Tati Valença

🐒 Biologist, ethologist & primatologist

[Tati Valença @tati_valenca_]

How do primates overcome the challenges of obtaining underground food?

In my 1st PhD chapter, I describe the use of stone and stick tools by a population of capuchin monkeys! Checkout my new paper with @AffoncoGabriela & @tfalotico in @SciReports (https://t.co/xy9eamECSc).
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[NeoPReGo @neoprego]

We now have a t-shirt store that ships to the US and EU! Have you seen some of our designs?
https://t.co/cUiFaPNLAo

[@fabrovillalobos.bsky.social @FabroVillalobos]

Science decolonization is important, but achieving it imposes a conundrum. ECRs can't afford to be disruptive whereas established researchers have few incentives to challenge it.

Our thoughts on the matter, derived from a graduate course @Inecol_mx

https://t.co/yCvJyOLhcq

[Tiago Falótico 🐒⚒️ 🪨 @tfalotico]

New video about the Wildlife Intelligence Project!
@InsideNatGeo @TempletonWorld @neoprego
#primatology #animalcognition

https://t.co/qzVmCsU9t6

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

Why do primates have bigger brains🧠? Study @RSocPublishing shows that it’s not for efficient foraging. In the Panamanian rainforest, Ben Hirsch and Meg Crofoot compared how capuchins, spider monkeys, coatis and kinkajous solve the same foraging puzzle. https://t.co/Zizfw0oHS0 🧵

[Tiago Falótico 🐒���️ 🪨 @tfalotico]

🐒🍽️🦗 In our new paper, lead by my student @HPRufo, we describe how capuchin monkeys at Serra da Capivara deal with a toxic prey, a stick grasshopper.
@InsideNatGeo @imprensa_each @MPI_EVA_Leipzig @AgenciaFAPESP @TempletonWorld @cienciausp

https://t.co/WohdhIpAoq

[Tati Valença @tati_valenca_]

https://t.co/QOMruCKNBR

[Henrique Rufo 🐒 @HPRufo]

Como os macacos-prego se alimentam de gafanhotos potencialmente tóxicos?

Os gafanhotos da família Proscopiidae conhecidos popularmente como mané-mago desenvolveram defesas que os tornam tóxicos ou com gosto ruim, sendo evitados pelos predadores.

Artigo:
https://t.co/YkUi7HEH9Z

[IFLScience @IFLScience]

Using Stones And Sticks Helps Capuchin Monkeys Find Underground Food
https://t.co/LSvOKig0KX

[Phys.org @physorg_com]

Study shows that #capuchinMonkeys use sticks and stones to dig for food underground @SciReports https://t.co/FlATQISy98

[Tati Valença @tati_valenca_]

Agradecimentos à @TheLeakeyFndtn, @AnimBehSociety, @insidenatgeo, @CAPES_Oficial, @uspoficial, @MPI_animalbehav, @AgenciaFAPESP e @neoprego pelo suporte. Agradecimentos ao Guilherme, Emiliane e Germando pela ajuda na coleta de dados e à comunidade de Ubajara & Araticum.
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[Tati Valença @tati_valenca_]

Como os primatas extraem comidas escondidas debaixo da terra?
Meu 1º cap. do doutorado foi publicado, descrevendo o uso de pedras de cavar e varetas pelos macacos-prego de Ubajara! Acesse o artigo com @AffoncoGabriela & @tfalotico na @SciReports (https://t.co/xy9eamECSc).
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[Tati Valença @tati_valenca_]

Eles aparentemente ajustam a posição das pedras de cavar, usando as pontas das pedras. Estamos animados para investigar se a posição da ferramenta aumenta a eficiência e muitas outras questões nessa nova população!
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[Tati Valença @tati_valenca_]

Thanks to @TheLeakeyFndtn, @AnimBehSociety, @insidenatgeo, @CAPES_Oficial, @uspoficial, @MPI_animalbehav, and @neoprego for supporting this research. Many thanks to Guilherme, Emiliane, and Germando for helping in data collection and also to Ubajara & Araticum community.
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[Tati Valença @tati_valenca_]

How do primates overcome the challenges of obtaining underground food?

In my 1st PhD chapter, I describe the use of stone and stick tools by a population of capuchin monkeys! Checkout my new paper with @AffoncoGabriela & @tfalotico in @SciReports (https://t.co/xy9eamECSc).
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[Tati Valença @tati_valenca_]

They apparently adjust the position of digging stone tools, using the distal and angular areas of the stones. We are excited to investigate whether tool position increases efficiency in digging and many more other questions in this new population in our next studies!
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