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Cow Tools!
We have lived alongside cows for nearly 10,000 years.
We breed them and exploit them
It is now, only now, that we have discovered THEY CAN USE TOOLS
Here I describe our study
(paper) www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... in @currentbiology.bsky.social
with @auersperga.bsky.social
We have lived alongside cows for nearly 10,000 years.
We breed them and exploit them
It is now, only now, that we have discovered THEY CAN USE TOOLS
Here I describe our study
(paper) www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... in @currentbiology.bsky.social
with @auersperga.bsky.social
January 19, 2026 at 5:26 PM
Cow Tools!
We have lived alongside cows for nearly 10,000 years.
We breed them and exploit them
It is now, only now, that we have discovered THEY CAN USE TOOLS
Here I describe our study
(paper) www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... in @currentbiology.bsky.social
with @auersperga.bsky.social
We have lived alongside cows for nearly 10,000 years.
We breed them and exploit them
It is now, only now, that we have discovered THEY CAN USE TOOLS
Here I describe our study
(paper) www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... in @currentbiology.bsky.social
with @auersperga.bsky.social
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Cows itch, just like us. But Veronika the cow takes things into her own hands. Or rather: into her mouth.
Scientists say it’s the first experimentally verified instance of cattle using a tool. https://wapo.st/3NzJ84A
Scientists say it’s the first experimentally verified instance of cattle using a tool. https://wapo.st/3NzJ84A
January 20, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Cows itch, just like us. But Veronika the cow takes things into her own hands. Or rather: into her mouth.
Scientists say it’s the first experimentally verified instance of cattle using a tool. https://wapo.st/3NzJ84A
Scientists say it’s the first experimentally verified instance of cattle using a tool. https://wapo.st/3NzJ84A
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January 16, 2026 at 8:59 PM
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Thrilled for my 2021 paper “If I Fits I Sits” to be featured in @derstandard.at! Tis the season for empty boxes 😻
www.derstandard.de/story/300000...
www.derstandard.de/story/300000...
Die magische Anziehungskraft von Schachteln und Boxen auf Katzen
Wer eine Katze besitzt, weiß: Steht eine leere Schachtel herum, dauert es nicht lange, bis sie vom Stubentiger besetzt wird. Warum das so ist, beschäftigt auch Forschende
www.derstandard.de
December 26, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Thrilled for my 2021 paper “If I Fits I Sits” to be featured in @derstandard.at! Tis the season for empty boxes 😻
www.derstandard.de/story/300000...
www.derstandard.de/story/300000...
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Hello! My name is Gabriella and in April '26 l will graduate with my PhD in compcog from VetMedUni Vienna🤩👩🏻🎓🦜🐒🐕🇦🇹
With this in mind, I am excited to soon extend my passion for animal behavior/cognition in a post-doc/job position, so any recs/ connections would be greatly appreciated!!
Website below☺️
With this in mind, I am excited to soon extend my passion for animal behavior/cognition in a post-doc/job position, so any recs/ connections would be greatly appreciated!!
Website below☺️
November 9, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Hello! My name is Gabriella and in April '26 l will graduate with my PhD in compcog from VetMedUni Vienna🤩👩🏻🎓🦜🐒🐕🇦🇹
With this in mind, I am excited to soon extend my passion for animal behavior/cognition in a post-doc/job position, so any recs/ connections would be greatly appreciated!!
Website below☺️
With this in mind, I am excited to soon extend my passion for animal behavior/cognition in a post-doc/job position, so any recs/ connections would be greatly appreciated!!
Website below☺️
@hankgreen.bsky.social makes an intriguing case for doomscrolling being more similar to overeating rather than any other addiction. Great video!
m.youtube.com/watch?v=9euK...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=9euK...
You’re Not Addicted to Content, You’re Starving for Information
YouTube video by vlogbrothers
m.youtube.com
June 28, 2025 at 9:46 AM
@hankgreen.bsky.social makes an intriguing case for doomscrolling being more similar to overeating rather than any other addiction. Great video!
m.youtube.com/watch?v=9euK...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=9euK...
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Do you like to dip your fries in ketchup before eating it? Our cockatoos do too! In a new study in Current Biology, we showed our cockatoos innovated a new way to flavour their food: they dunk noodles in blueberry soy yoghurt. Read about it and watch our video abstract: www.cell.com/current-biol...
February 10, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Do you like to dip your fries in ketchup before eating it? Our cockatoos do too! In a new study in Current Biology, we showed our cockatoos innovated a new way to flavour their food: they dunk noodles in blueberry soy yoghurt. Read about it and watch our video abstract: www.cell.com/current-biol...
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bluesky’s public launch was one year ago today
February 6, 2025 at 10:55 PM
bluesky’s public launch was one year ago today
@hankgreen.bsky.social on Bluesky: "It’s where the nerds are, and so, five years from now, it’s where everyone will be."
Lots of good stuff in the last Installer of 2024, including @hankgreen.bsky.social sharing his homescreen and his TRULY ALARMING number of unread text messages
A new and better way to control your smart home
In this week’s Installer: voice control, the fediverse, and AI phone hotlines.
www.theverge.com
December 23, 2024 at 2:04 PM
@hankgreen.bsky.social on Bluesky: "It’s where the nerds are, and so, five years from now, it’s where everyone will be."
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day 1 getting crows to eat raspberries
December 3, 2024 at 7:45 PM
day 1 getting crows to eat raspberries
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This is one of those videos that you could work on forever, but suddenly it felt very important to make it, so I finally did: www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8Pn...
Populism, Media Revolutions, and Our Terrible Moment
YouTube video by vlogbrothers
www.youtube.com
November 22, 2024 at 7:59 PM
This is one of those videos that you could work on forever, but suddenly it felt very important to make it, so I finally did: www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8Pn...
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I really enjoyed this interview with @vox.com about why I continue to be broadly in favor of humans.
www.vox.com/future-perfe...
www.vox.com/future-perfe...
John Green’s crusade to make the world “suck less”
Tuberculosis is still the world’s top killer. The author has a plan to fight back.
www.vox.com
November 21, 2024 at 4:54 PM
I really enjoyed this interview with @vox.com about why I continue to be broadly in favor of humans.
www.vox.com/future-perfe...
www.vox.com/future-perfe...
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I can't dwell on past egrets, I need to focus on the heron now.
October 24, 2024 at 10:20 PM
I can't dwell on past egrets, I need to focus on the heron now.
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Honestly, big shout out to the bordertown pair of Mexicali and Calexico...I doubt anyone in the world has done it better.
October 18, 2024 at 2:16 AM
Honestly, big shout out to the bordertown pair of Mexicali and Calexico...I doubt anyone in the world has done it better.
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My book Playing Possum: How Animals Understand Death is now available for preorder on @princetonupress.bsky.social's website! And it's pink! I bet you've never seen a pink book on death! Or a book on what animals think of death, for that matter! Aren't you intrigued?! Preorder and scratch that itch👇
Playing Possum
How animals conceive of death and dying—and what it can teach us about our own relationships with mortality
press.princeton.edu
August 5, 2024 at 1:21 PM
My book Playing Possum: How Animals Understand Death is now available for preorder on @princetonupress.bsky.social's website! And it's pink! I bet you've never seen a pink book on death! Or a book on what animals think of death, for that matter! Aren't you intrigued?! Preorder and scratch that itch👇
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Paco Calvo included my Playing Possum in his list of “best books to grasp (once and for all!) that we, humans, are not that special” 🤩
The best books to grasp that we, humans, are not that special
Paco Calvo shares the 5 best books on we, humans, are not that special. Have you read Playing Possum?
shepherd.com
June 24, 2024 at 7:53 AM
Paco Calvo included my Playing Possum in his list of “best books to grasp (once and for all!) that we, humans, are not that special” 🤩
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My book finally has a cover and I love it!!!
May 1, 2024 at 8:02 AM
My book finally has a cover and I love it!!!
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Frans de Waal’s passing is very sad and a huge loss for the field of animal behaviour 🙁
t.co/OYTz8YIT4J
t.co/OYTz8YIT4J
Emory primatologist Frans de Waal remembered for bringing apes ‘a little closer to humans’
Beginning with his groundbreaking 1982 book “Chimpanzee Politics,” Frans de Waal pioneered studies of primate cognition and shattered long-held ideas about what it means to be an animal — and a human.
t.co
March 17, 2024 at 5:12 PM
Frans de Waal’s passing is very sad and a huge loss for the field of animal behaviour 🙁
t.co/OYTz8YIT4J
t.co/OYTz8YIT4J
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Very sad to hear that primatologist Frans de Waal has left us. In his honour, we will remind you of some of our articles discussing his work.
March 17, 2024 at 8:33 AM
Very sad to hear that primatologist Frans de Waal has left us. In his honour, we will remind you of some of our articles discussing his work.