#animalbehavior — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #animalbehavior, aggregated by home.social.
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CW: Porpoise death
A static net was equipped with passive acoustic monitors to study how harbor porpoises interact with the nets. The monitors recorded a pair of porpoises feeding nearby, and the entanglement and death of one of them. The survivor stayed in the vicinity for an hour and called and called and called.
Original paper: https://royalsocietypublishing.org/rsos/article/13/8/rsos260565/483031/First-detailed-insights-into-harbour-porpoise
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Red-winged blackbirds aggressively defend their nests against brood parasites and predators, but when tested, birds in western Oregon, where rattlesnakes have been extirpated, behaved differently toward rattlesnakes than to non-venomous gopher snakes and other predators. The birds would physically strike the gopher snakes, but not the rattlesnakes.
Summary: https://scitechdaily.com/blackbirds-somehow-know-when-a-snake-is-too-dangerous-to-attack/
Original paper (not open access): https://academic.oup.com/beheco/article-abstract/37/5/arag089/8746600?redirectedFrom=fulltext&login=false
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Pregnant female jumping spiders (*Toxeus maxillosus*), when placed in an environment that challenged their ability to build a nest for rearing their offspring, took time before starting nest-building and then came up with varying solutions to the problem. The authors suggest a social lifestyle and prolonged maternal care drives cognitive development.
Summary: https://lastwordonnothing.com/2026/08/26/can-a-jumping-spider-be-innovative/
Original paper: https://www.zoores.ac.cn/article/doi/10.24272/j.issn.2095-8137.2025.527
#Science #Spiders #AnimalBehavior #Cognition #ProblemSolving
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https://www.meowmoe.com/245746/ 母猫を休ませるために子猫のベビーシッターをするゴールデンレトリバー #AmazingAnimals #AnimalBehavior #AnimalDocumentary #AnimalFacts #AnimalShorts #birds #CuteAnimals #EducationalVideos #FunFacts #JungleAnimals #mammals #nature #neko #OceanAnimals #reptiles #WildAnimals #wildlife #WildlifeFacts #ZooAnimals #子猫
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What happens when a mosquito feeds on a warm-blooded host? 🦟🌡️
Join us on Nov 12 to discover Dr. Chloé Lahondère’s work exploring how temperature shapes mosquito physiology, behaviour, host interactions, and adaptation, from blood meals to ecosystems!
Learn more about the conference & register for FREE: https://ablaoc.sciencesconf.org/
#ethology #animalbehavior #animalbehaviour #scienceconference
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The real reason why you should always pet your dog before leaving the house
https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/petting-dog-before-you-leave-house-ex1/
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Here is my observation on fowls (chicken) check it out tell me from your experience if my observation was correct or study your fowl and tell me what you observed. Please boost for a wide reach. 🙏
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⏰ Only 2 weeks left to submit!
Showcase your research at #ABL2026, our free online conference on animal behavior in a changing world.
🔹 15-min oral presentation
🔹 5-min video poster
📅 Deadline: September 6
📄 Submit your abstract here 👉 https://ablaoc.sciencesconf.org/#ethology #animalbehavior #animalbehaviour #onlineconference #changingworld
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💁🏻♀️ TIL: 🐭❄️ Researchers studying long-clawed #shrew skulls from #Hokkaido found that while the #skull shrinks in #winter, the snout grows larger and wider, the reverse of a known seasonal shrinking pattern.
The expanded nasal cavity may warm freezing #air before it reaches the #brain, keep scent detection sharp, or both. The changes appear reversible and may occur in other shrew species.
👉 https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/19/shrews-bigger-snouts-winter-cold-air
#biology #animals #animalbehavior #adaptation #mammals #nature #science #japan #wildlife #dehnelphenomenon
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What’s the problem with noisy neighbors? 🐦🔊
Join us on Nov 12 to discover Dr Sue Anne Zollinger’s work on the impacts of anthropogenic noise on wildlife, from sleep and song to offspring and even effects across generations!
Learn more about the conference & register for FREE: https://ablaoc.sciencesconf.org/
#ethology #animalbehavior #animalbehaviour #scienceconference -
⏰ Only 21 days left to submit!
Showcase your research at #ABL2026, our free online conference on animal behavior in a changing world.
🔹 15-min oral presentation
🔹 5-min video poster
📅 Deadline: September 6
📄 Submit your abstract here 👉 https://ablaoc.sciencesconf.org/#ethology #animalbehavior #animalbehaviour #ecology #biodiversitycrisis
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The Best Cat Water Fountains of 2026: Petlibro, Petkit, Oneisall
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.wired.com/gallery/best-cat-water-fountains/
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The venomous ant *Megalomyrmex symmetochus* lives parasitically in colonies of the ant *Sericomyrmex amabilis*. When individuals of *M. symmetochus* are confronted by *S. amabilis*, they display their stinger and release volatilized venom rather than stinging, even preferring these behaviors after being bitten by the host species--though they will sting.
Toxic communication to reduce conflict.
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0345143
#Science #Ecology #Ants #Parasitism #Communication #AnimalBehavior
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🌟 You’re invited! 🌟 Join us for #ABL2026, a FREE online conference on 12 November, centred on this year’s theme: “Studying Animal Behaviour in a Changing World” 🌍
Connect with scientists worldwide, share your work in a friendly, inclusive space, and enjoy talks, posters, and plenaries, all streamed live on YouTube.
📅 Submit your abstract by 6 September!
🔗 More info & sign-up: https://ablaoc.sciencesconf.org/#ethology #animalbehavior #animalbehaviour #anthropogenicfactors
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#ABL2026 Plenary Spotlight: Dr Iliana Medina Guzmán⭐
Join us on Nov 12 to learn how Dr Guzmán’s work decoded how antipredator defences shape colonisation, dispersal, and evolutionary patterns.
Learn more about the conference & register for FREE: https://ablaoc.sciencesconf.org/
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#Throwback to when I was just stumbling out of the van and saw this... don't be worried, this bumbling ibis actually did get away & i don't even know if there is a record of carunculated caracara taking prey this size but these sassy birds fear nothing!
#ThrowbackThursday #Birds #Birding #Caracara #Ibis #AnimalBehavior #Wildlife #BIrdsOfMastodon #Photograph #BirdPhotography #BirdInFlightPhotography
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Cougars Lower the Risks of Car Crashes by Hunting Deer
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.wired.com/story/cougars-lower-risks-car-crashes-by-hunting-deer/
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We might not be as unique as we thought! New research reveals that monkeys use a strange language quirk previously believed to belong only to humans. 🤯 Read the full story:https://www.sciencealert.com/monkeys-show-a-strange-language-quirk-we-thought-was-unique-to-humans
#ScienceNews #AnimalBehavior #PrimateResearch #Linguistics #ScienceAlert #Evolution
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Even macaques associate the sounds "bouba" and "kiki" with rounded and spiky shapes, respectively.
Summary: https://www.sciencealert.com/monkeys-show-a-strange-language-quirk-we-thought-was-unique-to-humans
Preprint: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.07.31.741992v1
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Stupid Hot: Heat Waves Are Making Animals More Aggressive, Forgetful and Less Alert
Illustration: ZME Science. On scorching days in South Africa’s Kalahari, female southern pied babblers can have trouble solving…
#NewsBeep #News #Science #animalbehavior #animalcognition #AU #Australia #Bumblebees #chamois #Climatechange #dogbites #Ecology #ExtremeHeat #guppies #heatwaves #southernpiedbabblers #Wildlife
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Underwater Cameras Expose the Secret Lives of Whale Sharks
Shark-mounted cameras reveal that whale sharks feed far beyond the surface, using diverse strategies from shallow krill pursuits…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Wildlife #Animalbehavior #climatechange #Marinebiology #Oceanography #Science #TheConversation
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/799847/ -
Underwater Cameras Expose the Secret Lives of Whale Sharks
Shark-mounted cameras reveal that whale sharks feed far beyond the surface, using diverse strategies from shallow krill pursuits…
#NewsBeep #News #Wildlife #animalbehavior #CA #Canada #climatechange #Marinebiology #Oceanography #Science #TheConversation
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📢 Call for abstracts! Want to present your animal behaviour research online & for free? Submit a 5-min video poster for #ABL2026. Hosted on YouTube with live Q&A on Discord!
📅 Nov 12 | Free, online, worldwide
🌍Studying Behaviour In A Changing World
🔗 Learn more, register, submit Register here: https://ablaoc.sciencesconf.org/#animalbehaviour #animalbehavior #onlineconference #ethology
