Eleanor
@eleanorpinkney.bsky.social
She/Her; MSci Biological Sciences at the University of Birmingham; Creator of the blog “Devilled Toads”; Interested in animals, extant and extinct
Thank you to @chesterzoosci.bsky.social and @biaza.bsky.social for the chance to present my research on visitor effects on wild dogs at today’s BIAZA Research Conference. This was my first ever conference, and my first time presenting, so I really appreciated the friendly supportive atmosphere
The first speed talk session covered jellyfish lightning, wild dog visitor effects (with Bayesian stats!), baboon contraception and cassowary calls. A great showcase of the variety of research that goes on in BIAZA Zoos #BIAZARC2025
July 8, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Thank you to @chesterzoosci.bsky.social and @biaza.bsky.social for the chance to present my research on visitor effects on wild dogs at today’s BIAZA Research Conference. This was my first ever conference, and my first time presenting, so I really appreciated the friendly supportive atmosphere
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What a wonderful weekend at Lyme Regis Fossil Festival!
June 16, 2025 at 11:43 AM
What a wonderful weekend at Lyme Regis Fossil Festival!
Had a wonderful first time at #lymeregis #fossilfestival. It had everything you could possibly want - interesting talks, book signings, palaeoart workshops, stalls full of merch, stunning weather, fossil hunting, good company, and best of all, a seal. I’ll be sure to return next year!
June 16, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Had a wonderful first time at #lymeregis #fossilfestival. It had everything you could possibly want - interesting talks, book signings, palaeoart workshops, stalls full of merch, stunning weather, fossil hunting, good company, and best of all, a seal. I’ll be sure to return next year!
Join me on the Chester Zoo Youth Board! Applications close Sunday 8th June.
If you’re aged 18-26 and passionate about youth voice and conservation then apply today. I joined in November and I’ve already had the chance to get involved in so many opportunities
#youthvoice #conservation #chesterzoo
If you’re aged 18-26 and passionate about youth voice and conservation then apply today. I joined in November and I’ve already had the chance to get involved in so many opportunities
#youthvoice #conservation #chesterzoo
June 5, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Join me on the Chester Zoo Youth Board! Applications close Sunday 8th June.
If you’re aged 18-26 and passionate about youth voice and conservation then apply today. I joined in November and I’ve already had the chance to get involved in so many opportunities
#youthvoice #conservation #chesterzoo
If you’re aged 18-26 and passionate about youth voice and conservation then apply today. I joined in November and I’ve already had the chance to get involved in so many opportunities
#youthvoice #conservation #chesterzoo
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It was lovely getting to see the painted dogs again at Chester Zoo with @eleanorpinkney.bsky.social now that they’re back on display in the Heart of Africa area.
#wilddogwednesday
#wilddogwednesday
June 4, 2025 at 4:30 PM
It was lovely getting to see the painted dogs again at Chester Zoo with @eleanorpinkney.bsky.social now that they’re back on display in the Heart of Africa area.
#wilddogwednesday
#wilddogwednesday
It may not be #wilddogwednesday, but I’m still very excited to see that they’re finally arriving @dudleyzoo.bsky.social. I’ll have to head over there again soon (and hopefully it will be 3rd time lucky trying to see wolverine kits).
The pack is back! 🐾
We're excited to welcome two male painted dogs from Switzerland!
The five year-old brothers are currently settling in to their brand new habitat.
We hope they will be joined by two girls in the coming weeks to form a brand new breeding pack here at DZC.
We're excited to welcome two male painted dogs from Switzerland!
The five year-old brothers are currently settling in to their brand new habitat.
We hope they will be joined by two girls in the coming weeks to form a brand new breeding pack here at DZC.
May 9, 2025 at 12:40 PM
It may not be #wilddogwednesday, but I’m still very excited to see that they’re finally arriving @dudleyzoo.bsky.social. I’ll have to head over there again soon (and hopefully it will be 3rd time lucky trying to see wolverine kits).
As a very late entry for #invertefest - a contest between two beadlet anemones filmed as part of the Uob Biosciences’ Adaptations to Aquatic Environments field course @fieldstudiesc.bsky.social’s Dale Fort in Pembrokeshire
April 29, 2025 at 10:37 PM
As a very late entry for #invertefest - a contest between two beadlet anemones filmed as part of the Uob Biosciences’ Adaptations to Aquatic Environments field course @fieldstudiesc.bsky.social’s Dale Fort in Pembrokeshire
Happy Easter - please enjoy this selection of reptile photos from some recent visits to Dudley Zoo (the link with Easter was meant to be that they lay eggs, but it turns out that prehensile tailed skinks are viviparous)
April 20, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Happy Easter - please enjoy this selection of reptile photos from some recent visits to Dudley Zoo (the link with Easter was meant to be that they lay eggs, but it turns out that prehensile tailed skinks are viviparous)
For this #wilddogwednesday we have the pack at West Midlands Safari Park enjoying some enrichment.
March 26, 2025 at 7:09 PM
For this #wilddogwednesday we have the pack at West Midlands Safari Park enjoying some enrichment.
Happy (somewhat late) #wilddogwednesday!
March 19, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Happy (somewhat late) #wilddogwednesday!
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First evidence of narwhal play
They have been recorded for the first time using their tusks to stun their prey, as well as to manipulate them for no other purpose than play.
(paper) www.frontiersin.org/journals/mar...
(blog) studyfinds.org/video-narwha...
(videos) figshare.com/s/b6171dd102...
They have been recorded for the first time using their tusks to stun their prey, as well as to manipulate them for no other purpose than play.
(paper) www.frontiersin.org/journals/mar...
(blog) studyfinds.org/video-narwha...
(videos) figshare.com/s/b6171dd102...
March 14, 2025 at 7:11 PM
First evidence of narwhal play
They have been recorded for the first time using their tusks to stun their prey, as well as to manipulate them for no other purpose than play.
(paper) www.frontiersin.org/journals/mar...
(blog) studyfinds.org/video-narwha...
(videos) figshare.com/s/b6171dd102...
They have been recorded for the first time using their tusks to stun their prey, as well as to manipulate them for no other purpose than play.
(paper) www.frontiersin.org/journals/mar...
(blog) studyfinds.org/video-narwha...
(videos) figshare.com/s/b6171dd102...
I need to take more photos for #wilddogwednesday, but the fact that they keep coming out blurry isn’t helping!
March 12, 2025 at 4:16 PM
I need to take more photos for #wilddogwednesday, but the fact that they keep coming out blurry isn’t helping!
A few of my own photos from a very enjoyable trip to West Midlands Safari Park. It was a nice change getting to be a visitor rather than being there for data collection.
March 10, 2025 at 5:45 PM
A few of my own photos from a very enjoyable trip to West Midlands Safari Park. It was a nice change getting to be a visitor rather than being there for data collection.
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For 2,500 years, women have been fighting for their place in our democracies. Ahead of International Women's Day, we trace the slow path towards equality.
March 7, 2025 at 9:17 AM
For 2,500 years, women have been fighting for their place in our democracies. Ahead of International Women's Day, we trace the slow path towards equality.
Looking for photos for #WildDogWednesday I came across some I took at West Midlands Safari Park back in 2020. Even though they’re not great photos, I was excited to see the distinctive markings that I now use to identify these individuals for my data collection.
March 5, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Looking for photos for #WildDogWednesday I came across some I took at West Midlands Safari Park back in 2020. Even though they’re not great photos, I was excited to see the distinctive markings that I now use to identify these individuals for my data collection.
Happy #worldwildlifeday. To quote Sir David Attenborough, “The natural world is the greatest source of excitement, the greatest source of visual beauty, the greatest source of intellectual interest”. I hope today you get to go out and experience the magic of nature and, in return, act to protect it.
March 3, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Happy #worldwildlifeday. To quote Sir David Attenborough, “The natural world is the greatest source of excitement, the greatest source of visual beauty, the greatest source of intellectual interest”. I hope today you get to go out and experience the magic of nature and, in return, act to protect it.
Happy #DarwinDay - here we have the Huxley Room @morethanadodo.bsky.social which I was lucky enough to see on a trip for Lapworth Museum volunteers. This is where the famous Great Debate was held in 1860 - the first public debate on Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural selection.
February 12, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Happy #DarwinDay - here we have the Huxley Room @morethanadodo.bsky.social which I was lucky enough to see on a trip for Lapworth Museum volunteers. This is where the famous Great Debate was held in 1860 - the first public debate on Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural selection.
This #wilddogwednesday comes to you from Chester Zoo, with photos taken by @harrybridger.bsky.social
February 12, 2025 at 12:18 PM
This #wilddogwednesday comes to you from Chester Zoo, with photos taken by @harrybridger.bsky.social
Happy #womenandgirlsinscience day. To celebrate, you can now view the profiles introducing the new ASAB Student Subcommittee (including my own). @asabeducation.bsky.social is also putting them up on their Instagram story, so you can check them out there too.
www.asab.org/expertvisitors
www.asab.org/expertvisitors
www.asab.org
February 11, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Happy #womenandgirlsinscience day. To celebrate, you can now view the profiles introducing the new ASAB Student Subcommittee (including my own). @asabeducation.bsky.social is also putting them up on their Instagram story, so you can check them out there too.
www.asab.org/expertvisitors
www.asab.org/expertvisitors
Another week, another #wilddogwednesday. These photos were taken during the snow we had in November.
February 5, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Another week, another #wilddogwednesday. These photos were taken during the snow we had in November.
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For #TigerTuesday, I’m so excited to hear about the birth of three tiger cubs at West Midlands Safari Park recently. I’m hoping to go and see them soon, and also catch up with Lestari (the cub born in 2023) as she’ll presumably be moving somewhere new soon.
For #TigerTuesday, I’m so excited to hear about the birth of three tiger cubs at West Midlands Safari Park recently. I’m hoping to go and see them soon, and also catch up with Lestari (the cub born in 2023) as she’ll presumably be moving somewhere new soon.
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February 4, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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For #TigerTuesday, I’m so excited to hear about the birth of three tiger cubs at West Midlands Safari Park recently. I’m hoping to go and see them soon, and also catch up with Lestari (the cub born in 2023) as she’ll presumably be moving somewhere new soon.
For #TigerTuesday, I’m so excited to hear about the birth of three tiger cubs at West Midlands Safari Park recently. I’m hoping to go and see them soon, and also catch up with Lestari (the cub born in 2023) as she’ll presumably be moving somewhere new soon.
I’ve decided that #wilddogwednesday needs to become a thing. I’m kicking things off this week with a video of the pack in the drive through enclosure at West Midlands Safari Park.
January 29, 2025 at 12:05 PM
I’ve decided that #wilddogwednesday needs to become a thing. I’m kicking things off this week with a video of the pack in the drive through enclosure at West Midlands Safari Park.