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michael

26-Mar-2025
How #elephants plan their journeys: New study reveals energy-saving strategies

new paper from #Oxford legend Fritz Vollrath

eurekalert.org/news-releases/1 #science #zoology #behaviour #ecology #navigation

EurekAlert!How elephants plan their journeys: New study reveals energy-saving strategiesA new study has revealed that African Elephants have an extraordinary ability to meet their colossal food requirements as efficiently as possible. Data from over 150 elephants demonstrated that these giants plan their journeys based on energy costs and resource availability. The findings – published today (26 March) in the Journal of Animal Ecology– could provide crucial information to help protect these iconic animals and their habitats.
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Mark

Maxwell Martin said she expected #Labour government “to understand that #fining vulnerable parents is #cruel, #idiotic, & they don’t.

The actor said compassion was leaching out of #schools

There’s no point in banging on about #behaviour & behaviour tsars. You can’t #teach #children to behave better by making them feel shit. It doesn’t work

We need to meet their needs. We need to make them feel they have worth.”

theguardian.com/education/2025

The Guardian · Anna Maxwell Martin calls for end to ‘cruel, idiotic’ fines for school absenceBy Sally Weale
#students#parents#education
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flypapers

📰 "Behavioural and neurogenetic evidence for emotion primitives in the fruit fly Drosophila: insights from the Open Field Test"
biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/20
#Drosophila #Evolution
#Circadian
#Behaviour

bioRxiv · Behavioural and neurogenetic evidence for emotion primitives in the fruit fly Drosophila: insights from the Open Field TestEmotions, defined as transient states preparing organisms for adaptive responses, are thought to be based on evolutionarily conserved building blocks (“emotion primitives”) that are present across mammalian and other vertebrate species. Whether and to which extent these building blocks are found in insects is largely undefined. In this study, we employ the open field test in fruit flies and focus on wall-following and total walking activity as behavioural indicators of emotion-like states. Wildtype and transgenic flies were subjected to various conditions, including social isolation, starvation, and exposure to anxiolytic substances prior to behavioural testing in the open field test. The results indicate that wall-following and total walking activity are modulated by these conditions, with generally increased wall-following observed under aversive stimuli and decreased values under positive conditions. Notably, the behaviour was consistent across different times of the day and independent of circadian rhythms. Genetic manipulation of neuromodulatory systems, such as serotonin, dopamine, and neuropeptide F, supports the role of these pathways in modulating emotion-like states in the fruit fly. Activation of reward-related neurons decreased wall-following, while inhibition increased it, aligning with known effects in mammalian models. Additionally, pharmacological treatments with ethanol and diazepam produced predictable changes in wall-following and total walking activity, reinforcing the validity of the open field test as a measure of emotion-like states in the fly. The findings suggest that Drosophila exhibits core emotion-like states, with wall-following and total walking activity serving as reliable indicators of emotional valence and arousal. Our results promote the use of Drosophila as a powerful genetic model to dissect the neuronal and neurochemical substrates of emotion primitives, shedding light on the evolution of basic emotional processing mechanisms. ### Competing Interest Statement The authors have declared no competing interest.
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Niko Sirmpilatze

🚀 Some exciting news! Our team is taking part in Google Summer of Code, which is a remote, asynchronous, global opportunity.

This is a fantastic chance for someone to get paid to contribute to "movement" or our other open-source projects in neuroscience and animal behaviour.

If you know someone who might be interested, please share widely! 🌍

Full details are here:
neuroinformatics.dev/get-invol

neuroinformatics.devGoogle Summer of Code — NIU
#neuroscience#neuro#behaviour
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Magdalena Kozielska-Reid, PhD

Science shows that most of what people think about dogs’ guilt is not true.

Multiple studies show that the owners are not good judges of whether their dogs disobeyed them and that the dogs’ behaviour is mainly affected by human actions, not their "guilt".

stresslesspets.nl/en/dogs-guil

Stressless Pets · A guilty look doesn’t mean a dog’s guilty - Stressless PetsThe science suggests that most of what people think about dogs’ guilt is not true and that the dogs’ behaviour is mainly affected by human actions.
#dogs#behaviour
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BellingenNSW

Koala interactions, affection between young male koalas

"Three males engaging in unexpected “affiliative” behaviours. They were grooming each other, sniffing each other’s genitals and vocalising to each other in soft, high-pitched calls, similar to the sounds baby koalas make... High density means the home ranges of koalas are more likely to overlap and their interactions will be more frequent. It also means competition for food, space and mates can be especially high. " >>
theconversation.com/i-was-shoc

"The species was almost hunted to extinction...They used to skin them alive and put them back up the tree with no fur." >>
abc.net.au/news/2017-08-30/kil
#koalas #marsupials #mammals #behaviour #SoundEcology #HabitatGrab #destruction #NSWLogging #roadkill #dogattacks #roads

The Conversation‘I was shocked’: a scientist tracking koalas films startling behaviour between young males
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Mx Verda

who are cis people? What is a cis man? What makes a man cis? What makes a man trans?

(in case anyone wants to misrepresent any of this video or my posting of it -- no one is or should be disposable. Even if you don't like them.
I might say otherwise in my own personal experiences with a handful of people who have behaved unconscionably towrd me, but that's neither my ideal nor what I think would bring a better world.
Even less so on demographic grounds. Like, I understand if Person A abuses you, yeah you will be experiencing a range of emotions -- or shutdown, or cycle through them. But that's individual, not systemic. anyway.)

Obvious one we should all be able to agree on tho: posturing based on attacking others is not "real" gender. It's just insecurity getting defensive at other people.

youtube.com/watch?v=D_k8aMvIV0

YouTubeThe Bottom Shaming Video (Full)By PhilosyNoir
#femmephobia#bottom#bottoms
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