Sophie Cohen-Bodénès
@socobod.bsky.social
PhD in Cognitive Neuroscience #cuttlefish- Post Doc research associate in Sensory Neuroscience @ WashU 🐙🦑🐠#zebrafish #danionella
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Cuttlefish are endlessly impressive.
Octopuses tend to get most of the attention when people talk about intelligence in cephalopods, but there are signs cuttlefish can communicate by moving their arms into specific positions, a bit like dance moves 🧪🧵
www.scientificamerican.com/article/cutt...
Octopuses tend to get most of the attention when people talk about intelligence in cephalopods, but there are signs cuttlefish can communicate by moving their arms into specific positions, a bit like dance moves 🧪🧵
www.scientificamerican.com/article/cutt...
Cuttlefish May Communicate with Discolike Arm Gestures
Scientists identified four arm wave signals cuttlefish use: “up,” “side,” “roll” and “crown”
www.scientificamerican.com
Thank you so much @chrisnsimms.bsky.social for his wonderful and fun article paying a very beautiful and faithful tribute to our recent study on cuttlefish arm signs in @sciam.bsky.social !
Reposted by Sophie Cohen-Bodénès
Dr. Jane made an indelible mark on our understanding of chimpanzees and other species, and also of humankind and the environments we all share.
She inspired curiosity, hope, and compassion in countless people, and paved the way for many others.
#ThankYouJane #RememberingJane
Photo: Marko Zlousic
She inspired curiosity, hope, and compassion in countless people, and paved the way for many others.
#ThankYouJane #RememberingJane
Photo: Marko Zlousic
October 1, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Dr. Jane made an indelible mark on our understanding of chimpanzees and other species, and also of humankind and the environments we all share.
She inspired curiosity, hope, and compassion in countless people, and paved the way for many others.
#ThankYouJane #RememberingJane
Photo: Marko Zlousic
She inspired curiosity, hope, and compassion in countless people, and paved the way for many others.
#ThankYouJane #RememberingJane
Photo: Marko Zlousic
Such sad news 🥺. I encourage everyone to dive into the extraordinary and inspirational legacy, life and research of Jane Goodall who will forever serve as a role model for ethologists, animal lovers and nature conservationists both for her amazing achievements but also for her humanity.
Acclaimed conservationist and chimpanzee expert Jane Goodall has died, leaving behind a legacy of empathy for primates and the natural world
Jane Goodall, dogged advocate for the natural world, has died aged 91
www.newscientist.com
October 2, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Such sad news 🥺. I encourage everyone to dive into the extraordinary and inspirational legacy, life and research of Jane Goodall who will forever serve as a role model for ethologists, animal lovers and nature conservationists both for her amazing achievements but also for her humanity.
🤩Must Read!!! Amazing article by @chrisnsimms.bsky.social exploring so interestingly the current challenge of deciphering animal communication with IA - featuring the cuttlefish arm wave signs 🦑 - and other fascinating animals 🐬🦜🐋
There's been a lot of talk about being on the verge of cracking animal communication and, like Dr Dolittle, conversing with other species.
I dived into the research for @newscientist.com to find out how realistic that is. #science #language #communication 🧪🦑
www.newscientist.com/article/2492...
I dived into the research for @newscientist.com to find out how realistic that is. #science #language #communication 🧪🦑
www.newscientist.com/article/2492...
We will soon be able to talk with other species. Which will be first?
Scientists have long and studiously avoided claiming that other animals have language. Now, using the power of AI, they are on the verge of deciphering one
www.newscientist.com
August 27, 2025 at 11:01 PM
🤩Must Read!!! Amazing article by @chrisnsimms.bsky.social exploring so interestingly the current challenge of deciphering animal communication with IA - featuring the cuttlefish arm wave signs 🦑 - and other fascinating animals 🐬🦜🐋
Reposted by Sophie Cohen-Bodénès
Reposted by Sophie Cohen-Bodénès
They're here!! 😆🎉
Huge thanks to Jon Perelmuter and the Bass Lab at Cornell for sharing Danionella dracula fish with us 🐟
Looking forward to launching some exciting new research with these little fishies & @socobod.bsky.social
Huge thanks to Jon Perelmuter and the Bass Lab at Cornell for sharing Danionella dracula fish with us 🐟
Looking forward to launching some exciting new research with these little fishies & @socobod.bsky.social
May 20, 2025 at 5:04 PM
They're here!! 😆🎉
Huge thanks to Jon Perelmuter and the Bass Lab at Cornell for sharing Danionella dracula fish with us 🐟
Looking forward to launching some exciting new research with these little fishies & @socobod.bsky.social
Huge thanks to Jon Perelmuter and the Bass Lab at Cornell for sharing Danionella dracula fish with us 🐟
Looking forward to launching some exciting new research with these little fishies & @socobod.bsky.social
Happy World Bee Day #worldbeeday2025 🐝🐝🐝
Are these bumble bees playing with toys? | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
Are these bumble bees playing with toys? | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
Are these bumble bees playing with toys?
First example of insects seemingly having fun with objects adds to evidence for emotions
www.science.org
May 20, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Happy World Bee Day #worldbeeday2025 🐝🐝🐝
Are these bumble bees playing with toys? | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
Are these bumble bees playing with toys? | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
About as close to aliens as we’ll ever get.’ Can AI crack animal language? | Science | AAAS - Wonderful interview in Science about the coller dolittle prize 🐬🐦 🐒🦑where we talked about or cuttlefish study www.science.org/content/arti...
‘About as close to aliens as we’ll ever get.’ Can AI crack animal language?
Dolittle Prize recognizes breakthroughs in translating “speech” of dolphins, cuttlefish, and other creatures
www.science.org
May 15, 2025 at 11:33 PM
About as close to aliens as we’ll ever get.’ Can AI crack animal language? | Science | AAAS - Wonderful interview in Science about the coller dolittle prize 🐬🐦 🐒🦑where we talked about or cuttlefish study www.science.org/content/arti...
Reposted by Sophie Cohen-Bodénès
So cool.
Les seiches, qui sont déjà des animaux au sommet de la coolitude, auraient un langage des signes composé d'au moins quatre figures formées par leurs bras : haut ; côté ; roulé ; couronne.
Des travaux de Sophie Cohen-Bodénès et Peter Neri à l'ENS Paris.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Les seiches, qui sont déjà des animaux au sommet de la coolitude, auraient un langage des signes composé d'au moins quatre figures formées par leurs bras : haut ; côté ; roulé ; couronne.
Des travaux de Sophie Cohen-Bodénès et Peter Neri à l'ENS Paris.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Cuttlefish are endlessly impressive.
Octopuses tend to get most of the attention when people talk about intelligence in cephalopods, but there are signs cuttlefish can communicate by moving their arms into specific positions, a bit like dance moves 🧪🧵
www.scientificamerican.com/article/cutt...
Octopuses tend to get most of the attention when people talk about intelligence in cephalopods, but there are signs cuttlefish can communicate by moving their arms into specific positions, a bit like dance moves 🧪🧵
www.scientificamerican.com/article/cutt...
Cuttlefish May Communicate with Discolike Arm Gestures
Scientists identified four arm wave signals cuttlefish use: “up,” “side,” “roll” and “crown”
www.scientificamerican.com
May 6, 2025 at 12:23 PM
So cool.
Les seiches, qui sont déjà des animaux au sommet de la coolitude, auraient un langage des signes composé d'au moins quatre figures formées par leurs bras : haut ; côté ; roulé ; couronne.
Des travaux de Sophie Cohen-Bodénès et Peter Neri à l'ENS Paris.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Les seiches, qui sont déjà des animaux au sommet de la coolitude, auraient un langage des signes composé d'au moins quatre figures formées par leurs bras : haut ; côté ; roulé ; couronne.
Des travaux de Sophie Cohen-Bodénès et Peter Neri à l'ENS Paris.
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Watch cuttlefish communicate—with enthusiastic gestures | Science | AAAS @science.org www.science.org/content/arti...
Watch cuttlefish communicate—with enthusiastic gestures
By moving their arms, these smart cephalopods seem to send signals via visual cues and pressure waves
www.science.org
May 9, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Watch cuttlefish communicate—with enthusiastic gestures | Science | AAAS @science.org www.science.org/content/arti...
Wonderful presentation and highlight our preprint in Science
@science.org So grateful to @nerdychristie.bsky.social
🤩🦑🐙- The video shows our cuttlefish Osiris doing the Up sign
@science.org So grateful to @nerdychristie.bsky.social
🤩🦑🐙- The video shows our cuttlefish Osiris doing the Up sign
People sometimes say hello by raising an arm—cuttlefish may raise a pair or two (which kind of makes sense, given they have so many). That story and more of the best from @science.org and science in this edition of #ScienceAdviser: www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪
May 9, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Wonderful presentation and highlight our preprint in Science
@science.org So grateful to @nerdychristie.bsky.social
🤩🦑🐙- The video shows our cuttlefish Osiris doing the Up sign
@science.org So grateful to @nerdychristie.bsky.social
🤩🦑🐙- The video shows our cuttlefish Osiris doing the Up sign
So grateful for the great article on our cuttlefish arm wave sign study in Gizmodo with a super cool focus on how AI could help us to decipher the meaning of the signs :) @gizmodo.com
Cuttlefish Seem to 'Wave' at Each Other, but What They're Saying Is Still a Mystery https://gizmodo.com/cuttlefish-seem-to-wave-at-each-other-but-what-theyre-saying-is-still-a-mystery-2000598074
Cuttlefish Seem to 'Wave' at Each Other, but What They're Saying Is Still a Mystery
A cute observation in the cephalopods' behavior indicates they also react to sound waves, a notion that will soon be tested with a machine learning approach.
gizmodo.com
May 6, 2025 at 12:29 AM
So grateful for the great article on our cuttlefish arm wave sign study in Gizmodo with a super cool focus on how AI could help us to decipher the meaning of the signs :) @gizmodo.com
Thank you so much @chrisnsimms.bsky.social for his wonderful and fun article paying a very beautiful and faithful tribute to our recent study on cuttlefish arm signs in @sciam.bsky.social !
Cuttlefish are endlessly impressive.
Octopuses tend to get most of the attention when people talk about intelligence in cephalopods, but there are signs cuttlefish can communicate by moving their arms into specific positions, a bit like dance moves 🧪🧵
www.scientificamerican.com/article/cutt...
Octopuses tend to get most of the attention when people talk about intelligence in cephalopods, but there are signs cuttlefish can communicate by moving their arms into specific positions, a bit like dance moves 🧪🧵
www.scientificamerican.com/article/cutt...
Cuttlefish May Communicate with Discolike Arm Gestures
Scientists identified four arm wave signals cuttlefish use: “up,” “side,” “roll” and “crown”
www.scientificamerican.com
May 5, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Thank you so much @chrisnsimms.bsky.social for his wonderful and fun article paying a very beautiful and faithful tribute to our recent study on cuttlefish arm signs in @sciam.bsky.social !
Thank you so much at Olivia Ferrari @oliviaferrari.bsky.social for her wonderful article about our recent finding on Cuttlefish arm wave sign communication ! Read here to learn more about the story behind the scene ->
Cuttlefish may "wave" at each other with their tentacles to communicate
www.livescience.com/animals/moll...
www.livescience.com/animals/moll...
Watch cuttlefish 'waving' at each other in what scientists think might be communication
Cuttlefish flash patterns and colors on their skin to communicate, and they may wave their tentacles to send visual and vibrational signals, scientists hypothesize.
www.livescience.com
May 2, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Thank you so much at Olivia Ferrari @oliviaferrari.bsky.social for her wonderful article about our recent finding on Cuttlefish arm wave sign communication ! Read here to learn more about the story behind the scene ->
Listen to the first sounds ever known to be made by sharks | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
Listen to the first sounds ever known to be made by sharks
What, if anything, this chittering means remains a mystery
www.science.org
March 28, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Listen to the first sounds ever known to be made by sharks | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
Reposted by Sophie Cohen-Bodénès
Go behind the scenes at @hhmijanelia.bsky.social, where #scientists built a custom recording studio to study fruit fly courtship songs.
March 11, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Go behind the scenes at @hhmijanelia.bsky.social, where #scientists built a custom recording studio to study fruit fly courtship songs.
Our JEB #cuttlefish paper is now free and open access :) Along with Peter Neri we developped a new method with PCA and machine learning to decode and analyse cuttlefish patterning dynamics 🦑
journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
State-dependent dynamics of cuttlefish mantle activity
Summary: Novel tools for analyzing skin pattern dynamics can be applied in the detection of changes in cuttlefish mantle activity that depend on feeding state, and not on sensory stimulation.
journals.biologists.com
January 24, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Our JEB #cuttlefish paper is now free and open access :) Along with Peter Neri we developped a new method with PCA and machine learning to decode and analyse cuttlefish patterning dynamics 🦑
journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...