KE Cain
@kecain.bsky.social
Integrative biologist. Ultimate player. Weirdo. @ke_cain in the Bad Place.
Check it animal behavior peeps in the Australasian region.
Exciting news! We can now confirm our incredible plenaries and workshops. We are also announcing a photography and art competition. There is still time to get for Early Bird Registration. Deadline is Friday 16 May.
All the details are available on the conference website www.assab.org/assab-2025
All the details are available on the conference website www.assab.org/assab-2025
ASSAB 2025 Conference
www.assab.org
May 15, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Check it animal behavior peeps in the Australasian region.
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Exciting news! We can now confirm our incredible plenaries and workshops. We are also announcing a photography and art competition. There is still time to get for Early Bird Registration. Deadline is Friday 16 May.
All the details are available on the conference website www.assab.org/assab-2025
All the details are available on the conference website www.assab.org/assab-2025
ASSAB 2025 Conference
www.assab.org
May 15, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Exciting news! We can now confirm our incredible plenaries and workshops. We are also announcing a photography and art competition. There is still time to get for Early Bird Registration. Deadline is Friday 16 May.
All the details are available on the conference website www.assab.org/assab-2025
All the details are available on the conference website www.assab.org/assab-2025
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Reminder: Tomorrow (14 May) is the last day for submitting abstracts to #ASSAB2025
See you all in Armidale!
See you all in Armidale!
We are extending the deadline for submitting abstracts to Wednesday, the 14th of May, and the early bird registration to Friday, the 16th of May. #ASSAB2025
Check out our website for more updates: www.assab.org/assab-2025
Check out our website for more updates: www.assab.org/assab-2025
May 13, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Reminder: Tomorrow (14 May) is the last day for submitting abstracts to #ASSAB2025
See you all in Armidale!
See you all in Armidale!
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My sabbatical this semester is focused on finishing projects that have languished. This study was completed in 2017! We tested how different interactions with humans affect CORT levels in budgerigars, including whether stress transmits socially between neighbors - www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
The effects of human presence, restraint, and stressed neighbors on corticosterone levels in domesticated budgerigars (Melopsittacus undulatus)
Limiting stress during interactions between captive animals and humans is important for effective husbandry. One physiological change during the vertebrate stress response is the release of glucocorti...
www.biorxiv.org
February 13, 2025 at 1:24 PM
My sabbatical this semester is focused on finishing projects that have languished. This study was completed in 2017! We tested how different interactions with humans affect CORT levels in budgerigars, including whether stress transmits socially between neighbors - www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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The illustrated ‘Just So’ series in @nzgeo.bsky.social is a total delight! The very talented @rebekahwhite.bsky.social and Giselle Clarke have outdone themselves with their piece on memory in the December issue It even features my favourite old (toutouwai) guy Spark! www.nzgeo.com/stories/forg...
Forget me not
If our memories make us who we are, what’s it like to have a different type of memory entirely? What can animals remember? Do goldfish have a memory longer than three seconds? And can plants remember ...
www.nzgeo.com
January 16, 2025 at 1:56 AM
The illustrated ‘Just So’ series in @nzgeo.bsky.social is a total delight! The very talented @rebekahwhite.bsky.social and Giselle Clarke have outdone themselves with their piece on memory in the December issue It even features my favourite old (toutouwai) guy Spark! www.nzgeo.com/stories/forg...
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I'm building a Starter Pack of Early Career Evolutionary Biologists. It's hard to gather usernames using the search tool. Please add your name to this thread if you want to be added!
November 17, 2024 at 3:19 PM
I'm building a Starter Pack of Early Career Evolutionary Biologists. It's hard to gather usernames using the search tool. Please add your name to this thread if you want to be added!
Omg. I didn’t know how much I needed this.
The Anatomy of a Borb.
By fluffing up their feathers, they trap tiny pockets of air close to their bodies, which acts as insulation. Helping them regulate their temperature.
By fluffing up their feathers, they trap tiny pockets of air close to their bodies, which acts as insulation. Helping them regulate their temperature.
November 13, 2024 at 7:46 AM
Omg. I didn’t know how much I needed this.
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How about a great big cup of Eat My Nuts, Jeff Bezos?
https://www.effinbirds.com/collections/eat-my-nuts-jeff-bezos-collection
https://www.effinbirds.com/collections/eat-my-nuts-jeff-bezos-collection
October 29, 2024 at 12:13 PM
How about a great big cup of Eat My Nuts, Jeff Bezos?
https://www.effinbirds.com/collections/eat-my-nuts-jeff-bezos-collection
https://www.effinbirds.com/collections/eat-my-nuts-jeff-bezos-collection
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I'm hiring a post-doc! Come work with me on emperor penguins using SAR imagery - UC is a great place to work and New Zealand is even better than all the advertisements you've ever seen.
🧪🌍🦑🦉
jobs.canterbury.ac.nz/jobdetails/a...
🧪🌍🦑🦉
jobs.canterbury.ac.nz/jobdetails/a...
Resarch Associate/Post-Doctoral Fellow -
University of Canterbury | Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha
jobs.canterbury.ac.nz
October 30, 2024 at 3:32 AM
I'm hiring a post-doc! Come work with me on emperor penguins using SAR imagery - UC is a great place to work and New Zealand is even better than all the advertisements you've ever seen.
🧪🌍🦑🦉
jobs.canterbury.ac.nz/jobdetails/a...
🧪🌍🦑🦉
jobs.canterbury.ac.nz/jobdetails/a...
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Boosting this! I’m still recruiting for two positions!
The BEAST Lab (Biodiversity & Environments Across Space & Time) is looking to recruit 2 #graduate #students for Fall, 2024:
1. MS Position: Systems Approaches to Understanding the New Arctic
2. MS or PhD Position
Learn more from @jacquelyngill.bsky.social
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
1. MS Position: Systems Approaches to Understanding the New Arctic
2. MS or PhD Position
Learn more from @jacquelyngill.bsky.social
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
BEAST Lab: Funded Positions
docs.google.com
May 18, 2024 at 7:36 PM
Boosting this! I’m still recruiting for two positions!
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Apropos of nothing in particular, if you happen to live in Texas…
December 9, 2023 at 8:56 PM
Apropos of nothing in particular, if you happen to live in Texas…
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Me, An Old, in my environmental law class: y’all don’t understand, we heard about acid rain ALL THE TIME as kids. The fact that we’ve nearly eradicated it is amazing.
My gen z classmates: what’s acid rain
Me: EXACTLY
My gen z classmates: what’s acid rain
Me: EXACTLY
The other day I was like “you know something we heard a lot about as kids was acid rain, why don’t we hear about it anymore”
TURNS OUT we fixed it???
TURNS OUT we fixed it???
We! fixed! acid! rain! And we can fix climate change 🧪 www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...
November 6, 2023 at 12:39 PM
Me, An Old, in my environmental law class: y’all don’t understand, we heard about acid rain ALL THE TIME as kids. The fact that we’ve nearly eradicated it is amazing.
My gen z classmates: what’s acid rain
Me: EXACTLY
My gen z classmates: what’s acid rain
Me: EXACTLY
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Ngā mihi nui ki a Dr Cain @kecain.bsky.social at the University of Auckland @aucklanduni.bsky.social, who has a #MarsdenFund grant to investigate how sleep disruption impairs vocal learning in young birds!
🐦💤🎶
#birds #sleep #learning
www.royalsociety.org.nz/what-we-do/f...
🐦💤🎶
#birds #sleep #learning
www.royalsociety.org.nz/what-we-do/f...
November 6, 2023 at 11:29 PM
Ngā mihi nui ki a Dr Cain @kecain.bsky.social at the University of Auckland @aucklanduni.bsky.social, who has a #MarsdenFund grant to investigate how sleep disruption impairs vocal learning in young birds!
🐦💤🎶
#birds #sleep #learning
www.royalsociety.org.nz/what-we-do/f...
🐦💤🎶
#birds #sleep #learning
www.royalsociety.org.nz/what-we-do/f...
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The speaker shenanigans are happening because y’all laughed too hard at Britain and the lettuce last year
October 24, 2023 at 9:06 PM
The speaker shenanigans are happening because y’all laughed too hard at Britain and the lettuce last year
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If only some system existed for informing the public would highlight this instead of transcribing claims about lawless cities.
October 22, 2023 at 5:28 PM
If only some system existed for informing the public would highlight this instead of transcribing claims about lawless cities.
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So proud of this wonderful ecology & animal behaviour bunch - coming out with a PhD is hard enough, doing it through Covid times shows how strong & resilient these women are. Fabulous to celebrate with them yesterday at UOA graduation. 🌏🧪 Projects on myna vocalisations, feral cats & pūkekos
September 20, 2023 at 1:38 AM
So proud of this wonderful ecology & animal behaviour bunch - coming out with a PhD is hard enough, doing it through Covid times shows how strong & resilient these women are. Fabulous to celebrate with them yesterday at UOA graduation. 🌏🧪 Projects on myna vocalisations, feral cats & pūkekos
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My sister just sent me this picture. I teach study design today. Yes, this just got added to my slides. #Episky
September 26, 2023 at 5:45 PM
My sister just sent me this picture. I teach study design today. Yes, this just got added to my slides. #Episky
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