Sebastien Moro
@cervelleoiseau.bsky.social
Vulgarisation scientifique orientée sur le comportement et la cognition animale.
SciComm on animal cognition and behavior.
Specialized in large reviews oO
http://cervelledoiseau.fr
https://youtube.com/cervelledoiseau
#Fish #Rats #Pigeons #FarmAnimals #Bee
SciComm on animal cognition and behavior.
Specialized in large reviews oO
http://cervelledoiseau.fr
https://youtube.com/cervelledoiseau
#Fish #Rats #Pigeons #FarmAnimals #Bee
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Des intelligences extraterrestres ... bien terrestres - Sébastien Moro-TEDx Arts Et Metiers Bordeaux
YouTube video by Cervelle d'oiseau
youtu.be
For a fresh new start here, here is a TEDx Talk I gave a few months ago on animal intelligence.
It's in French but there are English subtitles :)
youtu.be/Eqm4ZF07xG0
#Ethology #AnimalBehavior #AnimalBehaviour
It's in French but there are English subtitles :)
youtu.be/Eqm4ZF07xG0
#Ethology #AnimalBehavior #AnimalBehaviour
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Joint attention biases dogs' memory towards object identity https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.11.14.687955v1
November 15, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Joint attention biases dogs' memory towards object identity https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.11.14.687955v1
Merci à toutes et à tous !
Si vous n'avez pas encore participé, il y a encore plein de paliers, et notamment plusieurs pour augmenter le nombre de pages, et donc de découvertes incroyables sur les rats !
Si vous n'avez pas encore participé, il y a encore plein de paliers, et notamment plusieurs pour augmenter le nombre de pages, et donc de découvertes incroyables sur les rats !
November 15, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Merci à toutes et à tous !
Si vous n'avez pas encore participé, il y a encore plein de paliers, et notamment plusieurs pour augmenter le nombre de pages, et donc de découvertes incroyables sur les rats !
Si vous n'avez pas encore participé, il y a encore plein de paliers, et notamment plusieurs pour augmenter le nombre de pages, et donc de découvertes incroyables sur les rats !
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🔥Il ne manque plus grand-chose pour que la toute première #BD scientifique dédiée aux #rats puisse voir le jour !
Le genre d'initiative indispensable pour atténuer les stéréotypes nuisibles sur ces individus si détestés et persécutés 🐀
fr.ulule.com/scelerats-mo...
@cervelleoiseau.bsky.social
Le genre d'initiative indispensable pour atténuer les stéréotypes nuisibles sur ces individus si détestés et persécutés 🐀
fr.ulule.com/scelerats-mo...
@cervelleoiseau.bsky.social
SCÉLÉRATS
L'intelligence des rats expliquée en bande dessinée !
fr.ulule.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:21 PM
🔥Il ne manque plus grand-chose pour que la toute première #BD scientifique dédiée aux #rats puisse voir le jour !
Le genre d'initiative indispensable pour atténuer les stéréotypes nuisibles sur ces individus si détestés et persécutés 🐀
fr.ulule.com/scelerats-mo...
@cervelleoiseau.bsky.social
Le genre d'initiative indispensable pour atténuer les stéréotypes nuisibles sur ces individus si détestés et persécutés 🐀
fr.ulule.com/scelerats-mo...
@cervelleoiseau.bsky.social
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Our new paper offers an explanation for the universal law that "under carefully controlled conditions.... an animal behaves as it damn well pleases." We explore how stochastic mechanisms may play an underappreciated role in generating individuality. (1/7 🧵)
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Playing dice with behavior: drivers of stochastic individuality
Animal behavior is often viewed as stemming from predictable genetic and environmental factors. However, despite our best attempts to control genetic …
www.sciencedirect.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Our new paper offers an explanation for the universal law that "under carefully controlled conditions.... an animal behaves as it damn well pleases." We explore how stochastic mechanisms may play an underappreciated role in generating individuality. (1/7 🧵)
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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1/7 Vocal mimicry, robots, and music
The ability to mimic sounds could be extremely common among corvids. Here, it has been found in 39 species (30%), but it is predicted that it could be present in around 82% of them.
(paper) link.springer.com/article/10.1...
The ability to mimic sounds could be extremely common among corvids. Here, it has been found in 39 species (30%), but it is predicted that it could be present in around 82% of them.
(paper) link.springer.com/article/10.1...
November 10, 2025 at 7:25 PM
1/7 Vocal mimicry, robots, and music
The ability to mimic sounds could be extremely common among corvids. Here, it has been found in 39 species (30%), but it is predicted that it could be present in around 82% of them.
(paper) link.springer.com/article/10.1...
The ability to mimic sounds could be extremely common among corvids. Here, it has been found in 39 species (30%), but it is predicted that it could be present in around 82% of them.
(paper) link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Alleeeeeez on y est presque ! ❤ ❤ Merci à vous toutes et tous 😃
November 10, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Alleeeeeez on y est presque ! ❤ ❤ Merci à vous toutes et tous 😃
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2025. How can we reform research ethics management to make it fit for purpose? journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
November 10, 2025 at 2:57 AM
2025. How can we reform research ethics management to make it fit for purpose? journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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3/3 The fact that they consume their entire prey (rather than caching it) suggests that this is a consequence of the typical desert food scarcity. It also indicates a degree of self-awareness, since it requires the cooperation of four crows, who must recognize their individual limitations.
November 7, 2025 at 7:56 PM
3/3 The fact that they consume their entire prey (rather than caching it) suggests that this is a consequence of the typical desert food scarcity. It also indicates a degree of self-awareness, since it requires the cooperation of four crows, who must recognize their individual limitations.
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1/3 Cooperative hunting in ravens
Brown-necked ravens (C. ruficollis) work together to prevent lizards (U. aegyptia) from entering and blocking their burrow by inflating their bodies using their pointed tails to obstruct the entrance.
(paper; 2010) link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Brown-necked ravens (C. ruficollis) work together to prevent lizards (U. aegyptia) from entering and blocking their burrow by inflating their bodies using their pointed tails to obstruct the entrance.
(paper; 2010) link.springer.com/article/10.1...
November 7, 2025 at 7:56 PM
1/3 Cooperative hunting in ravens
Brown-necked ravens (C. ruficollis) work together to prevent lizards (U. aegyptia) from entering and blocking their burrow by inflating their bodies using their pointed tails to obstruct the entrance.
(paper; 2010) link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Brown-necked ravens (C. ruficollis) work together to prevent lizards (U. aegyptia) from entering and blocking their burrow by inflating their bodies using their pointed tails to obstruct the entrance.
(paper; 2010) link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Reposted by Sebastien Moro
The statistical fragility of animal cognition findings: a meta-meta-analytic reappraisal
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ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...
The statistical fragility of animal cognition findings: a meta-meta-analytic reappraisal
ecoevorxiv.org
November 7, 2025 at 6:05 AM
The statistical fragility of animal cognition findings: a meta-meta-analytic reappraisal
ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...
ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...
Mon interview chez @mr-mondialisation.bsky.social est en ligne !!
Merci infiniment à Maureen pour ces échanges et cet excellent article :)
Merci infiniment à Maureen pour ces échanges et cet excellent article :)
Rats : la BD de Sébastien Moro qui explore leur intelligence
Sébastien Moro explore le monde fascinant des animaux méprisés ou méconnus. Il publiera bientôt une nouvelle BD sur les rats, intitulée Scélérats, actuellement en campagne de financement participatif....
mrmondialisation.org
November 6, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Mon interview chez @mr-mondialisation.bsky.social est en ligne !!
Merci infiniment à Maureen pour ces échanges et cet excellent article :)
Merci infiniment à Maureen pour ces échanges et cet excellent article :)
Reposted by Sebastien Moro
This is an interesting article that categorizes 350 theories of consciousness.
(blog) www.newscientist.com/article/2498...
And it works perfectly as an introduction to exploring the Closer to Truth website, where the topics are compiled and explained one by one.
(blog) loc.closertotruth.com/map
(blog) www.newscientist.com/article/2498...
And it works perfectly as an introduction to exploring the Closer to Truth website, where the topics are compiled and explained one by one.
(blog) loc.closertotruth.com/map
November 5, 2025 at 7:31 AM
This is an interesting article that categorizes 350 theories of consciousness.
(blog) www.newscientist.com/article/2498...
And it works perfectly as an introduction to exploring the Closer to Truth website, where the topics are compiled and explained one by one.
(blog) loc.closertotruth.com/map
(blog) www.newscientist.com/article/2498...
And it works perfectly as an introduction to exploring the Closer to Truth website, where the topics are compiled and explained one by one.
(blog) loc.closertotruth.com/map
Reposted by Sebastien Moro
1/11 Play in cold-blooded animals
Review of evidence of play in fish, reptiles, and amphibians.
It is less common than in mammals, but it does exist.
Here are some examples and descriptions of how the authors explain it.
(paper) www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Review of evidence of play in fish, reptiles, and amphibians.
It is less common than in mammals, but it does exist.
Here are some examples and descriptions of how the authors explain it.
(paper) www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
November 3, 2025 at 7:48 PM
1/11 Play in cold-blooded animals
Review of evidence of play in fish, reptiles, and amphibians.
It is less common than in mammals, but it does exist.
Here are some examples and descriptions of how the authors explain it.
(paper) www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Review of evidence of play in fish, reptiles, and amphibians.
It is less common than in mammals, but it does exist.
Here are some examples and descriptions of how the authors explain it.
(paper) www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Reposted by Sebastien Moro
Après les poissons et les animaux "de la ferme", @cervelleoiseau.bsky.social s'est attaqué...aux rats ! La BD, illustrée par Josselin Billard est actuellement en financement participatif et a besoin de vous ! Pour soutenir et faire tourner, c'est là :
fr.ulule.com/scelerats-mo...
fr.ulule.com/scelerats-mo...
SCÉLÉRATS
L'intelligence des rats expliquée en bande dessinée !
fr.ulule.com
November 4, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Après les poissons et les animaux "de la ferme", @cervelleoiseau.bsky.social s'est attaqué...aux rats ! La BD, illustrée par Josselin Billard est actuellement en financement participatif et a besoin de vous ! Pour soutenir et faire tourner, c'est là :
fr.ulule.com/scelerats-mo...
fr.ulule.com/scelerats-mo...
Reposted by Sebastien Moro
1/2 Personality in Sea Anemones
Despite lacking a centralized nervous system, Actinia equina displays predictable personality traits for each individual. This study shows that high temperatures increase their boldness and affect their ability to learn.
(paper) www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Despite lacking a centralized nervous system, Actinia equina displays predictable personality traits for each individual. This study shows that high temperatures increase their boldness and affect their ability to learn.
(paper) www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
November 3, 2025 at 10:04 AM
1/2 Personality in Sea Anemones
Despite lacking a centralized nervous system, Actinia equina displays predictable personality traits for each individual. This study shows that high temperatures increase their boldness and affect their ability to learn.
(paper) www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Despite lacking a centralized nervous system, Actinia equina displays predictable personality traits for each individual. This study shows that high temperatures increase their boldness and affect their ability to learn.
(paper) www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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"While the handling and marking of chamois in this study were noninvasive, the method of capture (falling nets) nevertheless had the potential to cause high levels of stress and resulted in the deaths of five chamois." 🔽
2025. Correction to “Too hot or too disturbed? Temperatures more than hikers affect circadian activity of females in northern chamois” [ #AnimalBehaviour 210 (2024) 347–367] www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #AnimalEthics #AnimalWelfare via @asab.org
Correction to “Too hot or too disturbed? Temperatures more than hikers affect circadian activity of females in northern chamois” [Animal Behaviour 210 (2024) 347–367]
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November 3, 2025 at 3:59 AM
"While the handling and marking of chamois in this study were noninvasive, the method of capture (falling nets) nevertheless had the potential to cause high levels of stress and resulted in the deaths of five chamois." 🔽
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2025. Norway Rats Exhibit Social Learning in Nature bioengineer.org/norway-rats-...
Norway Rats Exhibit Social Learning in Nature
In an exciting breakthrough, researchers have provided substantial evidence for social learning in semi-natural settings using wild-type Norway rats. This groundbreaking study has cast new light on
bioengineer.org
November 3, 2025 at 4:47 AM
2025. Norway Rats Exhibit Social Learning in Nature bioengineer.org/norway-rats-...
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Early-life social instability affects aggression, but not response inhibition, in chickens https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.29.685273v1
October 30, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Early-life social instability affects aggression, but not response inhibition, in chickens https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.29.685273v1
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1/6 Emotional/affective contagion in bumblebees
First evidence that emotions are contagious in insects too.
Bumblebees that observed an optimistic bumblebee became optimistic themselves.
This is the most basic form of empathy.
(paper) www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
First evidence that emotions are contagious in insects too.
Bumblebees that observed an optimistic bumblebee became optimistic themselves.
This is the most basic form of empathy.
(paper) www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
October 28, 2025 at 7:34 PM
1/6 Emotional/affective contagion in bumblebees
First evidence that emotions are contagious in insects too.
Bumblebees that observed an optimistic bumblebee became optimistic themselves.
This is the most basic form of empathy.
(paper) www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
First evidence that emotions are contagious in insects too.
Bumblebees that observed an optimistic bumblebee became optimistic themselves.
This is the most basic form of empathy.
(paper) www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Reposted by Sebastien Moro
Beliefs about one's own beliefs in chimpanzees.
Five experiments have demonstrated that chimpanzees evaluate their beliefs based on evidence and the source of that evidence (by epistemic defeat). Language is not needed for any of this.
(paper) www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Five experiments have demonstrated that chimpanzees evaluate their beliefs based on evidence and the source of that evidence (by epistemic defeat). Language is not needed for any of this.
(paper) www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
October 30, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Beliefs about one's own beliefs in chimpanzees.
Five experiments have demonstrated that chimpanzees evaluate their beliefs based on evidence and the source of that evidence (by epistemic defeat). Language is not needed for any of this.
(paper) www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Five experiments have demonstrated that chimpanzees evaluate their beliefs based on evidence and the source of that evidence (by epistemic defeat). Language is not needed for any of this.
(paper) www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Reposted by Sebastien Moro
Rapid Social Transmission of Predator Location via Gaze Following in Pigeons https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.29.685277v1
October 30, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Rapid Social Transmission of Predator Location via Gaze Following in Pigeons https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.29.685277v1
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NEW PAPER: Female wild turkeys produce fewer male offspring where hunting increases male mortality, suggesting adaptive adjustment of brood sex ratios to enhance reproductive success under harvest pressure.
➡️ vist.ly/4cff4
#ornithology #birds #adaptive #sexratio 🪶
➡️ vist.ly/4cff4
#ornithology #birds #adaptive #sexratio 🪶
October 31, 2025 at 5:22 PM
NEW PAPER: Female wild turkeys produce fewer male offspring where hunting increases male mortality, suggesting adaptive adjustment of brood sex ratios to enhance reproductive success under harvest pressure.
➡️ vist.ly/4cff4
#ornithology #birds #adaptive #sexratio 🪶
➡️ vist.ly/4cff4
#ornithology #birds #adaptive #sexratio 🪶
Reposted by Sebastien Moro
New paper, led by Vlad Demartsev:
Alerting components in animal vocalization
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Alerting components in animal vocalization
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Alerting components in animal vocalization
Effective communication relies on signals that are detectable and informative, yet the structural acoustic properties supporting these qualities are n…
www.sciencedirect.com
October 31, 2025 at 3:35 PM
New paper, led by Vlad Demartsev:
Alerting components in animal vocalization
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Alerting components in animal vocalization
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Reposted by Sebastien Moro
Synchronous and asynchronous counterillumination by three types of photophores in the firefly squid, Watasenia scintillans https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.29.685447v1
October 31, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Synchronous and asynchronous counterillumination by three types of photophores in the firefly squid, Watasenia scintillans https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.29.685447v1
Reposted by Sebastien Moro
When bats confront rats: The seasonal struggle for survival phys.org/news/2025-10...
When bats confront rats: The seasonal struggle for survival
A new study from the School of Zoology at Tel Aviv University reveals that fruit bats employ a variety of strategies in their competition with other animals for food. The research team examined bat be...
phys.org
October 28, 2025 at 1:32 AM
When bats confront rats: The seasonal struggle for survival phys.org/news/2025-10...