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Meg Crofoot
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Meg Crofoot @meg-crofoot.bsky.social · May 20
Seeing drawings by @lazaroillustration.bsky.social take shape always seems like magic to me!
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Meg Crofoot @meg-crofoot.bsky.social · May 19
Ever feel like our culture has gone wrong? If so, we're maybe not alone. Check out this mind-bending story of the emergence of a behavioral tradition where capuchin monkeys abduct infant howler monkeys led by @zoegoldsborough.bsky.social and @bjjbarrett.bsky.social of @livingingroups.bsky.social !
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Ecology of Animal Societies @livingingroups.bsky.social · May 19
Humans have many unusual traditions. But did you know animals’ strange behaviors can become culture too? Out now in Current Biology (doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...) we show the rise and spread of a surprising tradition: interspecies infant abduction. Interactive timeline (www.ab.mpg.de/671374) 🧵 (1/12)
An illustration of a white-faced capuchin monkey carrying a howler infant on their back while cracking nuts with a stone
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Ecology of Animal Societies @livingingroups.bsky.social · May 19
Humans have many unusual traditions. But did you know animals’ strange behaviors can become culture too? Out now in Current Biology (doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...) we show the rise and spread of a surprising tradition: interspecies infant abduction. Interactive timeline (www.ab.mpg.de/671374) 🧵 (1/12)
An illustration of a white-faced capuchin monkey carrying a howler infant on their back while cracking nuts with a stone
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Meg Crofoot @meg-crofoot.bsky.social · May 16
End your work week with decreasing hazard functions and truncated power laws; start your weekend with surprising similarities between meerkat, coati and hyaena behavior!

Cool new research by @pminasandra.bsky.social and collaborators below & here: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Meg Crofoot @meg-crofoot.bsky.social · Mar 20


https://stri.si.edu/academic-programs/fellowships/tropical-animal-behavior-3-year-fellowship…
3 Year Postdoctoral Fellowships in Sociality in the Tropics
stri.si.edu
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Meg Crofoot @meg-crofoot.bsky.social · Mar 20
Heads up animal behavior researchers!

Amazing opportunity: 3 3-year independent postdoctoral fellowships based in Panama at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. Deadline July 15.
Come collaborate with @livingingroups @MPI_animalbehav...
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Meg Crofoot @meg-crofoot.bsky.social · Mar 20
@MPI_animalbehav @UniKonstanz @CBehav

#PhDpositions #Academic
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Meg Crofoot @meg-crofoot.bsky.social · Mar 20
Zzzzzzzzzzzz!

Don't sleep through the November 20 deadline!

Fully funded PhD to explore how sleep shapes societies, and societies shape sleep!

https://imprs-qbee.mpg.de/69052/doctoral-position-social-dynamics-of-sleep-in-baboons-from-the-lab-to-the-field

@livingingroups...
The Social Side of Sleep - doctoral position
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Meg Crofoot @meg-crofoot.bsky.social · Mar 20


https://imprs-qbee.mpg.de/69052/doctoral-position-social-dynamics-of-sleep-in-baboons-from-the-lab-to-the-field
The Social Side of Sleep - doctoral position
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Meg Crofoot @meg-crofoot.bsky.social · Mar 20
4 days left to apply! Fully funded PhD within an ERC-funded project on the collective dynamics of sleeping in (baboon) groups. Come join us @imprs_qbee @MPI_animalbehav @CBehav @UniKonstanz...
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Meg Crofoot @meg-crofoot.bsky.social · Mar 20
heard!

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/nishitajha/smithsonian-tropical-research-institute-metoo
Women Scientists Described A Culture Of Sexual Misconduct...
Many researchers dream of one day working at the Smithson...
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Meg Crofoot @meg-crofoot.bsky.social · Mar 20
We must also recognize who is NOT represented among the women speaking out against abuses & inaction @stri_panama.

Nationality, ethnicity, class and gender interact in toxic ways at STRI, and the stories of our Panamanian colleagues must also be...
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Meg Crofoot @meg-crofoot.bsky.social · Mar 20
We've been yelling for change at @STRI_Panama for over a decade to little effect. #TimesUp

@MattLarsenSTRI @VelociaEB @OrisSanjur @tewksjj
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Meg Crofoot @meg-crofoot.bsky.social · Mar 20
Help us demand the necessary changes @STRI_Panama and @smithsonian by reading and signing our open letter to @POTUS and the White House Gender Policy Council https://tinyurl.com/WH-STRI

& please re-tweet and share widely!

@LauraLDunnEsq @BerlinRosen @LLDunnLaw
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Meg Crofoot @meg-crofoot.bsky.social · Mar 20
It is beyond time for @smithsonian and @stri_panama to live up to their responsibility to ensure a safe and respectful working environment for all.

#MeToo #STEMtoo #TimesUp
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Meg Crofoot @meg-crofoot.bsky.social · Mar 20


Enough!!

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/nishitajha/smithsonian-tropical-research-institute-metoo
Women Scientists Described A Culture Of Sexual Misconduct...
Many researchers dream of one day working at the Smithson...
www.buzzfeednews.com
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Meg Crofoot @meg-crofoot.bsky.social · Mar 20
For decades, women at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute @stri_panama have had to shoulder the burden of protecting themselves and each other from discrimination, harassment and sexual assault....
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Meg Crofoot @meg-crofoot.bsky.social · Mar 20
Trash Parrots Invent New Skill in Australian Suburbs https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/22/science/trash-parrots-australia.html?smid=tw-share
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Meg Crofoot @meg-crofoot.bsky.social · Mar 20
Congratulations @DanPapageorgiou ! What a fantastic defense--with a little something for everyone! #vulturineguineafowl #intergroup relationships #animaltracking #collectivebehaviour @IMPRS_OrgBio @MPI_animalbehav
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Meg Crofoot @meg-crofoot.bsky.social · Mar 20
Congratulations, (almost) Dr. Clatterbuck @Cocotross! Thanks for the fantastic exit seminar! and thanks for my first ever experience sitting on an all-women dissertation committee!
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Meg Crofoot @meg-crofoot.bsky.social · Mar 20
@SHOALgroup @unikonstanz @CBehav @maxplanckpress @stri_panama @mpalalive
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Meg Crofoot @meg-crofoot.bsky.social · Mar 20
Need a break from the US presidential election?

Learn about primate politics on @Radiolab--Democracy? Despotism? How DO baboons decide?

https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/radiolab/articles/how-win-friends-and-influence-baboons

@livingingroups @ariSPeshkin @DamienFarine...
How to Win Friends and Influence Baboons
How important is the way you walk? Well, if you’re a babo...
www.wnycstudios.org
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Meg Crofoot @meg-crofoot.bsky.social · Mar 20
I am unreasonably proud of our cat-o-lantern!
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Meg Crofoot @meg-crofoot.bsky.social · Mar 20
Excited to see @ClaudioMonteza and @pedroluis_ho expanding what we know about the birds of Coiba NP! Congratulations, guys!

Aves de islas Jicarón y Jicarita http://www.thepanamanews.com/2020/07/aves-de-islas-jicaron-y-jicarita/ via @The Panama News
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Meg Crofoot @meg-crofoot.bsky.social · Mar 20
3/n "The balance of power is different. ... The forest and it's inhabitants dispel any illusion that scientists are in charge. Humility quickly sets in."