Alexander Vining

Navigation, Memory, and Canopy Ecology | Recent convert from 🐵 to kinkajous | 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈 he/his | Survivor nerd | 🎷🎵

[MPI-AB is on Bluesky @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social @MPI_animalbehav]

How can we promote #equality in science? ⚖️

We take this question seriously at #mpiab. And one thing we've learned is that it's complicated to answer. Last year, we tried a different solution: we sat down with our community and said “Let's talk...” 1/n #WomenInScience
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[Alexander Vining @AVining_Opining]

Stable Diffusion hasn't quite figured out how kinkajous work yet

[Alexander Vining @AVining_Opining]

Big congrats to @LucieNovako and @DinaDechmann, this is some really cool work!

[MPI-AB is on Bluesky @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social @MPI_animalbehav]

The team @dechmannlab have done it again👏 They've introduced us to another tiny, furry superhero.

Meet the latest cold climate mammal with a yo-yo brain https://t.co/n9HX1XjblF
#shrewcrew
Don't miss Dina sharing fun facts about these amazing brain-shrinking mammals 🧵1/2 🔽

[MPI-AB is on Bluesky @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social @MPI_animalbehav]

At FIELD...@cercopithe_sen discusses recontextualising identity with fieldwork

"A majority of advertised positions...are volunteer positions that ask researchers to pay their way. Such an exclusive system provides opportunities only for the privileged."✨https://t.co/jpmRPBrPAW

[Alexander Vining @AVining_Opining]

@ChimpsAhoi I'm a fan of Bear. Within list you can nest tasks as you might a bulleted list. More importantly, you can create your own hierarchical tagging system for any notes you make.

[Alexander Vining @AVining_Opining]

Thanks @MegCrofoot and @livingingroups for working quickly to set up a gender neutral bathroom in our new office! Nobody should have to worry about which bathroom to use.

[Oded Rechavi @OdedRechavi]

Their paths were different but both ended up getting a PhD https://t.co/IEZA32vInm

[Alexander Vining @AVining_Opining]

@helder_hugo I think I found some in a tree cavity yesterday evening! Neither of us were thrilled by the appearance of the other . . .

[Alexander Vining @AVining_Opining]

@ReggiePaxton @BucknellU What a great class! I was concerned when it switched from a rodent based model right before I took it, but worth it in the end for the squeals and camaraderie gained trying to recapture escaped roaches

[Alexander Vining @AVining_Opining]

Really cool, really exciting research!

[Lee Harten @Lharten]

Our new @ScienceMagazine paper, showing #bats use cognitive maps is out! Exiting stuff 💪🏼🦇💪🏼
https://t.co/eekkzMcaiK

[dechmannlab ⭐️ @dechmannlab]

setting canopy nets to relieve common #noctules of their transmitters. now for the data analysis, @lara_keicher ! @animaltracking @IMPRS_OrgBio @AVining_Opining @mc_calderonc

[Alexander Vining @AVining_Opining]

@BaheerathanM @dechmannlab @lara_keicher @animaltracking @IMPRS_OrgBio @mc_calderonc We actually put two nets on this rig, this is what they looked like fully hoisted

[Alexander Vining @AVining_Opining]

@BaheerathanM @dechmannlab @lara_keicher @animaltracking @IMPRS_OrgBio @mc_calderonc I would say we set this one about 15-20 meters up. It took about three hours from staking out the trees to finishing set up, but this was a pretty easy environment with a open path and clear branches to shoot our lines over

[dechmannlab ⭐️ @dechmannlab]

why write a tweet if @teague_o has already done it so beautifully: new paper by @mc_calderonc with @animaltracking @martinwikelski @RolandKays @teague_o and yours truly on the one and only #Eidolon #ZamBats #fruitbat #migration

[Adi Barocas 🦦 @adibarocas]

Poop dance by a North American river otter
#WorldOtterDay

[Alexander Vining @AVining_Opining]

@KarliRChudeau @TheEthogram Thank you!! I had a lot of fun writing it!

[Vince Buffalo @vsbuffalo]

I absolutely love clever visual ways to convey uncertainty like this. I wish journals would allow xkcd-style wavy line cartoons too, which convey a figure is a sketch and not exact.

[Alexander Vining @AVining_Opining]

@sarievanbelle @LucyMAplin I'm glad, thanks for reading!

[Alexander Vining @AVining_Opining]

They dance, they sing, they laugh in the face of animal proofed-garbage bins. I've written about how and why sulphur-crested cockatoos acquired so many skills. Thanks @LucyMAplin for introducing me to the cool critters and helping me share the knowledge! #dance #birds #cognition

[The Ethogram @TheEthogram]

What do humans and #cockatoos have in common? Our dance moves! Sulphur-crested cockatoos are not only smart and dexterous problem-solvers, they have a great sense of rhythm. Check out the groovy birds and the cognition behind their ability to feel the beat https://t.co/7Y6VQffmad

[Michelle Bezanson @bezanswer]

A kinkajou is a nocturnal carnivore with a prehensile tail. Here is one I illustrated recently. They are related to raccoons.This particular individual is named Kinkajude.