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I didn’t even know you were writing science roundups. Cool stuff Leoma :)

Universities don’t have much clout. Our kids' school has a tier system. (Who doesn't?) People working in "waste disposal sectors” are in the lowest tier, well below those responsible for the management of the deceased”. Management? Lecturers and profs aren't even on the list.

How can spite evolve? Given how spitefully people behave, it's interesting to see how it can spread in networks. rdcu.be/cdunV

Still time to apply for a PhD with me and @Susanne_Shultz on the evolution of mutualistic cooperation. Deadline Jan 22. findaphd.com/phds/project/b…

Several days later, still my favourite science news of the week: Why wombats have cube-shaped poo. theguardian.com/world/2021/jan…

🚨New paper alert with Claudio Tennie, Margherita Bandini and Animal Behaviour & Cognition (ABC)! 🚨animalbehaviorandcognition.org/article.php?id… 1/9

An ignobel venture 👏🏻

I remember a time that people would have dogs to protect their homes, not this way around: “make sure you’ve got some home security, CCTV... All those sorts of basic security steps which you can take to reduce the chance of you having your pet stolen.” theguardian.com/world/2021/feb…

More on the culture wars. And not the ridiculous one of whether cancel culture is killing off Dr Seuss and Pepe Le Pew. The real one about ape culture.

Tnanks to Dieter Lukas for bringing this twitterworld

I have amazing friends with amazing jobs! I love what they’re doing.

Would a primate researcher with no experience spontaneously use Twitter to hammer out surveys? Claudio wants to know your thoughts about captive orangutans.

This is an unsurprising finding about surprising findings. Animal cognition research thrives on “breakthroughs” and “discoveries” and these are what get reported on the most in the press and by researchers in other disciplines.

v cool PhD position to study 'Animal Expression of Emotions during Social Behaviour' with a great research group in Utrecht! uu.nl/en/organisatio…

One of the clearest examples of active food sharing in chimpanzees. A few caveats come to mind. (1) Why is a tortoise with chimpanzees? (2) By themselves, videos are not evidence. (3) Not likely to be a good example of reciprocity. All of which makes this perfect for lectures. 😁

The kind of question kids always ask. If a gorilla and a chimpanzee fight, who will win? Spoiler: chimps don’t ply fair. Lethal coalitionary attacks of chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes troglodytes) on gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) in the wild. nature.com/articles/s4159…

Once again, Zach Weinersmith gets right to the point. Fun look at design constraints. #smbc #hiveworks smbc-comics.com/comic/parts

I love how #smbc gets to the point of science, in this case warm-glow altruism and spite. smbc-comics.com/comic/altruism