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Alma Mary

@amaryfr.bsky.social

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🎓 MSc in Behavioural, Evol & Funct Ecology 🐇🌿 📑 Thesis on social behaviors of songbirds 🎶🐦 and eusocial species 🐜🐭 🔜 PhD journey incoming Eusociality & Naked Mole-Rats enthusiast 🫶🏻

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Alma Mary @amaryfr.bsky.social · Nov 21

Thrilled to share this paper to which I contributed as a 2nd author! 🎉
We found that providing a diggable substrate positively affects the behavior of naked mole-rats (Heterocephalus glaber) in captivity 🐀

Read in Scientific Reports:
www.nature.com/articles/s41... 📄

#AnimalBehavior #AnimalWelfare

Positive effect of a diggable substrate on the behaviour of a captive naked mole rat colony - Scientific Reports

Scientific Reports - Positive effect of a diggable substrate on the behaviour of a captive naked mole rat colony

www.nature.com

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mecadev.bsky.social @mecadev.bsky.social · 22d

Details about the previous study led by Myriam Amari and Emmanuelle Pouydebat and with other #MECADEV and
@mnhn.fr members, which could help to improve the welfare of naked mole rats in captivity.

Team Miyagoatea @goatyourtea.bsky.social · 23d

Hi everyone, let's DIG a new topic today. Almost a year ago, we published the results of our study on the enriching opportunity to dig for naked mole rats.

Here is a video for you to see the underGROUND of this affair...

Part #1

#scicomm #animalbehaviour #animals

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Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle @mnhn.fr · Apr 29

🔎🐟 Un #cœlacanthe observé pour la première fois en Indonésie, dans la Province Nord des Moluques !

Cette observation fait suite à plusieurs années de collaboration internationale, impliquant une équipe du Muséum, et aux données scientifiques rassemblées depuis + 40 ans 👉 www.mnhn.fr/fr/actualite...

Sur 4 plongées sur le même site, les plongeurs ont côtoyé 2 fois le même cœlacanthe (Latimeria menadoensis), reconnaissable à la disposition unique de ses taches blanches sur le corps. Province Nord des Moluques, Indonésie orientale, 2024. © Alexis Chappuis

Observation in situ du premier cœlacanthe de l’archipel des Moluques, en Indonésie, fin 2024. Les cœlacanthes peuvent atteindre 2 mètres de long et sont reconnaissables à leurs nageoires charnues et leur queue se terminant par 3 lobes. © Alexis Chappuis

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Royal Society Publishing @royalsocietypublishing.org · Mar 28

Evidence for socially influenced and potentially actively coordinated cooperation by bumblebees: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... #ProcB #cognition #ethology

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INRAE Herbivores @umrherbivores.bsky.social · Jan 24

"Positive Animal Welfare" can be defined as the animal flourishing through the experience of predominantly positive mental states and the development of competence and resilience.

Read more at 👉 doi.org/10.1098/rsbl...

#animal #emotion #goodlife #welfare #flourishing #happiness #pleasure

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Sebastien Moro @cervelleoiseau.bsky.social · Dec 2

For a fresh new start here, here is a TEDx Talk I gave a few months ago on animal intelligence.
It's in French but there are English subtitles :)
youtu.be/Eqm4ZF07xG0
#Ethology #AnimalBehavior #AnimalBehaviour

Des intelligences extraterrestres ... bien terrestres - Sébastien Moro-TEDx Arts Et Metiers Bordeaux

YouTube video by Cervelle d'oiseau

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Coral City Camera @coralcitycamera.bsky.social · Jan 13

Needlefish yawning like a crocodile 🪡🐟🐊🥱 #houndfish #needlefish #tylosuruscrocodilus #sergeantmajor #fishyawn #yawn #bigyawn #coralhead #coralcitycamera #miami #portmiami #miamibeach #biscaynebay #coralcity #civicpridethroughbiodiversity #glennnevis #coralcityfoundation #ccf

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UCPH Behavioural Ecology Group @behaveco.bsky.social · Jan 7

📸 A young red-billed oxpecker enjoys the view from atop a giraffe's head, captured by researcher Bing Xie in Pilanesberg National Park.

🌿 Explore more stunning moments in our gallery: behavioural-ecology-group.com/gallery/

#naturephotography #wildlife #photooftheday #photography #photographer

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Mikel Maria Delgado, PhD @mikeldelgado.bsky.social · Dec 18

New paper is up!! Assessing the impact of a human behaviour change intervention to reduce owner-related barriers to interactive cat play
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Screen shot of new paper: Assessing the impact of a human behaviour change intervention to reduce owner-related barriers to interactive cat play
by:Mikel Delgado
,
Ellen Marcinkiewicz
,
Paul Rhodes
,
Sarah LH Ellis
with highlights:
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We surveyed individuals before and after a campaign encouraging daily play with a cat
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35.3% of participants reported playing with their cats more after the campaign
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Participants reported fewer Capability and Motivational barriers after the campaign

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Marie-Lan Taÿ Pamart @jastrow75.bsky.social · Nov 16

👋 Bonjour aux nouveaux arrivés ! Je m'intéresse depuis 2017 aux corneilles parisiennes, en particulier celles baguées au Muséum national d'histoire naturelle. J'ai trois amies corneilles en particulier : Alice, son conjoint Bob et leur petit de l'année, Charlie

Vue de la Grande Galerie de l'Évolution, au Jardin des plantes, avec une rambarde métallique au premier plan portant trois corneilles : Alice, Bob et le jeune Charlie

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wingedwolf94 @wingedwolf94.bsky.social · Nov 12

The Anatomy of a Borb.

By fluffing up their feathers, they trap tiny pockets of air close to their bodies, which acts as insulation. Helping them regulate their temperature.

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Dre. Alexandra Gros ⚛ 🧠 @agros.bsky.social · Nov 25

[Podcast] @sciencecqfd.bsky.social | "Deuil animal : six pattes sous terre"

Deuil animal : six pattes sous terre

Des baleines et des primates sont capables de porter leur petit mort pendant plusieurs jours. Ainsi, une collection d’observations semble indiquer que des animaux font l’expérience du deuil. En se gar...

www.radiofrance.fr

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Alma Mary @amaryfr.bsky.social · Dec 11

If you don’t already know it, I highly recommend checking out this great daily game about species classification and evolution 🐳🦉🦎🐞: metazooa.com

#DailyGame
#Zoology
#Evolution

Metazooa

Become an evolutionary detective to find the Mystery Animal!

metazooa.com

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Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle @mnhn.fr · Dec 11

Triste nouvelle pour la #biodiversité 🔴
Introuvable depuis près de 30 ans, le courlis à bec grêle est désormais considéré comme éteint. Il s’agirait de la toute première extinction d'#oiseau d’Europe continentale connue à ce jour 👉 www.mnhn.fr/fr/actualite...

Le courlis à bec grêle est désormais considéré éteint

Dans une récente étude, des chercheurs britanniques ont estimé que le courlis à bec grêle, un oiseau limicole migrateur, a probablement disparu… depuis près de 30 ans ! Cette triste nouvelle pour la b...

www.mnhn.fr

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Zoognosis with Joy! @zoognosisjoy.bsky.social · Dec 1

A field study found that naked mole-rats invade rival colonies to expand their territories and kidnap rivals' offspring, similar to slave-making ants. Eusociality could be an adaptation to mitigate and deter territory and offspring losses. 🧪
zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...

Abstract for Braude et al. (2021) "Inter-colony invasion between wild naked mole-rat colonies."

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Martin George @jannerbirder.bsky.social · Dec 3

Wisdom the Laysan Albatross is the oldest known wild bird and she recently laid a new egg at the Midway Atoll National Wildlife Refuge in Hawaii.

The announcement came via the United States Fish & Wildlife Service's social media on 3 December.

#Seabirds
www.forbes.com/sites/amanda...

World’s Oldest Known Wild Bird Lays Egg At Age 74

Wisdom the albatross returned to Midway Atoll with a new mate and her first egg in years. The long-lived seabird is still alive and is estimated to be 74 years old.

www.forbes.com

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Welsh Mountain Zoo @welshmountainzoo.bsky.social · Dec 4

When you're little but you've got ✨style✨

Classified by the IUCN Red list as Critically Endangered the Cotton Top Tamarin is one of the smaller species of monkeys weighing on average one pound (0.5kg)

📸: ©️Aaron Crowe
#SupportingConservation #WelshMountainZoo #NorthWales

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Andrea Fuller @andreafuller.bsky.social · Nov 25

Pleased to have @mvonschantz.bsky.social as guest speaker at our group’s research day. Some wise advice here:

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Audrey Dussutour @docteur-drey.bsky.social · Nov 30

L'odyssée des fourmis en version Coréenne 🥰

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Javier Lazaro - illustration @lazaroillustration.bsky.social · Oct 28

Sketches of naked mole-rat. This will be a long and complex project. More news soon :)

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FLOWer Lab 🌸🍒 🐝 🪰🔬🧬 @flowerlab.bsky.social · Nov 21

The video provided in Supplementary Information from the very interesting paper by Lai and co-authors in Ecology, showing potential pollination by Ethiopian wolves of Kniphofia foliosa! 🐺

Read it here: esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

@pollinet.bsky.social

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Joanna Bagniewska @joannabagniewska.com · Nov 20

Super cool research from @wildcru.bsky.social - Ethiopian wolves doing pollination work. Wolfination work.
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
🧪 🦊 🐝 🌸

a) Ethiopian wolf lapping nectar from a Kniphofia foliosa inflorescence; (b) nectar foraging in a large K. foliosa field of the Web Valley, Bale Mountains National Park, Ethiopia; (c) deposition of a relatively large pollen load on the wolf's muzzle; (d) female adult (left) and female subadult (right) Ethiopian wolves foraging together for K. foliosa nectar. Picture credits: Adrien Lesaffre.

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CNRS @cnrs.fr · Nov 23

A l’occasion des 50 ans de la découverte, le 24 novembre 1974, de #Lucy squelette partiel d’australopithèque daté de 3,2 millions d’années, Sonia Harmand, archéologue préhistorienne au CNRS, dévoile trois faits méconnus sur cette ancêtre de l’humanité.
www.cnrs.fr/fr/actualite...

Trois faits méconnus sur Lucy, ancêtre de l’humanité

A l’occasion des 50 ans de la découverte de Lucy, squelette partiel d’australopithèque daté de 3,2 millions d’années, Sonia Harmand, archéologue préhistorienn

www.cnrs.fr

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James Felton @jimmfelton.bsky.social · Nov 27

Orcas have started wearing dead salmon as hats again, just fyi
www.iflscience.com/wearing-a-sa...

Wearing A Salmon On Your Head Is Back In Fashion For Orcas, After A 37-Year Break

In 1987, there was a strange trend amongst killer whales. Recent sightings show it's back in fashion.

www.iflscience.com

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Chris Faulkes @moleratsarego.bsky.social · Nov 26

Moving from "Twatter" over to here now, it will take time to build up followers again. I haven't posted for ages there as it just got so awful! In an attempt to kickstart things again, here is not a newly emerged alien, but a recently new born naked mole-rat (with another in the background)!😃

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Alma Mary @amaryfr.bsky.social · Nov 27

Hello, thank you for this great starter pack :) I can't DM either, is it possible to add me too ?