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¿Quién es más valiente, el halcón o el flamenco? Un estudio científico tiene la respuesta
(@Exactas_UBA @Dr_RMiller @CONICETDialoga)
Mi nuevo artículo 👇👇👇👇
infobae.com/america/cienci…
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Jimena Lois-Milevicich
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Jimena Lois-Milevicich
@JimeLOISM
Biologist, PhD. Postdoctoral researcher @Exactas_UBA @CONICETDialoga https://t.co/Nds3gDbdSU
Argentina Katılım Ekim 2009
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Neofobia comparada en 1439 aves de 136 especies
Las dietas especializadas y la migración se asocian a un mayor miedo a los objetos nuevos. Sorprendentemente también el presenciar dichos objetos en grupo
(paper) journals.plos.org/plosbiology/ar…
(blog) phys.org/news/2025-10-c…
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Special thanks to my on-site team: @Ali_delaCo @florencia @raulogomezUBA @JCReboreda @sebams92 Florencia Foitzick & Nínive Paes Cavalcante; and to the supporting institutions: @Exactas_UBA @CONICETDialoga @CienciaAves @AvesArgentinas @agenciaidiar @Temaiken🥰
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It was such an incredible, enriching, and fun experience — I learned so much ❤️ So thankful to the amazing leadership team who welcomed me!
@Dr_RMiller @VedranaSlipogor Megan Lambert, Kai Caspar, Claudia Mettke-Hofmann, Stephan Rever & Carl Soulsbury
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The first empirical paper from
@themanybirds.bsky.social is out in @PLOSBiology ! 🎉 doi.org/10.1371/journa… Thanks to our amazing collaborators, we tested neophobia in 130+ species across 25 taxonomic orders!🕊️🦜🐓🦚🦉🦆🐦🐧🦅🦃
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Suma tu firma para ayudar a crear la Reserva Natural Municipal en Tigre c.org/bFX7PrZymp a través de @ChangeorgAR
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So excited that our first major empirical @TheManyBirds paper is now out in @PLOSBiology! Leading this big team science project, with our excellent core leadership team, is a labour of love for me, delighted to see our hard work over the past 4 years has reached this point!
ManyBirds Project@TheManyBirds
🐦NEW in PLOS Biology: “A large-scale study across the avian clade identifies ecological drivers of neophobia” — by the #ManyBirds Project @TheManyBirds 🔗 journals.plos.org/plosbiology/ar…
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Big thank you to our ManyBirds core leadership team: @Dr_RMiller, Megan Lambert, @VedranaSlipogor, Kai Caspar, @JimeLOISM, Carl Soulsbury, Stephan Reber, Claudia Mettke-Hofmann - and to all of our collaborators!
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This landmark collaboration united 129 researchers from 82 institutions across 24 countries 🌎
The #ManyBirds Project shows how open, global science can uncover the ecological drivers of behaviour & evolution, complementing critical single-lab work.
🔗 themanybirds.com
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Two key ecological factors predicted neophobia:
🥗 Diet – specialists were more fearful than generalists.
🧭 Migration – migratory species were more cautious than residents.
➡️ Supporting both the Neophobia Threshold & Dangerous Niche Hypotheses.
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Using standardised tests, birds were offered familiar food with & without a novel object.
⏱️ Longer hesitation = higher neophobia.
Result: huge variation across species - from cautious flamingos 🦩 to bold falcons 🦅! (Photo credit: @JimeLOISM)
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Neophobia - fear of novelty - helps animals balance risk & opportunity. But why are some species more fearful of novelty than others? 🤔
Our global team tested 1,439 birds from 136 species across 25 orders to find out! #AnimalBehaviour #BigTeamScience
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🐦NEW in PLOS Biology: “A large-scale study across the avian clade identifies ecological drivers of neophobia” — by the #ManyBirds Project @TheManyBirds
🔗 journals.plos.org/plosbiology/ar…
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Ever wondered whether other animals are curious?
Check out our new paper:
Do goldfish like to be informed?
Now out in Proceedings of the Royal Society! Co-lead by @_MonteiroTiago_ during my PhD @OxfordBiology with Mark Walton and Alex Kacelnik
doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2…
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'dólares abajo del colchón'
(via @ingresantescic )
DefendamosLaCienciaArgentina@DefLaCienArg
🇦🇷 2024-2025. Desde que Milei llegó al gobierno la @agenciaidiar recortó 80% el pago de fondos provenientes de programas del BID con los que se financia la mayor parte de sus instrumentos de promoción de la I+D (el total ejecutado con otros fondos suma ~ 0,5 millones más) ++
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@CurtoMauricio @ImagenesRojas Hola Mauricio, le quiero regalar este libro a mi mamá para su cumple, dónde lo puedo conseguir? Gracias!
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Hoy es el dīa del colecionista! Que lindo contar la historia de tu club a través del coleccionismo. Gracias @ImagenesRojas 🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗
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Se precisa más ayuda para apagar el incendio que está devorando Neuquén - ¡Firmá la petición! change.org/p/rogamos-m%C3… a través de @ChangeorgAR
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Do you like to dip your fries in ketchup before eating it? Our cockatoos do too! In a new study, we showed our cockatoos innovated a new way to flavour their food: they dunk noodles in blueberry soy yoghurt. Read about it and watch our video abstract: cell.com/current-biolog…
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The jays have a funny illustration now 😍 Isn't it super cute? Thanks @n
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@JimeLOISM Hello again! We also made a funny illustration to this study and translated it for you
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