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Katy Willcox
@katywillcox.bsky.social
Kathryn (Katy) Willcox | PhD @ecobird.bsky.social | social environments <-> bird behaviour and cognition | 🐥🐦🧠🦦🐝 | ❤️ welfare & outreach | also 🎶🎨🎮🎲👩‍🍳🌿 | she/her
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Perhaps the question is not whether cows can use tools,
but why it took us so long to notice.

Maybe because we continue to underestimate the minds of the animals we eat.

Veronika is here to remind us of our biases
January 19, 2026 at 5:33 PM
Reposted by Katy Willcox
It would be totally AMAZING though if NSF one year just was like “all of our science bets are on quail”
January 15, 2026 at 9:22 PM
Very grateful to co-authors @vernouilleta.bsky.social @birgitszabo.bsky.social An Martel, Luc Lens & @fredverb.bsky.social, & other members of @ecobird.bsky.social for their support! Also pleased for this paper to be part of an exciting collection in acta ethologica link.springer.com/collections/...
Client Challenge
link.springer.com
January 13, 2026 at 2:39 PM
I'm finding it a great excuse to use all the stickers I've been hoarding!
December 3, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Beautiful! Considerably better weather than Gent atm ;) enjoy!!
November 26, 2025 at 3:29 PM