Subhasmita I ଶୁଭସ୍ମିତା

PhD scholar @CES_IISc, Engineer, Interested in Animal Communication, Vision, Color, Pattern🦎🐟🕷️

[Subhasmita I ଶୁଭସ୍ମିତା @SubhaPatro]

How do lizards talk? Using flashy colours and sexy moves, of course. But why have so many signals - especially when they're costly and attract predators? We explore the how and why in our latest paper:
https://t.co/Hcyvzl77Sd
#ColSci #Lizards @MacrophysLab @iiscbangalore

[Subhasmita I ଶୁଭସ୍ମିତା @SubhaPatro]

Credit for the cool photo: @CLDHEERAJ1
Co-authors: @aparag49 @thejaswiniii
Other amazing people who helped out with this study: @CLDHEERAJ1 @shruti_sengupta @amandabenni135

[Subhasmita I ଶୁଭସ୍ମିତା @SubhaPatro]

How do lizards talk? Using flashy colours and sexy moves, of course. But why have so many signals - especially when they're costly and attract predators? We explore the how and why in our latest paper:
https://t.co/Hcyvzl77Sd
#ColSci #Lizards @MacrophysLab @iiscbangalore

[Subhasmita I ଶୁଭସ୍ମିତା @SubhaPatro]

Also, multiple steroid hormone levels were associated with the degree of signal expressions. These results highlight how multi-component, dynamic signals are maintained, from both functional and mechanistic perspective.
#AnimalBehavior #SignalEvolution #MicaToolBox #womeninSTEM

[National Centre for Biological Sciences @NCBS_Bangalore]

Know more about the new interdisciplinary PhD program by @TIFRScience -Physics of Life (PoL).

Register for a offline introductory session at NCBS to meet the scientists, visit research facilities, and to know more about this program.

Register here https://t.co/eb3JLnJFe4

[nature @Nature]

Falling behind: postdocs in their thirties tire of putting life on hold.

Read the results of Nature’s second global survey of postdoctoral researchers https://t.co/jYxKuLT3B9

[SciCommIndia 🇮🇳 @SciComm_India]

Retweet please...!!!

What inspired you to choose a career in Science or STEM? Was it one of the following options, or something else entirely? Share your story in the comments!
#ScienceInspiration #scicommIndia #scicomm #STEM #sciencecareers #AcademicChatter #science #scisoup

[EvoBio Crash Course @EvoBioCC]

It’s been a while, but we are back in the move. We’re launching our 2023-24 mentorship program which will pair up students from the Global South with mentors on the field of EvoBio to help you scout out and apply to your dreamed MSc or PhD program. Enroll: https://t.co/nX3YhoYVIc

[rucha karkarey | ऋचा करकरे @KokkaChammam]

CEASE (Conservationist & Ecologists against Sexual Harassment)

Resources for individuals & institutions to create a culture of awareness & accountability ✊🏽

@sccsbng

https://t.co/kWZF9ZwZ1D

[Rahul Siddharthan @rsidd120]

Director of an IIT. Why is Himachal having landslides? Because of unplanned construction/deforestation/climate change/all of the above? No. Because of meat-eating.
Is he saying farming animals leads to deforestation? No. He says it leads to cloudbursts.
https://t.co/uudBNxWUCO

[Animal Behaviour Live @AnimalBehavLive]

Here we go again! Our free online conference is back again this year: mark your 🗓️ for the 16-17 November 2023 for #abl2023! Take a 👁️ at our awesome list of plenary speakers 👇: 🐒🐜🐀🐦🐆 are all represented 🎉

[OctoNation® World’s Largest Octopus Fan Club 🐙 @TheOctoNation]

What fact below fascinated you the most?
🎥 @nette033/IG
Imagine being an octopus, casually chilling & camouflaging on a reef 🪸 

This is what we call “primary defense”, or more casually, “the art of not getting noticed.”

In this case, your superpower is “crypsis,” or background matching. 

You, as the octopus, have the EPIC ability to analyze your surroundings and alter your skin texture and color to match. Rock, coral, sand? No worries! You got this. 

…So you’re just lying low, hoping nobody bothers you (as usual) 🫥 

But then, uh-oh! A human shows up and approaches you. It’s as if you’ve been caught sneaking into the kitchen for a midnight snack. 😅🍪 

So now what? … Well, your “primary defense” didn’t work, so it’s time to switch to “secondary defense,” the “fight or flight” response. 

In this scenario, you decide to put on one heck of a show! With a change in body pattern, you engage in “deimatic behaviour [dye-uh-mat-ik],” kinda like revealing a mask with two huge, menacing eyes! That’s exactly what our octo does. It dramatically changes its colors, creating a high contrast pattern called ‘conflict mottling’, puffs its arms out to reveal its TV screen-like webbing, and then reveals two big false eye spots. 

kinda like the octo is flashing a giant 👻 BOO!” sign to its approacher.

the point is…it’s unexpected, it’s startling, and it works— sometimes. 😅 

Deimatic behavior is part of an impressive performance to startle predators & make them believe the octo isn’t worth the effort… 

The predator might think— “Well dang, Is this a bigger, more dangerous creature than I thought?!”

While the octopus is buying time and analyzing the threat— the video ends! 

What might have happened next?

After camouflage and bluffing defenses comes protean behavior, or the “going nuclear” option…otherwise known as the “Blanch– Ink–Jet maneuver” where octopus blanch white or dark & erratically jet away in a confusing cloud of ink.

In this underwater game of cat and mouse, it’s all about being smart, quick, and unpredictable!

If ya read this far, comment ‘Deimatic’ & ermm Re-X this to your stories to pass on the knowledge!!! 🐙🥰

More info:

Deimatic behavior: https://t.co/SFNwwTwXLq

Protean behavior: https://t.co/FCOlOltXxA

[chris evans @notcapnamerica]

What’s the most toxic thing a supervisor has ever said to you?

[Dr. Justin Conover @ConJUSTover]

The new ecoevo jobs board is posted! You know what that means?

Time to close last year's tab and open a new one.

https://t.co/LKQoq9kH5Z

[Recycle India @recycleindia]

We Indians. Such hypocrites! We do not litter when we do our phoren trips! No? Bhai soch badlo, tabhi desh badlega!

[Pranay Kotasthane @pranaykotas]

Experienced a new fraud on Central Bengaluru roads. Sharing it here so that you don't fall victim to it. @btppubliceye @BlrCityPolice @blrcitytraffic

[Subhasmita I ଶୁଭସ୍ମିତା @SubhaPatro]

Despite all the chaos and confusion, we at the @MacrophysLab had a good time in Coimbatore, at #ATBC2023 !!

[Subhasmita I ଶୁଭସ୍ମିତା @SubhaPatro]

@aparag49 Thank you!

[Subhasmita I ଶୁଭସ୍ମିତା @SubhaPatro]

Excited to present my talk on lizard communication and physiology @ #ATBC2023, Coimbatore. If you love colors and want to hear about colorful lizards, please drop by the Behavioural ecology oral talks on 5th july.

#herpetology #WomenInSTEM #tropicalecology