Matteo Santon
@matteosanton.bsky.social
Marie Curie Fellow 🐙 Vis ecology | Mar Bio | Stats 🦀
Fish | Cephalopods | Crustaceans 🐡 Scuba diving & photography
Fish | Cephalopods | Crustaceans 🐡 Scuba diving & photography
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Matteo Santon
@matteosanton.bsky.social
· Mar 27
In our latest paper, we describe how the passing-stripe hunting display of the broadclub cuttlefish camouflages the hunting predator during the final moments of the attack.
Read more here www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Read more here www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
@drmartinjhow.bsky.social @jtroscianko.bsky.social @bristolbiosci.bsky.social
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Reposting for the Monday morning scrollers! Funded PhD opportunity with me @multipleye-lab.bsky.social @bristolbiosci.bsky.social - spiders, their eyes, and their babies under long- and short-term light pollution!
Exciting times ahead - I'm beyond delighted to be joining @bristolbiosci.bsky.social in 2026! 🎉🕷️🎉🐌🎉
I'm also looking for a PhD student to join @multipleye-lab.bsky.social in our new home! Come and study the effects of light pollution on the evolution and development of spider eyes with us 🌃🕷️👀 👇
I'm also looking for a PhD student to join @multipleye-lab.bsky.social in our new home! Come and study the effects of light pollution on the evolution and development of spider eyes with us 🌃🕷️👀 👇
October 20, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Reposting for the Monday morning scrollers! Funded PhD opportunity with me @multipleye-lab.bsky.social @bristolbiosci.bsky.social - spiders, their eyes, and their babies under long- and short-term light pollution!
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🐠💥2 year postdoc in fish sensory ecology!! 💥🐟
If you’re into animal colour, collective behaviour, predator-prey interactions, enjoy behavioural experiments and fieldwork, please apply! Based in Oxford with fieldwork in northwest Thailand (and elsewhere). Please repost! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNM294/p...
If you’re into animal colour, collective behaviour, predator-prey interactions, enjoy behavioural experiments and fieldwork, please apply! Based in Oxford with fieldwork in northwest Thailand (and elsewhere). Please repost! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNM294/p...
June 13, 2025 at 6:50 AM
🐠💥2 year postdoc in fish sensory ecology!! 💥🐟
If you’re into animal colour, collective behaviour, predator-prey interactions, enjoy behavioural experiments and fieldwork, please apply! Based in Oxford with fieldwork in northwest Thailand (and elsewhere). Please repost! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNM294/p...
If you’re into animal colour, collective behaviour, predator-prey interactions, enjoy behavioural experiments and fieldwork, please apply! Based in Oxford with fieldwork in northwest Thailand (and elsewhere). Please repost! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNM294/p...
Our study published in Ecology was recently mentioned in the latest issue of Science.
April 6, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Our study published in Ecology was recently mentioned in the latest issue of Science.
Science magazine on our latest work!
With its UFO-like display, the cuttlefish may look like it’s trying to get attention—but its intent is anything but.
The undulating black stripes confuse prey, making the creatures all but invisible to crabs and other victims: scim.ag/3FVL43z
The undulating black stripes confuse prey, making the creatures all but invisible to crabs and other victims: scim.ag/3FVL43z
April 5, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Science magazine on our latest work!
In our latest paper, we describe how the passing-stripe hunting display of the broadclub cuttlefish camouflages the hunting predator during the final moments of the attack.
Read more here www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
@drmartinjhow.bsky.social @jtroscianko.bsky.social @bristolbiosci.bsky.social
Read more here www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
@drmartinjhow.bsky.social @jtroscianko.bsky.social @bristolbiosci.bsky.social
March 27, 2025 at 5:31 PM
In our latest paper, we describe how the passing-stripe hunting display of the broadclub cuttlefish camouflages the hunting predator during the final moments of the attack.
Read more here www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
@drmartinjhow.bsky.social @jtroscianko.bsky.social @bristolbiosci.bsky.social
Read more here www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
@drmartinjhow.bsky.social @jtroscianko.bsky.social @bristolbiosci.bsky.social
Great @nytimes.com article on our latest cuttlefish study. Watch this space for more cuttlefish science soon!
@ecologyofvision.bsky.social @bristolbiosci.bsky.social @drmartinjhow.bsky.social @vancedberg.bsky.social
@ecologyofvision.bsky.social @bristolbiosci.bsky.social @drmartinjhow.bsky.social @vancedberg.bsky.social
What a Crab Sees Before It Gets Eaten by a Cuttlefish (Gift Article)
Cuttlefish use visual tricks to avoid being eaten. New research shows how they deploy similar camouflage to bamboozle their prey.
www.nytimes.com
March 5, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Great @nytimes.com article on our latest cuttlefish study. Watch this space for more cuttlefish science soon!
@ecologyofvision.bsky.social @bristolbiosci.bsky.social @drmartinjhow.bsky.social @vancedberg.bsky.social
@ecologyofvision.bsky.social @bristolbiosci.bsky.social @drmartinjhow.bsky.social @vancedberg.bsky.social
New issue of Ecology chose one of my pictures as cover image. Amazing to see hunting broadclub on the cover!!
@drmartinjhow.bsky.social @bristolbiosci.bsky.social @ecologyofvision.bsky.social
@drmartinjhow.bsky.social @bristolbiosci.bsky.social @ecologyofvision.bsky.social
Cover Image
COVER PHOTO: A broadclub cuttlefish (Sepia latimanus) passes dark stripes downward over its head while approaching prey in the waters off Kri Island (Raja Ampat, Indonesia). By observing this species...
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
March 3, 2025 at 2:42 PM
New issue of Ecology chose one of my pictures as cover image. Amazing to see hunting broadclub on the cover!!
@drmartinjhow.bsky.social @bristolbiosci.bsky.social @ecologyofvision.bsky.social
@drmartinjhow.bsky.social @bristolbiosci.bsky.social @ecologyofvision.bsky.social
@newscientist.com article on our latest work on broadclub cuttlefish.
@drmartinjhow.bsky.social @vancedberg.bsky.social @ecologyofvision.bsky.social @bristolbiosci.bsky.social
@drmartinjhow.bsky.social @vancedberg.bsky.social @ecologyofvision.bsky.social @bristolbiosci.bsky.social
In new video footage, cuttlefish show off their dazzling camouflage techniques, such as creating stripes that move over their bodies or mimicking non-threatening objects
Watch a cuttlefish transform into a leaf and a coral to hunt its prey
In new video footage, cuttlefish show off their dazzling camouflage techniques, such as creating stripes that move over their bodies or mimicking non-threatening objects
www.newscientist.com
February 23, 2025 at 8:45 AM
@newscientist.com article on our latest work on broadclub cuttlefish.
@drmartinjhow.bsky.social @vancedberg.bsky.social @ecologyofvision.bsky.social @bristolbiosci.bsky.social
@drmartinjhow.bsky.social @vancedberg.bsky.social @ecologyofvision.bsky.social @bristolbiosci.bsky.social
First paper out on this incredible study system! We describe the remarkably different hunting displays used by the broadclub cuttlefish in the wild.
Paper: dx.doi.org/10.1002/ecy....
Stay tuned for more!!
@drmartinjhow.bsky.social @vancedberg.bsky.social @ecologyofvision.bsky.social
Paper: dx.doi.org/10.1002/ecy....
Stay tuned for more!!
@drmartinjhow.bsky.social @vancedberg.bsky.social @ecologyofvision.bsky.social
February 19, 2025 at 9:16 AM
First paper out on this incredible study system! We describe the remarkably different hunting displays used by the broadclub cuttlefish in the wild.
Paper: dx.doi.org/10.1002/ecy....
Stay tuned for more!!
@drmartinjhow.bsky.social @vancedberg.bsky.social @ecologyofvision.bsky.social
Paper: dx.doi.org/10.1002/ecy....
Stay tuned for more!!
@drmartinjhow.bsky.social @vancedberg.bsky.social @ecologyofvision.bsky.social
Reposted by Matteo Santon
Our latest paper on the jump kinematics and choreography in the Oz Splendid Peacock spider. We filmed & analysed locomotory jumps in male & female spiders. The males are incredibly light - measuring just 2mg - and oh they can jump! Videos in the thread. Open Access - read here: tinyurl.com/4bnpz9tz
February 12, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Our latest paper on the jump kinematics and choreography in the Oz Splendid Peacock spider. We filmed & analysed locomotory jumps in male & female spiders. The males are incredibly light - measuring just 2mg - and oh they can jump! Videos in the thread. Open Access - read here: tinyurl.com/4bnpz9tz
Reposted by Matteo Santon
Did you know some single-cell dinoflagellates have a lens eye? Anders Garm at the University of Copenhagen is recruiting a postdoc to help find out why. Check out the advertisement, below 🧪
candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI...
photo: Franz Neidl
candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI...
photo: Franz Neidl
February 3, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Did you know some single-cell dinoflagellates have a lens eye? Anders Garm at the University of Copenhagen is recruiting a postdoc to help find out why. Check out the advertisement, below 🧪
candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI...
photo: Franz Neidl
candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI...
photo: Franz Neidl
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Hyperspectral Imager paper out! High sensitivity UV to nearIR, full-field panoramas, radiance & reflectance, runs from a smartphone. Build the system for about $450 from 3D printed parts & off-the-shelf components.
Paper: doi.org/10.1186/s129...
Intro video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9q8l...
Paper: doi.org/10.1186/s129...
Intro video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9q8l...
Hyperspectral Open Source Imager (HOSI) introduction
YouTube video by Jolyon Troscianko
www.youtube.com
January 8, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Hyperspectral Imager paper out! High sensitivity UV to nearIR, full-field panoramas, radiance & reflectance, runs from a smartphone. Build the system for about $450 from 3D printed parts & off-the-shelf components.
Paper: doi.org/10.1186/s129...
Intro video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9q8l...
Paper: doi.org/10.1186/s129...
Intro video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9q8l...
Reposted by Matteo Santon
With 12 photoreceptor classes, mantis shrimps have highly complex eyes. A study from Justin Marshall's lab shows behavioral evidence for color opponency, shedding light on visual processing in these eyes.
journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
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@jexpbiol.bsky.social
Photo credit: Roy Caldwell
journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
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@jexpbiol.bsky.social
Photo credit: Roy Caldwell
January 4, 2025 at 7:00 PM
With 12 photoreceptor classes, mantis shrimps have highly complex eyes. A study from Justin Marshall's lab shows behavioral evidence for color opponency, shedding light on visual processing in these eyes.
journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
🧠 🧪
@jexpbiol.bsky.social
Photo credit: Roy Caldwell
journals.biologists.com/jeb/article/...
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@jexpbiol.bsky.social
Photo credit: Roy Caldwell