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🚨New paper alert! In the first paper originating from my #PhD, James Herbert-Read, Dr Martin John How and I show that, unlike in fishes, dynamic visual noise from #causticflicker does not affect the hunting success and behaviour of #cuttlefish.🦑Read more here: doi.org/10.1016/j.anbe…

Had a great time yesterday listening to interesting talks and presenting my first poster at Dept of Zoology seminar day. Was very proud to win the poster competition with my work on #lionfish activity in response to ambient sound!

Predator-Prey Interactions - Who's interested? If so, consider attending the 2024 Gordon Research Conferences on "Emerging Fields of Predator-Prey Interactions" chaired by Michael Sheriff Michael Sheriff and myself. Held in Ventura, Cali Jan 28 - Feb 2. 👇 grc.org/predator-prey-…

Massive congratulations to all talk and poster prize winners from #FSBI2023. They were amazing! However, the standard was incredibly high so everyone should feel proud 👏

Best talk: Rachel Johnson Best Speed talk: Emily Cormier Best Early Career talk: Katie Dunkley Runner up for best Early Career talk: Sam Fenton Best poster: Carl Bukowski (lead author - Uwe Krumme) Runner up for best poster: Matthew Hatfield

New preprint! “Collective behavior from surprise minimization,” by me, Beren Millidge, Lancelot Da Costa, Richard Mann, Karl Friston, Iain Couzin Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2307.14804 Code: github.com/conorheins/col… 🧵 (1/14)

🚨 We are delighted to announce that our new paper is out TODAY in Current Biology 🚨 Here we provide the first direct evidence of how a predator - the trumpetfish - can use ANOTHER ANIMAL for concealment when hunting! 🔗 tinyurl.com/4p424mbx 🧵 Thread to find out more: (1/7)

Trumpetfish are often observed 'shadowing' another larger, typically less-threatening fish. This was long believed to allow trumpetfish to approach closer to their prey, such as damselfish, without being detected. So, we flew to Curaçao to test this hypothesis! 🇨🇼✈️(2/7) #CARMABI

To find out what these long thin trumpetfish were doing, Sam Matchette spent hours underwater pulling model fish along a wire. He discovered that they were using other fish as moving camouflage to hunt their prey. Dive in for the full story 👇 Dept of Zoology James Herbert-Read

🚨New paper!🚨 In a recent in-depth review, we ask: what's the (current) deal with dazzle? University of Bristol Biological Sciences Dept of Zoology UC Davis tinyurl.com/3pkr53bc #dazzle #camouflage #illusions #perception

We're recruiting in the School of Biological Sciences! With Department of Plant Sciences, Dept of Zoology is seeking a new Grade 11 Professor (Reader) to work interdepartmentally in the broad area of Biotic Interactions. jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/43953/ Deadline 25 Jan Exciting times are ahead, come and join us!

🚨We are delighted to announce that our new paper is out in #Ethology 🦀🦐🦑 Here we show that dynamic illumination has limited influence on the habitat selection and behavioural activity of #crustaceans and #cephalopods. 🔗doi.org/10.1111/eth.13… 🧵Thread to find out more: (1/5)

[Thread] I will now explain our new study about people cooperating with honeyguide birds, using Lego and graphs (and Lego graphs). This study was a great team effort: Honeyguide Research Project Claire Spottiswoode Jessica van der Wal Jess Lund + many not on Twitter.

We had some truly fantastic talks, but let’s not forget all of the hard work put into the posters of #ASABSpring2024. Congrats to poster winner Awani and honourable mentions Ari Drummond, Katie Crawford & Roxy Holmes! 👏🏻

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🚨So thrilled to announce that I've passed my PhD viva this week! A big thanks to Martin Stevens and Edgar Turner for the great viva, as well as James Herbert-Read and my lab Marine Behavioural Ecology for the most amazing cephalopod and crustacean-themed presents!🦑🦀 #PhDone #DrDre #DrErup

🚨We are delighted to announce that our new paper is out NOW in Current Biology 🦑🌅Here we show how #cuttlefish alter their #camouflage response under naturally occuring dynamic lighting ('water caustics')! 🔗authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S09… 🧵A thread to find out more:

At the end of August I finished my position as research assistant for the Marine Behavioural Ecology group at Cambridge University. From MPhil student to research assistant it has been an amazing 3 years working with James Herbert-Read and the lab group. Thank you for EVERYTHING! 🐠🐟🐡

🚨Excited that the first chapter from my PhD is now out in Marine Biology. Here we show that #lionfish do not show any directional preferences for ambient #soundscapes during diurnal hours. 🔗link.springer.com/article/10.100… 🧵A thread to find out more:

Excited to see our article featured in Communications Biology! 🤩 ➡️ Check it out: nature.com/articles/s4200…