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Amanda Kentner

@mindfulrat.bsky.social
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Just a mid-career behavioral neuroscientist ticking along, as long as the old heart keeps ticking. Developing #brains & #behavior with a side of #enrichment. Canadian in Boston MA | Posts and other reads are my own| #FirstGen www.kentnerlab.org

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Internet Archive @archive.org · 17/05/2026
As high-profile websites vanish, it’s a reminder that the web has no built-in archival layer. But some publishers are now blocking the Wayback Machine. What’s at stake if the web stops being archived? Our new FAQ explains: preserving the public record matters. 🌐📚 help.archive.org/help/faq-pub...
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FAQ: Publishers Blocking the Wayback Machine – Internet Archive Help Center
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Mark Carney @mark-carney.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Through Canada’s new Nature Strategy, we’re protecting up to 2.4 million km² of our lands and oceans — so that future generations will inherit a stronger, healthier, and more sustainable Canada.
Prime Minister Carney talks with youth in Ottawa, Ontario.
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Tom Kash @superkash.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
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Laboratory Research Technician
The primary function of this position is to assist the Principal Investigator and members of the laboratory with experiments involving molecular biology, animal behavior, biochemistry, electrophysiolo...
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Talia Lerner @talialerner.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
🚨Exiting new preprint from Lerner Lab postdoc AJ Miller-Hansen examining the thalamus as a physiological driver of local, acetylcholine-dependent dopamine release! 🚨 DA-ACh interactions have been 🔥but what’s really going on in vivo? We think we have some answers. #neuroskyence🧪
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Amanda Kentner @mindfulrat.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Chimpanzees in Uganda are in a ‘civil war,’ and researchers are unsure how it will end www.cnn.com/2026/04/20/s...
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How a group of chimpanzees started a ‘civil war’ in their once close-knit community | CNN
A once large and peaceful group of chimpanzees in the western forests of Uganda has now split into two, causing a rare “civil war” among the primates.
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I-75 Scientist @flscitriguy.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
HHS and OMB have stopped them. They have mandated the new NOFOs also be written in “simple” text. While NOFOs are being reduced, IC staff are working to get topics in place for parents. NOFOs are being written but they’re being rejected or just sitting in HHS & now OMB offices….
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Jessica L. Bolton, Ph.D. @jessicalbolton.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Happy to finally share our labor of love with the microglial community: "Constitutive expression of CX3CR1-BAC-Cre introduces minimal off-target effects in microglia" authors.elsevier.com/a/1msDZ,99wr... 🧵Thread below:
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Amanda Kentner @mindfulrat.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Scientists Filmed a Whale Birth. The Surprise: Mom Had Many Helpers. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/26/c...
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Scientists Filmed a Whale Birth. The Surprise: Mom Had Many Helpers.
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John F. Cryan @jfcryan.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
The Microbiota Shapes Central Nervous System Myelination in Early Life Really excited to see this paper out-A great cross-species collaboration with David Lyons, Edinburgh & Iiris Hovatta Helsinki. Huge kudos to former PhD student Caoimhe Lynch et al advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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Megan Dennis @mydennis.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
Please repost and share widely - winter break is a perfect time to assemble application materials 😅
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Mark Carney @mark-carney.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
Today, we remember the fourteen young women whose lives were stolen at Polytechnique Montréal 36 years ago. Their names are a solemn reminder of the devastating toll of gender-based violence — and the responsibility that comes with our remembrance.
Photo listing the names of the victims of the Polytechnique Montréal massacre.
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Tom Kash @superkash.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
In @elife.bsky.social: Sex differences in BNST signaling and BNST CRF in fear processing doi.org/10.7554/eLif... Official version finally out. Thank you to reviewers, made it better!
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Sex differences in BNST signaling and BNST CRF in fear processing
Critical differences in how the BNST responds to different types of fear across male and female mice.
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John F. Cryan @jfcryan.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
What causes the feeling of 'butterflies' in your stomach? www.livescience.com/health/what-...
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What causes the feeling of 'butterflies' in your stomach?
Flutters, knots and other stomach sensations tied to nervousness are all examples of the gut-brain axis in action.
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Amanda Kentner @mindfulrat.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Very glad to share our newest paper published in Molecular Psychiatry: Investigating milk-derived extracellular vesicles as mediators of maternal stress and environmental intervention www.nature.com/articles/s41... fun collab w/ @jordanmarrocco.bsky.social. Please enjoy! #OpenAccess #MaternalHealth
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Beth Lucas @ewhizabeth.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
Be sure to check out Nina's poster at the Early Career Poster Session today! She was awarded the Trainee Professional Development Award, generously supported by the Burroughs Wellcome Fund @bwfund.bsky.social! She's got a 🔥🔥🔥 scientific story that we are sending off for publication soon. #SfN2025
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Brian Trainor @briantrainor.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
We are grieving our friend and brilliant colleague Natalia Duque-Wilckens. A creative scientist, artist, caring mentor, and force for change. Words can’t describe the impact she had on lives at UC Davis, MSU, NC State and beyond. I feel lucky to have known her and wish her time didn’t end so soon
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Amanda Kentner @mindfulrat.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Aurora in Boston right now
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Amanda Kentner @mindfulrat.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
Ok, Blue Jays, let’s play ball!
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Amanda Kentner @mindfulrat.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Let’s go Blue Jays, let’s go!
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Meghan Flanigan @meghanflanigan.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Happy to share my lab's first review article! We outline how the lateral habenula is a critical regulator of almost every type of social behavior, from pro- to anti-social behaviors, in both sexes, and across the lifespan. Hopefully this can serve as a useful reference! rdcu.be/eLWPw
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The lateral habenula as a master regulator of innate and learned social behaviors
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Catherine Dulac @dulaclab.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
I am thrilled to share our latest work: we identified a population of central amygdala neurons that promote the earliest and perhaps most important social behavior: pup suckling!... We also developed new tools for pup neuroscience Work by @Jeff Moore now at USC, a collaboration with @Sam Pfaff lab
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Carmen Sandi @carmensandi10.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Excellent framework to understand the processes favoring health vs disease based on the Energy Resistance Principle. Makes me wonder whether the shape of this inverted-U curve, or linked parameters, are trait-like across individuals. Congrats @martinpicardenergy.bsky.social & @msahsorin.bsky.social
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Amanda Kentner @mindfulrat.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
I sent this to my undergraduate students earlier today; it's a fun way to show them how AI hallucinates, by having them break the system. Simply ask “is there a seahorse emoji?” futurism.com/chatgpt-hayw... it works, well, until it doesn’t…credit goes to my dad for this one!
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ChatGPT Goes Completely Haywire If You Ask It to Show You a Seahorse Emoji
Asking OpenAI's ChatGPT if there's a seahorse emoji causes the AI chatbot to suffer an epic, existential meltdown.
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Amanda Kentner @mindfulrat.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Just a small reminder to fellow researchers, PubMed Europe is still functional and seems to be updating materials. Thank you to them! europepmc.org
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Europe PMCHome - Europe PMC
Europe PMC is an archive of life sciences journal literature.
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Neuropsychopharmacology @npp-journal.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Big news at @npp-journal.bsky.social HQ 👇 We are thrilled to welcome @briannaegeorge.bsky.social as our new NPP Editorial Intern 🎉 We are looking forward to working with Dr. George and are excited to have such a fantastic addition to our team 🤩
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Tom Roberts @tpgroberts.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
So, with Jane Goodall passing, I am reminded of a very fun incident where her institute sent a furious complaint over this cartoon on her behalf, only to have Goodall herself find it hilarious and go on to write the introduction to the collection it appeared in. A fantastic sense of humour.
Two monkeys sit on a branch, one picks a hair off the other. Caption: "well well, another blond hair, conducting a little more research with that Goodall Tramp."
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 02/10/2025
Jane Goodall, who died on Wednesday at the age of 91, spent decades teaching about the intelligence of chimpanzees. She left behind powerful lessons about aging — and living well — too. nyti.ms/3IS8XuH
Jane Goodall, looking towards the camera, wearing a turquoise sweater, silver pendant necklace and a beige and red shawl. A headline reads: "What Jane Goodall Taught Us About Living a Long Life." Photo by Peter Wynn Thompson for The New York Times
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WillowOne @willowone.co.uk · 03/04/2025
My friend Steven Parton interviewed Adam Zeman about #Aphantasia — something he and I both have. Interestingly, we both seem to have the more pronounced form, where even our dreams lack imagery. youtu.be/TdSwDUONWLg?...
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#42 - Adam Zeman: Aphantasia - Life Without a Visual Imagination
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 19/09/2025
🚨 CDC Website Scrubbing Alert We do not have a complete list but can report that CDC plans to delete or otherwise takedown many CDC pages about LGBTQ+ health, health equity, disabilities, hepatitis, HIV and more.
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I-75 Scientist @flscitriguy.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
My last grant was an R25 focused on introducing undergraduates to aging research to motivate them to address these gaps, be it in research or clinical careers. It was terminated b/c “DEI is bad.”
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I-75 Scientist @flscitriguy.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
Just a reminder, the NOSIs for Research Continuity and Retention Supplements (childbirth, healthcare issues), and Re-Entry, Re-integration & Re-training Supplements, are ending Sept 9th. If you were thinking about one of them, apply soon. grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
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NOT-OD-23-032: Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Administrative Supplement for Continuity of Biomedical and Behavioral Research Among First-Time Recipients of NIH Research Project Grant Awards
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Administrative Supplement for Continuity of Biomedical and Behavioral Research Among...
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Jonathan VanRyzin @jwvanryzin.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
I am SO EXCITED to share this one! The latest paper from the lab is online in @cp-cellreports.bsky.social. We show microglia prune NAc astrocyte processes during abstinence from cocaine-self ad which drives later drug seeking behavior. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Abstinence from cocaine self-administration promotes microglial pruning of astrocytes, which drives cocaine-seeking behavior
Rodent drug self-administration leads to a compromised ability of nucleus accumbens astrocytes to maintain glutamate homeostasis as well as to reducti…
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Denis Wirtz @deniswirtz.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
The updated version of the database of PhD fellowships produced and maintained by my team can be downloaded by anyone here: research.jhu.edu/rdt/funding-... For each of the 187 fellowships, you will find a short description, deadline, $ amount, link, etc. Good luck!
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 12/08/2025
Auroras, moonsets, the Milky Way, and more in recent photographs from ISS crew members in orbit. Take a look at The Atlantic Photo: theatln.tc/LoCl2GNq 📸: Nichole Ayers / Don Pettit / NASA
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Dr. Cate Peña @cate-cholamine.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
This piece was so fun to write because the whole lab chipped in and team-wrote it over the series of a few lab meetings (+finessing)
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ACNP @acnporg.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
Join us in Congratulating the 2025 ACNP Travel Award Class! 🙌🎉
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Meghan Flanigan @meghanflanigan.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
While everything is burning around us, a rare great day for Flanigan Lab! Thank you to BBRF for funding our NARSAD! Thank you to MUSC COBRE CNDD for funding our Pilot Proposal! Looking forward to doing some awesome science
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Ralph Emilio Peterson @ralphpeterson.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
New preprint!

 tl;dr — We ran around late at night to record wild rats in NYC and figured out how to quantify their behavior and environment. 🧵 w/ Dima Batenkov, @zamakany.bsky.social, Emily Mackevicius www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Computational Urban Ecology of New York City Rats
Urban rats are highly adaptable, thriving in the dynamic and often inhospitable conditions of modern cities. Despite substantial mitigation efforts, they remain an enduring presence in urban environme...
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Shelly Flagel @flagel-lab.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
Excited to have this little @npp-journal.bsky.social "hot topics" article out with my dear friend and collaborator @jbeehner.bsky.social. Even more excited for the opportunity to jump into field research and explore some of these ideas. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Field experimentation enhances translation for behavioral neuroscience - Neuropsychopharmacology
Neuropsychopharmacology - Field experimentation enhances translation for behavioral neuroscience
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Zoe McElligott @nanopharmnc.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
Morning thoughts on how the current federal funding crisis is going to make everything worse in more ways than people seem to be openly discussing....So big news broke this week in distance running (this will get back to science, I promise!)
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ᐯIᑕTOᖇ ᑎIᘔET, ᗰᗪ @nizet.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
🄸🄼🄿🄾🅁🅃🄰🄽🅃 Anna Samarra et al in 𝑵𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝑪𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 Exclusive breastfeeding in the first month reduces antimicrobial resistance genes (ARGs) in infants by enriching 𝑩𝒊𝒇𝒊𝒅𝒐𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒖𝒎, offsetting the increased ARG load from C-section delivery and/or early antibiotics www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Breastfeeding and early Bifidobacterium-driven microbial colonization shape the infant gut resistome - Nature Communications
In this work, authors show that exclusive breastfeeding reduces antimicrobial resistance gene burden in infants by promoting Bifidobacterium, counteracting C-section and antibiotic effects, and suppor...
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Angela Stoeger @angelastoeger.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
🐾 Just out & open access! Exploring Animal Behavior Through Sound, Vol. 2 🎶 From insects to elephants and whales—how animals use & are affected by sound. Thanks to Christiane Erbe & all co-authors (me included)! 👉 link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
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Natalia Duque-Wilckens, DVM, PhD @nduquewilckens.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
The 1st manuscript from my lab is online! This study, led by 2nd y PhD student Jared Franges (w/ key contributions from grad and 4! UG students), shows that developmental exposure to PBDEs drives persistent impairment of histamine+serotonin release by mast cells www.biorxiv.org/cgi/content/... 1/n
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Developmental PBDE exposure impairs histamine release dynamics in adult male and female mice via disrupted granule maturation and calcium mobilization
Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) are synthetic flame retardants once widely used in furniture, electronics, and other consumer products. Although phased out in the early 2000s, their chemical pe...
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Staci Bilbo @sbilbo.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Excited to share this new paper from the lab, now out in @cp-immunity.bsky.social! Led by the talented @bendevlin.bsky.social and in collab with @anneschaefer.bsky.social. a brief 🧵
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Excitatory-neuron-derived interleukin-34 supports cortical developmental microglia function
Neuron-microglia interactions dictate the development of neuronal circuits in the brain. However, the factors that regulate these processes across dev…
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I-75 Scientist @flscitriguy.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
New NIGMS undergraduate training program is forecasted. simpler.grants.gov/opportunity/...
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Opportunity Listing - NIGMS Institutional Biomedical Undergraduate Research Training Program
Read detailed information about this funding opportunity.
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Kristin Connor @kconnor.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Women are disproportionately affected by #irondeficiency & #anaemia We undertook a comprehensive review of 🔑 role of iron in women's health across the lifespan ✅ factors affecting iron bioavailability, ID/IDA 🚫 limitations of interventions 🙋🏽‍♀️need 4 better diagnosis & acceptable treatments 4 women
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Iron deficiency and iron deficiency anaemia in women of reproductive age: Sex- and gender-based risk factors and inequities
Iron deficiency (ID) is a serious public health problem that affects 20–25 % of the population and 52 % of pregnant people worldwide. Biologically fem…
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Bridget Callaghan @drbcallaghan.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
The Brain & Body Lab at UCLA is hiring a Staff Research Associate to work on a productive and dedicated team under the NIMH funded Teen Bugs study - investigating brain-gut communication in teens. Send your best and brightest! jobs.ucla.edu/jobs/8072
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Staff Research Associate in Los Angeles, California | The Regents of the University of California on behalf of their Los Angeles Campus
UCLA is hiring a Staff Research Associate in Los Angeles, California. Review all of the job details and apply today!
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Angélica Torres-Berrío, PhD @neuroangelica-atb.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
📢 Don't miss our recent review on the "Neurobiology of resilience to early life stress", published in @npp-journal.bsky.social! Alessandro Bortolami, @cate-cholamine.bsky.social, @ericjnestler.bsky.social, and I highlight evidence from rodent studies... 👇 👇 👇 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Neurobiology of resilience to early life stress - Neuropsychopharmacology
Neuropsychopharmacology - Neurobiology of resilience to early life stress
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Charli Grimes @charli-ocean.bsky.social · 24/06/2025
We did some science. We found some things. Killer whales get by with a little kelp from their friends. Evidence of tool manufacture and use in resident killer whales - check it out! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Manufacture and use of allogrooming tools by wild killer whales
The manufacture and use of tools, while widespread in terrestrial animals1, has been less frequently reported in marine taxa2. In cetaceans, clear exa…
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