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Silvia Damini

@silviadamini.bsky.social
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PhD candidate at the University of Vienna working on wild ravens interactions with heterospecifics and personality

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European Conference on Behavioural Biology @ecbb2026.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
#ECBB2026 Thomas Bugnyar winning today's best research question on a slide: Why do Ravens Ride Boars? (this is not a real competition but if it was...)
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Silvia Damini @silviadamini.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
New paper out 😊
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ARAA @araa.at · 15/07/2026
2nd European Bird Song Network Meeting Austria 2026, Nov 2-4 More info here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
2nd European Bird Song Network Meeting Austria 2026
We are pleased to officially announce the opening of the registration period for the 2nd in-person meeting of the European Bird Song Network (EBSN). The meeting will take place between the 4th and 6th of November at the College Garden Hotel in Bad Vöslau (Johann Strauß-Straße 2, 2540), approximately one hour from Vienna.
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Behaviour 2027 @behaviour2027.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
We are excited to announce that #Behaviour2027 (XXXIX International Ethological Congress) will be taking place in Vienna, Austria! We are looking forward to having you all join us next year from August 23-27. Please follow and share!
Logo of a gosling looking up at a bee on its beak. "Behaviour" underneath.
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Silvia Damini @silviadamini.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
The tortoises are back! 🐢 New study in collaboration with @elisabettaversace.bsky.social and Gionata Stancher now available: "Sex, not familiarity, shapes social interactions in adult captive tortoises (Testudo hermanni)" link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Sex, not familiarity, shapes social interactions in adult captive tortoises (Testudo hermanni) - Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
Social cohesion varies across species. Solitary animals minimise social contact to reduce costs such as resource competition, aggression, and disease transmission. Solitary Testudo hatchlings can rely...
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Max-Planck-Gesellschaft @maxplanck.de · 13/03/2026
#Wolves kill—and #ravens remember where: In #Yellowstone National Park, birds primarily search for food in areas where wolves frequently hunt prey www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpqZ... [YouTube] www.mpg.de/26220626/030... [News] @mpi-animalbehav.bsky.social
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Ravens and wolves in Yellowstone National Park
YouTube video by Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior
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Konrad Lorenz Research Center @klf-univienna.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
📣 Annual Meeting of the @ethoges.bsky.social 2026 🗓️ 18–21 Feb 2026 | 📍 Almtal, Austria Join us in beautiful Grünau im Almtal for inspiring talks and lively discussions! ⚠️ Registration closes this week! 👉 univie.eventsair.com/etho26-dkcog... @univie.ac.at
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Eurogroup for Animals @eurogroupforanimals.org · 10/12/2025
Despite making a promise many years ago to revise the EU's #AnimalWelfare legislation, the European Commission has delayed starting this work time and time again. 🇪🇺👎 In the meantime, millions of animals have continued to suffer. TWO DAYS LEFT. Make your voice heard now: 🔈 bit.ly/3XG8bop
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Silvia Damini @silviadamini.bsky.social · 03/08/2025
The first paper of my PhD is out! Looking at the plasticity of antipredator behaviour in ravens using a slightly... unorthodox predator. "When to mob? Plasticity of antipredator behavior in common ravens’ families (Corvus corax) across offspring development" link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Michael Bertram @michaelgbertram.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Great to see our new paper on increasing experimental approaches in movement ecology out today in @camphilsoc.bsky.social! Conceived at a Gordon Research Conference and brilliantly led by Whitney Hansen 🐟🦌📡 @jack-brand.bsky.social 👉 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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Silvia Damini @silviadamini.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Presenting at the #ASABWinter2024
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