Sebastien Moro
@cervelleoiseau.bsky.social
Vulgarisation scientifique orientée sur le comportement et la cognition animale.
SciComm on animal cognition and behavior.
Specialized in large reviews oO
http://cervelledoiseau.fr
https://youtube.com/cervelledoiseau
#Fish #Rats #Pigeons #FarmAnimals #Bee
SciComm on animal cognition and behavior.
Specialized in large reviews oO
http://cervelledoiseau.fr
https://youtube.com/cervelledoiseau
#Fish #Rats #Pigeons #FarmAnimals #Bee
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Des intelligences extraterrestres ... bien terrestres - Sébastien Moro-TEDx Arts Et Metiers Bordeaux
YouTube video by Cervelle d'oiseau
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For a fresh new start here, here is a TEDx Talk I gave a few months ago on animal intelligence.
It's in French but there are English subtitles :)
youtu.be/Eqm4ZF07xG0
#Ethology #AnimalBehavior #AnimalBehaviour
It's in French but there are English subtitles :)
youtu.be/Eqm4ZF07xG0
#Ethology #AnimalBehavior #AnimalBehaviour
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2025. Distress calls as social stressors affecting chicken welfare. (Biology Letters, in press) www.researchgate.net/publication/...
Distress calls as social stressors affecting chicken welfare | Request PDF
Request PDF | Distress calls as social stressors affecting chicken welfare | (in press; Biology Letters) Social signals about current environmental risks can shape development in young animals. Distre...
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November 29, 2025 at 4:30 AM
2025. Distress calls as social stressors affecting chicken welfare. (Biology Letters, in press) www.researchgate.net/publication/...
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Wondering if insects feel pain? Here's our critique of work that looked at this in bees. We were unconvinced of the evidence, and built a model to think through these issues.
Their response is published alongside and we'll have a response to that out soon.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Their response is published alongside and we'll have a response to that out soon.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Motivational trade-offs as evidence for sentience in bees: a critique
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November 25, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Wondering if insects feel pain? Here's our critique of work that looked at this in bees. We were unconvinced of the evidence, and built a model to think through these issues.
Their response is published alongside and we'll have a response to that out soon.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Their response is published alongside and we'll have a response to that out soon.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Searching for a Christmas gift? Songs, barks, roars, hoots, squeals, and growls: exploring the mysteries of how animals communicate by sound (2025 paperback edition).
press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
#bioacoustics #animals #language #voice #communication #sounds #behavior #biology
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#bioacoustics #animals #language #voice #communication #sounds #behavior #biology
The Voices of Nature
Songs, barks, roars, hoots, squeals, and growls: exploring the mysteries of how animals communicate by sound
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November 25, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Searching for a Christmas gift? Songs, barks, roars, hoots, squeals, and growls: exploring the mysteries of how animals communicate by sound (2025 paperback edition).
press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
#bioacoustics #animals #language #voice #communication #sounds #behavior #biology
press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
#bioacoustics #animals #language #voice #communication #sounds #behavior #biology
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2025. Emotional contexts influence vocal individuality in ungulates. by @ebriefer.bsky.social & team. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Emotional contexts influence vocal individuality in ungulates
For group-living animals, such as most ungulates, the ability to recognize members of one's social group is crucial. While vocalizations often carry c…
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November 27, 2025 at 3:19 AM
2025. Emotional contexts influence vocal individuality in ungulates. by @ebriefer.bsky.social & team. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Acute Stress in Female Adolescent Rats Increases Anxiety-like but not Depression-like Behaviors https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.11.20.689244v1
November 21, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Acute Stress in Female Adolescent Rats Increases Anxiety-like but not Depression-like Behaviors https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.11.20.689244v1
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Bees attend primarily to costs, not benefits, to avoid exploitation by floral mimics https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.11.20.689644v1
November 21, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Bees attend primarily to costs, not benefits, to avoid exploitation by floral mimics https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.11.20.689644v1
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Here's a novel idea for 2025 & beyond: Animal sciences conferences should require an #Ethics declaration with every abstract submitted for potential presentation. #ResearchIntegrity #AnimalEthics #HumanEthics
November 21, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Here's a novel idea for 2025 & beyond: Animal sciences conferences should require an #Ethics declaration with every abstract submitted for potential presentation. #ResearchIntegrity #AnimalEthics #HumanEthics
What a surprising conclusion :D
November 21, 2025 at 10:47 AM
What a surprising conclusion :D
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2025. Fatal Flaws are Ingrained in Laboratory Animal Research-But who cares? "we conducted a structured review of animal experiments published in North America and Europe in 2022... not even one followed the principles of rigorous experimental design." communities.springernature.com/posts/fatal-...
Fatal Flaws are Ingrained in Laboratory Animal Research - But who cares?
When we began looking closely at laboratory animal experiments, we found that despite the enormous time, cost, and care involved, studies had biased designs. The problem appeared systemic. We set out ...
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November 20, 2025 at 11:58 PM
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Social attraction mediates collective foraging decisions in invasive hornets https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.11.20.689504v1
November 21, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Social attraction mediates collective foraging decisions in invasive hornets https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.11.20.689504v1
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Loved this paper by @kristinandrews.bsky.social and Noam Miller. A very convincing argument for the function of consciousness.
The social origins of consciousness | Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
We present the social origins of consciousness hypothesis, according to which the
ability to coordinate with group members was the original adaptive function of consciousness.
We offer three arguments...
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November 18, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Loved this paper by @kristinandrews.bsky.social and Noam Miller. A very convincing argument for the function of consciousness.
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Still pushing my and @abigaildesmond.bsky.social’s term ‘fixel’ for tool-like fixed objects (incl. ropes, vines, anvils, scratching posts, etc.).
Using tools or fixels doesn’t mean any animal is ‘smarter’ than any other. It does tell us about how they perceive what matters in their world.
🏺🧪🛠️🐺🦀
Using tools or fixels doesn’t mean any animal is ‘smarter’ than any other. It does tell us about how they perceive what matters in their world.
🏺🧪🛠️🐺🦀
Have wild wolves learned to use tools?
Video captures a lone female pulling crab traps out of the water, but does it count as tool use?
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November 18, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Still pushing my and @abigaildesmond.bsky.social’s term ‘fixel’ for tool-like fixed objects (incl. ropes, vines, anvils, scratching posts, etc.).
Using tools or fixels doesn’t mean any animal is ‘smarter’ than any other. It does tell us about how they perceive what matters in their world.
🏺🧪🛠️🐺🦀
Using tools or fixels doesn’t mean any animal is ‘smarter’ than any other. It does tell us about how they perceive what matters in their world.
🏺🧪🛠️🐺🦀
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Hunger, displacement, or play? Object manipulation behaviour in Asian small-clawed otters (Aonyx cinereus) https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.11.14.688474v1
November 17, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Hunger, displacement, or play? Object manipulation behaviour in Asian small-clawed otters (Aonyx cinereus) https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.11.14.688474v1
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1/6 Self-awareness could be VERY ancient
In this review, Masanori Kohda argues that the ability to use a mirror to locate objects, which roosters and hens possess, requires the prior ability to recognize oneself.
(paper) royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
In this review, Masanori Kohda argues that the ability to use a mirror to locate objects, which roosters and hens possess, requires the prior ability to recognize oneself.
(paper) royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
November 15, 2025 at 6:03 PM
1/6 Self-awareness could be VERY ancient
In this review, Masanori Kohda argues that the ability to use a mirror to locate objects, which roosters and hens possess, requires the prior ability to recognize oneself.
(paper) royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
In this review, Masanori Kohda argues that the ability to use a mirror to locate objects, which roosters and hens possess, requires the prior ability to recognize oneself.
(paper) royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
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Do bees see nothing? Primates with damage to the visual cortex have no conscious visual experience, but display adaptive visual behaviour (a phenomenon called blindsight). Here I team up with two primate researchers to ask if bee vision could be similar to blindsight. www.cell.com/trends/cogni...
November 17, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Do bees see nothing? Primates with damage to the visual cortex have no conscious visual experience, but display adaptive visual behaviour (a phenomenon called blindsight). Here I team up with two primate researchers to ask if bee vision could be similar to blindsight. www.cell.com/trends/cogni...
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Joint attention biases dogs' memory towards object identity https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.11.14.687955v1
November 15, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Joint attention biases dogs' memory towards object identity https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.11.14.687955v1
Merci à toutes et à tous !
Si vous n'avez pas encore participé, il y a encore plein de paliers, et notamment plusieurs pour augmenter le nombre de pages, et donc de découvertes incroyables sur les rats !
Si vous n'avez pas encore participé, il y a encore plein de paliers, et notamment plusieurs pour augmenter le nombre de pages, et donc de découvertes incroyables sur les rats !
November 15, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Merci à toutes et à tous !
Si vous n'avez pas encore participé, il y a encore plein de paliers, et notamment plusieurs pour augmenter le nombre de pages, et donc de découvertes incroyables sur les rats !
Si vous n'avez pas encore participé, il y a encore plein de paliers, et notamment plusieurs pour augmenter le nombre de pages, et donc de découvertes incroyables sur les rats !
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🔥Il ne manque plus grand-chose pour que la toute première #BD scientifique dédiée aux #rats puisse voir le jour !
Le genre d'initiative indispensable pour atténuer les stéréotypes nuisibles sur ces individus si détestés et persécutés 🐀
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@cervelleoiseau.bsky.social
Le genre d'initiative indispensable pour atténuer les stéréotypes nuisibles sur ces individus si détestés et persécutés 🐀
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SCÉLÉRATS
L'intelligence des rats expliquée en bande dessinée !
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November 12, 2025 at 2:21 PM
🔥Il ne manque plus grand-chose pour que la toute première #BD scientifique dédiée aux #rats puisse voir le jour !
Le genre d'initiative indispensable pour atténuer les stéréotypes nuisibles sur ces individus si détestés et persécutés 🐀
fr.ulule.com/scelerats-mo...
@cervelleoiseau.bsky.social
Le genre d'initiative indispensable pour atténuer les stéréotypes nuisibles sur ces individus si détestés et persécutés 🐀
fr.ulule.com/scelerats-mo...
@cervelleoiseau.bsky.social
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Our new paper offers an explanation for the universal law that "under carefully controlled conditions.... an animal behaves as it damn well pleases." We explore how stochastic mechanisms may play an underappreciated role in generating individuality. (1/7 🧵)
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Playing dice with behavior: drivers of stochastic individuality
Animal behavior is often viewed as stemming from predictable genetic and environmental factors. However, despite our best attempts to control genetic …
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November 10, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Our new paper offers an explanation for the universal law that "under carefully controlled conditions.... an animal behaves as it damn well pleases." We explore how stochastic mechanisms may play an underappreciated role in generating individuality. (1/7 🧵)
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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1/7 Vocal mimicry, robots, and music
The ability to mimic sounds could be extremely common among corvids. Here, it has been found in 39 species (30%), but it is predicted that it could be present in around 82% of them.
(paper) link.springer.com/article/10.1...
The ability to mimic sounds could be extremely common among corvids. Here, it has been found in 39 species (30%), but it is predicted that it could be present in around 82% of them.
(paper) link.springer.com/article/10.1...
November 10, 2025 at 7:25 PM
1/7 Vocal mimicry, robots, and music
The ability to mimic sounds could be extremely common among corvids. Here, it has been found in 39 species (30%), but it is predicted that it could be present in around 82% of them.
(paper) link.springer.com/article/10.1...
The ability to mimic sounds could be extremely common among corvids. Here, it has been found in 39 species (30%), but it is predicted that it could be present in around 82% of them.
(paper) link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Alleeeeeez on y est presque ! ❤ ❤ Merci à vous toutes et tous 😃
November 10, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Alleeeeeez on y est presque ! ❤ ❤ Merci à vous toutes et tous 😃
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2025. How can we reform research ethics management to make it fit for purpose? journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
November 10, 2025 at 2:57 AM
2025. How can we reform research ethics management to make it fit for purpose? journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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3/3 The fact that they consume their entire prey (rather than caching it) suggests that this is a consequence of the typical desert food scarcity. It also indicates a degree of self-awareness, since it requires the cooperation of four crows, who must recognize their individual limitations.
November 7, 2025 at 7:56 PM
3/3 The fact that they consume their entire prey (rather than caching it) suggests that this is a consequence of the typical desert food scarcity. It also indicates a degree of self-awareness, since it requires the cooperation of four crows, who must recognize their individual limitations.
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1/3 Cooperative hunting in ravens
Brown-necked ravens (C. ruficollis) work together to prevent lizards (U. aegyptia) from entering and blocking their burrow by inflating their bodies using their pointed tails to obstruct the entrance.
(paper; 2010) link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Brown-necked ravens (C. ruficollis) work together to prevent lizards (U. aegyptia) from entering and blocking their burrow by inflating their bodies using their pointed tails to obstruct the entrance.
(paper; 2010) link.springer.com/article/10.1...
November 7, 2025 at 7:56 PM
1/3 Cooperative hunting in ravens
Brown-necked ravens (C. ruficollis) work together to prevent lizards (U. aegyptia) from entering and blocking their burrow by inflating their bodies using their pointed tails to obstruct the entrance.
(paper; 2010) link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Brown-necked ravens (C. ruficollis) work together to prevent lizards (U. aegyptia) from entering and blocking their burrow by inflating their bodies using their pointed tails to obstruct the entrance.
(paper; 2010) link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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The statistical fragility of animal cognition findings: a meta-meta-analytic reappraisal
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The statistical fragility of animal cognition findings: a meta-meta-analytic reappraisal
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November 7, 2025 at 6:05 AM
The statistical fragility of animal cognition findings: a meta-meta-analytic reappraisal
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