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The Great Elephant Migration has landed! A herd of 100 elephants...created by the indigenous communities who live alongside them, now in Newport, RI. First stop of a monumental journey across the USA - follow #greatelephantmigration! photo C Favino. @JenMaxfield4NY

@elehelp @CCCAnimals Yeah, I agree. I suspect one of the reasons detecting quantity by smell is important is so that elephants can decide, from a distance, where to go for food. But I doubt they are making calculations like this for sugar cane trucks (since at harvest time the trucks are EVERYWHERE).

He may be able to detect quantity using sense of smell alone but I very much doubt he used that ability for that purpose. @CCCAnimals? Far more likely he uses subsonic and sonic senses to detect when trucks are coming.

While we ID'd ~107 eles in this paper, we have now ID'd more than 200 - the pop estimate is ~250-300! We also used the cameras to ID eles using DAY & NIGHT footage, not an easy fete for the students in the lab! /3

@sashimiLOVE @SarahLJacobson1 Following methodologies and ID characteristics developed by @Varungoswami @tncvidya @Shermin_deSilva for still photos taken from vehicles, we set out to see whether our systematic placement of VIDEO camera traps could be used effectively to ID elephants. They can! /2

If we lose our blue checkmark, we swear we're still verified for the elephants.

New funding initiative from the US Government aimed at combatting wildlife trafficking! Looking for robust #research and conservation projects that build & use #evidence!

Are you interested in researching elephant biomechanics, bio-inspired materials, and conservation technology? Join @drdavidhu and me in Atlanta next summer sponsored by @USAEOP. We have two positions open! Fill out the interest survey in the add below!

What drives consumers’ choice of drinks made with endangered saiga antelope horn versus alternatives? Using a labelled choice experiment we found respondents most cared about *lower prices & nearby stores* rather than product! bit.ly/3k15g6l (1/2)

Vampire bats meet for dinner. @SimonRipperger & Gerry Carter show that social bonds in #VampireBats typically defined by cooperative interactions within the roost also extend beyond the roost and may provide benefits when foraging for blood #PLOSBiology plos.io/3CHeAmR

Gorillas are highly intelligent! Here, Amare is seen using a twig as a tool to get food from an enrichment item. #FromAKeeper 📸 Gina Sullivan #WorldGorillaDay

New paper examining the interactions between conservation actors in an elephant conservation project and showing how these everyday interactions created local socio-political processes and shaped the project. doi.org/10.1080/108712…

(No) Limits: Tool use is widespread in large-brained mammals + birds. A particularly lovely + innovative example of the power of domain general cognition is the invention of a prosthetic device by a kea parrot missing its upper beak nytimes.com/2021/09/10/sci…

Great news to start the week! #SriLanka reports rare birth of #Elephant twins! "Both the calves and the mother are doing fine," Renuka Bandaranaike, head of the Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage, said. #MondayMotivation Read story: ndtv.com/offbeat/sri-la…

ICYMI: One of our most popular #HunterAtHome programs from the past year—and one of my favorites—features a video call-in from the elephants that @Hunter_College Animal Behavior Prof Josh Plotnik (@CCCAnimals) works with in Thailand! #TBT youtube.com/watch?v=ZCc4TB…

There and back again: The epic adventures of China's wandering elephants. A look back at the fascinating real-life migration that all #elephant lovers were hooked to! #HumanWildlifeConflict bbc.co.uk/news/world-asi…

New and emerging technologies revolutionising conservation work. Great article on @mongabay featuring @EarthRangerTech, @VulcanInc, @ste_kenya, and more. buff.ly/3kIPCw9 #tech4wildlife #conservationoptimism

New study shows where to focus efforts to save long-neglected small mammals | By @ShreyaDasgupta for @Mongabay news.mongabay.com/2021/08/small-…

Apes use signals to enter and exit social interactions with companions, new research suggests. Check out the study from @rapha_heesen and colleagues, now appearing in @iScience_CP spkl.io/601743Q1x Watch a pair of apes end play with "goodbye" gestures below: