Sonja Wild
@sonjawild.bsky.social
Dr Wild • postdoc affiliate @ucdavis • behavioural ecology • env. change, animal cognition, social learning, personality, animal culture 🐬 🐦 🐿 • 🏳️🌈 ally • hobby photographer • she/her • https://sites.google.com/view/sonjawild
Hi Ben! So sorry about that! This should work:
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Siblings and nonparental adults provide alternative pathways to cultural inheritance in juvenile great tits
In species with extended parental care, parents are often the preferred sources of information, but what about species with limited periods of parental care? This study reveals that juvenile great tit...
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October 9, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Hi Ben! So sorry about that! This should work:
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
doi.org/10.1371/jour...
We are grateful to @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social and @cbehav.bsky.social for funding the study, and to four reviewers for their incredibly constructive comments. Rev #2 – whoever you are – a heartfelt thank you for the most positive review I have (and probably ever will) receive. (5/5)
Bluesky
albehav.bsky.social
October 9, 2025 at 6:06 PM
We are grateful to @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social and @cbehav.bsky.social for funding the study, and to four reviewers for their incredibly constructive comments. Rev #2 – whoever you are – a heartfelt thank you for the most positive review I have (and probably ever will) receive. (5/5)
Our study demonstrates alternative pathways to direct cultural inheritance from parents in species with multiple offspring and limited periods of parental care that can lead behavioral similarities within family units. (4/5)
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Juvenile great tits learn to solve foraging puzzles
YouTube video by Sonja Wild
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October 9, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Our study demonstrates alternative pathways to direct cultural inheritance from parents in species with multiple offspring and limited periods of parental care that can lead behavioral similarities within family units. (4/5)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4u1...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4u1...
Presenting juvenile songbirds with sliding door foraging puzzles, we found that while the first learners of a sibling cohort did so from non-parental adults and partially from parents, subsequent siblings almost exclusively learned from their already knowledgeable sibling. (3/5)
October 9, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Presenting juvenile songbirds with sliding door foraging puzzles, we found that while the first learners of a sibling cohort did so from non-parental adults and partially from parents, subsequent siblings almost exclusively learned from their already knowledgeable sibling. (3/5)
Juveniles of many animal species with extended parental care rely on their parents for learning skills and behavior necessary for survival. What happens in species in which dependence periods are more limited? (2/5)
October 9, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Juveniles of many animal species with extended parental care rely on their parents for learning skills and behavior necessary for survival. What happens in species in which dependence periods are more limited? (2/5)
Study by: Jennifer E. Smith; Joey E. Ingbretson; Mackenzie M. Miner; Ella C. Oestreicher; Mari L. Podas; Tia A. Ravara; Lupin M. L. Teles; Jada C. Wahl; Lucy M. Todd; Sonja Wild
December 18, 2024 at 9:30 AM
Study by: Jennifer E. Smith; Joey E. Ingbretson; Mackenzie M. Miner; Ella C. Oestreicher; Mari L. Podas; Tia A. Ravara; Lupin M. L. Teles; Jada C. Wahl; Lucy M. Todd; Sonja Wild
Check out the video footage taken by Team Squirrel here:
Vole hunting: Novel predatory and carnivorous behavior by California ground squirrels
YouTube video by Sonja Wild
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December 18, 2024 at 9:30 AM
Check out the video footage taken by Team Squirrel here:
We observed 74 events of squirrels hunting, killing, consuming and competing over voles at our long-term field site at Briones Regional Park. Squirrels of all age and sex classes engaged in the predatory behavior, highlighting their dietary and behavioral flexibility.
December 18, 2024 at 9:30 AM
We observed 74 events of squirrels hunting, killing, consuming and competing over voles at our long-term field site at Briones Regional Park. Squirrels of all age and sex classes engaged in the predatory behavior, highlighting their dietary and behavioral flexibility.
Would love to be added! Studying social networks (and learning) in 🐬🐦🐿️
December 4, 2024 at 7:37 PM
Would love to be added! Studying social networks (and learning) in 🐬🐦🐿️
Behavioral ecologist here - could you add me please?
December 4, 2024 at 7:35 PM
Behavioral ecologist here - could you add me please?