Niharika Marella
@mniharika.bsky.social
MSc Animal Behaviour graduate from University of St. Andrews. Interested in large carnivore ecology, behavioural biology, conservation, human-animal interactions and co-existence. Crazy about canines and felines. Photography enthusiast.
I just returned from a visit to Gir National Park, my favourite place in the world, and the last home of the Asiatic Lion. We were blessed with incredible sightings, and here are a few photos from the trip! I'll likely post more as well as I process and edit the photos!
#wildlife #photography
#wildlife #photography
January 6, 2025 at 5:22 PM
I just returned from a visit to Gir National Park, my favourite place in the world, and the last home of the Asiatic Lion. We were blessed with incredible sightings, and here are a few photos from the trip! I'll likely post more as well as I process and edit the photos!
#wildlife #photography
#wildlife #photography
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Update from Saadani Lion Project: After 100 days of intense fieldwork, we wrapped up the SECR population estimation survey for 🦁 in Saadani NP. Besides getting to see these unique and shy🦁, I am extremely intrigued with how frequently they hunt big prey like🦒🐃 #mammals 🦊
CW: Predation📸
CW: Predation📸
December 8, 2024 at 10:21 PM
Update from Saadani Lion Project: After 100 days of intense fieldwork, we wrapped up the SECR population estimation survey for 🦁 in Saadani NP. Besides getting to see these unique and shy🦁, I am extremely intrigued with how frequently they hunt big prey like🦒🐃 #mammals 🦊
CW: Predation📸
CW: Predation📸
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Hello new followers 👋🏼 Just chiming in from our fieldsite in Saadani NP, Tanzania. We are wrapping up our lion population survey and guess what? Sorting lion-id photos have never come with a better view 🤩 #AcademicSky #Fieldwork #mammals
November 24, 2024 at 3:13 PM
Hello new followers 👋🏼 Just chiming in from our fieldsite in Saadani NP, Tanzania. We are wrapping up our lion population survey and guess what? Sorting lion-id photos have never come with a better view 🤩 #AcademicSky #Fieldwork #mammals
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If you’re an R user: www.r-causal.org/chapters/05-...
5 Expressing causal questions as DAGs – Causal Inference in R
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November 25, 2024 at 12:13 AM
If you’re an R user: www.r-causal.org/chapters/05-...
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Hiii, Bluesky! We are Minorities in Shark Sciences, a nonprofit organization seeking to promote diversity and inclusion in shark research. 🦈 Nice to meet you! 💙
💻: www.misselasmo.org
💻: www.misselasmo.org
November 25, 2024 at 1:24 AM
Hiii, Bluesky! We are Minorities in Shark Sciences, a nonprofit organization seeking to promote diversity and inclusion in shark research. 🦈 Nice to meet you! 💙
💻: www.misselasmo.org
💻: www.misselasmo.org
November 25, 2024 at 4:04 AM
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Flexible Learning and Re-ordering of Context-dependent Object Sequences in Nonhuman Primates https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.11.24.625056v1
Flexible Learning and Re-ordering of Context-dependent Object Sequences in Nonhuman Primates https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.11.24.625056v1
Intelligent behavior involves mentally arranging learned information in novel ways and is particular
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November 25, 2024 at 2:45 AM
Flexible Learning and Re-ordering of Context-dependent Object Sequences in Nonhuman Primates https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.11.24.625056v1
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Need to get haters out of your life, pro- or re-actively? @skysentry.bsky.social has some super helpful lists where you can mass block masses of f'wits with one click. Thank you, @skysentry.bsky.social!
November 24, 2024 at 5:01 AM
Need to get haters out of your life, pro- or re-actively? @skysentry.bsky.social has some super helpful lists where you can mass block masses of f'wits with one click. Thank you, @skysentry.bsky.social!
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Optimist: the cup is half full
Pessimist: the cup is half empty
Bird bander: pass me the cup, quickly! I’ve got to weigh this 🤬 chickadee before it draws any more blood.
Pessimist: the cup is half empty
Bird bander: pass me the cup, quickly! I’ve got to weigh this 🤬 chickadee before it draws any more blood.
Optimist: the cup is ½ full
Pessimist: the cup is ½ empty
Geographer: actually, it all depends which projection was used
Pessimist: the cup is ½ empty
Geographer: actually, it all depends which projection was used
Optimist: the cup is ½ full
Pessimist: the cup is ½ empty
Economist: but at what price?
Pessimist: the cup is ½ empty
Economist: but at what price?
November 24, 2024 at 3:51 AM
Optimist: the cup is half full
Pessimist: the cup is half empty
Bird bander: pass me the cup, quickly! I’ve got to weigh this 🤬 chickadee before it draws any more blood.
Pessimist: the cup is half empty
Bird bander: pass me the cup, quickly! I’ve got to weigh this 🤬 chickadee before it draws any more blood.
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Optimist: the cup is half full
Pessimist: the cup is half empty
Comparative cognition researcher: I wonder if this animal will drop some stones into this cup
Pessimist: the cup is half empty
Comparative cognition researcher: I wonder if this animal will drop some stones into this cup
Optimist: the cup is half full
Pessimist: the cup is half empty
Developmentalist: even when I demonstrate that the taller cup holds the same amount of water as the wider cup, this kid thinks the tall one has more
Pessimist: the cup is half empty
Developmentalist: even when I demonstrate that the taller cup holds the same amount of water as the wider cup, this kid thinks the tall one has more
Optimist: the cup is half full
Pessimist: the cup is half empty
Linguist: quantities are described with regard to a reference state; thus we can efficiently convey whether the cup was more recently full or empty
Pessimist: the cup is half empty
Linguist: quantities are described with regard to a reference state; thus we can efficiently convey whether the cup was more recently full or empty
November 24, 2024 at 7:21 AM
Optimist: the cup is half full
Pessimist: the cup is half empty
Comparative cognition researcher: I wonder if this animal will drop some stones into this cup
Pessimist: the cup is half empty
Comparative cognition researcher: I wonder if this animal will drop some stones into this cup
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Movement and migration ecology starter pack! Help me fill it out as more folks join Bluesky 🌎🌍🌏
go.bsky.app/SSiWN2u
go.bsky.app/SSiWN2u
November 18, 2024 at 2:39 AM
Movement and migration ecology starter pack! Help me fill it out as more folks join Bluesky 🌎🌍🌏
go.bsky.app/SSiWN2u
go.bsky.app/SSiWN2u
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I have a really exciting PhD opportunity on a highly novel topic: flow state in animals! This is open to students worldwide, drawing on the University of Bristol's strengths in animal cognition, animal welfare and human game design www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
November 23, 2024 at 12:30 PM
I have a really exciting PhD opportunity on a highly novel topic: flow state in animals! This is open to students worldwide, drawing on the University of Bristol's strengths in animal cognition, animal welfare and human game design www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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I made a Carnivore Ecologists Starter Pack! If you want to be added, please let me know 🤩🐻🐻❄️🐺🦨🦡🐾🦭🦊🦦🦝🐆🐅
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go.bsky.app/7hdbr6C
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go.bsky.app/7hdbr6C
November 10, 2024 at 8:10 PM
I made a Carnivore Ecologists Starter Pack! If you want to be added, please let me know 🤩🐻🐻❄️🐺🦨🦡🐾🦭🦊🦦🦝🐆🐅
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go.bsky.app/7hdbr6C
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go.bsky.app/7hdbr6C
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I haven't seen any starter packs made for behavioral ecology yet, so I decided to create one!
If you are a behavioral ecologist (any career stage), please reply so I can add you to the list so we can more easily find each other.
go.bsky.app/9mAuB6x
If you are a behavioral ecologist (any career stage), please reply so I can add you to the list so we can more easily find each other.
go.bsky.app/9mAuB6x
November 18, 2024 at 3:04 PM
I haven't seen any starter packs made for behavioral ecology yet, so I decided to create one!
If you are a behavioral ecologist (any career stage), please reply so I can add you to the list so we can more easily find each other.
go.bsky.app/9mAuB6x
If you are a behavioral ecologist (any career stage), please reply so I can add you to the list so we can more easily find each other.
go.bsky.app/9mAuB6x
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New paper! If you use animal tracking data, this one's for you!
Proud of this collaboration with fellow @exetercec.bsky.social ECRs @liamlangley1.bsky.social, Stephen Lang, & Luke Ozsanlav-Harris to aid reproducible coding in biologging
Open Access @animalecology.bsky.social: tinyurl.com/58k2fa7u
Proud of this collaboration with fellow @exetercec.bsky.social ECRs @liamlangley1.bsky.social, Stephen Lang, & Luke Ozsanlav-Harris to aid reproducible coding in biologging
Open Access @animalecology.bsky.social: tinyurl.com/58k2fa7u
June 11, 2024 at 5:00 PM
New paper! If you use animal tracking data, this one's for you!
Proud of this collaboration with fellow @exetercec.bsky.social ECRs @liamlangley1.bsky.social, Stephen Lang, & Luke Ozsanlav-Harris to aid reproducible coding in biologging
Open Access @animalecology.bsky.social: tinyurl.com/58k2fa7u
Proud of this collaboration with fellow @exetercec.bsky.social ECRs @liamlangley1.bsky.social, Stephen Lang, & Luke Ozsanlav-Harris to aid reproducible coding in biologging
Open Access @animalecology.bsky.social: tinyurl.com/58k2fa7u
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From LinkedIn, an update from Saadia Afridi, one of our PhD students on the WildDrone MSCA Project. Saadia is working to develop drones that are less disturbing to wildlife, and gearing up for fieldwork in Kenya with some work at the Bristol Zoo:
www.linkedin.com/posts/wilddr...
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www.linkedin.com/posts/wilddr...
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WildDrone on LinkedIn: #wilddroneeu #tech4wildlife #conservationtechnology #horizoneu #msca…
Ph.D Candidate Saadia Afridi, currently on secondment at the University of Bristol, is leading crucial research as part of the WildDrone project. Her recent…
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November 23, 2024 at 9:09 AM
From LinkedIn, an update from Saadia Afridi, one of our PhD students on the WildDrone MSCA Project. Saadia is working to develop drones that are less disturbing to wildlife, and gearing up for fieldwork in Kenya with some work at the Bristol Zoo:
www.linkedin.com/posts/wilddr...
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www.linkedin.com/posts/wilddr...
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Genuinely shook by how many folks have moved to BlueSky! Even some institutions are making the switch! The migration might be real!
November 22, 2024 at 9:15 PM
Genuinely shook by how many folks have moved to BlueSky! Even some institutions are making the switch! The migration might be real!
It has been a hot minute since I've been on here! The PhD hunt continues and I've been doing some remote work back home.
I wanted to ask what the ecology Academic community is like on here? Is it as active compared to Twitter? Not the biggest fan but felt the most updates happen there.
I wanted to ask what the ecology Academic community is like on here? Is it as active compared to Twitter? Not the biggest fan but felt the most updates happen there.
October 19, 2024 at 6:17 PM
It has been a hot minute since I've been on here! The PhD hunt continues and I've been doing some remote work back home.
I wanted to ask what the ecology Academic community is like on here? Is it as active compared to Twitter? Not the biggest fan but felt the most updates happen there.
I wanted to ask what the ecology Academic community is like on here? Is it as active compared to Twitter? Not the biggest fan but felt the most updates happen there.
Proud to announce that late November, I finally graduated with a Master of Science in Animal Behaviour from the University of St Andrew's!
It's been a wild, wild ride, and I look forward to what comes next!
It's been a wild, wild ride, and I look forward to what comes next!
December 11, 2023 at 6:17 PM
Proud to announce that late November, I finally graduated with a Master of Science in Animal Behaviour from the University of St Andrew's!
It's been a wild, wild ride, and I look forward to what comes next!
It's been a wild, wild ride, and I look forward to what comes next!
A question to the academics here, where do I start looking if I wish to study lions (preferably African but ideally both African and Asiatic lions) for a PhD? A bit overwhelmed by the internet, heh.
#AcademicSky #PhDSky #wildlife #ecology #mammals
#AcademicSky #PhDSky #wildlife #ecology #mammals
October 24, 2023 at 5:11 PM
A question to the academics here, where do I start looking if I wish to study lions (preferably African but ideally both African and Asiatic lions) for a PhD? A bit overwhelmed by the internet, heh.
#AcademicSky #PhDSky #wildlife #ecology #mammals
#AcademicSky #PhDSky #wildlife #ecology #mammals
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#Cats
The cat larynx can produce purring sounds without cyclical neural input
A recent investigation led by voice scientist Christian T. Herbst from the University of Vienna, published in Current Biology, delivers novel insights into how cats produce their purring sounds. A spe...
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October 5, 2023 at 5:52 PM
#Cats
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September 30, 2023 at 12:37 PM
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One of my favourite moments amongst Antarctic wildlife was the whales. I may have developed a soft spot for humpbacks after this one incredible trip as part of my studies at St. Andrews!
I was also trained in surveying marine mammals using Cybertracker, a digital survey app that can be customised.
I was also trained in surveying marine mammals using Cybertracker, a digital survey app that can be customised.
October 1, 2023 at 1:34 PM
One of my favourite moments amongst Antarctic wildlife was the whales. I may have developed a soft spot for humpbacks after this one incredible trip as part of my studies at St. Andrews!
I was also trained in surveying marine mammals using Cybertracker, a digital survey app that can be customised.
I was also trained in surveying marine mammals using Cybertracker, a digital survey app that can be customised.