#animalcognition — Public Fediverse posts
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Spotted a crow this morning solving what looked like a self-invented puzzle. Just for fun, apparently. Non-human animals are so much more than we give them credit for
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Spotted a crow this morning solving what looked like a self-invented puzzle. Just for fun, apparently. Non-human animals are so much more than we give them credit for
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Spotted a crow this morning solving what looked like a self-invented puzzle. Just for fun, apparently. Non-human animals are so much more than we give them credit for
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Spotted a crow this morning solving what looked like a self-invented puzzle. Just for fun, apparently. Non-human animals are so much more than we give them credit for
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A study of language use by 884 companion parrots found that about half, from 30 different species, used names in ways indicating that they are applied to identify individuals--humans and other animals.
Summary: https://phys.org/news/2026-04-parrots-mimicking-words-proper-humans.html
Original paper: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0346830
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Parrots pack twice as many neurons as primate brains of the same mass
https://www.dhanishsemar.com/writing/bird-brains
#HackerNews #Parrots #Neurons #PrimateBrains #BirdIntelligence #AnimalCognition
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Raccoons Keep Picking Locks Even After They’ve Eaten the Reward. Scientists Say They Do It to “Forage Information”
A raccoon and puzzlebox from the experiment. Credit: Hannah Griebling Th…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Wildlife #Animalbehavior #Animalbehaviour #animalcognition #Behavioralecology #citywildlife #Curiosity #informationforaging #Intelligence #mammals #Neuroscience #problem-solving #raccoons #Science #urbanwildlife
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Raccoons Keep Picking Locks Even After They’ve Eaten the Reward. Scientists Say They Do It to “Forage Information”
A raccoon and puzzlebox from the experiment. Credit: Hannah Griebling Th…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Wildlife #Animalbehavior #Animalbehaviour #animalcognition #Behavioralecology #citywildlife #Curiosity #informationforaging #Intelligence #mammals #Neuroscience #problem-solving #raccoons #Science #urbanwildlife
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Raccoons Keep Picking Locks Even After They’ve Eaten the Reward. Scientists Say They Do It to “Forage Information”
A raccoon and puzzlebox from the experiment. Credit: Hannah Griebling The marshmallow was gone, but the…
#NewsBeep #News #Wildlife #animalbehavior #Animalbehaviour #animalcognition #AU #Australia #Behavioralecology #citywildlife #curiosity #informationforaging #intelligence #mammals #Neuroscience #problem-solving #raccoons #Science #urbanwildlife
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Raccoons Keep Picking Locks Even After They’ve Eaten the Reward. Scientists Say They Do It to “Forage Information”
A raccoon and puzzlebox from the experiment. Credit: Hannah Griebling The marshmallow was gone, but the…
#NewsBeep #News #Wildlife #animalbehavior #Animalbehaviour #animalcognition #AU #Australia #Behavioralecology #citywildlife #curiosity #informationforaging #intelligence #mammals #Neuroscience #problem-solving #raccoons #Science #urbanwildlife
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https://www.europesays.com/ie/382648/ Raccoons Keep Picking Locks Even After They’ve Eaten the Reward. Scientists Say They Do It to “Forage Information” #AnimalBehavior #AnimalBehaviour #AnimalCognition #BehavioralEcology #CityWildlife #curiosity #Éire #IE #InformationForaging #Intelligence #Ireland #Mammals #Neuroscience #ProblemSolving #raccoons #Science #UrbanWildlife #Wildlife
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Baby chicks pass the bouba-kiki test, challenging a theory of language evolution
#HackerNews #BabyChicks #BoubaKiki #LanguageEvolution #AnimalCognition #ScientificResearch
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Swarm behaviour (Zoology 🦥)
Swarm behaviour, or swarming, is a collective behaviour exhibited by entities, particularly animals, of similar size which aggregate together, perhaps milling about the same spot or perhaps moving en masse or migrating in some direction. It is a highly interdisciplinary topic. As a term, swarming is applied particularly to insects, but ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swarm_behaviour
#SwarmBehaviour #Crowds #Zoology #AquaticEcology #GroupProcesses #AnimalCognition
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#Animal_Cognition #AnimalCognition
3 of 3“Cephalopods such as octopuses, squids, and cuttlefishes have shown the capacity to learn and remember, to use tools, and even to engage in play. Instances of self-care and protective behaviors have also been documented. For example, octopuses have been seen wrapping their arms around an injured area, and cuttlefishes avoiding the claws of crabs after having previously been pinched.
Invertebrate beings such as lobsters possess nervous systems with receptors that detect harmful stimuli such as extreme heat, shocks, or physical injury. When boiled alive, they thrash frantically and attempt to escape—strong indicators of suffering. Research has also shown that lobsters living in enriched environments with objects to interact with and social company exhibit less aggression and stress.”
📽️ Full documentary, free to watch
https://seantience.org/✉️ For help with organizing a screening send an email to [email protected]
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#Animal_Cognition #AnimalCognition
2 of 3“Sentience—meaning the capacity to suffer and to experience enjoyment—is a crucial topic that invites us to reflect on how we regard aquatic beings. Are fishes aware of what happens to them? Although they often go unnoticed, a wide body of scientific evidence indicates that they can indeed feel pain and experience mental states similar to ours.
It has been observed, for instance, that trout are willing to endure a certain level of physical suffering that they would normally avoid, in order to socialize with others—something that seems to indicate that this is important to them.”
📽️ Full documentary, free to watch
https://seantience.org/✉️ For help with organizing a screening send an email to [email protected]
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#Animal_Cognition #AnimalCognition
1 of 3“In the depths of the ocean, there exists a world inhabited by an immense diversity of sentient beings. Did you know that fishes, octopuses, and even crabs or shrimps can feel and experience emotions? In other words, they are more complex individuals than is commonly assumed.
In our short documentary, produced in collaboration between the Animal Ethics Foundation and the University of Santiago de Compostela, we explore the concept of sentience in marine beings, interviewing leading figures from the worlds of science and philosophy […]”
📽️ Full documentary, free to watch
https://seantience.org/✉️ For help with organizing a screening send an email to [email protected]
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The New York Times - Breaking News, US News, World News and Videos [Unofficial] @[email protected] ·‘There Will Always Only Be One Jane Goodall’
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The New York Times - Breaking News, US News, World News and Videos [Unofficial] @[email protected] ·‘There Will Always Only Be One Jane Goodall’
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The New York Times - Breaking News, US News, World News and Videos [Unofficial] @[email protected] ·‘There Will Always Only Be One Jane Goodall’
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The New York Times - Breaking News, US News, World News and Videos [Unofficial] @[email protected] ·‘There Will Always Only Be One Jane Goodall’
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The New York Times - Breaking News, US News, World News and Videos [Unofficial] @[email protected] ·‘There Will Always Only Be One Jane Goodall’
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“Elephants gesture to signal what they want—just like us
New experiments show elephants use a wide range of movements to express their desires”https://www.science.org/content/article/elephants-gesture-signal-what-they-want-just-us
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Notre discussion avec Florian Moullard sur la #conscience animale, guidée par le journaliste Fabien Trécourt, est désormais disponible en podcast!
On y a parlé du jeu des poulpes🐙, des collaborations entre loups et corbeaux🐺 🐦⬛et - évidemment - de ce que ça fait d'être une chauve-souris 🦇!
#animalcognition #animal #animalculture #behaviour #philbio #podcast -
Do goats lend a helping hoof? 🐐 New #FBN study shows for the first time evidence of prosocial behaviour in goats using an innovative device, the ‘fake apple tree’. #Animalbehaviour #Research #Goats #Prosociality #AnimalCognition #OpenScience
https://nachrichten.idw-online.de/2025/05/27/do-goats-lend-a-helping-hoof-new-fbn-study-provides-evidence-of-prosocial-behaviour-in-farm-animals -
Do goats lend a helping hoof? 🐐 New #FBN study shows for the first time evidence of prosocial behaviour in goats using an innovative device, the ‘fake apple tree’. #Animalbehaviour #Research #Goats #Prosociality #AnimalCognition #OpenScience
https://nachrichten.idw-online.de/2025/05/27/do-goats-lend-a-helping-hoof-new-fbn-study-provides-evidence-of-prosocial-behaviour-in-farm-animals -
Sind Ziegen hilfsbereit? 🐐 Neue Studie des #FBN zeigt erstmals Hinweise auf prosoziales Verhalten bei Ziegen mithilfe einer innovativen Apparatur, dem „Fake Apple Tree“. #Tierverhalten #Forschung #Ziegen #Prosozialität #AnimalCognition #OpenScience
https://nachrichten.idw-online.de/2025/05/27/sind-ziegen-hilfsbereit-neue-fbn-studie-liefert-hinweise-auf-prosoziales-verhalten-bei-nutztieren -
🎉 Surprise! 🧠 Intelligence isn't exclusive to humans after all! 🚀 Birds and mammals apparently had their own TED talks before we even showed up. But hey, who needs a cohesive narrative when you can just slap "independently evolved" and call it a day? 🙄
https://www.wired.com/story/intelligence-evolved-at-least-twice-in-vertebrate-animals/ #SurprisingIntelligence #BirdsAndMammals #IndependentlyEvolved #AnimalCognition #EvolutionaryTalks #HackerNews #ngated -
🎉 Surprise! 🧠 Intelligence isn't exclusive to humans after all! 🚀 Birds and mammals apparently had their own TED talks before we even showed up. But hey, who needs a cohesive narrative when you can just slap "independently evolved" and call it a day? 🙄
https://www.wired.com/story/intelligence-evolved-at-least-twice-in-vertebrate-animals/ #SurprisingIntelligence #BirdsAndMammals #IndependentlyEvolved #AnimalCognition #EvolutionaryTalks #HackerNews #ngated -
🎉 Surprise! 🧠 Intelligence isn't exclusive to humans after all! 🚀 Birds and mammals apparently had their own TED talks before we even showed up. But hey, who needs a cohesive narrative when you can just slap "independently evolved" and call it a day? 🙄
https://www.wired.com/story/intelligence-evolved-at-least-twice-in-vertebrate-animals/ #SurprisingIntelligence #BirdsAndMammals #IndependentlyEvolved #AnimalCognition #EvolutionaryTalks #HackerNews #ngated -
🎉 Surprise! 🧠 Intelligence isn't exclusive to humans after all! 🚀 Birds and mammals apparently had their own TED talks before we even showed up. But hey, who needs a cohesive narrative when you can just slap "independently evolved" and call it a day? 🙄
https://www.wired.com/story/intelligence-evolved-at-least-twice-in-vertebrate-animals/ #SurprisingIntelligence #BirdsAndMammals #IndependentlyEvolved #AnimalCognition #EvolutionaryTalks #HackerNews #ngated -
Are you researching emotions (affect) in animals and would you like to communicate with lay public about animal affect? Join us this summer in Utrecht for a training school!
This is organized through the COST action Affect-Evo https://www.cost.eu/actions/CA23106/#tabs+Name:Description so there are (limited) funded spaces for participants from COST countries. Details in the flyer, and more in replies.
#AnimalCognition #AnimalBehaviour #ScieComm @animalcognitionproject @animalbehaviourlive
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Are you researching emotions (affect) in animals and would you like to communicate with lay public about animal affect? Join us this summer in Utrecht for a training school!
This is organized through the COST action Affect-Evo https://www.cost.eu/actions/CA23106/#tabs+Name:Description so there are (limited) funded spaces for participants from COST countries. Details in the flyer, and more in replies.
#AnimalCognition #AnimalBehaviour #ScieComm @animalcognitionproject @animalbehaviourlive
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Are you researching emotions (affect) in animals and would you like to communicate with lay public about animal affect? Join us this summer in Utrecht for a training school!
This is organized through the COST action Affect-Evo https://www.cost.eu/actions/CA23106/#tabs+Name:Description so there are (limited) funded spaces for participants from COST countries. Details in the flyer, and more in replies.
#AnimalCognition #AnimalBehaviour #ScieComm @animalcognitionproject @animalbehaviourlive
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Are you researching emotions (affect) in animals and would you like to communicate with lay public about animal affect? Join us this summer in Utrecht for a training school!
This is organized through the COST action Affect-Evo https://www.cost.eu/actions/CA23106/#tabs+Name:Description so there are (limited) funded spaces for participants from COST countries. Details in the flyer, and more in replies.
#AnimalCognition #AnimalBehaviour #ScieComm @animalcognitionproject @animalbehaviourlive
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Are you researching emotions (affect) in animals and would you like to communicate with lay public about animal affect? Join us this summer in Utrecht for a training school!
This is organized through the COST action Affect-Evo https://www.cost.eu/actions/CA23106/#tabs+Name:Description so there are (limited) funded spaces for participants from COST countries. Details in the flyer, and more in replies.
#AnimalCognition #AnimalBehaviour #ScieComm @animalcognitionproject @animalbehaviourlive
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Button pushing dogs versus a horse doing maths.
#animalcognition #dogs #communication #researchhttps://aeon.co/videos/do-button-pushing-dogs-have-something-new-to-say-about-language
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Domestic dogs (Canis familiaris) recognise meaningful content in monotonous streams of read speech | Animal Cognition
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10071-025-01948-z
#dogsofmastodon #Hunde #dogs #fedidogs #mastodog #dog #canisfamiliaris #Hundewissen #Hund #fedidog #animalcognition #wissenschaft -
Mercredi soir prochain je parlerai de l’imagination et de l’invention animales à IHPST avec Florian Moullard !!!! Plus d’infos ici 👉 https://ihpst.pantheonsorbonne.fr/evenements/soirees-philosophie-sciences-et-societe-sorbonne
#animal #philosophieanimale #animalcognition #animalbehaviour #philbio -
Si vous voulez vous joindre à nous le 9 avril 💥
On parlera de la pensée animale !!https://ihpst.pantheonsorbonne.fr/evenements/soirees-philosophie-sciences-et-societe-sorbonne
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Bonobos are able to infer that a human is ignorant and then to offer help
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/bonobos-can-tell-when-a-human-doesnt-know-something/
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🐾 Did you know your cat might actually understand you? 🐱✨ A recent study by Saho Takagi reveals that cats can associate words with images, showing surprising cognitive skills! 🧠💡 This research highlights how our feline friends adapt to human communication. Could it be that they’ve domesticated us instead? 🤔 #Cats #AnimalCognition #PetScience #FelineIntelligence Read more:
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🐱 A recent study has shown that cats can associate specific human words with images! Researchers found that when exposed to different word-image pairings, cats responded to changes with curiosity—some even had pupil dilation, a sign of focus and confusion. 😮
What are your thoughts? Would you try a word-association test with your cat?
#GoodNews #AnimalScience #FelineFacts #Cats #PetResearch #EarthDotCom #AnimalCognition #ScienceNews
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🐱 A recent study has shown that cats can associate specific human words with images! Researchers found that when exposed to different word-image pairings, cats responded to changes with curiosity—some even had pupil dilation, a sign of focus and confusion. 😮
What are your thoughts? Would you try a word-association test with your cat?
#GoodNews #AnimalScience #FelineFacts #Cats #PetResearch #EarthDotCom #AnimalCognition #ScienceNews
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🐱 A recent study has shown that cats can associate specific human words with images! Researchers found that when exposed to different word-image pairings, cats responded to changes with curiosity—some even had pupil dilation, a sign of focus and confusion. 😮
What are your thoughts? Would you try a word-association test with your cat?
#GoodNews #AnimalScience #FelineFacts #Cats #PetResearch #EarthDotCom #AnimalCognition #ScienceNews
https://www.earth.com/news/cats-can-associate-human-words-with-images/ -
🐱 A recent study has shown that cats can associate specific human words with images! Researchers found that when exposed to different word-image pairings, cats responded to changes with curiosity—some even had pupil dilation, a sign of focus and confusion. 😮
What are your thoughts? Would you try a word-association test with your cat?
#GoodNews #AnimalScience #FelineFacts #Cats #PetResearch #EarthDotCom #AnimalCognition #ScienceNews
https://www.earth.com/news/cats-can-associate-human-words-with-images/