Heidi Lyn

Researcher studying animal cognition and communication. Mom to two perfect special needs kids. Part-time cosplayer, full time supernerd. she/her Tweets my own.

[Heidi Lyn @heidilynphd]

We’re studying joy in animals through play. Foxes and birds wrestle, crows snowboard on jar lids, and orcas destroy yachts! Here’s to joy, however you find it!
@OKWildlifeDept #RogueHunt #animalplay #animaljoy #wildlifefacts

[Heidi Lyn @heidilynphd]

@rferrericancho @abenitezburraco @MorGusto @SempleScience @tscottphillips Although, looking over your paper, it seems you are arguing similar points - am I misunderstanding? Sorry!

[Heidi Lyn @heidilynphd]

@rferrericancho @abenitezburraco @MorGusto @SempleScience @tscottphillips I haven’t had a chance to fully delve into the paper yet, but on first glance, I said yep - this is true. I think that animal communication isn’t represented well by code models at all. Honestly, I’m not completely convinced that human verbal communication is, either. ;-)

[Heidi Lyn @heidilynphd]

@rferrericancho @abenitezburraco @MorGusto @SempleScience @tscottphillips And as I look over the paper, she’s even more right that animal communication code models ignore the wealth of other information that animals use during their communications.

[Heidi Lyn @heidilynphd]

Endangered languages are cool. So is Scotland. #GISH

[Heidi Lyn @heidilynphd]

This was supposed to be me as Captain Ahab, harpooning my symbolic whale. However, as someone who has worked with cetaceans for 25 years, that was not going to happen. ;)

[Heidi Lyn @heidilynphd]

#GISH #Gishpersonalchallenge2022

[Heidi Lyn @heidilynphd]

@neilhimself - your work has left an indelible mark on the world, and while this artwork created for #GISH #Bookbash is ephemeral, out feelings and memories are not.

[Heidi Lyn @heidilynphd]

Note of loss… @jumblejim #GISH #Bookbash

[Heidi Lyn @heidilynphd]

The Atlantic Puffin is unfortunately threatened due to human overfishing and climate change. These adorable seabirds served as models for the Porg in Star Wars since their nests were so numerous they couldn’t be edited out. #GISH #BookBash

[Heidi Lyn @heidilynphd]

#GISH #BookBash

[Heidi Lyn @heidilynphd]

Yep

[Marisa Hoeschele @MarisaHoeschele]

Singing together 🎶 is related to higher emotional connectedness and higher relative oxytocin levels compared to speaking together. New paper: https://t.co/thkJMzyKBW This supports the idea that music is about social bonding @PatrickESavage :)

[Prof Kathelijne Koops @KathelijneKoops]

📣ATTENTION!!! Fully funded PhD position on wild bonobos in the Comparative Human & Ape Technology (CHAT) Project @snsf_ch! Come join the Ape Behaviour & Ecology Group @UZH_en!!! Further info attached😃Please RT! @EFPrimatology @PsgbStudent @BiologicalAnth @IPS_PrimateNews

[Heidi Lyn @heidilynphd]

@Disco_Ph0enix @GISH Aw thank you!

[Heidi Lyn @heidilynphd]

https://t.co/U9NHETCqeH. #GISH #bellybuttonrevealparty

[Heidi Lyn @heidilynphd]

Hey everyone! Our GISH charity this year is a good one. Schooling and assistance for kids left behind in Afghanistan. Please donate if you can - amount is not as important - we need 10 people not on our team to donate. Please help!!

This link works too https://t.co/wtqPJsV5V9

[Heidi Lyn @heidilynphd]

#GISH #EcoHulk @MarkRuffalo

[Heidi Lyn @heidilynphd]

A love story about Diversity, Unity, and Innovation. #MakeTrek, #ThinkTrek AND #GISH also, #LEGO

[Heidi Lyn @heidilynphd]

Apparently the butterfly is trying to drink the puppy’s tears. But the puppy is having a good old time. :)

[Mark Hamill @MarkHamill]

And I thought this only happened in Disney cartoons...😍

[Heidi Lyn @heidilynphd]

Yay Lindsey!!!