Geladas For Cooperation
@geladasbridges.bsky.social
Research project on the social behaviour of geladas in Ethiopia (PI: Elisabetta Palagi; co-PI: Bezawork Afework). Follow our scientific and social journey!
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We are so happy to tell you that finally our documentary about our project🇪🇹 has been released on YouTube. We hope you’ll find some time to watch it, to learn about our adventures and the wonderful work we are doing ❤️
Huge thanks to Alberto Alessi for making this possible! WATCH IT!
Huge thanks to Alberto Alessi for making this possible! WATCH IT!
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Our new publication is out and offers some interesting (and creepy) insights for the management of zoo-housed geladas! Yes, monkeys kidnap infants sometimes! Open access here: doi.org/10.1016/j.ap...
@geladasbridges.bsky.social 🐒
@geladasbridges.bsky.social 🐒
October 17, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Our new publication is out and offers some interesting (and creepy) insights for the management of zoo-housed geladas! Yes, monkeys kidnap infants sometimes! Open access here: doi.org/10.1016/j.ap...
@geladasbridges.bsky.social 🐒
@geladasbridges.bsky.social 🐒
Our new publication is out and offers interesting insights for the management of zoo-housed geladas🐒 (yes it could be a little bit creepy)
New paper out by @lucapedruzzi.bsky.social, Alban Lemasson and collaborators on geladas agression, kidnapping and death 💀
Maybe not the casual reading while having your morning coffee…
doi.org/10.1016/j.ap...
Maybe not the casual reading while having your morning coffee…
doi.org/10.1016/j.ap...
Redirecting
doi.org
October 14, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Our new publication is out and offers interesting insights for the management of zoo-housed geladas🐒 (yes it could be a little bit creepy)
We are so happy to tell you that finally our documentary about our project🇪🇹 has been released on YouTube. We hope you’ll find some time to watch it, to learn about our adventures and the wonderful work we are doing ❤️
Huge thanks to Alberto Alessi for making this possible! WATCH IT!
Huge thanks to Alberto Alessi for making this possible! WATCH IT!
youtu.be
October 9, 2025 at 12:27 PM
We are so happy to tell you that finally our documentary about our project🇪🇹 has been released on YouTube. We hope you’ll find some time to watch it, to learn about our adventures and the wonderful work we are doing ❤️
Huge thanks to Alberto Alessi for making this possible! WATCH IT!
Huge thanks to Alberto Alessi for making this possible! WATCH IT!
Reposted by Geladas For Cooperation
Presenting 🐒 at the XXVIII International Congress of Ethology @behaviour2025.bsky.social in Kolkata, India 🇮🇳
@geladasbridges.bsky.social @ethos-research.bsky.social
@geladasbridges.bsky.social @ethos-research.bsky.social
October 1, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Presenting 🐒 at the XXVIII International Congress of Ethology @behaviour2025.bsky.social in Kolkata, India 🇮🇳
@geladasbridges.bsky.social @ethos-research.bsky.social
@geladasbridges.bsky.social @ethos-research.bsky.social
Reposted by Geladas For Cooperation
Presenting our research on gelada flexible communication and emotion recognition during post-conflict interactions at #Behaviour2025
in Kolkata (India)! 🐒
@geladasbridges.bsky.social @ethos-research.bsky.social @behaviour2025.bsky.social
in Kolkata (India)! 🐒
@geladasbridges.bsky.social @ethos-research.bsky.social @behaviour2025.bsky.social
August 28, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Presenting our research on gelada flexible communication and emotion recognition during post-conflict interactions at #Behaviour2025
in Kolkata (India)! 🐒
@geladasbridges.bsky.social @ethos-research.bsky.social @behaviour2025.bsky.social
in Kolkata (India)! 🐒
@geladasbridges.bsky.social @ethos-research.bsky.social @behaviour2025.bsky.social
Latest research from our project! 🐒🐕
🚨 New paper out! We report encounters between wild geladas and free-roaming dogs in an unprotected area in Ethiopia, highlighting the behavioral adaptability of our amazing geladas! @ethos-research.bsky.social @leakeyfoundation.org
Free to read here: doi.org/10.1016/j.ge...
Free to read here: doi.org/10.1016/j.ge...
July 10, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Latest research from our project! 🐒🐕
Reposted by Geladas For Cooperation
It’s out! Co-écrit avec Alban Lemasson: Quand les animaux prennent la parole ! Un livre grand public sur la communication animale et l’évolution du langage. En vente partout, éditions Apogée:
www.editions-apogee.com/espace-des-s...
A. Bensoussan en parle mieux que moi:
unidivers.fr/la-culture-a...
www.editions-apogee.com/espace-des-s...
A. Bensoussan en parle mieux que moi:
unidivers.fr/la-culture-a...
La culture animale : éthologie et linguistique
<p>Dans Quand les animaux prennent la parole !, publié aux éditions Apogée, Alban Lemasson et Maël Leroux nous parlent du langage animal, bien plus complexe que ce que nous imaginions… […]</p>
unidivers.fr
May 15, 2025 at 8:50 AM
It’s out! Co-écrit avec Alban Lemasson: Quand les animaux prennent la parole ! Un livre grand public sur la communication animale et l’évolution du langage. En vente partout, éditions Apogée:
www.editions-apogee.com/espace-des-s...
A. Bensoussan en parle mieux que moi:
unidivers.fr/la-culture-a...
www.editions-apogee.com/espace-des-s...
A. Bensoussan en parle mieux que moi:
unidivers.fr/la-culture-a...
We are also working on zoo-housed groups of geladas, check out this new paper :)
🚨New paper alert! 🐵 We compared yawning in geladas vs hamadryas baboons and guess what? Differences in the sociobiology of the two species seem to be reflected in the expression of the behaviour OA here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
@ethos-research.bsky.social
@ethos-research.bsky.social
June 2, 2025 at 7:58 AM
We are also working on zoo-housed groups of geladas, check out this new paper :)
Talking about our latest research on The Conversation! 🐒
L’empathie n’est pas le propre de l’humain : ces singes utilisent des signaux vocaux pour se réconforter
L’empathie n’est pas le propre de l’humain : ces singes utilisent des signaux vocaux pour se réconforter
Une très récente étude démontre que des singes géladas d’Éthiopie savent faire preuve d’empathie en réconfortant leurs congénères par des signaux vocaux.
theconversation.com
May 26, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Talking about our latest research on The Conversation! 🐒
Check out this video on our new research! 🔊🐒
@lucapedruzzi.bsky.social @ethos-research.bsky.social
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
@lucapedruzzi.bsky.social @ethos-research.bsky.social
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
May 16, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Check out this video on our new research! 🔊🐒
@lucapedruzzi.bsky.social @ethos-research.bsky.social
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
@lucapedruzzi.bsky.social @ethos-research.bsky.social
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
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It’s finally out!! Our new study shows that wild geladas seem to recognize prosocial vocal affiliation to victims of aggression! A key insight into the evolution of empathy in primates 🔊🐒 @geladasbridges.bsky.social @ethos-research.bsky.social
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
Wild gelada monkeys detect emotional and prosocial cues in vocal exchanges during aggression
Recognizing vocal behaviours intended to benefit others is a crucial yet understudied social skill. Primates with rich vocal repertoires and complex societies are excellent models to track the evoluti...
journals.plos.org
May 15, 2025 at 7:25 AM
It’s finally out!! Our new study shows that wild geladas seem to recognize prosocial vocal affiliation to victims of aggression! A key insight into the evolution of empathy in primates 🔊🐒 @geladasbridges.bsky.social @ethos-research.bsky.social
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
Life on the field 🐒
May 6, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Life on the field 🐒
With great joy and surprise, we received more donations, and we wasted no time! Today, we could donate school supplies to the 76 students of Godo Elem. School, where many of our friends and "field assistants" study. A perfect way to end an unforgettable year in Ethiopia❤️
May 6, 2025 at 8:55 AM
With great joy and surprise, we received more donations, and we wasted no time! Today, we could donate school supplies to the 76 students of Godo Elem. School, where many of our friends and "field assistants" study. A perfect way to end an unforgettable year in Ethiopia❤️
A thoughtful gelada under the wind of the Ethiopian highland
Pic by @bettapalagi
Pic by @bettapalagi
May 6, 2025 at 8:55 AM
A thoughtful gelada under the wind of the Ethiopian highland
Pic by @bettapalagi
Pic by @bettapalagi
Just the time to arrive in Ethiopia and tomorrow our project PI @bettapalagi will give a seminar at the Addis Ababa University about primate sociality 🐒
@Dip_Bio_Unipi
@TheLeakeyFndtn
@Dip_Bio_Unipi
@TheLeakeyFndtn
May 6, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Just the time to arrive in Ethiopia and tomorrow our project PI @bettapalagi will give a seminar at the Addis Ababa University about primate sociality 🐒
@Dip_Bio_Unipi
@TheLeakeyFndtn
@Dip_Bio_Unipi
@TheLeakeyFndtn
It might look like I’m posing but I’m actually desperate trying to identify the too many geladas in front of me 😅
@geladas_bridges #fieldlife
@geladas_bridges #fieldlife
May 6, 2025 at 8:46 AM
It might look like I’m posing but I’m actually desperate trying to identify the too many geladas in front of me 😅
@geladas_bridges #fieldlife
@geladas_bridges #fieldlife
We finally delivered the first part of the materials for the schools of Debre Libanos purchased thanks to the donations of many of you 📚It was a day filled with joy and strong emotions. Your generosity and trust mean a lot to us! For more info and pics, see our Ig/Fb pages
May 6, 2025 at 8:55 AM
We finally delivered the first part of the materials for the schools of Debre Libanos purchased thanks to the donations of many of you 📚It was a day filled with joy and strong emotions. Your generosity and trust mean a lot to us! For more info and pics, see our Ig/Fb pages
We are back on the field🐒 already facing the many challenges of field life! But as geladas do… we also quickly adapt!
@TheLeakeyFndtn @Dip_Bio_Unipi @EthosLabo
@TheLeakeyFndtn @Dip_Bio_Unipi @EthosLabo
May 6, 2025 at 8:55 AM
We are back on the field🐒 already facing the many challenges of field life! But as geladas do… we also quickly adapt!
@TheLeakeyFndtn @Dip_Bio_Unipi @EthosLabo
@TheLeakeyFndtn @Dip_Bio_Unipi @EthosLabo
🚨 Presenting our new publicationon @IntJPrimatology at the conference of the Italian Society for Zoology (UZI) in Pisa! 🐒 @TheLeakeyFndtn geladas and baboons interspecies interactions!
link.springer.com/article/10.100…
link.springer.com/article/10.100…
May 6, 2025 at 8:55 AM
🚨 Presenting our new publicationon @IntJPrimatology at the conference of the Italian Society for Zoology (UZI) in Pisa! 🐒 @TheLeakeyFndtn geladas and baboons interspecies interactions!
link.springer.com/article/10.100…
link.springer.com/article/10.100…
A congress with (also) gelada gadgets, that’s what we like 😎
Italian Society of Zoology, 83rd conference, University of Pisa (designed by Fosca Mastrandrea
Italian Society of Zoology, 83rd conference, University of Pisa (designed by Fosca Mastrandrea
May 6, 2025 at 8:55 AM
A congress with (also) gelada gadgets, that’s what we like 😎
Italian Society of Zoology, 83rd conference, University of Pisa (designed by Fosca Mastrandrea
Italian Society of Zoology, 83rd conference, University of Pisa (designed by Fosca Mastrandrea
Last week we presented first data from our @geladas_bridges project at the conference of the Italian Society for the study of Animal Behaviour @sie_etologia in Turin! Emotions and prosociality in vocal exchanges of wild geladas… so happy and proud 🐒 @EthosLabo @TheLeakeyFndtn
May 6, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Last week we presented first data from our @geladas_bridges project at the conference of the Italian Society for the study of Animal Behaviour @sie_etologia in Turin! Emotions and prosociality in vocal exchanges of wild geladas… so happy and proud 🐒 @EthosLabo @TheLeakeyFndtn
Can’t wait to be there to meet colleagues and friends and present the fiiiirst results from our project!🐒
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May 6, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Can’t wait to be there to meet colleagues and friends and present the fiiiirst results from our project!🐒
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🚨 Exciting news! The first paper from our project out in @IntJPrimatology 🐒 We report positive interspecies interactions between tolerant geladas and olive baboons in an unprotected area in Ethiopia 🫱🏾🫲🏼@TheLeakeyFndtn @EthosLabo Full story here:
link.springer.com/article/10.100…
link.springer.com/article/10.100…
Bridging Species Divides: Affiliative Interactions between Theropithecus gelada and Papio anubis in an Unprotected Area in Ethiopia
International Journal of Primatology -
link.springer.com
May 6, 2025 at 8:54 AM
🚨 Exciting news! The first paper from our project out in @IntJPrimatology 🐒 We report positive interspecies interactions between tolerant geladas and olive baboons in an unprotected area in Ethiopia 🫱🏾🫲🏼@TheLeakeyFndtn @EthosLabo Full story here:
link.springer.com/article/10.100…
link.springer.com/article/10.100…
Missing life on the field while planning our next data collection!
Stay tuned 🐒
#research #primatology
@TheLeakeyFndtn
Stay tuned 🐒
#research #primatology
@TheLeakeyFndtn
May 6, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Missing life on the field while planning our next data collection!
Stay tuned 🐒
#research #primatology
@TheLeakeyFndtn
Stay tuned 🐒
#research #primatology
@TheLeakeyFndtn
Thanks to all the people who came yesterday to know about our project 🐒 and who helped us with the fundraising 👫 (check previous posts to know more)
We thank Equitiamo for hosting us in such a beautiful location in San Rossore (Pisa)
@TheLeakeyFndtn
We thank Equitiamo for hosting us in such a beautiful location in San Rossore (Pisa)
@TheLeakeyFndtn
May 6, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Thanks to all the people who came yesterday to know about our project 🐒 and who helped us with the fundraising 👫 (check previous posts to know more)
We thank Equitiamo for hosting us in such a beautiful location in San Rossore (Pisa)
@TheLeakeyFndtn
We thank Equitiamo for hosting us in such a beautiful location in San Rossore (Pisa)
@TheLeakeyFndtn