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Wild Behavior Podcast @wildbehaviorpod.bsky.social · 12d

❔❓ Which animals or topics do you want to hear about next❔❓

Let us know via the comments, DMs, re-posts, carrier pigeon....

#podcast #SciComm

Blue fading to green background. Many little images of different animal appendages. The text reads: We want to hear from YOU! Which animals do you want to hear about on Series 2 of the Wild Behavior Podcast?

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Wild Behavior Podcast @wildbehaviorpod.bsky.social · 26d

Happy world dolphin day!

Most of us probably can't see a dolphin today but you can celebrate by checking out our dolphin episode: Below the surface with @stephanielking.bsky.social

Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/69Gt...
Other links in bio.

#dolphin #WorldDolphinDay

A dolphin image on a blue background. Text reads: Happy world dolphin day! Did you know that some dolphins use sponges to protect their noses whilst rummaging for food? Check out our dolphin episode: below the surface.

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Rachel Dale @drracheldale.bsky.social · Aug 28

Incredible shots as always for the #Wildlife photographer of the year.

The elephant in the rubbish tip is particularly shocking and the wolf photo is simply beautiful.

Wildlife photographer of the year 2025 – in pictures

Picked from a record 60,636 entries, the first images from the Natural History Museum’s wildlife photographer of the year competition have been released. The photographs, which range from a lion facin...

www.theguardian.com

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Wild Behavior Podcast @wildbehaviorpod.bsky.social · Aug 26

Happy international dog day!

Give a dog a good boi pat today and listen to our Paws & Claws episode to celebrate 🐶🐕🐩

Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/0pZC...
Or wherever you get your pods.

#dog #InternationalDogDay

Image of a corgie with ears pricked. Text reads Happy International Dog Day! Did you know that domestication changed not only how dogs socialise with us, but how they live with each other too? Check out our dog episode: Paws and Claws.

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Wild Behavior Podcast @wildbehaviorpod.bsky.social · Aug 21

It's world goat day!
Our episode with @goatswhostare.bsky.social was one of our most popular so you all must love goats 🐐

We learnt so many fun goat facts in this ep!
Haven't listend yet? Check it out here:
open.spotify.com/episode/0z67...
Or wherever you get your pods

#goat #worldgoatday

A picture of a white goat with horns on a yellow background. The text reads happy world goat day! Did you know goats can read human communication almost as well as dogs can? Check out our goat episode: the man who stares at goats.

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Wild Behavior Podcast @wildbehaviorpod.bsky.social · Aug 12

🐘 HAPPY WORLD ELEPHANT DAY! 🐘

If you're curious about these hugely intelligent gentle giants check out our ele ep:
open.spotify.com/episode/7kJT...

And our 'meet the hosts' ep:
open.spotify.com/episode/4piX...

Spotify or wherever you get your pods!
Photo: Rachel Dale
#elephant #SciComm

A photo of a male African elephant walking.

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Wild Behavior Podcast @wildbehaviorpod.bsky.social · Aug 4

A unanimous decision - nobody wants a beak for hands!

Was this our weirdest Would You Rather? We think we can go weirder....

Feathered toolmakers episode: open.spotify.com/episode/4s7r...

#WouldYouRather #NoBeaksForHands

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Wild Behavior Podcast @wildbehaviorpod.bsky.social · Jul 25

❔ Audience poll! ❔

Would you rather....
be a sponging female or a gang member male?
Let us know in the comments!

Confused? Check out our dolphin episode first:
www.buzzsprout.com/2342584/epis...

Photos: Stephanie King/Michael Kruetzen

A group of 7 dolphins swim together. Photo taken from directly above.

A dolphin carries a sponge in their beak. Photo from this paper: https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822%2810%2901160-7#fig2

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Mark O’Hara @mohara.bsky.social · Jul 3

A while back @bmioduszewska.bsky.social and I did a bit with the fabulous @drracheldale.bsky.social and Megan Lambert, that you can check out here. As I’m lazy with my socials, they already have an new episode out with @goatswhostare.bsky.social… Also very worth listening to 👍

Wild Behavior Podcast @wildbehaviorpod.bsky.social · Jun 13

Why did some birds evolve to be so clever? Mark O'Hara & Berenika Mioduszewska took on the challenge of studying wild Goffin's cockatoos on a small Indonesian island.
Their exciting findings help answer that question.

Listen: linktr.ee/wild_behavior_pod
Photo: Goffin Lab Tanimbar

Five white Goffin's cockatoos sit on various branches of a small tree with large green leaves. They have cute, big eyes and quite small beaks. They are about the same size as the leaves.

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Wild Behavior Podcast @wildbehaviorpod.bsky.social · Jun 30

Photo: Thomas Häntzschel

Wild Behavior Podcast @wildbehaviorpod.bsky.social · Jun 30

🐐 Do goats stare at people who stare at goats?
How do you ask cognitive questions to goats? How is pasta involved?

Tune in to our ep with @goatswhostare.bsky.social to find out!

Links to listen: linktr.ee/wild_behavior_pod

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Wild Behavior Podcast @wildbehaviorpod.bsky.social · Jun 25

1000 downloads! Thank you everyone 🥳
This might be a very small number for big podcast, but for our tiny new podcast this is an exciting milestone.
Please keep listening and sharing!

Every like and download motivates us to keep sharing animal behaviour stories.

#podcasting #AcademicChatter

Wild Behavior

Join animal behavior experts Rachel Dale and Megan Lambert as they explore the incredible ways animals think, feel, and interact with their world. In each episode, they sit down with top researchers f...

www.buzzsprout.com

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Wild Behavior Podcast @wildbehaviorpod.bsky.social · Jun 23

🐐 Do you have an image of what it's like to work with goats? Was Jurassic park part of that image?

Dr Christian Nawroth explains how to avoid horns to the face and other tips for interacting with goats!

#goat #JurassicPark #pasta
Listen: linktr.ee/wild_behavior_pod
@goatswhostare.bsky.social

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Christian Nawroth @goatswhostare.bsky.social · Jun 18

Curious what it’s like working with goats? Tune in and find out! 🐐

Wild Behavior Podcast @wildbehaviorpod.bsky.social · Jun 18

NEW EPISODE 📣 Meet the man who stares at goats.
@goatswhostare.bsky.social tells us about what goats understand about human behaviour. Goats vs sheep. The weirdness of goat eyes. And more!

Listen: linktr.ee/wild_behavior_pod

Photo: ThomasHäntzschel
#goat #behaviour #farm

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Wild Behavior Podcast @wildbehaviorpod.bsky.social · Jun 18

NEW EPISODE 📣 Meet the man who stares at goats.
@goatswhostare.bsky.social tells us about what goats understand about human behaviour. Goats vs sheep. The weirdness of goat eyes. And more!

Listen: linktr.ee/wild_behavior_pod

Photo: ThomasHäntzschel
#goat #behaviour #farm

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Wild Behavior Podcast @wildbehaviorpod.bsky.social · Jun 13

Why did some birds evolve to be so clever? Mark O'Hara & Berenika Mioduszewska took on the challenge of studying wild Goffin's cockatoos on a small Indonesian island.
Their exciting findings help answer that question.

Listen: linktr.ee/wild_behavior_pod
Photo: Goffin Lab Tanimbar

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Wild Behavior Podcast @wildbehaviorpod.bsky.social · Jun 9

Starting a research site on an Indonesian island must be easy, right?
Find out about field work challenges in TALES FROM THE JUNGLE
🐦🌴

linktr.ee/wild_behavior_pod

@mohara.bsky.social @bmioduszewska.bsky.social @drracheldale.bsky.social
#FieldWork #indonesia #academiclife #AnimalBehaviour

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Wild Behavior Podcast @wildbehaviorpod.bsky.social · Jun 4

Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/7frL...
Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

Other links to listen in bio!

#cockatoo #Indonesia #FieldWork #bird

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Wild Behavior Podcast @wildbehaviorpod.bsky.social · Jun 4

NEW EPISODE 📣
To study animals in the wild you have to find the animals & build a research "villa" before you even start the science

@mohara.bsky.social & @bmioduszewska.bsky.social took on this challenge to study wild Goffin's cockatoos on a small Indonesian island
Photos: Goffin lab Tanimbar

Mark O'Hara sits in a tree with camera equipment. Everything is fully dressed in camouflage. Mark looks happy to be there.

Berenika watches wild cockatoos (not in shot) with camera equipment. Everything is fully dressed in camouflage.

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Wild Behavior Podcast @wildbehaviorpod.bsky.social · Jun 2

Should we let Morag run a social media takeover?

#SeemsLikeABadIdea #cat

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Wild Behavior Podcast @wildbehaviorpod.bsky.social · May 28

This is an awesome summary. If you wana know more about the minds of these clever birds, check out our CROW episode:

Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/4s7r...

Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/f...

What’s it like being a raven or a crow?

Have you ever wondered what it’s like to be a bird?

theconversation.com

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Wild Behavior Podcast @wildbehaviorpod.bsky.social · May 26

What can studying alligators tell us about dinosaurs? 🦖
And what does this have to do with helium? 🎈

Find out in our ALLIGATOR episode with Dr Stephan Reber:
linktr.ee/wild_behavior_pod

#alligator #ignobel #helium #dinosaur

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Stephan Reber @stephanreber.bsky.social · May 23

Alligator Talk! I had a great time as a guest @wildbehaviorpod.bsky.social! Want to hear three old university buddies geek out about crocodilians? Then give it a listen, it was so much fun! Thanks for the invite, Megan and Rachel!

Link:
linktr.ee/wild_behavior_pod

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Wild Behavior Podcast @wildbehaviorpod.bsky.social · May 22

New episode 📢 ALLIGATORS

Professional alligator wrangler and IG Nobel prize winning scientist @stephanreber.bsky.social joins us to tell us all about alligators 🐊

Links to listen: linktr.ee/wild_behaviour_pod

Photo: Anna Wester
#alligator #crocodile #podcast #ignobelprize #dinosaurs #helium

Dr Stephan Reber stands facing an alligator in an enclosure. He holds a stick, presumably to protect his exposed knees from being attacked as he shows the alligator where to move to.

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Stephan Reber @stephanreber.bsky.social · May 12

My friends Rachel and Megan started a podcast on Animal Behaviour and it is fantastic! They both have a PhD in the field and in each episode they interview a friend working on different animal species. It is great fun, highly educational, and accessible for everyone.

linktr.ee/wild_behavio...

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