PBrakes
Culture: humans & non-humans, conservation, theory & practice. Chair Bonn Convention Expert Group Animal Culture, #WDC, #ExeterMarine, CERG Massey University, Co-Chair IUCN CESSP-SSC Conservation of Animal Cultures Task Force, Mana Tūāpapa Fellow, RSNZ.
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[Not loaded yet] - Reposted by PBrakesNew paper!🚨 Social dynamics of group bubble net feeding in humpbacks. Congratulations Éadin for such an awesome first PhD paper!! 🐳🧪🦑
- New paper on the social learning of bubble net feeding by humpbacks in British Columbia, published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B 🐋 royalsocietypublishing.org/rspb/article... #marmam @bcwhales.bsky.social @seamammalresearch.bsky.social @lrendell.bsky.social @uniofstandrews.bsky.social [1/5]
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- Reposted by PBrakesJust like humans, many animal species have distinct cultures. From communication and social learning, animal culture shapes how they live and adapt. 🦍🐒🐳 Join an #IUCN introductory webinar and learn what animal culture is and how it can support biodiversity conservation and recovery. Links below!
- Reposted by PBrakesOur new paper (with @biotay.bsky.social) is out and on the cover story of @currentbiology.bsky.social !!!! Veronika, a Carinthian mountain cow flexibly uses a “multi-purpose tool” to scratch herself. A video and more information will follow in the comments. www.cell.com/current-biol...
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- Looking forward to getting cracking on this in 2026 with colleagues around the motu. Thanks to @royalsocietynz.bsky.social www.massey.ac.nz/about/news/b...
- Reposted by PBrakes“Reclaiming academic publishing as a public good requires a return to not-for-profit models & sustainable open-access systems. Quality, accessibility & integrity need to be put ahead of profit. Change is needed to protect the purpose of academic research: to advance knowledge in the public interest”
- Reposted by PBrakesNew episode!! 🎙️🎉 A chat w/ @pbrakes.bsky.social about animal cultures and animal conservation. Culture was once thought to be uniquely human. No longer. We now know culture is found throughout the natural world. How does this complicate conservation? Listen: disi.org/the-value-of...
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- Reposted by PBrakes🌍 Dream of adventure in the heart of Africa? Boost your career in conservation or research as a field researcher on wild bonobos in the DRC! Paid, full training, project management skills & epic experience await. Apply ASAP & RT to share! 👉 bit.ly/bondiv2025 #conservationjobs #research
- Reposted by PBrakesCooling, such as refrigeration and AC, is currently responsible for 7% of global greenhouse gas emissions. UNEP’s new guide outlines a framework to unlock the cooling sector’s potential to reduce emissions as part of national climate plans: www.unep.org/resources/re...
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- Reposted by PBrakesHot off the press 📣: one of the most surprising and unsettling findings of my PhD. A novel social tradition emerged in the tool-using white-faced capuchins of Jicarón island… abducting and carrying the infants of another species. Thread with gifs, videos, and all the bizarre details 👇
- Humans have many unusual traditions. But did you know animals’ strange behaviors can become culture too? Out now in Current Biology (doi.org/10.1016/j.cu...) we show the rise and spread of a surprising tradition: interspecies infant abduction. Interactive timeline (www.ab.mpg.de/671374) 🧵 (1/12)
- Reposted by PBrakesI will forever be haunted by this footage. Trawling has only been filmed underwater a few times in documentary history, and never with such clarity. What’s so heart-rending about these shots is watching how the animals don’t just get swept up — they swim for their lives. 🌎🦑🧪
- Reposted by PBrakesNature research paper: Herring spawned poleward following fishery-induced collective memory loss go.nature.com/4jLJ2C4
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- Reposted by PBrakesNew paper on the demographic drivers of cultural evolution in Great Tit song published today - epic work led by @nilomr.bsky.social with help from @andreaestandia.bsky.social Ella Cole & Sara Keen. Why did we do this, and what did we find? 🧵 follows: 1/n www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
- phys.org/news/2025-05... Unravelling some of the complexity of animal cultures & conservation with @lucymaplin.bsky.social, @emma-carroll.bsky.social, Alison L Greggor, Andrew Whiten, @ellengarland.bsky.social & contributors to our theme issue doi.org/10.1098/rstb... @royalsocietypublishing.org
