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For #WorldToiletDay an article about #latrine 🚽site of #otter 🦦
Small-clawed otters (Aonyx cinereus) in Indonesian rice fields: latrine site characteristics and visitation frequency
Aadrean @a2drean, Nisikawa Usio
https://t.co/wSo4RDT4lG
#otterscience
1/ Scent-marking animals communicate through smelly substances. This behavior is especially common in carnivores. Scent-marking behavior usually happens in specific places, called latrines. Alaska river otters use latrines as social hubs and billboards #AnimBehav2021
NEW PAPER! First first-author paper has been published today in @thePeerJ 🥳 Read the full open access article here 👉 https://t.co/Ql0nSHTFoZ First experimental study on begging and food sharing in the Mustelid family! A huge thanks to my co-authors @NeeltjeBoogert @erik_postma
Sea otter recovery is not only beneficial to the ecosystem but has net benefits for the economy too #otterscience #ottersbringinginthecash https://t.co/FH5I8XiQxu
Looking forward to reading this new #otterscience on why otters juggle stones: https://t.co/m3b08zlKEO
Very cool archaeological approach to identify sea otter mussel pounding sites by looking at distinctive wear patterns on anvil rocks and broken shells! #otterscience
https://t.co/p3JTP0Fa1e
It's #SeaOtterAwarenessWeek! Did you know there are 13 different species of #otters globally? Guess how many different species are home to US. Two: the sea otter & the North American river otter. #TheMoreYouKnow #OtterScience
New #otterscience paper: Two North American river otters learned to discriminate between 2D objects. Great to see more and more experimental zoo otter studies! https://t.co/dMFOBqtkbc
Nice article about a very cool recent paper by Pimenta et al. studying the historical impact of hunting pressure on two otter species (including one of "ours", the giant otter). #otterscience
https://t.co/RODj2Z1RO7
Paw preferences in the Asian small-clawed otter – using an inexpensive, video-based protocol to study laterality of rare species in the zoo
https://t.co/yFIs7ZZsVo @ottercognition @LBaciadonna
#otterscience: the ecological factors predicting the likelihood to use tools by Californian #seaotters https://t.co/HG5WNGWTUT #otternews
#otterscience Small-clawed otters are very particular about the locations of their latrine sites. #otterecology
https://t.co/0Z890GY1T8
#otterscience: a new paper on social learning & problem solving in otters https://t.co/5t54uYWZKE #animalcognition #ottercognition
Otter fossil found in Mexico suggests migration route of ancient otters #otterscience https://t.co/GTTOXVj230
Tool use in bottlenose dolphins is likely cultural, while sea otters show a predisposition https://t.co/yCifWvgouO #biologyletters
#Otterscience: New findings on ancient #otter lineage finds a 6.2 million year old wolf-sized ancestor in China https://t.co/YiHF31AGGu
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