Dept. for the Ecology of Animal Societies @ MPI-AB & @UniKonstanz. Tweets do not represent the views of MPI, @UniKonstanz, or lab leaders.
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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.cub.2025.0…) we document a bizarre tradition: interspecies infant abduction. Interactive timeline (ab.mpg.de/671374) 🧵(1/12)
This research was a wonderful collaboration of @livingingroups of MPI AB and @stri_panama. With @GoldsboroughZoe, Brendan Barrett, @MegCrofoot, Odd Jacobson, Lisa Corewyn, Evelyn del Rosario-Vargas and Julián León (11/12) 📷 Christian Ziegler
ALT Researchers of the MPI AB on Jicarón island
Lastly a great thanks for the amazing illustrators @lazaroillustrat for the drawing, @MikeCostelloe for the interactive website (ab.mpg.de/671374/Capuchin-to…), and Imran Razik for editing phenomenal videos like this one: youtube.com/watch?v=mooQNOPM… (12/12)
‼️#PhD ‼️How do group-living sifaka make movement and foraging decisions under extreme energetic constraints?
Work with an expansive bio-logging & remote sensing dataset at a hub of animal behavior research!
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Looking for a #PhD in #quantitative #biology #evolution or #ecology? Or know someone who is?
Applications are open for PhDs starting 2025 @UniKonstanz @imprs_qbee
#locusts
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#meerkats
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#hyenas
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Our new paper tests the diet hypothesis for brain expansion. We found no evidence that larger-brained primates had more efficient foraging paths than smaller brained procyonids.
Why do primates have bigger brains🧠? Study @RSocPublishing shows that it’s not for efficient foraging. In the Panamanian rainforest, Ben Hirsch and Meg Crofoot compared how capuchins, spider monkeys, coatis and kinkajous solve the same foraging puzzle. doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2024.01… 🧵
Our team, Odd Jacobson, @bjjbarrett, Susan Perry, @ggfinerty, Kate Tiedmann, and @MegCrofoot, shows how researchers can turn overlooked data from handwritten observations into novel insights using interactive maps, georeferencing🌎, and continuous-time movement modeling!#ctmm 2/8
Our research also shows that group size positively correlates with home range size within groups over time, offering novel evidence that demographic change impacts space use and resource access/requirements #ecology. 7/8
Historical data 📚offer key insights into animal behavior and long-term trends 📈. As global changes accelerate, tapping into these archives now is vital for #conservation. We urge researchers to harness these invaluable resources before they're lost to time! #Ecology 8/8
