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Dr Sophia Daoudi-Simison

@sophiadaoudi.bsky.social
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Lecturer, Newcastle University ASAB Communications Officer PhD, MSc, BSc (Psychology, Ethology): Specialisms - behavioural ecology, animal welfare, mixed-species groups, comparative cognition, human-animal interactions, conservation.

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Dr Jen Colbourne 🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈 @raccoonologist.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
One of the best parts of working for ASAB is that @sophiadaoudi.bsky.social does my hair for me each day of the conferences. As you can see, she’s a braiding genius 🤩
Sophia and Jen smiling in front of a Cambridge uni building. Several shots of Jen with intricately braided hair with her side shave
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Dr Sophia Daoudi-Simison @sophiadaoudi.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Sad that #ECBB2026 is over?? Fear Not!! 2028 has been confirmed in Dublin 🇮🇪🍺🎉 Save the dates!! 10th-14th July 2028 See you all there! 👍
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Dr Sophia Daoudi-Simison @sophiadaoudi.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Giving the final plenary of #ECBB2026 @ahanaaurora.bsky.social talks about some of her research on social learning and vocal communication in🦇!! There is so much more to them than echolocation! A well deserved recipient of the Tinbergen Prize 🏆🎉
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Dr Sophia Daoudi-Simison @sophiadaoudi.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Really enjoyed Anna's @queenfireface.bsky.social talk on Javan slow lorises! 💚 Gr8 to see the positive long-term impact of working with local farmers to install canopy corridors 🙌 additionally 📡 images aren't always reliable for determining land type! Drones can help with this 👍 #ECBB2026 @asab.org
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Dr Sophia Daoudi-Simison @sophiadaoudi.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
DAY 4 - Final plenary of #ECBB2026 by @biobiiana.bsky.social 🐸 how anthropogenic stress impacts the morphology and behaviour of poison frogs! (I have a soft spot for these guys 💚😍) For those involved in parental care some individuals will climb high into the canopy to deposit tadpoles!! @asab.org
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Dr Sophia Daoudi-Simison @sophiadaoudi.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
So lovely to see one of our psychology undergraduate students @newcastleuni.bsky.social presenting the research they did on their placement! 🐦💚 @cornelluniversity.bsky.social #ECBB2026 @asab.org
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Dr Sophia Daoudi-Simison @sophiadaoudi.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Who mimicks 🐜? Apparently 'literally everyone'! Some spiders may fool you ...but they're not always good at it! Ants don't have particularly great vision, so just smelling like an 🐜 will grant you access to the colony 👍 @asab.org #ECBB2026
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Dr Sophia Daoudi-Simison @sophiadaoudi.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
A fantastic & insightful plenary by @mherberstein.bsky.social on The evolution of deception: 🐜 mimicry in 🕷️ and the power of museum collections. Can you tell the difference? Try this game: jimmcl.github.io/EatUp/ Not to brag, but I got 19/21 😂 @asab.org #ECBB2026
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Dr Sophia Daoudi-Simison @sophiadaoudi.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
💚 that @mherberstein.bsky.social began her plenary with some reflections on career pathways. Our perception is there's a clear path, but in reality we might only be able to see our next step and that's OK! Life is a 🎢 - be patient, persistent but also generous & inclusive! 🌈 @asab.org #ECBB2026
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ASAB Education Committee @asabeducation.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Look at this motley crew! Track them down… Ask them questions… find out about the ASAB Student subcommittee! #ECBB2026
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Dr Sophia Daoudi-Simison @sophiadaoudi.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Great to see so many ECRs staying behind and chatting with some of the keynotes from the session: From minds to populations: functional links in coexistence in the Anthropocene 💚 @asab.org #ECBB2026
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Dr Sophia Daoudi-Simison @sophiadaoudi.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
@asab.org in action! 📷🤳 #ECBB2026
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Dr Sophia Daoudi-Simison @sophiadaoudi.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Black-eared kites 🐦‍⬛ appear to prefer snatching meat from the jaws of a dog 🐕 rather than off a polythene sheet on the ground... What's up with that?! 😂 @nishantkumar.bsky.social @asab.org #ECBB2026
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Dr Sophia Daoudi-Simison @sophiadaoudi.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Not only was he chairing the session, but he also gave a great final talk about his long-term research on black-eared kites 🐦‍⬛and how anthropogenic influences are impacting their behaviour @nishantkumar.bsky.social @asab.org #ECBB2026
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Dr Sophia Daoudi-Simison @sophiadaoudi.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
If you're wearing anything with an animal on it then we want to see you!! Come and visit the @asabeducation.bsky.social @asab.org desk in the Science Centre by the revolving door! We'd 💚 to be able to fill this board before the end of the conference! 🦊🐟🐺🦜🐼🐻🦀🪲🐙🕷️🪸🐛🐵 #ECBB2026
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Dr Sophia Daoudi-Simison @sophiadaoudi.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Another one from Tim Caro's plenary! Who has the best vision? ❎ Felids ❎ Chimps ✅ Raptors @asab.org #ECBB2026
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Dr Sophia Daoudi-Simison @sophiadaoudi.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
DAY 3 - Tim Caro starting us off with a great plenary lecture! He packed in a LOT and somehow managed to summarise it all in one slide! In short there are many ways pigmentation can be an adaptive strategy to avoid predation and parasitism I appreciated all the 🐻🐻‍❄️🐼 photos! And @asab.org #ECBB2026
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European Conference on Behavioural Biology @ecbb2026.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
#ECBB2026 Day 3 opening with @queenfireface.bsky.social introducing the one and only Tim Caro for his plenary talk on Mammalian Colouration.
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Dr Sophia Daoudi-Simison @sophiadaoudi.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
End of DAY 2 looking forward to what's in store tomorrow! @asab.org @raccoonologist.bsky.social #ECBB2026
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Dr Sophia Daoudi-Simison @sophiadaoudi.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
@raccoonologist.bsky.social finally able to give her talk!! And it was definitely worth the wait! 🦜🤘 goffins cockatoos really are rockstars when it comes to tool use!! Could you figure out a 6-way puzzle box?!? #ECBB2027 Also check out her paper!! doi.org/10.1002/brv.70123
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Dr Sophia Daoudi-Simison @sophiadaoudi.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Great talk on some of the work @drblakemorton.bsky.social has been doing on the British Carnivore Project 🦊 - urban foxes are more likely to interact and solve puzzle boxes but also older individuals are bolder than younger!
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Dr Sophia Daoudi-Simison @sophiadaoudi.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Another great selection of parallel sessions! Sociality & group living, communication & cognition, anthropogenic effects + mating & reproduction. Please remember to tag #ECBB2026 and @asab.org so we can cover as many talks as possible! 💚🙏
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Nishant Kumar @nishantkumar.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Have you been curious about animal decision making ? how it links with population processes? Then join us tomorrow (3.9.26) for Symposium at #ECBB2026 (@Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge 11 am LAB026). We have cool keynotes from @aldinafranco.bsky.social and @Chriatian Rutz. And a panel discussion
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European Conference on Behavioural Biology @ecbb2026.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
#ECBB2026 Megan Lambert delivering the second keynote of curiosity-like behaviours in animals, Animal Curiosity: context, causes, and consequences. (Possibly also getting the unofficial award for best videos of the morning?)
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Dr Jen Colbourne 🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈 @raccoonologist.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Some of the most passionate folks in reptile cognition, all in one room! #ECBB2026 🤩 🦎 🐊 🐢 @xiscacassola.bsky.social @annawilkinson.bsky.social @stephanreber.bsky.social @birgitszabo.bsky.social
Francesca, Anna, Stephan and Birgit
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ASAB @asab.org · 02/09/2026
A reminder from @andyradford.bsky.social that #AnimalBehaviourJournal depends on the support of everyone! Please review, and if you are at the stage of considering becoming an editor, do please let us know! #ECBB2026
What can you do?
*   Submit your great work to Animal Behaviour
*   Make sure you follow the Guide for Authors carefully
*   Accept reviewing requests from the journal
*   Support Society journals as you get something back
*   As your experience grows, consider becoming a Consulting Editor or Editor
*   Let us know if you are interested
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ASAB @asab.org · 02/09/2026
The previous executive editor of #AnimalBehaviourJournal, @andyradford.bsky.social, makes it clear at #ECBB2026 that they're not desk rejecting work for the sake of it - if it meets the basic conditions, it'll go to review! And don't be discouraged if you're asked to revise, that's normal 😊
* Executive Editor
*   Decides whether the paper should be assigned to an Editor or rejected without further review (upfront rejection)
*   What is the basis for an upfront rejection?
*   Content does not fall with the remit of the journal
*   Too narrowly focused taxonomically and lacking in any clear broad theoretical advance (absence of general hypotheses on evolution and mechanisms of behavior
*   Guide to Authors: Work should test explicit hypotheses rather than being purely descriptive... preference is given to studies that are likely to be of interest and/or applicable to the broad readership of the journal
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ASAB @asab.org · 02/09/2026
Come by and say hi to our amazing education officer, Charlotte Evans! She does fantastic Animal Behaviour education outreach, not just here, but all over schools in the UK - and has made some really great resources for everyone. Ask her about it! #ECBB2026
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Wendel van der Sluis @wendelvandersluis.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
People were like vultures around the table! 🦅📚 And we’re taking that as a very good sign. 😄 The De Gruyter Brill Life Sciences table is getting plenty of attention at @ecbb2026.bsky.social in Cambridge, with Anna Nekaris, EiC of Folia Primatologica, on hand. 1/2 @queenfireface.bsky.social @asab.org
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Dr Jen Colbourne 🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈 @raccoonologist.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Raccoons aren't the only cheeky urban dwellers, coyotes can also be bold as brass 😅 🐕 Really enjoying the plenary by Christopher Schell, we need more awareness about our wild next-door neighbours! #ECBB2026
Chris Schell in front of a slide with photos of a coyote in a cooler, a coyote in a train, a coyote eating pizza and a coyotes in front of a sign saying not to feed coyotes
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Dr Sophia Daoudi-Simison @sophiadaoudi.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
...probably my favourite slide of the conference so far 😅😂 But seriously, you've got to love the message 'life finds a way' 💚 #ECBB2026
Slide from Christopher Schell's plenary talk on 'the behaviour of ghosts' 👻
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Dr Sophia Daoudi-Simison @sophiadaoudi.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
#ECBB2026 DAY2 Plenary 2 - Another fantastic talk delivered by Christopher Schell 🐺 I learned so much about coyotes - the heros, tricksters and disrupters! 🤘 Their ability to adapt to different environments is 🙌 but also what does their behaviour says about us! Find out more cjschell.com @asab.org
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Dr Sophia Daoudi-Simison @sophiadaoudi.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Don't miss your chance to Meet the (old) editor of Animal Behaviour @andyradford.bsky.social 1-1:45pm in SCI 105
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Dr Sophia Daoudi-Simison @sophiadaoudi.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Do you have some 🐠🐟 data that would fit in this special issue?? Open for submissions, deadline 31st May 2027 #ECBB2026
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Dr Sophia Daoudi-Simison @sophiadaoudi.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Thanks so much to all of the speakers in the 🐠 behaviour in a changing world symposium! It's so important to better understand how ALAN, climate change and other anthropogenic disturbances are impacting marine & freshwater environments 💙 @asab.org #ECBB
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Dr Sophia Daoudi-Simison @sophiadaoudi.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Loved hearing about Daisy Cooper's research on sand eels!! 💚 Some really nice experiments! Smaller groups spend longer deliberating than larger groups! @asab.org #ECBB2026
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Dr Sophia Daoudi-Simison @sophiadaoudi.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Always nice to see a fellow NCL researcher! Great talk by Fletcher Noble, talking about some of his PhD work studying the impact of a heatwave🌡️and coral bleaching on clown fish behaviour 🪸🐠 @asab.org #ECBB2026 @theresarueger.bsky.social
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Dr Sophia Daoudi-Simison @sophiadaoudi.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
🚨📣 PhD opportunities with @ccioannou.bsky.social starting September 2027!! Check it out: 🐠 ioannougroup.com #ECBB2026 @asab.org
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Dr Sophia Daoudi-Simison @sophiadaoudi.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
@asab.org Grants Sec @ccioannou.bsky.social keynote: Shoaling & predation in turbid waters - symposium 🐠🐟behaviour in a changing world! Some interactions between turbidity &🌡️no evidence YET that group size alters resilience to environmental change - collective behaviour is important! #ECBB2026
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Dr Sophia Daoudi-Simison @sophiadaoudi.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
So many great looking sessions in Parallel Symposia 1!! Sad I can't be in 4 places at once 😞 Please use #ECBB2026 and tag @asab.org so we can get as much coverage as possible!! 💚
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Dr Sophia Daoudi-Simison @sophiadaoudi.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Come and visit the @asab.org @asabeducation.bsky.social table! Especially if you're wearing anything with animals on it!! 🐾🦒🦡🐠🐘🐒🐦🪲🐛🦋🐝 We're located by the revolving door in the science centre! We'd 💚 to fill this board with 📷 of you rocking your animal! #ECBB2026
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Dr Sophia Daoudi-Simison @sophiadaoudi.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Kicking off Day 2 #ECBB2026 A wonderful plenary by @ljnbrent.bsky.social 🐒 introducing her Adaptive Relationships Framework - there's more than one way to be well connected!! @crab-exeter.bsky.social
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Dr Jen Colbourne 🇨🇦🏳️‍🌈 @raccoonologist.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
I was really struck by what @andyradford.bsky.social said about the importance of surrounding yourself with supportive people to help you get through the challenges of academia. I've only just barely started my journey, but I'm 100% where I am right now because of my spouse, friends and colleagues.
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ASAB @asab.org · 01/09/2026
We are very excited to have you!
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European Conference on Behavioural Biology @ecbb2026.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
A fantastic first day plenary from Prof @andyradford.bsky.social! We can say for certain it won't just our committee that will be thinking about the similarities between woodhoopoes and football fans going forward!
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ASAB @asab.org · 01/09/2026
Hope everyone is excited for #ECBB2026 at Anglia Ruskin University Cambridge ! Don’t forget to follow @ecbb2026.bsky.social 😁
Blue glass front with a heron logo reading ARU
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Bibiana Rojas @biobiiana.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
And so #ECBB2026 begins!
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ASAB @asab.org · 01/09/2026
Loved that @andyradford.bsky.social kicked off #ECBB2026 with the first plenary. For the last 5 years, Andy has been working extremely hard as the ASAB Executive Editor of the #AnimalBehaviourJournal and today just happens to be the day that he has passed on the torch to @bbmwong.bsky.social 🥰
Andy in front of a slide reading “Life in a noisy world “
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Dr Sophia Daoudi-Simison @sophiadaoudi.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Fantastic opening plenary @andyradford.bsky.social - playbacks 🎶📣 are a great way to measure behaviour, from cooperation to conflict, 🐦 to mongooses & 🐠 Also some great take home messages: surround yourself with amazing people, be proactive, work-life ⚖️ + be kind 💚 #ECBB2026 @asab.org
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ASAB @asab.org · 27/08/2026
🐠 Mexican tetras! 🏠 Resident effects! 🥊Aggressive contests! 🏆Winner-loser dynamics! Our #EditorsChoice for the #AnimalBehaviourJournal: “The resident effect dominates over previous winner/loser experience in surface fish of the Mexican tetra” Read at doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2026.123636
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Animal Behaviour
Volume 238, August 2026, 123636
The resident effect dominates over previous winner/loser experience in surface fish of the Mexican tetra
Julian Navarro-Pagan, Paola Figueroa-Colon, Alexander Figueroa-Negron, Luis Perez-Fabregat, Antonio Morales-Cintrón, Jean Mendoza-Anduce, Alondra Ortiz-Franco, Robert A. Kozol, Roberto Rodriguez-Morales
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