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Luiz Fernando Peixoto
@peixotoi.bsky.social
PhD Candidate UFG | MSc. Anuran Ecologist 🐸 | Specializing in Behavior and Bioacoustics - Environmental sound enthusiasts 🎧 | BR 🇧🇷
Fieldwork update: Yesterday, we deployed AudioMoths for passive acoustic monitoring (PAM) in the Brazilian Cerrado 🐸🪾🎧

#audioMoth #cerrado #Brazil #bioacoustics #fieldwork #biology
December 2, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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Nosso tatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatatata (um milhão de tás) ravô...

www.terra.com.br/vida-e-estil...
Dickinsonia: história do animal mais antigo já descoberto
Descoberta pela primeira vez em 1947, a Dickinsonia representa o mais antigos registro de vida animal, datando do período Ediacarano, há cerca de 558 milhões de anos. Saiba mais!
www.terra.com.br
November 25, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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2025. Known and Unknown Biases: A Framework for Contextualising and Identifying Bias in Animal Behaviour Research. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Known and Unknown Biases: A Framework for Contextualising and Identifying Bias in Animal Behaviour Research
As scientists, we are prone to biases. These biases can influence our ideas, how we conduct our research and how we interpret our findings. Individual researchers can take active steps to locate and ....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 14, 2025 at 12:59 AM
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The ability to change your mind in response to better evidence is a hallmark of human cognition. Experiments now show that chimps are capable of rational thought too

go.nature.com/4p7OH7W
Be rational: chimp decision-making is guided by the strongest evidence
Nature - The ability to change your mind in response to better evidence is a hallmark of human cognition. Experiments now show that chimps are capable of rational thought too.
go.nature.com
November 16, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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#MongooseMonday is here again 🎉

Dwarf mongooses track what their groupmates are up to in the day using #vocal cues, altering their #grooming in the evening.

They reward helpful hounds (doi.org/10.1073/pnas...) & shun bullies (doi.org/10.7554/eLif...)

#bioacoustics #mammals #cooperation #conflict
Experimental evidence for delayed contingent cooperation among wild dwarf mongooses | PNAS
Many animals participate in biological markets, with strong evidence existing for immediate cooperative trades. In particular, grooming is often ex...
doi.org
November 17, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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Sir David Attenborough..
November 21, 2025 at 10:28 AM
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📢Two fully-funded #PhD opportunities to work with us:

Topic: Social monitoring & manipulation

UK-domiciled black-heritage scheme: tinyurl.com/aja54nr6

NERC DLTP: tinyurl.com/4jfy47pp

Cosupervisors: #PatrickKennedy @ljnbrent.bsky.social
@bristolbiosci.bsky.social
#bioacoustics #mammals #fieldwork
November 21, 2025 at 4:48 PM