Just over a year later, reunion with my saviours @sophiadaoudi.bsky.social and @nishantkumar.bsky.social at #ECBB2026 (sadly no @kaustabhbaruah.bsky.social). Don’t drink ice coffee in Kolkata, friends.

Dr Jen Colbourne 🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈@raccoonologist.bsky.social · last yr.

Discharged from hospital, forever grateful to @nishantkumar.bsky.social @kaustabhbaruah.bsky.social and @sophiadaoudi.bsky.social for getting me there. I don’t know what I would have done without them. Also Indian healthcare is way better than Canada or the UK! They got me in so quick.

I don’t know if you can tell, but the dream team is very much feeling staying out too late at the #ECBB2026 dinner/dance 😮‍💨

ASAB Education Committee@asabeducation.bsky.social · yesterday

The @asab.org dream team rocking up for the final day at #ECBB2026 @raccoonologist.bsky.social and @sophiadaoudi.bsky.social for all your social media and communication happenings 💚

The @asab.org dream team rocking up for the final day at #ECBB2026 @raccoonologist.bsky.social and @sophiadaoudi.bsky.social for all your social media and communication happenings 💚

I had no idea this amazing research was going on at Vetmed Vienna. I really need to get out to the KLIVV! 😅

ASAB@asab.org · yesterday

Last day of #ECBB2026 and we’re talking poison dart frogs with a plenary by @biobiiana.bsky.social 🐸 It's not easy dealing with deadly chytrid fungus, mercury poisoning, and disturbed habitats… 😰 Our poor frog friends are having a time of it (thanks humans👎)

Super thanks for the support @sophiadaoudi.bsky.social and @raccoonologist.bsky.social ! It was cool to see the works of @aldinafranco.bsky.social and Christian Rutz get such good attendance. Attaching the video of a dog responding to conch shell sound with a howl!

Dr Sophia Daoudi-Simison@sophiadaoudi.bsky.social · 2d ago

Not only was he chairing the session, but he also gave a great final talk about his long-term research on black-eared kites 🐦‍⬛and how anthropogenic influences are impacting their behaviour @nishantkumar.bsky.social @asab.org #ECBB2026

So proud of my labmate @annaek.bsky.social, seems like just the other day she was a masters student, now she’s a PhD and confidently presenting some SUPER COOL research 🦸‍♀️ #ECBB2026

I really love @nishantkumar.bsky.social's work on urban kites. It’s remarkable to think of human culture shaping 90% of the diet of an animal … and what 500 truckloads of waste can do to shape migration and congregation … #ECBB2026

Extremely proud we managed to pull 3rd prize at the #ECBB2026 pub quiz with the @asabeducation.bsky.social student subcommittee 🏆 🙌 My only regret is that we didn’t beat @viveknityananda.bsky.social 🥲

I still can’t get over the ridiculous pic where I look like I’m singing opera 🙈😅

Dr Sophia Daoudi-Simison@sophiadaoudi.bsky.social · 3d ago

@raccoonologist.bsky.social finally able to give her talk!! And it was definitely worth the wait! 🦜🤘 goffins cockatoos really are rockstars when it comes to tool use!! Could you figure out a 6-way puzzle box?!? #ECBB2027 Also check out her paper!! doi.org/10.1002/brv.70123

End of DAY 2 looking forward to what's in store tomorrow! @asab.org @raccoonologist.bsky.social #ECBB2026

It’s still astounding to me JUST how widespread invasive ring-necked parakeets are 🌍 And apparently even groups close by may have differences in vocalizations? 🦜 Interesting talk by Michelle Spierings at #ECBB2026

On the other side of the post for a change @raccoonologist.bsky.social ASAB’s social media secretary talking about Rock Star Cockatoos. A box is still a box if it has six sides and Goffin Cockatoos can use a whole toolkit to succeed. #ECBB2026

@raccoonologist.bsky.social finally able to give her talk!! And it was definitely worth the wait! 🦜🤘 goffins cockatoos really are rockstars when it comes to tool use!! Could you figure out a 6-way puzzle box?!? #ECBB2027 Also check out her paper!! doi.org/10.1002/brv.70123

Raccoons aren't the only cheeky urban dwellers, coyotes can also be bold as brass 😅 🐕 Really enjoying the plenary by Christopher Schell, we need more awareness about our wild next-door neighbours! #ECBB2026

Some of the most passionate folks in reptile cognition, all in one room! #ECBB2026 🤩 🦎 🐊 🐢 @xiscacassola.bsky.social @annawilkinson.bsky.social @stephanreber.bsky.social @birgitszabo.bsky.social

Council hard at work relaxing last night after a very productive meeting!

If you're at #ECBB2026 and want to learn more about our work with Goffin's cockatoos, check out my session today (Weds) at the Communication & Cognition 1 session (LAB026) later this afternoon. My labmate @annaek.bsky.social also has a talk tomorrow afternoon at Communication & Cognition 2 (LAB026)!

The difference between cognition and intelligence according to @stephanreber.bsky.social : Trump is human, ergo Trump has human cognition - but not necessarily intelligence 😆 #ECBB2026

European Conference on Behavioural Biology@ecbb2026.bsky.social · 3d ago

#ECBB2026 Crocodile cognition? Say more, @stephanreber.bsky.social, please!

I was really struck by what @andyradford.bsky.social said about the importance of surrounding yourself with supportive people to help you get through the challenges of academia. I've only just barely started my journey, but I'm 100% where I am right now because of my spouse, friends and colleagues.

ASAB@asab.org · 4d ago

Loved that @andyradford.bsky.social kicked off #ECBB2026 with the first plenary. For the last 5 years, Andy has been working extremely hard as the ASAB Executive Editor of the #AnimalBehaviourJournal and today just happens to be the day that he has passed on the torch to @bbmwong.bsky.social 🥰

Yes, that’s me 😀 more info. here www.corpus.cam.ac.uk/articles/sec..., lnkd.in/p/gnVTgBsk, and corpus-christi-college.shorthandstories.com/time-flies/i...

Two macaques had to pull both rope ends at once to get snacks 🐒 With one apparatus available, one male pair monopolised it - 86% of all pulls. With five apparatuses, just 4% and more pulls with others. @zewaldj.bsky.social in doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2026.123632

Girls night in the hotel! Face masks, nails, taping up my feet and her knee 😍 💅🏻 🩹 @sophiadaoudi.bsky.social

Beautiful river Cam

Exciting news for @viveknityananda.bsky.social - there appears to be a mythical grasshopper clock here in Cambridge

Every year I visit the UK 2-3 times, and I’m always shocked at the price jumps. I swear a meal deal is now double what it was when I first came here just pre-Brexit …

Lilydusk Midnight Poppy Land: Frog in Pot

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Introduce yourself with 10 acts or bands you've seen Live Alanis Morissette Shania Twain Stars The New Pornographers Islands Lady Gaga Pink LP Aqua Vengaboys I feel this list very clearly gives away my age and nationality 😅

𝕖𝕔𝕜𝕤𝕥𝕖𝕚𝕟 ♬@ecksteinish.bsky.social · 6d ago

Introduce yourself with 10 acts or bands you've seen Live Duran Duran (X2) Interpol (X4) Morrissey The Kills Dropkick Murphys Black Marble El Ten Eleven Depeche Mode The Cure Peter Hook & The Light (X2)

I’ve actually been suspecting for a while now that a lot of tasks are failed by animals simply not paying attention. Sometimes our birds are “looking” right at me when I realize theyre not actually “seeing” me, theyre listening intently to something in the aviary. Also I do this all the time 💭🙈

Federico Rossano@federicorossano.bsky.social · 2w ago

Chimpanzees usually fail a simple pointing task that human infants and dogs pass. In our new iScience paper, we provide a possible explanation: once their attention is engaged, chimpanzees use human pointing to find hidden food 73% of the time. Attention may be the missing piece.

The way that AI does absolutely nothing but simply repeat back to you whatever you’ve said using a different order of words and expects us to believe that means the computer understood us makes me want to TEAR MY FUCKING HAIR OUT

Tyler, from the Internet@tylerfromtheinternet.com · last wk.

what a time to be alive (derogatory)

And this is why I work at libraries

Since I was in the second grade, I knew I would teach someday. When I started undergrad, I knew I dearly wanted to be a professor. I’ve tried to get what experience I could during grad school. Now? AI has completely crushed my dream. Even the passionate students are misusing AI. It feels pointless