Richard Mott
@ro-mott.bsky.social
Animal welfare scientist with an interest in perception and cognition. Climb now, work later
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I’m looking for a PhD student, please share!
#PhDPositionAlert
PhD on Advancing the welfare of dairy ruminant youngstock through a social science or multi-disciplinary lens
Michigan State University, USA
More information: www.applied-ethology.org/PhD_USA.html
PhD on Advancing the welfare of dairy ruminant youngstock through a social science or multi-disciplinary lens
Michigan State University, USA
More information: www.applied-ethology.org/PhD_USA.html
October 8, 2025 at 11:48 AM
I’m looking for a PhD student, please share!
Anyone at ISAE, come and talk about pig bedding at poster 65
August 4, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Anyone at ISAE, come and talk about pig bedding at poster 65
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If you say so 🙊
May 6, 2025 at 2:02 PM
If you say so 🙊
Squish Pig is loaded up and heading to Galway for BSAS 25
April 7, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Squish Pig is loaded up and heading to Galway for BSAS 25
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New preprint in collaboration with @babeheim.bsky.social: Vocal mimicry in corvids. We describe vocal mimicry, i.e., copying of sounds produced by another species or the environment, in 31 out of 128 corvid species (24%). (1/2)
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
March 31, 2025 at 8:58 AM
New preprint in collaboration with @babeheim.bsky.social: Vocal mimicry in corvids. We describe vocal mimicry, i.e., copying of sounds produced by another species or the environment, in 31 out of 128 corvid species (24%). (1/2)
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Feels like these are becoming a bi-weekly announcement now 😞
Solidarity to anyone going through this shit show and fingers crossed the government wake up to the crisis
Solidarity to anyone going through this shit show and fingers crossed the government wake up to the crisis
Unions warn 270 jobs may go as Queen’s University Belfast announces cuts to address £12.7 million deficit.
Queen’s University Belfast launches voluntary job cuts amid €15m deficit
Financial gap remains significant despite other measures taken, management says in email notifying staff
www.irishtimes.com
February 4, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Feels like these are becoming a bi-weekly announcement now 😞
Solidarity to anyone going through this shit show and fingers crossed the government wake up to the crisis
Solidarity to anyone going through this shit show and fingers crossed the government wake up to the crisis
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Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. It did not start from gas chambers.
This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
January 27, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. It did not start from gas chambers.
This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
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📣🚨 *Abstract submission deadline: 10 days left!*📣🚨
The deadline for abstract submission for #behaviour2025 is 31st January.
Don't miss your chance to share your expertise on a global platform. Hurry and submit your abstracts!
The deadline for abstract submission for #behaviour2025 is 31st January.
Don't miss your chance to share your expertise on a global platform. Hurry and submit your abstracts!
January 20, 2025 at 4:03 PM
📣🚨 *Abstract submission deadline: 10 days left!*📣🚨
The deadline for abstract submission for #behaviour2025 is 31st January.
Don't miss your chance to share your expertise on a global platform. Hurry and submit your abstracts!
The deadline for abstract submission for #behaviour2025 is 31st January.
Don't miss your chance to share your expertise on a global platform. Hurry and submit your abstracts!
Exciting news - Northern Ireland is getting our first Veterinary Nursing degree programme 😁
January 16, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Exciting news - Northern Ireland is getting our first Veterinary Nursing degree programme 😁
New Year, new publication! In this preprint we review the equipment used in acoustic monitoring of pigs and discuss what we may be missing by not including everything pigs can hear osf.io/preprints/os...
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osf.io
January 9, 2025 at 2:59 PM
New Year, new publication! In this preprint we review the equipment used in acoustic monitoring of pigs and discuss what we may be missing by not including everything pigs can hear osf.io/preprints/os...
Winter has arrived in Northern Ireland - great day out in the Mourne Mountains
January 5, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Winter has arrived in Northern Ireland - great day out in the Mourne Mountains
Merry Christmas to everyone with a January submission date 🤣
December 25, 2024 at 10:21 AM
Merry Christmas to everyone with a January submission date 🤣
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December 23, 2024 at 3:02 PM
Everyone stop what you’re doing and look at this amazing sheep Christmas cake my wife has made 🐑
December 23, 2024 at 5:06 PM
Everyone stop what you’re doing and look at this amazing sheep Christmas cake my wife has made 🐑
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Global research shows that it takes non-native English speaking scientists 51% more time to write a paper! Barriers and biases in academia with respect to language. Thought-provoking plenary by Tatsuya Armano at #asabwinter2024 👏🏼
#biasesinscience #languagebarriers
#biasesinscience #languagebarriers
December 13, 2024 at 10:23 AM
Global research shows that it takes non-native English speaking scientists 51% more time to write a paper! Barriers and biases in academia with respect to language. Thought-provoking plenary by Tatsuya Armano at #asabwinter2024 👏🏼
#biasesinscience #languagebarriers
#biasesinscience #languagebarriers
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Not sure who made this & when but fittingly came across it in my downloads folder today:
December 10, 2024 at 4:07 PM
Not sure who made this & when but fittingly came across it in my downloads folder today:
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The Universities Federation for Animal Welfare @ufaw.bsky.social is here too, please follow for animal welfare science research, funding, policy, etc.
December 10, 2024 at 8:53 AM
The Universities Federation for Animal Welfare @ufaw.bsky.social is here too, please follow for animal welfare science research, funding, policy, etc.
T. rex in a Christmas jumper? Now I know Christmas has started 🎅
👋 It's 15 days until Christmas but our first day on Bluesky!
Our festive animatronic T. rex says hello!
Our festive animatronic T. rex says hello!
December 10, 2024 at 12:20 PM
T. rex in a Christmas jumper? Now I know Christmas has started 🎅
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I just want to do a stupid T-test 😭
December 9, 2024 at 1:19 PM
I just want to do a stupid T-test 😭
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The @the-hsa.bsky.social is on Bluesky now, please follow if you're interested in the welfare of animals "beyond the farm gate" - at slaughter, during transport and emergency killing etc.
December 7, 2024 at 9:23 AM
The @the-hsa.bsky.social is on Bluesky now, please follow if you're interested in the welfare of animals "beyond the farm gate" - at slaughter, during transport and emergency killing etc.
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We’ve listed a few starter packs that we thought might be interesting to our members/researchers in animal behaviour. Feel free to add on to the thread if you have more suggestions! 🦍🦒🐐🐕🐑🐋🐍🦗
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a man wearing a sweater with a bird on it says i love making connections
Alt: David from Schitts creek wearing a sweater with a bird on it says i love making connections
media.tenor.com
December 4, 2024 at 6:54 PM
We’ve listed a few starter packs that we thought might be interesting to our members/researchers in animal behaviour. Feel free to add on to the thread if you have more suggestions! 🦍🦒🐐🐕🐑🐋🐍🦗
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