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Dr. Ralph Simon @ralsimon.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

Excited to talk today at the ZOOlogy2025 Meeting at Artis Zoo, Amsterdam! 📍 Session: Digital Technology, Koningszaal 🕛 12:00 ⚠️ Note the updated title Would love to see you there and discuss how our work! #ZOOlogy2025 #ConservationTech #WildlifeResearch #AIforGood 🦇🐬🐻

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Dr. Ralph Simon @ralsimon.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

Wow – what an intense and truly amazing 6 days at @ibrc2025.bsky.social! 🦇 Reconnected with old friends, made new ones, and had incredible conversations — all in the spirit of bat conservation and research. Huge shoutout to the organizers for a perfectly run event! 🙌💙 #BatCommunity #Grateful

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Dr. Ralph Simon @ralsimon.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

Just attended a very captivating and fun speed talk by Veli Monday Mdluli on bat education in South African schools 🦇📚 @ibrc2025.bsky.social Inspiring work on breaking down prejudice through knowledge! 👏 #IBRC2025 #BatConservation #SciComm #EducationMatters

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Dr. Ralph Simon @ralsimon.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

Two super nice talks from @berlinbatlab.bsky.social today @ibrc2025.bsky.social! @RaffaellaCastiglione introduced an amazing touchscreen setup for bat cognition studies; @MarisaTietge explored the social complexity of Vampyrum spectrum, the largest bat in the Americas 🤩🦇 #BatsRule #IBRC2025

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Dr. Ralph Simon @ralsimon.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

If you happen to be at the @ibrc2025.bsky.social in Cairns, come by my talk tomorrow at 9:45 AM! I’ll be speaking about self-medication in phyllostomid #bats and a new technique to identify individual bats by their wingprints. Would love to see you there! #IBRC2025 #BatResearch 🍈🦇

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Dr. Ralph Simon @ralsimon.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

Amazing start to the International Bat Research Conference in Cairns! 🦇 🇦🇺 So great to reconnect with my esteemed friend and colleague Merlin Tuttle - nothing beats sharing our passion for bats with fellow researchers from around the world. #IBRC2025 #BatResearch #BatConservation

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Dr. Ralph Simon @ralsimon.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Today 10th of June at 4 PM Panama time, I'll be giving a Tupper talk @stri_panama on self-medication in bats. Curious? Join me online and discover what bats are up to when they are immune-challenged! 🍈🦇 smithsonian.zoom.us/j/8724629288... Password: 438162; Webinar ID: 872 4629 2885

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Dr. Ralph Simon @ralsimon.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

We have excellent scientists in Europe, but well, good idea, the more, the merrier!

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Dr. Ralph Simon @ralsimon.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

If anybody knows, what it could be, let me know!

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Dr. Ralph Simon @ralsimon.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Captured these stunning patterns created by #bioluminescent beetle larvae (likely from the tribe #Pyrophorini) using long time exposure. We found these tiny larvae (~1cm) on the ground in the rainforest while we were catching bats in the #Soberanía National Park! 🦇🐛🌴

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