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Christian Nawroth

@goatswhostare.bsky.social
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Researcher at FBN | Alumnus of University of Halle, Queen Mary University of London & Agroscope | Interests: animal cognition & welfare | Goat aficionado | Boardgame enthusiast | Mycophile | he/him christiannawroth.wordpress.com

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DZG section Behavioural Biology @dzg-behaviour.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
In our last session of this year's graduate meeting, Luna Dudine showcased the behavioural consequences of heat waves - how high temperatures affect cognition in fish - and presented a multi-stressor framework to guide future research. #gradbehav26
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DZG section Behavioural Biology @dzg-behaviour.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
A big shout-out to our award winners! 🎉 Lotte Schroth for Best Poster and @saskiasp.bsky.social for Best Talk! 🏆 We had so many fantastic scientific presentations, but according to the popular vote, these two stood out just a little more. Congratulations! 👏 #gradbehav26
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DZG section Behavioural Biology @dzg-behaviour.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
We’re excited to welcome our second keynote speaker, Helene Richter! She shares key insights on reproducibility in animal research, along with practical tools and approaches to help improve it. #gradbehav26
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DZG section Behavioural Biology @dzg-behaviour.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Our next session takes a deeper look into captive animal behaviour - we explored differences in individuality between wild and lab gerbils, and how cat vocalisations can be used as an indicator of pain and stress. Great talks by @saskiasp.bsky.social and Laura Lucille Kühne! #gradbehav26
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DZG section Behavioural Biology @dzg-behaviour.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
A busy poster session! 🐝 Buzzing discussions, great exchanges, and a fantastic atmosphere! #gradbehav26
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DZG section Behavioural Biology @dzg-behaviour.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Our first session today is all about migration. Fantastic talks on migratory behaviour of common terms and social dispersal in burying beetles, delivered by Sofia Ventura and @sciencepaulh.bsky.social! #gradbehav26
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DZG section Behavioural Biology @dzg-behaviour.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
We’re delighted to welcome @valmazza.bsky.social as our first keynote speaker! She shared insights from her work on cognitive ecology at the human–wildlife interface - are city dwellers more flexible than their rural counterparts? #gradbehav26
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Christian Nawroth @goatswhostare.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
An annual highlight! 🎉 It’s always a pleasure to work with such a brilliant team (@ahanaaurora.bsky.social and Sabine Kraus) to organise this event every year and discover a new place together with a fantastic group of participants! #gradbehav26
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DZG section Behavioural Biology @dzg-behaviour.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
And we’re on! 🎉 This year’s Graduate Meeting “Animal Behaviour” has officially kicked off at the University of Münster! We’re looking forward to an amazing meeting in an amazing venue. #gradbehav26 @ethoges.bsky.social @dzg-gerzoolsociety.bsky.social
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DZG section Behavioural Biology @dzg-behaviour.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Our first session focuses on communication across various animal taxa: adaptation of vocal signatures in lemurs, comprehension of alarm calls in monkeys, and social behaviour and vocalisations in bats. A strong start to the meeting by Saskia Müller, Christian Luff, and Wiebke Berns. #GradBehav26
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Ahana Aurora Fernandez @ahanaaurora.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
💥👋 Animal Behaviour researchers currently at #DZG2026 - join us for the behavioural biology section meeting on Thursday, 1pm 10.09.2026, room F1🤗🤗🤗 See very old-fashioned paper post with info 😅 @dzg-behaviour.bsky.social @goatswhostare.bsky.social
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DZG section Behavioural Biology @dzg-behaviour.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Our last session today covers bats' ability to (echo)locate in large groups, and offspring cooperation in burying beetles. Great talks delivered by @beleyurthejasvi.bsky.social and @paulhuber.bsky.social! #DZG2026
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DZG section Behavioural Biology @dzg-behaviour.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Lots of exciting topics in our first afternoon session of the second day of #DZG2026, ranging from cuttlefish camouflage strategies and spider silk use to trade-offs between self-interest vs prosocial motivation. Talks by @christiandrerup.com, @maitryjani.bsky.social, and Sasha Engelhardt.
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DZG section Behavioural Biology @dzg-behaviour.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Our second session also deals with environmental influences - how does heat affect coping in small mammals? How does UV-A lighting affect laying hen behaviour? Great talks by Marion Varga and Alfie Prettyman! #DZG2026
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DZG section Behavioural Biology @dzg-behaviour.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Session #1 was all about change - novel diets in wild house mice, the impact of heatwaves on behav differences in woodlice, & how cities are changing the social lives of animals! Top presentations by our speakers Ekaterina Gorshkova, @urban-squirrel.bsky.social and @averymaune.bsky.social! #DZG2026
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DZG section Behavioural Biology @dzg-behaviour.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
#DZG2026 has taken off - and we are looking forward to 16 amazing talks and 23 posters focusing on behavioural biology! Don't forget to join us for our section meeting on Thursday at 1 pm!
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Christoph Völter @christophvoelter.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Join us in Vienna! We are looking for a #PhD student and a #Postdoc to investigate #innovation in great #apes: PhD ad: share.eva.mpg.de/index.php/s/... Postdoc ad: share.eva.mpg.de/index.php/s/... Application deadline: August 17th. Please share widely!
A chimp solving a puzzle box problem. Photo credit: MPI-EVA
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Dr Taina Conrad @drtainaconrad.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
This week there were lots of cool talks on urban wildlife, anthropogenic noise and other fun things at #ISBE2026 We are still looking for submissions for our special issue so maybe your work fits. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal...
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Ethology Call for Papers Wildlife in Urban Spaces – Adaptations and Human Perceptions
Ethology is a top international behavioral biology journal, covering physiological mechanisms, function, and evolution across all species.
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Rebecca Rimbach @urban-squirrel.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
At this year's DZG meeting in Münster @ahanaaurora.bsky.social @dzg-behaviour.bsky.social, me and others are organizing a symposium titled: Non-invasive Methods in Behavioural Ecology: Use of Thermography. We have some free spots. You can register here: dzg-meeting.de/en/satellite...
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Satellite Symposia | DZG Meeting
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Dieter Lukas @dieterlukas.fediscience.org.ap.brid.gy · 06/07/2026
I compiled a list of 350 #funding opportunities for #postdoctoral research #fellowships: docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1J2M… I realized I should share this again after mentioning it to some folks at the #EFP2026
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Christian Nawroth @goatswhostare.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Using the STRANGE framework to improve replicability in animal behaviour research and allied fields www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Christian Nawroth @goatswhostare.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Tracking claim changes from preprint to publication across 72,644 biomedical studies using large language models www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Tracking claim changes from preprint to publication across 72,644 biomedical studies using large language models
Preprints now disseminate a large share of biomedical research before peer review. Because they have not yet passed peer review, some scientists regard preprint claims as unverified or potentially unr...
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Daniela Rößler @roesslerdaniela.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Our postdoc @roald-arboel.com made a thing! #Croppy is #free and awesome for fast and effective #video #editing and it has a #GUI! Need to crop a part of a video? Need to trim a video? Need to combine videos? Need to compress a video? roald-arboel.com/croppy/
Icon of the software with a crab holding scissors cutting a video strip
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Royal Society Publishing @royalsocietypublishing.org · 23/06/2026
This new #RSOS study tested whether #goats can follow the direction of human voices as cues in an object-choice task: doi.org/10.1098/rsos... @chimpsahoi.bsky.social @goatswhostare.bsky.social @amcell.bsky.social
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Comparative Cognition Society @compcogsoc.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Call for collaborators! Join a global study on reversal learning across animal species ManyManys - manymanys.github.io Invite - calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0... Registration - forms.fillout.com/t/n4fxVFpHQWus Questions - email both nicolas.alessandroni@concordia.ca and lpretot@pittstate.edu.
Flyer for ManyManys 1 Reversal Learning Event
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Science X / Phys.org @sciencex.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Goats picked the hidden-food bucket about 60% of the time when a human voice was directed toward it. When the person stayed silent or faced away, success dropped to roughly chance. doi.org/hb72rr
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Goats listen to human voices to find hidden food treats
Goats appear to have a rare ability not shared by many in the animal kingdom, and that is being able to follow the direction of a human voice to locate hidden objects.
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Rebecca Rimbach @urban-squirrel.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
The deadline for the abstract submission got extented to July 1st.
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Stuart K Watson @chimpsahoi.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Paper here, published open access: royalsocietypublishing.org/rsos/article...
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Domestic goats can follow the direction of human voices to solve a hidden-object task
Abstract. An underexplored dimension of vocal referentiality is the ability to process the direction in which a vocalization is emitted as a cue towards it
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Stuart K Watson @chimpsahoi.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Coverage in the Guardian of our latest publication in Royal Society Open Science, with fantastic collaborators Alan McElligott (@amcell.bsky.social), Christian Nawroth (@goatswhostare.bsky.social), Federico Rossano and Simon Townsend. Paper threaded below! www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
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Goats can find food by following a human voice, study finds
Experiments show 29 animals moved towards a treat-filled bucket 60% of the time when guided by a researcher
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Christian Nawroth @goatswhostare.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
New paper out with the Buttercups goats!
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Christian Nawroth @goatswhostare.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
📢Webinar alert📢 Discover how light wavelength and beak treatments directly impact turkeys' behaviour, health, and production. Join Domenica Victoria Medina Sanchez in our upcoming webinar to unpack the latest research on poultry lighting! ⏰ 5 pm CEST 📅 June 8th 🔗 us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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DZG section Behavioural Biology @dzg-behaviour.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
📢 Mark your calendars for the Joint Graduate Meeting 2026, sponsored by @ethoges.bsky.social and the German Zoological Society (DZG)! Don't miss this fantastic opportunity to showcase your research & network with peers! 📆 30.09. - 02.10.2026 🌍 @uni-muenster.de Abstract submission will open soon.
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COST Action - Positive animal welfare (LIFT) @liftcostaction.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
We are pleased to invite you to the final workshop of the COST Action LIFT – “Lifting Farm Animal Lives: laying the foundations for positive animal welfare” 🐄🐑🐖 📍 Location: Royal Veterinary College 📅 Date: 26 June 2026 🎟️ Attendance is FREE of charge 👉 Register here: event.au.dk/events/cost-...
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Christian Nawroth @goatswhostare.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Join us in Münster this autumn!
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Christian Nawroth @goatswhostare.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
📢Webinar alert📢 Join us for our new webinar, together with @liftcostaction.bsky.social, as Dr Kat Wehrheim explores the philosophical journey of inter-species kinship & what indigenous perspectives can teach us about agency in relationships. ⏰ 5 pm CEST 📅 May 4th 🔗 us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Gabriele Uhl @uhl-lab.bsky.social · 19/04/2026
dzg-meeting.de/en/welcome-ms/ The Meeting of the German Zoological Society will take place in Münster from September 7 to 11! Abstract submission until June 15! 🧪
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Welcome | DZG Meeting
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Christian Nawroth @goatswhostare.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
📢Webinar alert📢 Join Dr Rebekah Humphreys for a thought-provoking talk on shared language, interspecies trust, and ethics - inspired by Vicki Hearne's work. Don’t miss this fascinating exploration and tune in! ⏰ 5 pm CEST 📅 April 13th 🔗 us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Christian Nawroth @goatswhostare.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Join us in Münster this autumn!
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COST Action - Positive animal welfare (LIFT) @liftcostaction.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
WG4 members met in Warsaw to advance communication efforts: drafting a PAW translation manuscript, planning upcoming social media, reviewing outputs, and developing a children’s book. They also explored “life after LIFT” and the future of the website and channels post–COST Action.
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Blythe Terrell @blytheterrell.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
OK, I'm obsessed with this study in @science.org It took Reddit "Am I The Asshole" posts & asked LLMs if the poster was the asshole. Aaand (surprise) AI was more likely to tell people they were NOT the asshole ... even when humans said yeah YTA 🧪 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Sycophantic AI decreases prosocial intentions and promotes dependence
Despite rising concerns about sycophancy—excessive agreement or flattery from artificial intelligence (AI) systems—little is known about its prevalence or consequences. We show that sycophancy is wide...
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Portuguese Ethological Society (SPE) @spetologia.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
doi.org/10.1186/s131... #SPEetologia #AppliedEthology #ResearchTransparency #FAIRPrinciples #AnimalResearch #ScientificIntegrity #Reproducibility #EthicsInResearch
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Exploring open science in applied ethology: practice and attitudes among researchers - BMC Research Notes
BMC Research Notes - In light of the replication crisis, transparency is critical for impactful research. This is particularly relevant for animal-based research fields, like Applied Ethology,...
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Portuguese Ethological Society (SPE) @spetologia.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
doi.org/10.1186/s131... #SPEetologia A survey of Applied Ethology researchers reveals limited adoption of Open Science practices. Preprints and preregistration remain uncommon, data sharing is inconsistent, and awareness of FAIR principles is low, with lack of training identified as a key barrier.
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Exploring open science in applied ethology: practice and attitudes among researchers - BMC Research Notes
BMC Research Notes - In light of the replication crisis, transparency is critical for impactful research. This is particularly relevant for animal-based research fields, like Applied Ethology,...
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Portuguese Ethological Society (SPE) @spetologia.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
🚨 New study by #SPEmembers 🚨 #AnimalBehaviour #Ethology #OpenScience "Exploring open science in applied ethology: practice and attitudes among researchers" Nawroth et al. with SPE members Anna Olsson @ BMC research notes
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Christian Nawroth @goatswhostare.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
📢Webinar alert📢 Join Dr Rebekah Humphreys for a thought-provoking talk on shared language, interspecies trust, and ethics - inspired by Vicki Hearne's work. Don’t miss this fascinating exploration and tune in! ⏰ 5 pm CEST 📅 April 13th 🔗 us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Christian Nawroth @goatswhostare.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Motivation in cognitive tests and its outcome on test performance in pigs www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Motivation in cognitive tests and its outcome on test performance in pigs
Animals may vary in their motivation to participate in cognitive and behavioural tests, and this can result in a poor test performance despite their a…
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Dan Quintana @dsquintana.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Conventional systematic reviews can become outdated before they're even published. In our new @nathumbehav.nature.com piece, we discuss how living systematic reviews can help keep evidence current by continuously integrating new evidence. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A figure comparing conventional and living systematic reviews. A conventional systematic review can become outdated before it is even published, as eligible studies are continually emerging. An LSR repeatedly updates the original search, which means that evidence synthesis can be more responsive to changes in the evidence. For the sake of illustration, it is assumed that four eligible studies are published every six months and that peer review takes six months; however, the frequency of eligible study publication and the speed of peer review can vary.
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Federico Rossano @federicorossano.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
New paper alert with Stephan Kaufhold, Mia Borzello and David Kirsh! How well does cognition studied in the lab reflect cognition in the real world? Much of what we think we know about cognition rests on methodological assumptions that have become so established that they often go unexamined.
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Christian Nawroth @goatswhostare.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
February 2026 boardgame stats: Duck & Cover had a short but very intense phase. Zenith is already a solid 2-player staple. 🎲
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Christian Nawroth @goatswhostare.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Rethinking self-awareness: insights and biases from self-recognition research www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Rethinking self-awareness: insights and biases from self-recognition research
Understanding the evolution of self-awareness, which is defined as the capacity to reflect on oneself as an individual, in nonhuman animals holds far-…
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Christian Nawroth @goatswhostare.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
This one took a while, but we’re happy to finally have it out! We were wondering how prevalent different Open Science practices are in applied ethology. To find out, check this pre-proof version that is already available. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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