Charlotte Wiltshire
@charlotte9080.bsky.social
Animal nerd. PhD student in the WildMinds lab @ St Andrews studying chimpanzee tool use and pose estimation.
Bonobos and chimpanzees use over 90% of the same gesture types! 👍👋🤝🤜👐
September 8, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Bonobos and chimpanzees use over 90% of the same gesture types! 👍👋🤝🤜👐
As always, the awesome Dr Graham has made a comic of their paper. #sciencecomic
September 1, 2025 at 2:40 PM
As always, the awesome Dr Graham has made a comic of their paper. #sciencecomic
Proving intentionality in non-human animals has proven challenging... #sciencecomics
August 18, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Proving intentionality in non-human animals has proven challenging... #sciencecomics
Who doesn’t love comics? Find a summary of the paper below ⬇️
August 11, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Who doesn’t love comics? Find a summary of the paper below ⬇️
Day 1 of writing retreat… let’s go 💪🏼
July 29, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Day 1 of writing retreat… let’s go 💪🏼
“we analysed categorisations made by 32 naïve raters of 60 infant looks to their mothers, to examine whether they could be reliably distinguished according to Hobson and Hobson’s definitions. Raters had overall low agreement”
July 28, 2025 at 4:38 PM
“we analysed categorisations made by 32 naïve raters of 60 infant looks to their mothers, to examine whether they could be reliably distinguished according to Hobson and Hobson’s definitions. Raters had overall low agreement”
The end of an era - my notebook is full! Can’t wait to decorate a new one 💗
July 4, 2025 at 11:37 AM
The end of an era - my notebook is full! Can’t wait to decorate a new one 💗
“Research into species, individual, and group differences in gestural communication is currently lagging behind the vast range of projects studying variation in other areas of great ape behaviour.”
June 16, 2025 at 3:14 PM
“Research into species, individual, and group differences in gestural communication is currently lagging behind the vast range of projects studying variation in other areas of great ape behaviour.”
In a rush? Dr Graham made a comic of their paper! 🦹🐵
June 2, 2025 at 4:18 PM
In a rush? Dr Graham made a comic of their paper! 🦹🐵
Audio not your thing? 🎧 How about cartoons? Dr Graham also makes comics of their research. Here is a summary of their paper:
May 19, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Audio not your thing? 🎧 How about cartoons? Dr Graham also makes comics of their research. Here is a summary of their paper:
Evening stomps 🌄
May 15, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Evening stomps 🌄
Spending the week in Glencoe on the #WildMindsLab retreat. Not a bad place to get some writing done 🤓
May 12, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Spending the week in Glencoe on the #WildMindsLab retreat. Not a bad place to get some writing done 🤓
Wild minds lab lab is away for a sleepover with the lab PI. Hoping he is a good boy and earns me as many brownie points as possible 🤞🤞🤞
May 3, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Wild minds lab lab is away for a sleepover with the lab PI. Hoping he is a good boy and earns me as many brownie points as possible 🤞🤞🤞
📣 Calling all audio-book friends 🎧! Fancy a break from reading about dragons 🐉, crime 🕵️♂️, or true love ❤️? Did you know we offer audio versions of some of our papers 👩🔬 🐒 ? Over the next few months, I’ll be sharing them here! #WildMindsLab #MondayMicDrop #STEM #science
April 28, 2025 at 8:00 AM
📣 Calling all audio-book friends 🎧! Fancy a break from reading about dragons 🐉, crime 🕵️♂️, or true love ❤️? Did you know we offer audio versions of some of our papers 👩🔬 🐒 ? Over the next few months, I’ll be sharing them here! #WildMindsLab #MondayMicDrop #STEM #science
April 25, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Charlotte: Hey Cat, we should start sharing more of our #WildMindsLab awesome science on Bluesky.
Cat: Great idea! Go ahead!
Charlotte for the last hour, trying to write something engaging, cool and fun:
Cat: Great idea! Go ahead!
Charlotte for the last hour, trying to write something engaging, cool and fun:
April 25, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Charlotte: Hey Cat, we should start sharing more of our #WildMindsLab awesome science on Bluesky.
Cat: Great idea! Go ahead!
Charlotte for the last hour, trying to write something engaging, cool and fun:
Cat: Great idea! Go ahead!
Charlotte for the last hour, trying to write something engaging, cool and fun: