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Wild Behavior Podcast
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Ever wondered how dolphins recognize each other? Or how to train an alligator? Then you're in the right place!
Join us as we sit with fellow animal behavior experts to learn all about what makes animals tick.
linktr.ee/wild_behavior_pod
❔❓ Which animals or topics do you want to hear about next❔❓

Let us know via the comments, DMs, re-posts, carrier pigeon....

#podcast #SciComm
September 26, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Happy world dolphin day!

Most of us probably can't see a dolphin today but you can celebrate by checking out our dolphin episode: Below the surface with @stephanielking.bsky.social

Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/69Gt...
Other links in bio.

#dolphin #WorldDolphinDay
September 12, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Happy international dog day!

Give a dog a good boi pat today and listen to our Paws & Claws episode to celebrate 🐶🐕🐩

Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/0pZC...
Or wherever you get your pods.

#dog #InternationalDogDay
August 26, 2025 at 8:50 AM
It's world goat day!
Our episode with @goatswhostare.bsky.social was one of our most popular so you all must love goats 🐐

We learnt so many fun goat facts in this ep!
Haven't listend yet? Check it out here:
open.spotify.com/episode/0z67...
Or wherever you get your pods

#goat #worldgoatday
August 21, 2025 at 11:23 AM
🐘 HAPPY WORLD ELEPHANT DAY! 🐘

If you're curious about these hugely intelligent gentle giants check out our ele ep:
open.spotify.com/episode/7kJT...

And our 'meet the hosts' ep:
open.spotify.com/episode/4piX...

Spotify or wherever you get your pods!
Photo: Rachel Dale
#elephant #SciComm
August 12, 2025 at 7:50 AM
A unanimous decision - nobody wants a beak for hands!

Was this our weirdest Would You Rather? We think we can go weirder....

Feathered toolmakers episode: open.spotify.com/episode/4s7r...

#WouldYouRather #NoBeaksForHands
August 4, 2025 at 12:19 PM
❔ Audience poll! ❔

Would you rather....
be a sponging female or a gang member male?
Let us know in the comments!

Confused? Check out our dolphin episode first:
www.buzzsprout.com/2342584/epis...

Photos: Stephanie King/Michael Kruetzen
July 25, 2025 at 7:10 AM
🐐 Do goats stare at people who stare at goats?
How do you ask cognitive questions to goats? How is pasta involved?

Tune in to our ep with @goatswhostare.bsky.social to find out!

Links to listen: linktr.ee/wild_behavior_pod
June 30, 2025 at 1:47 PM
🐐 Do you have an image of what it's like to work with goats? Was Jurassic park part of that image?

Dr Christian Nawroth explains how to avoid horns to the face and other tips for interacting with goats!

#goat #JurassicPark #pasta
Listen: linktr.ee/wild_behavior_pod
@goatswhostare.bsky.social
June 23, 2025 at 11:37 AM
NEW EPISODE 📣 Meet the man who stares at goats.
@goatswhostare.bsky.social tells us about what goats understand about human behaviour. Goats vs sheep. The weirdness of goat eyes. And more!

Listen: linktr.ee/wild_behavior_pod

Photo: ThomasHäntzschel
#goat #behaviour #farm
June 18, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Why did some birds evolve to be so clever? Mark O'Hara & Berenika Mioduszewska took on the challenge of studying wild Goffin's cockatoos on a small Indonesian island.
Their exciting findings help answer that question.

Listen: linktr.ee/wild_behavior_pod
Photo: Goffin Lab Tanimbar
June 13, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Starting a research site on an Indonesian island must be easy, right?
Find out about field work challenges in TALES FROM THE JUNGLE
🐦🌴

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@mohara.bsky.social @bmioduszewska.bsky.social @drracheldale.bsky.social
#FieldWork #indonesia #academiclife #AnimalBehaviour
June 9, 2025 at 7:43 AM
NEW EPISODE 📣
To study animals in the wild you have to find the animals & build a research "villa" before you even start the science

@mohara.bsky.social & @bmioduszewska.bsky.social took on this challenge to study wild Goffin's cockatoos on a small Indonesian island
Photos: Goffin lab Tanimbar
June 4, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Should we let Morag run a social media takeover?

#SeemsLikeABadIdea #cat
June 2, 2025 at 10:50 AM
What can studying alligators tell us about dinosaurs? 🦖
And what does this have to do with helium? 🎈

Find out in our ALLIGATOR episode with Dr Stephan Reber:
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#alligator #ignobel #helium #dinosaur
May 26, 2025 at 1:09 PM
New episode 📢 ALLIGATORS

Professional alligator wrangler and IG Nobel prize winning scientist @stephanreber.bsky.social joins us to tell us all about alligators 🐊

Links to listen: linktr.ee/wild_behaviour_pod

Photo: Anna Wester
#alligator #crocodile #podcast #ignobelprize #dinosaurs #helium
May 22, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Wolves and dogs - Are they really so different?
Find out in our latest episode...

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May 9, 2025 at 9:37 AM
📣 NEW EPISODE!
What's the difference between wolves and dogs? How did we create the noble pug? Let's enter the world of domestication with Dr Sarah Marshall-Pescini.

Links to all the podcast places: linktr.ee/wild_behavior_pod

#dog #wolf #domestication #podcast
May 8, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Bioacoustics in a nutshell
Want to know more about animal communication?
Check out our episode with Dr Maxime Garcia:

Spotify open.spotify.com/episode/72oK...
Apple podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...

Or wherever you get your pods!

#anatomy #bird #communication #podcast
Cartoon: Falseknees
April 25, 2025 at 9:58 AM
NEW EPISODE 📣

Are you unsure what Bioacoustics is? So were we!
Dr Max Garcia saved the day.

Layringes, howler monkeys, sounding bigger than you are, animals listening to sounds in the wild - we've got you covered!

linktr.ee/wild_behavior_pod

#acoustic #SciComm #animal
April 23, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Ever wondered how researchers get their start? Sometimes it's a supportive mentor, a couple thousand $ and some naive optimism...

ELEPHANTS with Josh Plotnik out now:
linktr.ee/wild_behavior_pod

#elephant #science #behaviour #AcademicLife #AcademicChatter
April 14, 2025 at 11:39 AM
🐘 Gentle Giants - in this episode we learnt how behaviour research can be used for elephant conservation with Dr Josh Plotnik.

Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/7kJT...

Or wherever you get your pods!
Photos: Rachel Dale/Think Elephants International

#elephant #conservation #podcast
April 10, 2025 at 9:33 AM
We've got ELEPHANTS! 🐘

Elephants are incredible problem solvers. This is fascinating for researchers but alarming for their human neighbours.
How can we use cognition research to protect wild elephants?

Listen to our convo with Dr Josh Plotnik: linktr.ee/wild_behavior_pod

#elephant #podcast
April 3, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Behind the scenes 🎙️

Listen to Megan and Rachel's own research stories in our intro episode: Shifting the Spotlight.

Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/4piX...

And wherever you get your pods!
#podcast #SciComm #animal #psychology
April 1, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Get to know your hosts!

Megan, for example, has specific criteria for her research 🦜🏝️

Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/4piX...
Or wherever you get your pods!

#podcast #bird #SciComm
March 25, 2025 at 1:15 PM