What are we even doing, really?

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New paper out! 🚨
We describe pre- & post-nursing behaviors in humpback whale mother–calf pairs from a unique dual-tag dataset: one tag on the mother, one on the calf.
It’s a rare look underwater at interactions we can’t see from the surface. 🌊 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

I love the contrast between the images and the words of the president’s special adviser in this interview. And he’s quoting de Gaulle to say the president won’t step down; in a former French colony, led by a president with French nationality. The irony. #FreeMadagascar

Si un·e camarade sur place ou qui connaît bien #Madagascar veut proposer un article/itw pour #AlternativeLibertaire en 6k ou 12k signe (si possible avec illu) : journal@communisteslibertaires.org + contacts@communisteslibertaires.org
@rmaevatiana.bsky.social @nil-rahola.bsky.social

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Hard to ignore how much “law enforcement” is deployed in the mornings in front of peaceful protesters in #Madagascar. Tear gas launched within minutes, even armored vehicles on site.

But then, come evening, when looting breaks out, they vanish.

#LeoDelestage #GenZ

Law enforcement deployed in Madagascar under the excuse of stopping a “minority seeking chaos.”
Tear gas & gun in the streets. Pure intimidation.
People are tired of power cuts, no water, corruption, and insecurity, all from failed governance.
Nothing is fine. The world must know.
#Leodelestage

I’ll be at the International Primatological Society Congress in Tana in a few days! 🐒
Happy to chat with anyone who's around. Come say hi! 😄

Hot off the press 📣: one of the most surprising and unsettling findings of my PhD. A novel social tradition emerged in the tool-using white-faced capuchins of Jicarón island… abducting and carrying the infants of another species. Thread with gifs, videos, and all the bizarre details 👇

🚨 Out this week in @pnas.org 🚨
The flagship paper from my PhD @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social @livingingroups.bsky.social - We show surprising statistical similarities in animal behaviour across states, individuals, and even species.
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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(1/7) 🐋 Remember those humpback calf-perspective videos I used to share? Super cool, but they only showed what the calf’s camera could catch.
What if we could zoom out and see the whole scene?

Most diving mammals must work against their buoyancy until they reach a depth where they are neutrally buoyant, but not adult baleen whales. They use their laryngeal sac filled with air to adjust their buoyancy to remain suspended effortlessly at any depth
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🐋 Moms float different 🐋
In our new @jexpbiol.bsky.social paper, we explore buoyancy control in humpback whales. Mothers seem to actively manage it; calves don't.
#MarMam

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And really proud to see our work being featured in Scientific American.
www.scientificamerican.com/article/baby...

Our latest paper is out in Proceedings of the Royal Society B 📄! We investigated the behavioral context of social calls in humpback whale calves. royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

Had a great time presenting some of our most exciting findings on the vocal behavior of humpback whale calves at the #SMM2024! Stay tuned. A paper is on the way! #Perth #Australia

Our latest article in Marine Mammal Science! We provide further insights on the time budget and behavioral synchrony of humpback whale mother-calf pairs on their breeding ground. Full-text > onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Successfully defended my Ph.D. thesis (Uni Paris-Saclay and Uni Antananarivo) on 08/11/2023! The conclusion of a memorable journey with the best thesis supervisors in the world, Isabelle Charrier, Olivier Adam, Aristide Andrianarimisa, and Chloe Huetz!

#HiSciSky #AcademicSky!
Finaly decided to join. I am a PhD candidate working on the #behavior and #acoustic communication in humpback whales (one month to go!). I study mother-calf interactions using #biologging techniques.