Rick
@bulepanda72.bsky.social
Primatologist living in Southeast Asia. Coexistence with primates in urban areas focused.
Author, Hearing Disabled, father, photographer.
Author, Hearing Disabled, father, photographer.
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📢 Calling all primatologists 📢
EFP2026 in Montpellier is now open for abstracts & registration!
🗓 Deadline for abstract : 13 March 2026 (before if mobility grant application)
Submit: www.alphavisa.com/efp/2026/abs...
Register: www.alphavisa.com/efp/2026/reg...
All abstracts will be accepted!
EFP2026 in Montpellier is now open for abstracts & registration!
🗓 Deadline for abstract : 13 March 2026 (before if mobility grant application)
Submit: www.alphavisa.com/efp/2026/abs...
Register: www.alphavisa.com/efp/2026/reg...
All abstracts will be accepted!
December 9, 2025 at 4:08 PM
📢 Calling all primatologists 📢
EFP2026 in Montpellier is now open for abstracts & registration!
🗓 Deadline for abstract : 13 March 2026 (before if mobility grant application)
Submit: www.alphavisa.com/efp/2026/abs...
Register: www.alphavisa.com/efp/2026/reg...
All abstracts will be accepted!
EFP2026 in Montpellier is now open for abstracts & registration!
🗓 Deadline for abstract : 13 March 2026 (before if mobility grant application)
Submit: www.alphavisa.com/efp/2026/abs...
Register: www.alphavisa.com/efp/2026/reg...
All abstracts will be accepted!
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Indonesia promises action on any mining permit violations as Sumatra floods toll at about 800 reut.rs/3Xzv9Oa
Indonesia promises action on any mining permit violations as Sumatra floods toll at about 800
Indonesia will revoke mining permits if companies are found to have violated rules on flood-ravaged Sumatra island, the energy minister said as questions intensified about the role of deforestation in worsening the deadly disaster.
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December 4, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Indonesia promises action on any mining permit violations as Sumatra floods toll at about 800 reut.rs/3Xzv9Oa
Ok, this trip ended on such a funny & light moment that it changed my whole mood. 😊❤️
youtu.be/G6l8MAaVt68
#vlog #jakarta #livingabroad #expat
youtu.be/G6l8MAaVt68
#vlog #jakarta #livingabroad #expat
How did I end up here? Mostly Lost: Season 1, Episode 0 PREVIEW
YouTube video by Rick Wood's Nature Aware
youtu.be
December 4, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Ok, this trip ended on such a funny & light moment that it changed my whole mood. 😊❤️
youtu.be/G6l8MAaVt68
#vlog #jakarta #livingabroad #expat
youtu.be/G6l8MAaVt68
#vlog #jakarta #livingabroad #expat
Here's am honorary Thanksgiving feast for you, sort of 😁
#eagles #ecology #salmon #Thanksgiving
youtube.com/shorts/AB3Qo...
#eagles #ecology #salmon #Thanksgiving
youtube.com/shorts/AB3Qo...
The Bald Eagle's Insane Salmon Feast
YouTube video by Rick Wood's Nature Aware
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November 27, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Here's am honorary Thanksgiving feast for you, sort of 😁
#eagles #ecology #salmon #Thanksgiving
youtube.com/shorts/AB3Qo...
#eagles #ecology #salmon #Thanksgiving
youtube.com/shorts/AB3Qo...
I saw a GREAT WHITE SHARK attack an elephant seal!
YouTube video by Rick Wood's Nature Aware
youtu.be
November 20, 2025 at 9:33 AM
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I am looking for an intern to support my PhD project on multimodal communication in common marmosets! 🐒🌞
Minimum commitment is 3 months full-time. Please note that this is an unpaid position and that remote options are not available. BSc and MSc students are welcome!🥰
@nccrlanguage.bsky.social
Minimum commitment is 3 months full-time. Please note that this is an unpaid position and that remote options are not available. BSc and MSc students are welcome!🥰
@nccrlanguage.bsky.social
November 17, 2025 at 12:07 PM
I am looking for an intern to support my PhD project on multimodal communication in common marmosets! 🐒🌞
Minimum commitment is 3 months full-time. Please note that this is an unpaid position and that remote options are not available. BSc and MSc students are welcome!🥰
@nccrlanguage.bsky.social
Minimum commitment is 3 months full-time. Please note that this is an unpaid position and that remote options are not available. BSc and MSc students are welcome!🥰
@nccrlanguage.bsky.social
Time for some jamu. Kunyit asem, my power booster 😁
November 19, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Time for some jamu. Kunyit asem, my power booster 😁
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Something no one prepares you for when you publish a book is how deeply moved you'll be when anyone tells you they've read it. I keep tearing up and making it really weird, sorry everyone
November 17, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Something no one prepares you for when you publish a book is how deeply moved you'll be when anyone tells you they've read it. I keep tearing up and making it really weird, sorry everyone
Not click bait. This is literally the most elusive wildlife I've ever tried to film 😁
youtu.be/PP_TbOzUpDU?...
youtu.be/PP_TbOzUpDU?...
The MOST Elusive Wildlife Creature I've ever searched for!
YouTube video by Rick Wood's Nature Aware
youtu.be
November 17, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Not click bait. This is literally the most elusive wildlife I've ever tried to film 😁
youtu.be/PP_TbOzUpDU?...
youtu.be/PP_TbOzUpDU?...
Berber dwelling in Matmata, Tunisia (2002) - on the set of Star Wars Episode 2.
November 17, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Berber dwelling in Matmata, Tunisia (2002) - on the set of Star Wars Episode 2.
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This is a great proposal for studying tool use.
I've been thinking about this for a long time, and when I came across it, I was hoping I would dislike it!
However, I believe that the "four categories of tool use" approach is the right way to study tool use.
Read it if you're interested in the topic
I've been thinking about this for a long time, and when I came across it, I was hoping I would dislike it!
However, I believe that the "four categories of tool use" approach is the right way to study tool use.
Read it if you're interested in the topic
Defining non-human #ToolUse remains contested, complicating scientific generalization & inspiring the concept of “tooling.” Our new 📄 @philscijournal.bsky.social proposes a synthetic framework to advance research on 🔧 use & tooling 👇 www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #philsci #cogsci #evosky #HPbio
November 15, 2025 at 10:49 AM
This is a great proposal for studying tool use.
I've been thinking about this for a long time, and when I came across it, I was hoping I would dislike it!
However, I believe that the "four categories of tool use" approach is the right way to study tool use.
Read it if you're interested in the topic
I've been thinking about this for a long time, and when I came across it, I was hoping I would dislike it!
However, I believe that the "four categories of tool use" approach is the right way to study tool use.
Read it if you're interested in the topic
I was 17 when I arrived at BASIC training. I was 18 during combat with the 101st Airborne.
At 53, I look back at the child I'd been. I lament not loving him then.
War is hell. Anyone who says differently is trying to sell you something.
At 53, I look back at the child I'd been. I lament not loving him then.
War is hell. Anyone who says differently is trying to sell you something.
November 11, 2025 at 11:18 PM
I was 17 when I arrived at BASIC training. I was 18 during combat with the 101st Airborne.
At 53, I look back at the child I'd been. I lament not loving him then.
War is hell. Anyone who says differently is trying to sell you something.
At 53, I look back at the child I'd been. I lament not loving him then.
War is hell. Anyone who says differently is trying to sell you something.
I filmed sea otters for a documentary a few years ago. This video is original footage, taken by me. In it, you'll see one of the most serene and absolutely adorable mum and pup sequences ever!
Check it out! Please share, if possible. Thank you so much!!
youtu.be/xb9lDBAWgI4
Check it out! Please share, if possible. Thank you so much!!
youtu.be/xb9lDBAWgI4
The Adorable Sea Otter Moms and Their Babies
YouTube video by Rick Wood's Nature Aware
youtu.be
November 11, 2025 at 8:39 AM
I filmed sea otters for a documentary a few years ago. This video is original footage, taken by me. In it, you'll see one of the most serene and absolutely adorable mum and pup sequences ever!
Check it out! Please share, if possible. Thank you so much!!
youtu.be/xb9lDBAWgI4
Check it out! Please share, if possible. Thank you so much!!
youtu.be/xb9lDBAWgI4
I'm working on a new book.
Understanding our place in the living world determines so much about our happiness, fulfillment, and calmness.
Understanding our place in the living world determines so much about our happiness, fulfillment, and calmness.
October 31, 2025 at 1:58 AM
I'm working on a new book.
Understanding our place in the living world determines so much about our happiness, fulfillment, and calmness.
Understanding our place in the living world determines so much about our happiness, fulfillment, and calmness.
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A call for mercy: Ban Wild-Caught Primate Trade
Stop the import of wild primates for the research and testing industries. Please sign & share
action.humaneworld.org/page/179952/...
Stop the import of wild primates for the research and testing industries. Please sign & share
action.humaneworld.org/page/179952/...
Canada must ban wild monkey imports
Urge Canadian lawmakers to ban the import and exploitation of wild primates for the research and testing industries.
action.humaneworld.org
October 27, 2025 at 7:04 PM
A call for mercy: Ban Wild-Caught Primate Trade
Stop the import of wild primates for the research and testing industries. Please sign & share
action.humaneworld.org/page/179952/...
Stop the import of wild primates for the research and testing industries. Please sign & share
action.humaneworld.org/page/179952/...
A throwback to the time when I was a handsome young fella. 😁🙈
October 22, 2025 at 1:47 AM
A throwback to the time when I was a handsome young fella. 😁🙈
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"In Indonesia, forested peatlands are being cleared, drained, planted with palms to feed the growing global demand for palm oil."
These forested peatlands are also prime habitat for orangutans.
Demand only #SUSTAINABLE #PalmOil to save #Orangutans!
undark.org/2025/10/21/p...
These forested peatlands are also prime habitat for orangutans.
Demand only #SUSTAINABLE #PalmOil to save #Orangutans!
undark.org/2025/10/21/p...
The Land That Stores Nearly a Third of the World's Carbon
Peatlands act as a crucial climate regulator, and are increasingly at the center of conflicts over resource extraction.
undark.org
October 21, 2025 at 11:46 AM
"In Indonesia, forested peatlands are being cleared, drained, planted with palms to feed the growing global demand for palm oil."
These forested peatlands are also prime habitat for orangutans.
Demand only #SUSTAINABLE #PalmOil to save #Orangutans!
undark.org/2025/10/21/p...
These forested peatlands are also prime habitat for orangutans.
Demand only #SUSTAINABLE #PalmOil to save #Orangutans!
undark.org/2025/10/21/p...
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Dramatic photos show construction equipment tearing into the East Wing façade and windows, though the federal agency that oversees such projects has not approved President Trump's 90,000-square-foot, $250 million ballroom. n.pr/48AUON2
The White House starts demolishing part of the East Wing to build Trump's ballroom
Dramatic photos show construction equipment tearing into the East Wing façade and windows, though the federal agency that oversees such projects has not approved President Trump's 90,000-square-foot, $250 million ballroom.
n.pr
October 21, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Dramatic photos show construction equipment tearing into the East Wing façade and windows, though the federal agency that oversees such projects has not approved President Trump's 90,000-square-foot, $250 million ballroom. n.pr/48AUON2
Showing my dear aunt from Germany the beauty of the rural areas outside of Jakarta.
October 18, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Showing my dear aunt from Germany the beauty of the rural areas outside of Jakarta.
I always see water monitor lizards when I'm doing observations on the long-tailed macaques. Fascinating creatures in their own right.
youtu.be/QzR6HpG7XMg
#reptiles #biodiversity #wildlife #lizards
youtu.be/QzR6HpG7XMg
#reptiles #biodiversity #wildlife #lizards
The Hidden Lives of Urban Monitor Lizards
YouTube video by Rick Wood's Nature Aware
youtu.be
October 14, 2025 at 5:27 AM
I always see water monitor lizards when I'm doing observations on the long-tailed macaques. Fascinating creatures in their own right.
youtu.be/QzR6HpG7XMg
#reptiles #biodiversity #wildlife #lizards
youtu.be/QzR6HpG7XMg
#reptiles #biodiversity #wildlife #lizards
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Respect to those who got here first.
October 13, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Respect to those who got here first.
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I think we really should stop using antifa and just fully say anti-fascist and get them saying they are against anti fascism. Using antifa is giving them some distance and I genuinely think some of their base don’t even know that’s what it stands for.
October 11, 2025 at 11:10 PM
I think we really should stop using antifa and just fully say anti-fascist and get them saying they are against anti fascism. Using antifa is giving them some distance and I genuinely think some of their base don’t even know that’s what it stands for.
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The latest Red List of endangered species ... now includes 172,620 species, of which 48,646 are threatened with extinction. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Now more than ever we must be the voices for nature.
Green turtle bounces back from brink in conservation 'win'
Once endangered due to hunting, it is making a strong recovery thanks to global conservation efforts.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 10, 2025 at 9:17 AM
The latest Red List of endangered species ... now includes 172,620 species, of which 48,646 are threatened with extinction. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Now more than ever we must be the voices for nature.
You know, to see everything happening in the States from afar, it becomes jarring. Never thought this would happen.
October 8, 2025 at 3:04 AM
You know, to see everything happening in the States from afar, it becomes jarring. Never thought this would happen.