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Matjaž
@mtjzh.bsky.social
bird brain enthusiast

📍 Vienna, Austria
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Thrilled for my 2021 paper “If I Fits I Sits” to be featured in @derstandard.at! Tis the season for empty boxes 😻

www.derstandard.de/story/300000...
Die magische Anziehungskraft von Schachteln und Boxen auf Katzen
Wer eine Katze besitzt, weiß: Steht eine leere Schachtel herum, dauert es nicht lange, bis sie vom Stubentiger besetzt wird. Warum das so ist, beschäftigt auch Forschende
www.derstandard.de
December 26, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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Hello! My name is Gabriella and in April '26 l will graduate with my PhD in compcog from VetMedUni Vienna🤩👩🏻‍🎓🦜🐒🐕🇦🇹

With this in mind, I am excited to soon extend my passion for animal behavior/cognition in a post-doc/job position, so any recs/ connections would be greatly appreciated!!
Website below☺️
November 9, 2025 at 8:38 AM
@hankgreen.bsky.social makes an intriguing case for doomscrolling being more similar to overeating rather than any other addiction. Great video!

m.youtube.com/watch?v=9euK...
You’re Not Addicted to Content, You’re Starving for Information
YouTube video by vlogbrothers
m.youtube.com
June 28, 2025 at 9:46 AM
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Do you like to dip your fries in ketchup before eating it? Our cockatoos do too! In a new study in Current Biology, we showed our cockatoos innovated a new way to flavour their food: they dunk noodles in blueberry soy yoghurt. Read about it and watch our video abstract: www.cell.com/current-biol...
February 10, 2025 at 10:20 PM
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bluesky’s public launch was one year ago today
happy first birthday to Bluesky, and what a year it's been!

with every day, the need for an open network that puts people first becomes increasingly clear. we're glad to be building this with you. after all, the heart of a social network is the people.
February 6, 2025 at 10:55 PM
@hankgreen.bsky.social on Bluesky: "It’s where the nerds are, and so, five years from now, it’s where everyone will be."
Lots of good stuff in the last Installer of 2024, including @hankgreen.bsky.social sharing his homescreen and his TRULY ALARMING number of unread text messages
A new and better way to control your smart home
In this week’s Installer: voice control, the fediverse, and AI phone hotlines.
www.theverge.com
December 23, 2024 at 2:04 PM
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day 1 getting crows to eat raspberries
December 3, 2024 at 7:45 PM
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This is one of those videos that you could work on forever, but suddenly it felt very important to make it, so I finally did: www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8Pn...
Populism, Media Revolutions, and Our Terrible Moment
YouTube video by vlogbrothers
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November 22, 2024 at 7:59 PM
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I really enjoyed this interview with @vox.com about why I continue to be broadly in favor of humans.

www.vox.com/future-perfe...
John Green’s crusade to make the world “suck less”
Tuberculosis is still the world’s top killer. The author has a plan to fight back.
www.vox.com
November 21, 2024 at 4:54 PM
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I can't dwell on past egrets, I need to focus on the heron now.
October 24, 2024 at 10:20 PM
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Honestly, big shout out to the bordertown pair of Mexicali and Calexico...I doubt anyone in the world has done it better.
October 18, 2024 at 2:16 AM
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August 29, 2024 at 8:47 PM
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My book Playing Possum: How Animals Understand Death is now available for preorder on @princetonupress.bsky.social's website! And it's pink! I bet you've never seen a pink book on death! Or a book on what animals think of death, for that matter! Aren't you intrigued?! Preorder and scratch that itch👇
Playing Possum
How animals conceive of death and dying—and what it can teach us about our own relationships with mortality
press.princeton.edu
August 5, 2024 at 1:21 PM
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Save the date! The next European Conference of Behavioural Biology will be in Cambridge for 2026 😊 #ECBB2024 #ECBB2026
July 18, 2024 at 2:24 PM
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Mme. Punaise
June 28, 2024 at 4:08 PM
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Paco Calvo included my Playing Possum in his list of “best books to grasp (once and for all!) that we, humans, are not that special” 🤩
The best books to grasp that we, humans, are not that special
Paco Calvo shares the 5 best books on we, humans, are not that special. Have you read Playing Possum?
shepherd.com
June 24, 2024 at 7:53 AM
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Broken Model xkcd.com/2945
June 15, 2024 at 1:43 AM
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My book finally has a cover and I love it!!!
May 1, 2024 at 8:02 AM
March 27, 2024 at 6:14 PM
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Frans de Waal’s passing is very sad and a huge loss for the field of animal behaviour 🙁

t.co/OYTz8YIT4J
Emory primatologist Frans de Waal remembered for bringing apes ‘a little closer to humans’
Beginning with his groundbreaking 1982 book “Chimpanzee Politics,” Frans de Waal pioneered studies of primate cognition and shattered long-held ideas about what it means to be an animal — and a human.
t.co
March 17, 2024 at 5:12 PM
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Very sad to hear that primatologist Frans de Waal has left us. In his honour, we will remind you of some of our articles discussing his work.
March 17, 2024 at 8:33 AM
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My book 'Playing Possum: How Animals Understand Death' is already announced on @princetonupress.bsky.social 's website! Sadly no cover yet, but we do have a publication date: October 15. Stay tuned!! press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
January 15, 2024 at 3:52 PM
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Polly Dips Her Crackers In Water, Like People Dipping Theirs In Coffee | University of Vienna & University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, published by Royal Society Publishing Biology Letters

by @GrrlScientist

#parrots🦜 #ornithology #innovation #food #SciComm🧪 www.forbes.com/sites/grrlsc...
December 29, 2023 at 4:44 PM
Look at that beautiful white-to-gray plumage! 10/10 pigeon, would meet again 👌
December 30, 2023 at 8:47 AM
My very first attempt at training a crow face detection AI and it's already working so well! This would've been black magic 10 years ago and now it's a matter of two afternoons of playing around. I'm super excited about what the future brings! 🤓

youtu.be/5dtzd4hoYd8
December 27, 2023 at 6:32 PM