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chimpsahoi.bsky.social
Postdoc at University of Zurich. Working on fuzzy insights into fluffy minds. He/him
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I am excited to announce that @neeltjeboogert.bsky.social and I are co-editing a special collection in the journal Animal Cognition on "Cognition in the Wild". Submissions are due by June 15. We are excited to see the amazing work you have been doing! link.springer.com/collections/...

submitted 27 days ago • 2 comments

New paper🚨 So time for one last 🧪 🧵 of 2024! TLDR: Wild chimpanzees love big butt-resses (we can not lie), and are fussy about which ones they choose, but not quite in the way we predicted 😂 tinyurl.com/DrumTrees 1/8 Hoots to Wytse W; @kathelijnekoops.bsky.social; Vesta Eleuteri & #teamDrum

submitted 86 days ago • 4 comments

Resignation of the Journal of Human Evolution Editorial Board: We are saddened to announce the resignations of The Joint Editors-in-Chief, all Emeritus Editors retired or active in the field, and all but one Associate Editor. Press release below.

submitted 89 days ago • 60 comments

Good morning! I made you breakfast. It's a paper exploring Menzerath's law in meerkat vocal behaviour. I hope you like it. royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

submitted 104 days ago • 1 comment

Just dropping this here for those of you who are looking for primatologists to connect with!! If you are a primatologist that would like to be added, let me know! go.bsky.app/Szs5d5o

submitted 135 days ago • 14 comments

Interested in doing a PhD on what meerkats mean? Or know someone who might? Check out this great opportunity from with Marta Manser at the University of Zürich. Deadline March 15th.

submitted 391 days ago • 0 comments

Funded ESRC PhD studentship on 'Engagement with nature among LGBTQIA+ communities'. #phdlife #PhD #phdposition #LGBTQIA Details on the studentship and application process: www.aru.ac.uk/research/pos.... Deadline for applications: 15th March. Do get in touch if you are interested!

submitted 399 days ago • 0 comments

Curious about whether chimpanzees enjoy watching baby videos📺🐒? Check out the latest paper on the motivational value of infant video clips for chimpanzees! This is one of the studies in my master thesis and finally we published it!! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

submitted 404 days ago • 0 comments

Objectively quite funny when journals email you a survey to ask "How did we do?" after desk rejecting your paper Like...I do have notes

submitted 404 days ago • 0 comments

Join us! I am looking for a Postdoc to join my WWTF VRG Group at the University of Vienna investigating nut-dropping behaviour in crows using biologging technology. Funding available for 3 years! All info here: jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Universi... Application deadline March 20th. Please share widely!

submitted 405 days ago • 1 comment

Does anyone have a good article on first language acquisition for signed languages? 🐦🐦

submitted 420 days ago • 1 comment

Hi folks! For anyone coming to Culture Conference next week in Zurich, @rachelaharrison.bsky.social is organising an informal drinks at Oliver Twist pub at 19:30 the night before the conference (Wed 7th). Please feel free to drop by. ESLR membership not necessary! Open to all career stages.

submitted 419 days ago • 0 comments

The European Conference on Behavioural Biology will be hosted by the Animal Behaviour group at the University of Zurich. Abstracts opened today! Visit www.ecbb.uzh.ch for all the details.

submitted 419 days ago • 0 comments

Congratulations to the 3 winners of our 2023 ASAB video contest! 🏆🥳✨This year we have one ASAB council winner, and two people's choice winners ⬇️

submitted 421 days ago • 1 comment

Check the replies for fabulous animal behaviour videos 👇

submitted 420 days ago • 0 comments

Culture Conference 2024 (www.culture-conference.com) is now open for registration! Attendance is possible both in-person and remotely, and is FREE for both. The event is on Feb 8th and 9th, 2024 in Zürich. Come join us for a great 48 hours of cultural evolution research! forms.gle/3oqfj9sSa474...

submitted 469 days ago • 0 comments

speaking as a postdoc: precarity. everything is contingent on grants that increasingly don't get funded. we're expected to hang on longer and longer for a shrinking number of TT jobs in positions that only pay enough to live life on pause, and attacks on higher ed just keep shrinking the job pool.

submitted 483 days ago • 1 comment

Seeking funding for a study on which of the little songs I make up about my cats is their favourite

submitted 482 days ago • 0 comments