Not only #primates! Our new article on social play and affiliation in cattle is (finally!) out!🐮 We investigated whether fluctuations in the expression of social behaviours might relate to the animals' internal state! @bettapalagi link.springer.com/article/10.100… #animalwelfare

New paper! 🔊🐒 Did you know that apart from humans geladas are the only (known) mammal producing specific vocalizations while yawning? Through a playback experiment we discovered their possible function @bettapalagi @EthosLabo A Lemasson Martina Francesconi nature.com/articles/s4159…

In response to Debre Libanos community hospitality towards our project and thanks to your donations, we could help students in need from local schools (Finota Tsidk, Addis Alem, Dahana, Telladu, Ysabay). A great emotion for all of us! (pictures taken with schools consent) 🐒❤️

Finally the PI of our project @bettapalagi is on the field with us! We’ve been following our focal gelada groups since 2 months now! Thanks again to The Leakey Foundation and EAZA Conservation for your support! Stay tuned 🐒

We had a day filled with surprise, joy, and gratefulness when the community organized an event to make us feel part of Debre Libanos. An incredible emotion and honor for all of us! This is why our project goes beyond the study of gelada sociality! The Leakey Foundation 🐒🐒🐒

🚨 New paper on rhesus macaque play fighting! 🐒 Discover how rapid facial mimicry in this despotic species is influenced by rank and linked to the emotional arousal of playmates! 🎭📊 very proud of this @bettapalagi @EthosLabo Open access here: link.springer.com/article/10.100…

We finally delivered the first part of the materials for the schools of Debre Libanos purchased thanks to the donations of many of you 📚It was a day filled with joy and strong emotions. Your generosity and trust mean a lot to us! For more info and pics, see our Ig/Fb pages

How’s field life in a project studying wild primates? Check out our new reel!✨

With great joy and surprise, we received more donations, and we wasted no time! Today, we could donate school supplies to the 76 students of Godo Elem. School, where many of our friends and "field assistants" study. A perfect way to end an unforgettable year in Ethiopia❤️

🚨New paper! We found that in rhesus macaques spontaneous triadic affiliation after conflicts is common, increases with the victim-bystander bond and victim distress signals. This challenges traditional despotic-tolerant dichotomies🐒 @bettapalagi sciencedirect.com/science/articl…