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Mashup Score: 0Elephant banana peeling - 1 year(s) ago
Kaufmann et al. describe the banana peeling behavior of female Asian elephant Pang Pha at the Berlin Zoo. Peeling is a skillful, fast trunk behavior, is banana ripeness-specific, and modulated by social factors. Banana peeling appears to be rare in elephants and the authors suggest Pha acquired it through observational learning from her caretakers.
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Mashup Score: 0Function of environment-derived male perfumes in orchid bees - 1 year(s) ago
Henske et al. reveal the function of perfume signaling in orchid bees (Euglossini), an enigmatic chemical communication system in which males combine volatiles from environmental sources to concoct complex perfume blends, showing that perfumes are sexual signals that lure females for mating and increase male mating success through female choice.
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"Function of environment-derived male perfumes in orchid bees" @jonashenske Read more in @CurrentBiology: https://t.co/RNYHxz2Ppc
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Mashup Score: 3Genomics of adaptive evolution in the woolly mammoth - 1 year(s) ago
DĂez-del-Molino et al. analyze unique non-synonymous mutations in 23 woolly mammoth genomes, including a 700,000-year-old specimen. They find that woolly mammoths had highly evolved genes associated with hair and skin development, fat storage and metabolism, immune system function, and body size, some of which evolved during the last 700,000 years.
Source: Current BiologyCategories: General Medicine News, Latest HeadlinesTweet-
Wooly #mammoths evolved more fat, smaller ears, and thicker coats across their 700,0000-year history. @indianadiez @love_dalen Read more in @CurrentBiology https://t.co/z7VCBX1RVi https://t.co/l7rbOQRjf5
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Dong et al. demonstrate that an inhibitory signal, the stop signal, which counters waggle dancing and is triggered by negative events at the food source, can also decrease head dopamine levels and dancing, even if the dancer had no negative experiences. Increasing the brain dopamine levels reduced the aversive effects of an attack.
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âAn inhibitory signal associated with danger reduces honeybee dopamine levelsâ by DONG Shihao et al. Current Biology https://t.co/evWed8A3Jk
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Mashup Score: 3Elephant banana peeling - 1 year(s) ago
Kaufmann et al. describe the banana peeling behavior of female Asian elephant Pang Pha at the Berlin Zoo. Peeling is a skillful, fast trunk behavior, is banana ripeness-specific, and modulated by social factors. Banana peeling appears to be rare in elephants and the authors suggest Pha acquired it through observational learning from her caretakers.
Source: Current BiologyCategories: General Medicine News, Latest HeadlinesTweet-
.@zooberlin Asian #elephant Pang Pha teaches herself how to peel bananas. And also rejects ones that are below her standards. đ đ @BrechtLab @lena_v_kaufmann Rolf Becker, Andreas Ochs More in @CurrentBiology https://t.co/PkeOEeP2fU https://t.co/7kxW9ibi4Q
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Mashup Score: 0Function of environment-derived male perfumes in orchid bees - 1 year(s) ago
Henske et al. reveal the function of perfume signaling in orchid bees (Euglossini), an enigmatic chemical communication system in which males combine volatiles from environmental sources to concoct complex perfume blends, showing that perfumes are sexual signals that lure females for mating and increase male mating success through female choice.
Source: Current BiologyCategories: General Medicine News, Latest HeadlinesTweet-
"Function of environment-derived male perfumes in orchid bees" @jonashenske Read more in @CurrentBiology: https://t.co/RNYHxz2Ppc
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Mashup Score: 5Genomics of adaptive evolution in the woolly mammoth - 1 year(s) ago
DĂez-del-Molino et al. analyze unique non-synonymous mutations in 23 woolly mammoth genomes, including a 700,000-year-old specimen. They find that woolly mammoths had highly evolved genes associated with hair and skin development, fat storage and metabolism, immune system function, and body size, some of which evolved during the last 700,000 years.
Source: Current BiologyCategories: General Medicine News, Latest HeadlinesTweet-
Wooly #mammoths evolved more fat, smaller ears, and thicker coats across their 700,0000-year history. @indianadiez @love_dalen Read more in @CurrentBiology https://t.co/z7VCBX2pKQ https://t.co/fb1QmbEAYc
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Mashup Score: 4Manual action expectation and biomechanical ability in three species of New World monkey - 1 year(s) ago
Garcia-Pelegrin et al. investigates how three species of platyrrhine with distinct biomechanical ability experienced two sleight of hand magic effects relying on contrasting manual movements. In this study, only the monkeys that had a degree of thumb opposability were misled by the effect that relied on the opposition of the thumb.
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Capuchin and squirrel monkeys were fooled by the French drop, while marmosets--with very limited thumb movement--were not, suggesting that only monkeys with the right hand anatomy and associated neural pathways are tricked by opposable thumb movement. https://t.co/iZJwnpCpQa
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Sleight-of-hand #magic trick known as the âFrench dropââwhose deception relies on opposable thumb movementâonly fools monkeys with opposable thumbs. @EGarciaPelegrin Learn more in @CurrentBiology: https://t.co/iZJwnpCpQa https://t.co/PwW3gbdyAJ
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Descamps et al. show that exceptional storm activity in Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica in the austral summer of 2021/2022 caused almost complete breeding failures of the areaâs three most common seabird species.
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And you can read the @CurrentBiology Correspondence by @NorskPolar Sebastien Descamps and colleagues that inspired the poem, below: https://t.co/kCW175FkuJ
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Mashup Score: 14Manual action expectation and biomechanical ability in three species of New World monkey - 1 year(s) ago
Garcia-Pelegrin et al. investigates how three species of platyrrhine with distinct biomechanical ability experienced two sleight of hand magic effects relying on contrasting manual movements. In this study, only the monkeys that had a degree of thumb opposability were misled by the effect that relied on the opposition of the thumb.
Source: Current BiologyCategories: General Medicine News, Latest HeadlinesTweet-
Capuchin and squirrel monkeys were fooled by the French drop, while marmosets--with very limited thumb movement--were not, suggesting that only monkeys with the right hand anatomy and associated neural pathways are tricked by opposable thumb movement. https://t.co/iZJwnpBS0C
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Sleight-of-hand #magic trick known as the âFrench dropââwhose deception relies on opposable thumb movementâonly fools monkeys with opposable thumbs. @EGarciaPelegrin, @Dr_RMiller, @CliveWilkins6, @nickyclayton22 Learn more in @CurrentBiology: https://t.co/iZJwnpBS0C https://t.co/10coNf3oAh
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.@zooberlin Asian #elephant Pang Pha teaches herself how to peel bananas. And also rejects ones that are below her standards. đ đ @BrechtLab @lena_v_kaufmann Rolf Becker, Andreas Ochs More in @CurrentBiology https://t.co/PkeOEeOuqm https://t.co/KoJDurUvIw