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Friends, I'm after software suggestions for simple animal tracking of videos (is the animal moving or not?) BUT due to the British summer weather, rain and wind means a very dynamic background in the videos, i.e. lots of movement of non-animals and reflections. Any ideas?

Some really nice coverage of our most recent paper in Science Magazine science.org/content/articl…

Orb weaver spiders manipulate the flashing signals of captured #fireflies to trick others into their webs, researchers suggest. Read more in Current Biology: cell.com/current-biolog… #HubeiUniversity Shichang Zhang, Daiqin Li

Really proud to have played a small part in this absolute beaut of a study 🦋👀

Messy eater - a Stejneger's snail sucker snake (Sibon longifrenis) gets egg on its face whilst enjoying its favourite snack, the spawn of the red-eyed tree frog (Agalychnis callidryas). Photographed in Sarapiquí, Costa Rica 🐍🇨🇷

So thankful to have been invited to speak at this wonderful conference. It's beautiful here!

NEW PAPER: iopscience.iop.org/article/10.108… 'Electro-vision' - could insects find out an object's shape from only its electrical field? Shown here for a few sensors - in nature, the potential is rich for hairy insects. Exciting inspiration for robotics too. University of Bristol IOP Publishing