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Assoc Prof Animal Behaviour & Welfare @CityUJCCVet @CAHWCityU . animals, environment, science, ethics, higher education, Chair DEI committee. 🌈🇮🇪 he/him
Hong Kong
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Giant 'living tractors' are bringing nature back to post-industrial wastelands. (
#WaterBuffalo
;
#Bubalus
bubalis)
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I went to a recycling bin to dump old clothes. heard the cries of a cat inside, so called local police to get it out. Police confirmed cat cries. 90 min later, Fire Brigade came to break open the bin. the “cat” turned out toy, battery-powered one, with very convincing meows! 😂🤦♂️
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A number of species are well known as Ecosystem Engineers, for example Beavers, Chocolate Labradors 😁🐶 cc
@DickKingSmith
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From the Archives - when there’s a dispute over the direction our walk should take, and you literally get the Cold Shoulder 😭🐶😍 cc
@DickKingSmith
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I just resigned as an Editor for
@Animals_MDPI
. Their disregard for research standards and integrity has left me with no choice. I have had lingering doubts about this journal for quite some time. Reviewers and Editors - PLEASE BE MORE CAREFUL!
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There’s no doubt someone on the farm is looking forward to the poultry housing order on Monday.
#freerange
@UKHerefords
@NFU_Poultry
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It’s quite possible that the Sphinxes of ancient Egypt were inspired by chocolate Labradors 🐶😍
@DickKingSmith
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The 2021 Year of
#Homophobia
by Elsevier
@ElsevierConnect
is progressing quite well 👇👇. Note that I am not a “non-heterosexual”. 👇 I’m very proud to be part of the LGBTQ+ community, and would not have it any other way. Happy Weekend 🏳️🌈🌈🍹 cc
@TheSTEMvillage
@DiversityRM
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Jack the Lab auditioning to become the next Star of
#SlowTV
😁😍
@DickKingSmith
#dogs
#labsoftwitter
#labradors
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Today we welcome Billie to our Animal Welfare lectures 🐶🥰 he’s very keen to listen.
@HKVetSchool
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Today is my last full day living in the UK after almost 15 years. Really looking forward to a new job, life and adventures in Hong Kong and SE Asia.
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Good morning from Hong Kong. I may be in hotel quarantine for two weeks but at least I wake to the sounds of Siamang gibbons calling from the nearby Zoological Gardens.
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Could academics stop telling me that they are working all weekend? I don't need to know.I don't work 7 days & I will not, unless forced on rare occasions.I prefer LIFE and to live.I'll point you to the graves of my parents who both died young. If you don't agree, that is okay.
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Rats are really good at hide-and-seek — and they get a kick out of it
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This is one our foster goats, Todd. Just chilling on a swing with his fosterer Tim! ❤️🐐
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I couldn’t resist. From the archives. This date 3 years ago. “I Love Mud” Jack 🐶❤️
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@DickKingSmith
This is Trouble, with possibly one of the best doggy smiles ever. Trouble is his name, but def not his nature 🥰🐶😀
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I've only just heard about this really inhumane research done in the name of science, 2022 - permanent separation of mother & baby macaques to study attachment - def not cute & cuddly as the photos below might suggest!
#AnimalEthics
#ResearchEthics
#AnimalAbuse
➡️
@PNASNews
Triggers for mother love. It's the soft touch that matters.
By Margaret Livingstone
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Rats love driving tiny cars, even when they don’t get treats | 🐀😃
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Everybody needs to watch goat kids at play (not my video) 🐐😍😁
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Happy
#LGBTQSTEMDay
- we only had to wait > 8 months to be reunited, due to
#COVID19
. I wouldn’t recommend it 😬. 🏳️🌈🌈
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European bison to be introduced into Kent woodland
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There’s a Crane on my bed! 😍😀 cc
@DickKingSmith
2 Red-crowned cranes (Grus japonensis) visited villager's house in Zhalong, Heilongjiang in Oct 23 morning.
Driving them out in surprise, the hostess complained
#birds
droppings on beds :P
@savingcranes
@worldbirds32
#nature
#naturelovers
#NaturePhotography
#BirdsSeenIn2021
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Years ago as a student, I could not afford to do this - or indeed anything similar because I had to buy food and pay rent. Somehow I survived 🤷♂️ Be careful about selecting PhD researchers based on these experiences because they are not available to many.
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New data show that female attendance at virtual science and engineering meetings grew by as much as 253%, and gender queer scientist attendance jumped 700% - When scientific conferences went online, diversity and inclusion soared:
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I see a sentient mouse, possibly highly disoriented, & maybe at maximum stress levels. What would you think if it was your dog or cat? 🔻
#AnimalWelfare
#AnimalEthics
For those exploring animal VR setup check this out: With
@misaacson
, we present the first miniaturized VR headset, MouseGoggles, for mouse neuroscience and behavior (< $200 in parts💰, open-source, highly immersive)🧵1/2
#VR
@researchsquare
@SN_Lab
🧠🐭🥽
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Doing Science is often filled with failures, but today I got a research grant and had a paper accepted! Thanks to All (too many to list in a tweet) who helped & are part of these, especially
@EdwardStresslab
@M_Mcl_
&
@theleadingzero
cc
@UoR_LifeScience
@CREEBroehampton
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From Oct 19th, my new home will be the Jockey Club College of Veterinary Medicine and Life Sciences, City University of Hong Kong
@HKVetSchool
@CityUHongKong
Really excited by the move. 2/3
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We all make mistakes 🤷♂️😹TBF, the police called the fire service, not me! 😁 “Animal communication expert calls fire service to rescue cat trapped in bin – only for them to discover it’s a toy” via
@deadlinenews
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Anyone who teaches
#animalbehaviour
should also mention this in their lectures, along with the good stuff.
#KonradLorenz
was a
#Nazi
. I’m not a historian but I do trust the findings of the University of Salzburg.
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Cuttlefish eat less for lunch when they know there'll be shrimp for dinner
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“We knew that already” is a common public response to animal research results. 1. It’s almost always untrue. 2. Be mindful that that view is extremely discouraging for young scientists, after so much HARD work usually taking years! I’ve been around enough to not let it bother me.
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Dear academics, be more like a 😺 at the weekend. Less of the work emails please. Their contents are almost never urgent.
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next time you read a paper [e.g. animal behaviour, ecology, conservation] based on data collected in the Global South, please just check to see if any authors are from the Global South. It's improving, but will take time and more awareness.
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It amazes me that some people need evidence for something like this - whips cause pain in horses! But well done to the researchers for getting it done & published.
Horses can feel just as much pain from whips as humans, study shows
Time to phase out whips
#animalwelfare
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when are journal Editors going to move on from this phrasing? "needs to be thoroughly proofread and edited by a native speaker of English." esp when 4/6 of the authors ARE native English speakers! 🙄
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#Kangaroos
display gazing and gaze alternations during an unsolvable problem task with
@AlexandraCGree1
@koabyss
Cc
@UoR_LifeScience
@Sydney_Uni
@HKVetSchool
@RSocPublishing
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If anyone is doing
#AnimalWelfare
and related research, one of the primary reasons to disseminate findings publicly is to improve the lives of animals. This is basic, but seems to be forgotten by some in competitive academia.
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Not too many years ago, a researcher who was about to start working with me was asked at a conference, “why are going to work with him? Don’t you know that he’s gay?” Don’t forget that hateful bigots still exist! but hopefully a small minority.
#HappyPride
🏳️🌈🌈
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Seriously people - who created a schedule with 7.30 am and 8 am starts for a conference. Not cool.
#Behaviour2019
@AnimBehSociety
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#Goats
stare at Scientists when they want help …
@ButtercupsGoats
@RSocPublishing
#animalwelfare
#animalcognition
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Today is June 3rd, and I have worked at home since Mar 13th. There have been many crap days and no very good ones - almost 3 months! Had some productive days, but quite a few were definitely not. Sometimes I wonder if the twitter over-achievers are human?
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So, myself,
@kate_flay
&
@hannahsmumby
got a grant together 🎉😀 🐃 - more news to follow in the next weeks. [note, for balance, I have had many grants fails]
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So, in 2021, we are returning to using the term “disorder” for Sexual Orientation? What the bloody hell
@ELSneuroscience
@ElsevierConnect
🤬 cc
@TheSTEMvillage
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This is
#AnimalAbuse
masquerading as Research! "exposure of the goat to the slaughter of a conspecific resulted in a heightened emotional state" Electroencephalogram and Physiological Responses as Affected by Slaughter Empathy in Goats
#MDPI
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I’m 51 years old. Been dealing with direct LGBTQ+ Discrimination & Hate for 36-37 years. That is A LOT of training. I’m not going to stop calling this 💩 out. Thanks for the support. Please keep pushing for progress.
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equids are just enrichment devices for goats 😀😍
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😂 Missing goat found 25 miles away catching tram to Manchester via
@MetroUK
Missing goat found 25 miles away catching tram to Manchester
Do you have a ticket ma'am?
metro.co.uk
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The research model in which long-term behaviour/ecology projects use well off Western students working for free in developing countries (or even paying to do the work) needs to be reconsidered.
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Please RT. New fully funded PhD position with us [Dr. Kai Liu
@Kai4PLF
, Dr. Mia Cobb
@YAWScience
] - Monitoring the Welfare of Working, Kennel-Housed Dogs. Deadline for Applications, April 8, 2021. Start: Sept. 2021.
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Happy Birthday weekend to this very special 9 yr old - Jack the Lab ❤️🐶❤️
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I almost always now use
@ecosia
for internet searches and no longer other providers - please consider making the switch ⬇️🙏⬇️🙏
Over 1 million trees financed in May! 🥳
We publish our financial reports every month on our blog — check out for all the details about where we spend our money 🌟
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Please RT - our workshop on Animal Ethics and Welfare, June 2022 👇👇
Ethics of Animal Behaviour and Welfare Research for the 21st Century and Beyond. Virtual Workshop via ASAB online platform. June 21st and 22nd 2022. Registration opens on January 10th 2022. Email ASABethics.workshop
@gmail
.com for more information.
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We didn’t know fish feel pain. Then the zoologist Dr Lynne Sneddon
@LynneUSneddon
came along.
#AnimalWelfare
#AnimalSentience
via
@voxdotcom
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I am growing VERY weary of seeing published papers in which animal well-being was compromised, but little or no evidence of animal ethics oversight or approvals for the research. Scientists, Editors & Journals must do better!
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