomm #animalfacts #science
If you want to dive deeper into animal research on joy, then you should check out the Stories of Impact podcast episode on Animal Joy!
Stories of Impact podcast episode: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gh9v...
#rats #apes #scicomm #animalfacts #science
⚠️Warning⚠️: Graphic duck content 🦆
Evolutionary sexual conflict has caused duck genitalia to become... frightening, to say the least 😳
Watch the full video here: www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8yJMKe9/
#ducks #birdfacts #AnimalFacts #animalstories #scicomm #animalbehaviot #science #queerscience #funfacts
Evolutionary sexual conflict has caused duck genitalia to become... frightening, to say the least 😳
Watch the full video here: www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8yJMKe9/
#ducks #birdfacts #AnimalFacts #animalstories #scicomm #animalbehaviot #science #queerscience #funfacts
December 14, 2025 at 2:18 AM
⚠️Warning⚠️: Graphic duck content 🦆
Evolutionary sexual conflict has caused duck genitalia to become... frightening, to say the least 😳
Watch the full video here: www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8yJMKe9/
#ducks #birdfacts #AnimalFacts #animalstories #scicomm #animalbehaviot #science #queerscience #funfacts
Evolutionary sexual conflict has caused duck genitalia to become... frightening, to say the least 😳
Watch the full video here: www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8yJMKe9/
#ducks #birdfacts #AnimalFacts #animalstories #scicomm #animalbehaviot #science #queerscience #funfacts
Happy Thanksgiving! 🦃 In light of the season, we’re asking the question… Do animals really show gratitude? 🤔
Or are humans over-interpreting animal behavior?
#thanksgiving #sloths #guiltydog #gratefulanimals #science #animalscience #animalfacts #animalbehavior #gratitude
Or are humans over-interpreting animal behavior?
#thanksgiving #sloths #guiltydog #gratefulanimals #science #animalscience #animalfacts #animalbehavior #gratitude
November 27, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Happy Thanksgiving! 🦃 In light of the season, we’re asking the question… Do animals really show gratitude? 🤔
Or are humans over-interpreting animal behavior?
#thanksgiving #sloths #guiltydog #gratefulanimals #science #animalscience #animalfacts #animalbehavior #gratitude
Or are humans over-interpreting animal behavior?
#thanksgiving #sloths #guiltydog #gratefulanimals #science #animalscience #animalfacts #animalbehavior #gratitude
Greylag geese are fans of the throuple!🪿💜
#geese #science #scicomm #birds #birdbehavior #animalbehavior #animalfacts #animalscience #birdfacts #animalstories #greylaggeese #polyamory #throuple #MMF #queer #queerscience
#geese #science #scicomm #birds #birdbehavior #animalbehavior #animalfacts #animalscience #birdfacts #animalstories #greylaggeese #polyamory #throuple #MMF #queer #queerscience
November 22, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Greylag geese are fans of the throuple!🪿💜
#geese #science #scicomm #birds #birdbehavior #animalbehavior #animalfacts #animalscience #birdfacts #animalstories #greylaggeese #polyamory #throuple #MMF #queer #queerscience
#geese #science #scicomm #birds #birdbehavior #animalbehavior #animalfacts #animalscience #birdfacts #animalstories #greylaggeese #polyamory #throuple #MMF #queer #queerscience
Reposted by C3POLab
30 minute podcast showcasing our work on joy in animals w/ Erica Cartmill, Heidi Lyn (@heidilynphd.bsky.social) and me: www.storiesofimpact.org/dr-colin-all...
Dr. Colin Allen, Dr. Erica Cartmill, and Dr. Heidi Lyn: Animal Joy and the Science of Connection
Are animals capable of feeling joy? How do we know? What is joy? Dr. Erica Cartmill wants to find out. She’s the Indiana University professor of cognitive science, …
www.storiesofimpact.org
November 19, 2025 at 1:01 AM
30 minute podcast showcasing our work on joy in animals w/ Erica Cartmill, Heidi Lyn (@heidilynphd.bsky.social) and me: www.storiesofimpact.org/dr-colin-all...
Jacanas, or Jesus Birds, say no to traditional gender roles!
These birds are polyandrous, meaning one female has multiple males partners. While the female leaves to hook up with more mates, males stay home to protect the chicks🐣
#birds #birdfacts #scicomm #animalbehavior #science #animalfacts
These birds are polyandrous, meaning one female has multiple males partners. While the female leaves to hook up with more mates, males stay home to protect the chicks🐣
#birds #birdfacts #scicomm #animalbehavior #science #animalfacts
November 7, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Jacanas, or Jesus Birds, say no to traditional gender roles!
These birds are polyandrous, meaning one female has multiple males partners. While the female leaves to hook up with more mates, males stay home to protect the chicks🐣
#birds #birdfacts #scicomm #animalbehavior #science #animalfacts
These birds are polyandrous, meaning one female has multiple males partners. While the female leaves to hook up with more mates, males stay home to protect the chicks🐣
#birds #birdfacts #scicomm #animalbehavior #science #animalfacts
Charlotte's Web movie adaptation left out that Charlotte was actually a cannibal😅🕷️
Females in many spider species, including barn spiders, eat their reproductive partners after doing the deed👀
#spider #insect #cannibal #scarystories
#halloween #scaryanimals #scicomm #animalbehavior #science
Females in many spider species, including barn spiders, eat their reproductive partners after doing the deed👀
#spider #insect #cannibal #scarystories
#halloween #scaryanimals #scicomm #animalbehavior #science
November 1, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Charlotte's Web movie adaptation left out that Charlotte was actually a cannibal😅🕷️
Females in many spider species, including barn spiders, eat their reproductive partners after doing the deed👀
#spider #insect #cannibal #scarystories
#halloween #scaryanimals #scicomm #animalbehavior #science
Females in many spider species, including barn spiders, eat their reproductive partners after doing the deed👀
#spider #insect #cannibal #scarystories
#halloween #scaryanimals #scicomm #animalbehavior #science
The scariest thing about Komodo dragons isn’t their size or their serrated teeth… it’s the possibility of getting sepsis if you’ve been bitten😳😅
#komododragon #scicomm #halloweenstory #halloween #science #animalbehavior #animalstories #scaryanimals #science #scary #lizards
#komododragon #scicomm #halloweenstory #halloween #science #animalbehavior #animalstories #scaryanimals #science #scary #lizards
October 30, 2025 at 10:19 PM
The scariest thing about Komodo dragons isn’t their size or their serrated teeth… it’s the possibility of getting sepsis if you’ve been bitten😳😅
#komododragon #scicomm #halloweenstory #halloween #science #animalbehavior #animalstories #scaryanimals #science #scary #lizards
#komododragon #scicomm #halloweenstory #halloween #science #animalbehavior #animalstories #scaryanimals #science #scary #lizards
What’s both the grossest AND most delicious thing about bees? … Honey!🍯🐝
#bees #insects #honey #storytime #halloween #halloweenstory #animalbehavior #beeware #beevomit
#bees #insects #honey #storytime #halloween #halloweenstory #animalbehavior #beeware #beevomit
October 29, 2025 at 10:52 PM
What’s both the grossest AND most delicious thing about bees? … Honey!🍯🐝
#bees #insects #honey #storytime #halloween #halloweenstory #animalbehavior #beeware #beevomit
#bees #insects #honey #storytime #halloween #halloweenstory #animalbehavior #beeware #beevomit
Tarantula wasps’ reproduction tactic is an all-around creepfest 🫣🕷️
What’s scares you the most about tarantula wasps??👀
#wasps #tarantulas #scaryanimals #storytime #halloween #halloweenstory #insects #tarantulawasp #animalbehavior #animalstories #creepyanimals #scarystorytime
What’s scares you the most about tarantula wasps??👀
#wasps #tarantulas #scaryanimals #storytime #halloween #halloweenstory #insects #tarantulawasp #animalbehavior #animalstories #creepyanimals #scarystorytime
October 28, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Tarantula wasps’ reproduction tactic is an all-around creepfest 🫣🕷️
What’s scares you the most about tarantula wasps??👀
#wasps #tarantulas #scaryanimals #storytime #halloween #halloweenstory #insects #tarantulawasp #animalbehavior #animalstories #creepyanimals #scarystorytime
What’s scares you the most about tarantula wasps??👀
#wasps #tarantulas #scaryanimals #storytime #halloween #halloweenstory #insects #tarantulawasp #animalbehavior #animalstories #creepyanimals #scarystorytime
Horned lizards have the scariest defense mechanism in the animal kingdom😳🩸
Happy Halloween Week! Stay tuned for more scary animal stories😈
Do you have any scary animal stories?
#hornedlizard #scicomm #halloweenstory #halloween #animalstories #scaryanimals #science #animalbehavior #lizards
Happy Halloween Week! Stay tuned for more scary animal stories😈
Do you have any scary animal stories?
#hornedlizard #scicomm #halloweenstory #halloween #animalstories #scaryanimals #science #animalbehavior #lizards
October 27, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Horned lizards have the scariest defense mechanism in the animal kingdom😳🩸
Happy Halloween Week! Stay tuned for more scary animal stories😈
Do you have any scary animal stories?
#hornedlizard #scicomm #halloweenstory #halloween #animalstories #scaryanimals #science #animalbehavior #lizards
Happy Halloween Week! Stay tuned for more scary animal stories😈
Do you have any scary animal stories?
#hornedlizard #scicomm #halloweenstory #halloween #animalstories #scaryanimals #science #animalbehavior #lizards
Cordyceps—the fungus featured in The Last of Us—is actually real😱 and oh so spooky!🍄
Shout out to @blackforager.bsky.social for knowing all the fungi facts and keeping us safe😂
What’s your favorite spooky animal (or fungi)?
#cordyceps #thelastofus #fungi #zombieantfungus #scicomm
Shout out to @blackforager.bsky.social for knowing all the fungi facts and keeping us safe😂
What’s your favorite spooky animal (or fungi)?
#cordyceps #thelastofus #fungi #zombieantfungus #scicomm
October 24, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Cordyceps—the fungus featured in The Last of Us—is actually real😱 and oh so spooky!🍄
Shout out to @blackforager.bsky.social for knowing all the fungi facts and keeping us safe😂
What’s your favorite spooky animal (or fungi)?
#cordyceps #thelastofus #fungi #zombieantfungus #scicomm
Shout out to @blackforager.bsky.social for knowing all the fungi facts and keeping us safe😂
What’s your favorite spooky animal (or fungi)?
#cordyceps #thelastofus #fungi #zombieantfungus #scicomm
It's almost time! ⌛ C3PO's annual Pumpkin Patch Fundraiser is coming back to the UCOMM parking lot on October 14, 2025 🎃 🍂🥳 We'll be there every day from 11am-5pm through Halloween‼️
Come out and support USA's undergraduate research! 🔬 🧬
#pumpkinpatch #fundraiser #undergraduateresearch #autumn
Come out and support USA's undergraduate research! 🔬 🧬
#pumpkinpatch #fundraiser #undergraduateresearch #autumn
October 9, 2025 at 8:40 PM
It's almost time! ⌛ C3PO's annual Pumpkin Patch Fundraiser is coming back to the UCOMM parking lot on October 14, 2025 🎃 🍂🥳 We'll be there every day from 11am-5pm through Halloween‼️
Come out and support USA's undergraduate research! 🔬 🧬
#pumpkinpatch #fundraiser #undergraduateresearch #autumn
Come out and support USA's undergraduate research! 🔬 🧬
#pumpkinpatch #fundraiser #undergraduateresearch #autumn
There’s a reason that scientists at primate conferences rarely bring up homosexual behavior.👇
That’s because it’s not shocking to them at all — it’s expected. 🌈🦧 In the wild and captivity, same-sex behavior is just a normal part of primate life.
#queeranimals #lgbtq #primates #academicconference
That’s because it’s not shocking to them at all — it’s expected. 🌈🦧 In the wild and captivity, same-sex behavior is just a normal part of primate life.
#queeranimals #lgbtq #primates #academicconference
September 23, 2025 at 10:31 PM
There’s a reason that scientists at primate conferences rarely bring up homosexual behavior.👇
That’s because it’s not shocking to them at all — it’s expected. 🌈🦧 In the wild and captivity, same-sex behavior is just a normal part of primate life.
#queeranimals #lgbtq #primates #academicconference
That’s because it’s not shocking to them at all — it’s expected. 🌈🦧 In the wild and captivity, same-sex behavior is just a normal part of primate life.
#queeranimals #lgbtq #primates #academicconference
September 18, 2025 at 11:27 PM
What kind of animals do you want to learn about? Let us know! 😊💜
September 11, 2025 at 10:29 PM
What kind of animals do you want to learn about? Let us know! 😊💜
September 5, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Are 94% of giraffes gay? Probably not 🤷♀️
BUT a lot of of males DO engage in same-sex mounting and “necking.” 🦒
BUT a lot of of males DO engage in same-sex mounting and “necking.” 🦒
August 28, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Are 94% of giraffes gay? Probably not 🤷♀️
BUT a lot of of males DO engage in same-sex mounting and “necking.” 🦒
BUT a lot of of males DO engage in same-sex mounting and “necking.” 🦒
Bed bug s*x = stab wounds and infections AKA literal nightmare fuel
#bedbugs #scicomm #queeranimals #gayscience
#bedbugs #scicomm #queeranimals #gayscience
August 21, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Bed bug s*x = stab wounds and infections AKA literal nightmare fuel
#bedbugs #scicomm #queeranimals #gayscience
#bedbugs #scicomm #queeranimals #gayscience
🐠🦁 Fish in drag. Lionesses with manes. Lizards faking it.
Animals have been bending the rules of gender and expression long before humans showed up. 🌈
Follow for more Queer Animals content! 💜
#Intersex #scicomm #lgbtq #QueerAnimals #c3polab
Animals have been bending the rules of gender and expression long before humans showed up. 🌈
Follow for more Queer Animals content! 💜
#Intersex #scicomm #lgbtq #QueerAnimals #c3polab
August 14, 2025 at 10:03 PM
🐠🦁 Fish in drag. Lionesses with manes. Lizards faking it.
Animals have been bending the rules of gender and expression long before humans showed up. 🌈
Follow for more Queer Animals content! 💜
#Intersex #scicomm #lgbtq #QueerAnimals #c3polab
Animals have been bending the rules of gender and expression long before humans showed up. 🌈
Follow for more Queer Animals content! 💜
#Intersex #scicomm #lgbtq #QueerAnimals #c3polab
🐠🦁 Fish in drag. Lionesses with manes. Lizards faking it.
Animals have been bending the rules of gender and expression long before humans showed up. 🌈
Follow for more Queer Animals content! 💜
#Intersex #scicomm #lgbtq #QueerAnimals #c3polab
Animals have been bending the rules of gender and expression long before humans showed up. 🌈
Follow for more Queer Animals content! 💜
#Intersex #scicomm #lgbtq #QueerAnimals #c3polab
August 14, 2025 at 10:00 PM
🐠🦁 Fish in drag. Lionesses with manes. Lizards faking it.
Animals have been bending the rules of gender and expression long before humans showed up. 🌈
Follow for more Queer Animals content! 💜
#Intersex #scicomm #lgbtq #QueerAnimals #c3polab
Animals have been bending the rules of gender and expression long before humans showed up. 🌈
Follow for more Queer Animals content! 💜
#Intersex #scicomm #lgbtq #QueerAnimals #c3polab
Nature doesn’t follow the rules of gender you learned in kindergarten.
Cows, birds, lobsters - even whales - can be born intersex. And they have been for a long time!
Intersex is natural. Queerness is everywhere. 🐋🌈
#QueerAnimals #Intersex #SciComm #LGBTQ #IntersexAwareness #LGBTQSCience
Cows, birds, lobsters - even whales - can be born intersex. And they have been for a long time!
Intersex is natural. Queerness is everywhere. 🐋🌈
#QueerAnimals #Intersex #SciComm #LGBTQ #IntersexAwareness #LGBTQSCience
August 7, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Nature doesn’t follow the rules of gender you learned in kindergarten.
Cows, birds, lobsters - even whales - can be born intersex. And they have been for a long time!
Intersex is natural. Queerness is everywhere. 🐋🌈
#QueerAnimals #Intersex #SciComm #LGBTQ #IntersexAwareness #LGBTQSCience
Cows, birds, lobsters - even whales - can be born intersex. And they have been for a long time!
Intersex is natural. Queerness is everywhere. 🐋🌈
#QueerAnimals #Intersex #SciComm #LGBTQ #IntersexAwareness #LGBTQSCience
Jonathan the tortoise is 193 and might be the oldest queer icon alive.
He spent years mating with “Frederica” until vets found out that “she” was actually Frederick!
P.S. He had female options… he just liked Fred better.
Follow for more queer animals stories!
#queeranimals #scicomm #lgbtscience
He spent years mating with “Frederica” until vets found out that “she” was actually Frederick!
P.S. He had female options… he just liked Fred better.
Follow for more queer animals stories!
#queeranimals #scicomm #lgbtscience
July 31, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Jonathan the tortoise is 193 and might be the oldest queer icon alive.
He spent years mating with “Frederica” until vets found out that “she” was actually Frederick!
P.S. He had female options… he just liked Fred better.
Follow for more queer animals stories!
#queeranimals #scicomm #lgbtscience
He spent years mating with “Frederica” until vets found out that “she” was actually Frederick!
P.S. He had female options… he just liked Fred better.
Follow for more queer animals stories!
#queeranimals #scicomm #lgbtscience
The way animals determine biological sex? Straight-up weird AF 🦎🐠
From temperature-dependent turtles to fish that switch genders like it’s no big deal, nature’s got queerness coded into the DNA of life itself. 🌈✨ #QueerAnimals #NatureIsQueer #SciCom #QueerScience
part 1👇
From temperature-dependent turtles to fish that switch genders like it’s no big deal, nature’s got queerness coded into the DNA of life itself. 🌈✨ #QueerAnimals #NatureIsQueer #SciCom #QueerScience
part 1👇
July 25, 2025 at 12:17 AM
The way animals determine biological sex? Straight-up weird AF 🦎🐠
From temperature-dependent turtles to fish that switch genders like it’s no big deal, nature’s got queerness coded into the DNA of life itself. 🌈✨ #QueerAnimals #NatureIsQueer #SciCom #QueerScience
part 1👇
From temperature-dependent turtles to fish that switch genders like it’s no big deal, nature’s got queerness coded into the DNA of life itself. 🌈✨ #QueerAnimals #NatureIsQueer #SciCom #QueerScience
part 1👇