Lara Narbona Sabaté
@laranarbona.bsky.social
Primatologist by profession, linguist by vocation (or is it?). Now working Fundacio MONA. Madly in love with Budongo Chimps and Taboga Capuchins.
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Chronic pain is an invisible disability that shapes life in ways many don’t see. This podcast captures it spot-on — essential for anyone living with pain, and anyone who wants to truly understand and support.
What does it mean to live with #chronicpain?
This is the first of two episodes on chronic pain produced by Mariam Shah - next episode dropping next week, subscribe now and don't miss out!! www.scienceorfiction.co.uk/p/what-does-...
Listen on the website or wherever you get your podcasts 🎧
This is the first of two episodes on chronic pain produced by Mariam Shah - next episode dropping next week, subscribe now and don't miss out!! www.scienceorfiction.co.uk/p/what-does-...
Listen on the website or wherever you get your podcasts 🎧
What does it mean to live with chronic pain?
Watch now | with Dr Anna Hood, University of Manchester
www.scienceorfiction.co.uk
August 24, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Chronic pain is an invisible disability that shapes life in ways many don’t see. This podcast captures it spot-on — essential for anyone living with pain, and anyone who wants to truly understand and support.
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Analysis using the Welfare Footprint Framework estimates rainbow trout experience an average of 10 minutes of intense pain during air asphyxia, highlighting the potential impact of welfare interventions. doi.org/g9pfd3
New study quantifies fish slaughter pain and cost-effectiveness of welfare solutions
A new study in Scientific Reports reveals the hidden pain of fish during slaughter and offers practical solutions to improve their welfare.
phys.org
June 6, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Analysis using the Welfare Footprint Framework estimates rainbow trout experience an average of 10 minutes of intense pain during air asphyxia, highlighting the potential impact of welfare interventions. doi.org/g9pfd3
Reposted by Lara Narbona Sabaté
New paper just dropped🎉 With novel "Curiosity Boxes", we find that chimps & children are very curious about social interactions, & some even give up a reward to gain info! Fun collaboration with @alisongopnik.bsky.social, @janengelmann.bsky.social & others royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
Chimpanzees and children are curious about social interactions | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Curiosity is adaptive, enhances learning, and reduces uncertainty. Social curiosity
is defined as the motivation to gain information about the actions, relationships,
and psychology of others. Little ...
royalsocietypublishing.org
June 6, 2025 at 4:44 PM
New paper just dropped🎉 With novel "Curiosity Boxes", we find that chimps & children are very curious about social interactions, & some even give up a reward to gain info! Fun collaboration with @alisongopnik.bsky.social, @janengelmann.bsky.social & others royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
Reposted by Lara Narbona Sabaté
A female Western Gull was recorded riding 150km in a garbage truck from San Francisco to a compost facility in Central CA, probably to forage. TWICE. An innovator, an icon, a genius.
This is one of my favorite @waterbirdsociety.bsky.social papers I've ever handled as managing editor #ornithology
This is one of my favorite @waterbirdsociety.bsky.social papers I've ever handled as managing editor #ornithology
June 3, 2025 at 8:24 AM
A female Western Gull was recorded riding 150km in a garbage truck from San Francisco to a compost facility in Central CA, probably to forage. TWICE. An innovator, an icon, a genius.
This is one of my favorite @waterbirdsociety.bsky.social papers I've ever handled as managing editor #ornithology
This is one of my favorite @waterbirdsociety.bsky.social papers I've ever handled as managing editor #ornithology
Very interesting work done in Budongo by the amazing @elodiefreymann.bsky.social !
Chimpanzees in Uganda treat wounds with leaves, bark & care—both for themselves & for others. New research suggests medicine’s roots run deeper into our evolutionary past than we imagined. #Chimpanzees #PrimateCare #AnimalMedicine #Anthropology #ProsocialBehavior @elodiefreymann.bsky.social
The Healing Forest
How chimpanzees in Uganda reveal the deep evolutionary roots of medicine and care
www.primatology.net
May 14, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Very interesting work done in Budongo by the amazing @elodiefreymann.bsky.social !
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🚨New in @science.org🚨
With Simon Townsend (@nccrlanguage.bsky.social) and Martin Surbeck, we have investigated whether wild bonobos can combine calls in complex combinations, similar to how humans combine words into sentences 🧪
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
#ScienceResearch #AnimalCommunication
With Simon Townsend (@nccrlanguage.bsky.social) and Martin Surbeck, we have investigated whether wild bonobos can combine calls in complex combinations, similar to how humans combine words into sentences 🧪
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
#ScienceResearch #AnimalCommunication
Extensive compositionality in the vocal system of bonobos
Compositionality, the capacity to combine meaningful elements into larger meaningful structures, is a hallmark of human language. Compositionality can be trivial (the combination’s meaning is the sum ...
www.science.org
April 4, 2025 at 8:22 AM
🚨New in @science.org🚨
With Simon Townsend (@nccrlanguage.bsky.social) and Martin Surbeck, we have investigated whether wild bonobos can combine calls in complex combinations, similar to how humans combine words into sentences 🧪
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
#ScienceResearch #AnimalCommunication
With Simon Townsend (@nccrlanguage.bsky.social) and Martin Surbeck, we have investigated whether wild bonobos can combine calls in complex combinations, similar to how humans combine words into sentences 🧪
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
#ScienceResearch #AnimalCommunication
Reposted by Lara Narbona Sabaté
Be sure to join us on February 13 at 830PM EST.
This webinar will focus on how people around the world can help reduce the negative impacts of the primate pet trade on both local and international scales.
Zoom Link
us02web.zoom.us/j/8710565983...
This webinar will focus on how people around the world can help reduce the negative impacts of the primate pet trade on both local and international scales.
Zoom Link
us02web.zoom.us/j/8710565983...
January 16, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Be sure to join us on February 13 at 830PM EST.
This webinar will focus on how people around the world can help reduce the negative impacts of the primate pet trade on both local and international scales.
Zoom Link
us02web.zoom.us/j/8710565983...
This webinar will focus on how people around the world can help reduce the negative impacts of the primate pet trade on both local and international scales.
Zoom Link
us02web.zoom.us/j/8710565983...
Reposted by Lara Narbona Sabaté
New paper alert 📢
Chimpanzees playing bouts fosters cooperation in adults! @lirsamuni.bsky.social and colleagues from the Taï Chimpanzee Project show how playing between adult chimpanzees predict cooperation between adults in the group. Enjoy!
doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.…
Chimpanzees playing bouts fosters cooperation in adults! @lirsamuni.bsky.social and colleagues from the Taï Chimpanzee Project show how playing between adult chimpanzees predict cooperation between adults in the group. Enjoy!
doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.…
November 21, 2024 at 5:23 PM
New paper alert 📢
Chimpanzees playing bouts fosters cooperation in adults! @lirsamuni.bsky.social and colleagues from the Taï Chimpanzee Project show how playing between adult chimpanzees predict cooperation between adults in the group. Enjoy!
doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.…
Chimpanzees playing bouts fosters cooperation in adults! @lirsamuni.bsky.social and colleagues from the Taï Chimpanzee Project show how playing between adult chimpanzees predict cooperation between adults in the group. Enjoy!
doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.…