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Rob Heathcote @rjpheathcote.bsky.social · Jun 13

🐠💥2 year postdoc in fish sensory ecology!! 💥🐟
If you’re into animal colour, collective behaviour, predator-prey interactions, enjoy behavioural experiments and fieldwork, please apply! Based in Oxford with fieldwork in northwest Thailand (and elsewhere). Please repost! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNM294/p...

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Matteo Santon @matteosanton.bsky.social · Apr 6

Our study published in Ecology was recently mentioned in the latest issue of Science.

Martin How @drmartinjhow.bsky.social · Apr 4

In Other Journals | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

In Other Journals

Editors’ selections from the current scientific literature

www.science.org

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Matteo Santon @matteosanton.bsky.social · Apr 5

Science magazine on our latest work!

Science Magazine @science.org · Apr 4

With its UFO-like display, the cuttlefish may look like it’s trying to get attention—but its intent is anything but.

The undulating black stripes confuse prey, making the creatures all but invisible to crabs and other victims: scim.ag/3FVL43z

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Matteo Santon @matteosanton.bsky.social · Apr 5

thanks for the feature!

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Matteo Santon @matteosanton.bsky.social · Mar 27

@ecologyofvision.bsky.social @neuroethology.org

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Matteo Santon @matteosanton.bsky.social · Mar 27

In our latest paper, we describe how the passing-stripe hunting display of the broadclub cuttlefish camouflages the hunting predator during the final moments of the attack.

Read more here www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

@drmartinjhow.bsky.social @jtroscianko.bsky.social @bristolbiosci.bsky.social

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Matteo Santon @matteosanton.bsky.social · Mar 11

@mikebok.bsky.social

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Matteo Santon @matteosanton.bsky.social · Mar 5

Great @nytimes.com article on our latest cuttlefish study. Watch this space for more cuttlefish science soon!

@ecologyofvision.bsky.social @bristolbiosci.bsky.social @drmartinjhow.bsky.social @vancedberg.bsky.social

What a Crab Sees Before It Gets Eaten by a Cuttlefish (Gift Article)

Cuttlefish use visual tricks to avoid being eaten. New research shows how they deploy similar camouflage to bamboozle their prey.

www.nytimes.com

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Matteo Santon @matteosanton.bsky.social · Mar 4

thank you very much!

Matteo Santon @matteosanton.bsky.social · Mar 4

underwater is less scary than on land if you ask me!!

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Matteo Santon @matteosanton.bsky.social · Mar 4

thank you very much!!

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Matteo Santon @matteosanton.bsky.social · Mar 4

thanks so much!!!

Matteo Santon @matteosanton.bsky.social · Mar 3

Thanks so much Soile!

Matteo Santon @matteosanton.bsky.social · Mar 3

Thanks Trevor!!

Matteo Santon @matteosanton.bsky.social · Mar 3

New issue of Ecology chose one of my pictures as cover image. Amazing to see hunting broadclub on the cover!!

@drmartinjhow.bsky.social @bristolbiosci.bsky.social @ecologyofvision.bsky.social

Cover Image

COVER PHOTO: A broadclub cuttlefish (Sepia latimanus) passes dark stripes downward over its head while approaching prey in the waters off Kri Island (Raja Ampat, Indonesia). By observing this species...

esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Matteo Santon @matteosanton.bsky.social · Feb 25

thanks for sharing our research!

Matteo Santon @matteosanton.bsky.social · Feb 23

thanks for sharing our research! related publication can be found here: doi.org/10.1002/ecy....

Matteo Santon @matteosanton.bsky.social · Feb 23

YouTube video with my field footage here youtu.be/BTNfDMYb5Qg?...

@newscientist.com

Watch this cuttlefish turn into a leaf and a coral to hunt its prey

YouTube video by New Scientist

youtu.be

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Matteo Santon @matteosanton.bsky.social · Feb 23

@newscientist.com article on our latest work on broadclub cuttlefish.

@drmartinjhow.bsky.social @vancedberg.bsky.social @ecologyofvision.bsky.social @bristolbiosci.bsky.social

New Scientist @newscientist.com · Feb 22

In new video footage, cuttlefish show off their dazzling camouflage techniques, such as creating stripes that move over their bodies or mimicking non-threatening objects

Watch a cuttlefish transform into a leaf and a coral to hunt its prey

In new video footage, cuttlefish show off their dazzling camouflage techniques, such as creating stripes that move over their bodies or mimicking non-threatening objects

www.newscientist.com

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Matteo Santon @matteosanton.bsky.social · Feb 19

First paper out on this incredible study system! We describe the remarkably different hunting displays used by the broadclub cuttlefish in the wild.

Paper: dx.doi.org/10.1002/ecy....

Stay tuned for more!!

@drmartinjhow.bsky.social @vancedberg.bsky.social @ecologyofvision.bsky.social

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Ajay Narendra @pipilika.bsky.social · Feb 12

Our latest paper on the jump kinematics and choreography in the Oz Splendid Peacock spider. We filmed & analysed locomotory jumps in male & female spiders. The males are incredibly light - measuring just 2mg - and oh they can jump! Videos in the thread. Open Access - read here: tinyurl.com/4bnpz9tz

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Michael Bok @mikebok.bsky.social · Feb 3

Did you know some single-cell dinoflagellates have a lens eye? Anders Garm at the University of Copenhagen is recruiting a postdoc to help find out why. Check out the advertisement, below 🧪

candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI...

photo: Franz Neidl

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Jolyon Troscianko @jtroscianko.bsky.social · Jan 8

Hyperspectral Imager paper out! High sensitivity UV to nearIR, full-field panoramas, radiance & reflectance, runs from a smartphone. Build the system for about $450 from 3D printed parts & off-the-shelf components.

Paper: doi.org/10.1186/s129...

Intro video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9q8l...

Hyperspectral Open Source Imager (HOSI) introduction

YouTube video by Jolyon Troscianko

www.youtube.com

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Jerome Beetz @beetzjerome.bsky.social · Jan 4

With 12 photoreceptor classes, mantis shrimps have highly complex eyes. A study from Justin Marshall's lab shows behavioral evidence for color opponency, shedding light on visual processing in these eyes.
journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
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@jexpbiol.bsky.social
Photo credit: Roy Caldwell

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