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KE Cain

@kecain.bsky.social
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Integrative biologist. Ultimate player. Weirdo. @ke_cain in the Bad Place.

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KE Cain @kecain.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
I can probably swing an invite for Uni Auckland. And certainly provide a guide to Tiritiri Matangi or Tāwharanui
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KE Cain @kecain.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Check it animal behavior peeps in the Australasian region.
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ASSAB @animbehav.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Exciting news! We can now confirm our incredible plenaries and workshops. We are also announcing a photography and art competition. There is still time to get for Early Bird Registration. Deadline is Friday 16 May. All the details are available on the conference website www.assab.org/assab-2025
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ASSAB 2025 Conference
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ASSAB @animbehav.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Reminder: Tomorrow (14 May) is the last day for submitting abstracts to #ASSAB2025 See you all in Armidale!
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Dustin Reichard @juncowren.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
My sabbatical this semester is focused on finishing projects that have languished. This study was completed in 2017! We tested how different interactions with humans affect CORT levels in budgerigars, including whether stress transmits socially between neighbors - www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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The effects of human presence, restraint, and stressed neighbors on corticosterone levels in domesticated budgerigars (Melopsittacus undulatus)
Limiting stress during interactions between captive animals and humans is important for effective husbandry. One physiological change during the vertebrate stress response is the release of glucocorti...
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Rachael Shaw @wild-minds.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
The illustrated ‘Just So’ series in @nzgeo.bsky.social is a total delight! The very talented @rebekahwhite.bsky.social and Giselle Clarke have outdone themselves with their piece on memory in the December issue It even features my favourite old (toutouwai) guy Spark! www.nzgeo.com/stories/forg...
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Forget me not
If our memories make us who we are, what’s it like to have a different type of memory entirely? What can animals remember? Do goldfish have a memory longer than three seconds? And can plants remember ...
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Michael Landis @landismj.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
I'm building a Starter Pack of Early Career Evolutionary Biologists. It's hard to gather usernames using the search tool. Please add your name to this thread if you want to be added!
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KE Cain @kecain.bsky.social · 13/11/2024
Omg. I didn’t know how much I needed this.
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Effin' Birds @effinbirds.com · 29/10/2024
How about a great big cup of Eat My Nuts, Jeff Bezos? www.effinbirds.com/collections/eat-…
a gigantic mug that reads "eat my nuts Jeff Bezos"
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Dr Michelle LaRue @drmichellelarue.bsky.social · 30/10/2024
I'm hiring a post-doc! Come work with me on emperor penguins using SAR imagery - UC is a great place to work and New Zealand is even better than all the advertisements you've ever seen. 🧪🌍🦑🦉 jobs.canterbury.ac.nz/jobdetails/a...
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Resarch Associate/Post-Doctoral Fellow - University of Canterbury | Te Whare Wānanga o Waitaha
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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 18/05/2024
Boosting this! I’m still recruiting for two positions!
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Chrissel @chrissel.bsky.social · 09/12/2023
Apropos of nothing in particular, if you happen to live in Texas…
Judges with expiring terms
This is a list of the justices who must stand for partisan election in 2024 in order to remain on the bench. Justices may choose not to stand for election. The list is subject to change if justices retire or are appointed.
Texas Supreme Court
• Jimmy Blacklock
John Devine
• Jane Bland
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
• Sharon Keller
• Barbara Hervey
• Michelle Slaughter
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maybe still jurijuri @hellonerds.bsky.social · 06/11/2023
Me, An Old, in my environmental law class: y’all don’t understand, we heard about acid rain ALL THE TIME as kids. The fact that we’ve nearly eradicated it is amazing. My gen z classmates: what’s acid rain Me: EXACTLY
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KE Cain @kecain.bsky.social · 07/11/2023
Guilty.
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KE Cain @kecain.bsky.social · 07/11/2023
Hey. That’s me @jgmussoi.bsky.social and @kamyabio.bsky.social. With @ecostanley.bsky.social and J Lesku at LaTrobe. Gonna be fun!!
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Marsden Fund @marsdenfund.bsky.social · 06/11/2023
Ngā mihi nui ki a Dr Cain @kecain.bsky.social at the University of Auckland @aucklanduni.bsky.social, who has a #MarsdenFund grant to investigate how sleep disruption impairs vocal learning in young birds! 🐦💤🎶 #birds #sleep #learning www.royalsociety.org.nz/what-we-do/f...
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Ed Yong is offline @edyong209.bsky.social · 24/10/2023
The speaker shenanigans are happening because y’all laughed too hard at Britain and the lettuce last year
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Boston Tom Levenson @tomlevenson.bsky.social · 22/10/2023
If only some system existed for informing the public would highlight this instead of transcribing claims about lawless cities.
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Margaret Stanley @ecostanley.bsky.social · 20/09/2023
So proud of this wonderful ecology & animal behaviour bunch - coming out with a PhD is hard enough, doing it through Covid times shows how strong & resilient these women are. Fabulous to celebrate with them yesterday at UOA graduation. 🌏🧪 Projects on myna vocalisations, feral cats & pūkekos
3 PhD students graduating from University of Auckland
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Becky Smith @rlsdvm.bsky.social · 26/09/2023
My sister just sent me this picture. I teach study design today. Yes, this just got added to my slides. #Episky
Scientific Method = FAFO
Circular process
Fuck around: observation -> research area -> hypothesis ->
Find out: experiment -> analyze data -> report conclusions ->
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Effin' Birds @effinbirds.com · 12/10/2023
A painting of a bird beside the text "this shit gets sadder every day."
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