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[ThinkElephants @ThinkElephants]

Watch 60 Minutes this Sunday :)

[60 Minutes @60Minutes]

Decades of deforestation is driving elephants in Thailand out of the wild and into farms and villages in search of food - sometimes with dangerous consequences. To help stop the conflict, scientists are studying elephant behavior to come up with novel solutions. Sunday.

[Mark E. Hauber @cowbirdlab]

⁦⁦@CUNY⁩ @Hunter Assistant Professor job search - Animal Behavior and Conservation. Come and join our behavior community in NYC! https://t.co/QzpSUu2zGX

[ThinkElephants @ThinkElephants]

The Great Elephant Migration has landed! A herd of 100 elephants...created by the indigenous communities who live alongside them, now in Newport, RI. First stop of a monumental journey across the USA - follow #greatelephantmigration! photo C Favino. @JenMaxfield4NY

[ThinkElephants @ThinkElephants]

@elehelp @CCCAnimals Yeah, I agree. I suspect one of the reasons detecting quantity by smell is important is so that elephants can decide, from a distance, where to go for food. But I doubt they are making calculations like this for sugar cane trucks (since at harvest time the trucks are EVERYWHERE).

[ThinkElephants @ThinkElephants]

While we ID'd ~107 eles in this paper, we have now ID'd more than 200 - the pop estimate is ~250-300! We also used the cameras to ID eles using DAY & NIGHT footage, not an easy fete for the students in the lab! /3

[ThinkElephants @ThinkElephants]

@sashimiLOVE @SarahLJacobson1 Following methodologies and ID characteristics developed by @Varungoswami @tncvidya @Shermin_deSilva for still photos taken from vehicles, we set out to see whether our systematic placement of VIDEO camera traps could be used effectively to ID elephants. They can! /2

[ThinkElephants @ThinkElephants]

If we lose our blue checkmark, we swear we're still verified for the elephants.

[Hunter L Doughty, PhD @HunterLDoughty]

New funding initiative from the US Government aimed at combatting wildlife trafficking! Looking for robust #research and conservation projects that build & use #evidence!

[Andrew K. Schulz, Ph.D. @SchulzScience_]

Are you interested in researching elephant biomechanics, bio-inspired materials, and conservation technology? Join @drdavidhu and me in Atlanta next summer sponsored by @USAEOP. We have two positions open! Fill out the interest survey in the add below!

[Hunter L Doughty, PhD @HunterLDoughty]

What drives consumers’ choice of drinks made with endangered saiga antelope horn versus alternatives? Using a labelled choice experiment we found respondents most cared about *lower prices & nearby stores* rather than product! https://t.co/4ofIgphXdf (1/2)

[PLOS Biology @PLOSBiology]

Vampire bats meet for dinner. @SimonRipperger & Gerry Carter show that social bonds in #VampireBats typically defined by cooperative interactions within the roost also extend beyond the roost and may provide benefits when foraging for blood #PLOSBiology https://t.co/K8VykFv8Ja

[Lincoln Park Zoo @lincolnparkzoo]

Gorillas are highly intelligent! Here, Amare is seen using a twig as a tool to get food from an enrichment item. #FromAKeeper 📸 Gina Sullivan #WorldGorillaDay

[IUCN SSC Human-Wildlife Conflict & Coexistence SG @hwctf]

New paper examining the interactions between conservation actors in an elephant conservation project and showing how these everyday interactions created local socio-political processes and shaped the project. https://t.co/gv75f1Uo5c

[Jessica Flack @C4COMPUTATION]

(No) Limits: Tool use is widespread in large-brained mammals + birds. A particularly lovely + innovative example of the power of domain general cognition is the invention of a prosthetic device by a kea parrot missing its upper beak

https://t.co/yy9mFYkM4D

[Elephant Family @elephantfamily]

Great news to start the week!
#SriLanka reports rare birth of #Elephant twins!
"Both the calves and the mother are doing fine," Renuka Bandaranaike, head of the Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage, said.
#MondayMotivation
Read story: https://t.co/q1HMEiAHjT

[Jennifer J. Raab @nyscfpresident]

ICYMI: One of our most popular #HunterAtHome programs from the past year—and one of my favorites—features a video call-in from the elephants that @Hunter_College Animal Behavior Prof Josh Plotnik (@CCCAnimals) works with in Thailand! #TBT https://t.co/IO9sJ7BZGr

[Elephant Family @elephantfamily]

There and back again: The epic adventures of China's wandering elephants. A look back at the fascinating real-life migration that all #elephant lovers were hooked to!
#HumanWildlifeConflict

https://t.co/k991lPnae4

[InternetOfElephants @ioelephants]

New and emerging technologies revolutionising conservation work. Great article on @mongabay featuring @EarthRangerTech, @VulcanInc, @ste_kenya, and more. https://t.co/5K7fYBfCo0
#tech4wildlife #conservationoptimism

[Nat Moss 💚 @NatMoss]

New study shows where to focus efforts to save long-neglected small mammals | By @ShreyaDasgupta for @Mongabay

https://t.co/3Vi9JbscIu

[Cell Press @CellPressNews]

Apes use signals to enter and exit social interactions with companions, new research suggests. Check out the study from @rapha_heesen and colleagues, now appearing in @iScience_CP https://t.co/CssbSWbb25

Watch a pair of apes end play with "goodbye" gestures below: