I wonder if mice squeeks can be affected by microbiome profiles. Apparently babies and seven year olds sound unique enough that voice pitch can be partially predicted later in life.http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/2018/07/10/baby-cries-predict-voice-pitch/ …
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Oh neat, someone might be close to researching that. "DeepSqueek" is exploring emotional affect and mice phenomes. https://invidio.us/watch?v=uBB1tdUaCsE …
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So, my understanding of the way that this stuff happens suggests to me that this might be a semi-adaptive phenomena? In bird calls there is a sense that emotions are adapting to norms. Shouldn't we expect similar phenomena in mice/maiting sounds?https://twitter.com/ultimape/status/1044657304933715970 …
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🐜 🐻 @ultimapeBirds learning to scream. "This acoustic-acoustic association mechanism of social learning could result in the rapid spread of alarm-call recognition in natural communities, even when callers or predators are difficult to observe." https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982218307759 … pic.twitter.com/vFGQ5Ru7JqShow this thread1 reply 0 retweets 0 likesShow this thread -
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Stop looking for normal. Why do they always look for normal? If you assume normal is 'best', you overlook the cowbird and the maned lioness.https://twitter.com/ultimape/status/1045488183717367809 …
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🐜 🐻 @ultimapeBouba/Kiki is a synchronization primitive among language encoded in genes, but it isn't arbitrary. Everybody basing these highfalutin theories on it are ignoring entire swaths of experience, wiped under the rug because we're 'diseased' and don't count. https://twitter.com/ultimape/status/916018232661815298 …Show this thread1 reply 0 retweets 0 likesShow this thread -
Water fireflies.https://invidio.us/watch?v=YH1ytkBM69Q …
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Firefly eating fireflys. "Called Photuris, it is a firefly that eats other fireflies."https://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/30/science/30firefly.html …
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Why do male lions kill the cubs? https://lionaid.org/faqs_lions/why-do-male-lions-kill-cubs.htm …
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Cannibalism among fruit flies. Posted a minute ago. Syncopation.https://twitter.com/PLOSBiology/status/1083780075936464897 …
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PLOS Biology @PLOSBiologySex decoy trumps cannibalism: Mother fruit flies incorporate sex#pheromones into their eggshells as chemical deception to conceal eggs from#cannibalism by same-species larvae, and to prevent leakage@RVijendravarma &co in#PLOSBiology https://plos.io/2H4K8eA pic.twitter.com/38lOemcKiS1 reply 0 retweets 0 likesShow this thread -
Always asking "why". But never "when" "But why, scientists ask, do animals and humans abuse and slay their young? " https://www.nytimes.com/1982/08/17/science/infanticide-animal-behavior-scrutinized-for-clues-to-humans.htm …pic.twitter.com/FVNU0ARM1B
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Good call
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