Spontaneous drumming #behavior in a Galah Drumming--rhythmic, percussive sound production using body parts or external objects--is rare among nonhuman animals, with confirmed tool assisted cases previously limited to primates and Palm Cockatoos. Here, we report the first documented instance of spontaneous, tool assisted drumming in a Galah (Eolophus roseicapilla). A captive male Galah produced rhythmically organised tapping by striking a coconut shell against an upturned metal bowl. Across 14 recorded sessions, the bird displayed consistent temporal structure characterised by two stable tapping rates (approximately 0.8 s and 0.2 s inter onset intervals) arranged into recurring phrases that alternated between slow and fast beats. This pattern indicates a simple hierarchical rhythmic organisation with a 4:1 ratio between metrical levels. The bird's behaviour emerged without training, apparent reinforcement, or known exposure to conspecific or human drumming models, suggesting an intrinsic capacity for rhythmic tool use. Although the function of the behaviour remains unclear--play, nutrient extraction, or communicative signalling--these observations extend known rhythmic and tool using abilities within cockatoos and raise new evolutionary questions. Our findings highlight the potential for rhythmically structured, instrumental behaviour to arise in a broader range of avian taxa than previously recognised, motivating further comparative and experimental work on the cognitive and biomechanical foundations of drumming in parrots.

Spontaneous drumming #behavior in a Galah bioRxivpreprint

Short‐Term Puzzle Feeder Enrichment Increases Food Engagement but Not Stress‐Related #behavior in Captive Golden‐Headed Lion Tamarins Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 4, April 2026.

Short‐Term Puzzle Feeder Enrichment Increases Food Engagement but Not Stress‐Related #behavior in Captive Golden‐Headed Lion Tamarins Ecol&Evol

Fixed-time formation #behavior control for unmanned ground vehicle-manipulators Scientific Reports, Published online: 29 March 2026; doi:10.1038/s41598-026-43223-2Fixed-time formation behavior control for unmanned ground vehicle-manipulators

Fixed-time formation #behavior control for unmanned ground vehicle-manipulators SciReports

Rolling with Inappropriate Behavior Why did the university president resign over an inappropriate relationship? Because he couldn't "prescribe" a way to end it without getting caught in a compromising position.

New entry of AI-generated #comics and #jokes added to our #website:

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A “behavioral biometric”? Yes. A person’s #handwriting, when ethically analyzed and peer-reviewed by independent #forensic #experts, can indeed reveal #unconscious markers of both the writer’s #identity and state of mind. #behavior #lawenforcement #evicence
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Pole position: social influences on discounting #behavior in wild grey squirrels Publication date: Available online 27 March 2026 Source: Animal Behaviour Author(s): Y.L. Burnham, A.D. Higginson, T.W. Fawcett, S.A. Rands, L.A. Leaver

Pole position: social influences on discounting #behavior in wild grey squirrels AnimBeh

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Spontaneous drumming #behavior in a Galah Drumming--rhythmic, percussive sound production using body parts or external objects--is rare among nonhuman animals, with confirmed tool assisted cases previously limited to primates and Palm Cockatoos. Here, we report the first documented instance of spontaneous, tool assisted drumming in a Galah (Eolophus roseicapilla). A captive male Galah produced rhythmically organised tapping by striking a coconut shell against an upturned metal bowl. Across 14 recorded sessions, the bird displayed consistent temporal structure characterised by two stable tapping rates (approximately 0.8 s and 0.2 s inter onset intervals) arranged into recurring phrases that alternated between slow and fast beats. This pattern indicates a simple hierarchical rhythmic organisation with a 4:1 ratio between metrical levels. The bird's behaviour emerged without training, apparent reinforcement, or known exposure to conspecific or human drumming models, suggesting an intrinsic capacity for rhythmic tool use. Although the function of the behaviour remains unclear--play, nutrient extraction, or communicative signalling--these observations extend known rhythmic and tool using abilities within cockatoos and raise new evolutionary questions. Our findings highlight the potential for rhythmically structured, instrumental behaviour to arise in a broader range of avian taxa than previously recognised, motivating further comparative and experimental work on the cognitive and biomechanical foundations of drumming in parrots.

Spontaneous drumming #behavior in a Galah bioRxivpreprint

Blue chromis with a gray isopod attached to its cheek.

This is a blue chromis with an isopod attached. These critters will munch on whatever the fish eats and are a drag on the animal due to their large relative size.

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The Submissive May Only Ask to Give Pleasure Pleasure is a precious gift—one to bestow upon others and to treasure deeply. Submissive may not ask for pleasure, however the Submissive may ask to give pleasure to the Dominant, and those the Dominant chooses. This imparts onto the Submissive to not expect, or desire pleasure for themselves, and to focus their efforts on providing pleasure to others.

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Pole position: social influences on discounting #behavior in wild grey squirrels Publication date: Available online 27 March 2026 Source: Animal Behaviour Author(s): Y.L. Burnham, A.D. Higginson, T.W. Fawcett, S.A. Rands, L.A. Leaver

Pole position: social influences on discounting #behavior in wild grey squirrels AnimBeh

Integrating supervised and unsupervised machine learning for #behavior segmentation reveals latent frailty signatures and improves aging clocks in isogenic and outbred #mice Manual frailty index (FI) assessment in mice is a strong predictor of morbidity and mortality, and is frequently used in mechanistic and translational geroscience. However, it is labor-intensive, requires expert training, and is vulnerable to scorer variability. We previously developed a visual frailty index (vFI) that objectively predicts age and frailty using expert-defined, supervised behavioral features extracted from open-field videos. However, relying solely on human-defined features may miss subtle, latent behavioral signatures of aging. Here, we test whether unsupervised behavioral discovery using Keypoint-MoSeq (KPMS) could uncover these hidden signatures and improve the prediction of aging-related outcomes. Using a large dataset of isogenic C57BL/6J (B6J) and genetically diverse Diversity Outbred (DO) mice, we find that unsupervised features are highly predictive of chronological age, biological frailty, and the proportion of life lived. Notably, while supervised features overall outperformed unsupervised features in these tasks, combining both feature sets yielded the highest predictive accuracy across all outcomes. Despite these improvements, models trained on either feature set failed to generalize across strains, confirming that behavioral manifestations of aging are strongly population-specific. These findings demonstrate that supervised and unsupervised machine vision provide complementary information, establishing a highly sensitive, scalable, and non-invasive framework for objective and scalable geroscience in rodents.

Integrating supervised and unsupervised machine learning for #behavior segmentation reveals latent frailty signatures and improves aging clocks in isogenic and outbred #mice bioRxivpreprint

Discrimination Against People With Disabilities in Hiring and Strategies to Reduce It: Evidence From Resumes, Journal of Organizational Behavior

♿ Ask most employers, and they’ll say: “𝐖𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞.”

So we tested it. We sent 1,500 real job applications. The result? Organizations discriminate against people with disabilities.

#AcademicSky #Science #Disability #PublicAdministration #Behavior #DEI 🧪

Integrating supervised and unsupervised machine learning for #behavior segmentation reveals latent frailty signatures and improves aging clocks in isogenic and outbred #mice Manual frailty index (FI) assessment in mice is a strong predictor of morbidity and mortality, and is frequently used in mechanistic and translational geroscience. However, it is labor-intensive, requires expert training, and is vulnerable to scorer variability. We previously developed a visual frailty index (vFI) that objectively predicts age and frailty using expert-defined, supervised behavioral features extracted from open-field videos. However, relying solely on human-defined features may miss subtle, latent behavioral signatures of aging. Here, we test whether unsupervised behavioral discovery using Keypoint-MoSeq (KPMS) could uncover these hidden signatures and improve the prediction of aging-related outcomes. Using a large dataset of isogenic C57BL/6J (B6J) and genetically diverse Diversity Outbred (DO) mice, we find that unsupervised features are highly predictive of chronological age, biological frailty, and the proportion of life lived. Notably, while supervised features overall outperformed unsupervised features in these tasks, combining both feature sets yielded the highest predictive accuracy across all outcomes. Despite these improvements, models trained on either feature set failed to generalize across strains, confirming that behavioral manifestations of aging are strongly population-specific. These findings demonstrate that supervised and unsupervised machine vision provide complementary information, establishing a highly sensitive, scalable, and non-invasive framework for objective and scalable geroscience in rodents.

Integrating supervised and unsupervised machine learning for #behavior segmentation reveals latent frailty signatures and improves aging clocks in isogenic and outbred #mice bioRxivpreprint

Recent social experience alters song #behavior in Drosophila Roemschied et al. show that recent social experience reshapes how male Drosophila deploy their innate courtship song. By perturbing female feedback during singing, they reveal usage learning that alters the context of song production, demonstrating unexpected plasticity in an evolutionarily hard-wired behavior.

Recent social experience alters song #behavior in Drosophila CurrentBiology

No evidence of sentinel #behavior in a highly social #bird based on an artificial set-up Sentinel behaviour occurs when individuals use raised positions to scan for predators while the rest of the group forages. Here, we investigated whether a colonial cooperatively breeding species that forages in large groups, the sociable weaver, Philetairus socius, displays sentinel behaviour. This behaviour has been reported in species with similar ecology, behaviour and foraging habits, (e.g. ground foraging in open habitats where aerial predators are common) and, hence, we expected that it could occur in sociable weavers. On the other hand, sentinel behaviour appears to be less common in species that live in very large groups. We used an experimental set-up consisting of an artificial feeding station and perches to assess occurrence of sentinel related behaviours: (i) perching events > 30s on an elevated position, (ii) head-movements and (iii) alarm calling. Birds were seldom observed perching while others fed, and those that did, perched for periods that were too short to be considered as sentinel behaviour (less than 5s on average). Our results suggest that this behaviour is uncommon or even absent in sociable weavers. We discuss whether other factors such as foraging in very large groups, or interspecific foraging associations might make sentinel behaviour less important in this species.

No evidence of sentinel #behavior in a highly social #bird based on an artificial set-up bioRxivpreprint

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We're sharing the tentative schedule for the upcoming #Drosophila #NewPI JEDI conference! Register now to join an outstandingly collaborative environment. We cover diverse topics including #CellBiology, #DevBio, #neuroscience, #omics, #behavior, #DiseaseModel and many more!

Is Lovebird Behavior The Result of Nature or Nurture? Two closely-related species of lovebirds provide an intriguing look at the nature of behavior: is it innate or learned? or maybe a little…

Is Lovebird Behavior The Result of Nature or Nurture?

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Abundance of Choices Weakens Customer Loyalty, 2040's Ideas and Innovations Newsletter, Issue 77 #loyalty #choice #streaming #membership #subscription #subscriptioneconomy #change #transformation #behavior #intention hubs.ly/Q047-YW30

Abundance of Choices Weakens Customer Loyalty, 2040's Ideas and Innovations Newsletter, Issue 77 #loyalty #choice #streaming #membership #subscription #subscriptioneconomy #change #transformation #behavior #intention hubs.ly/Q047-YW30

Abundance of Choices Weakens Customer Loyalty, 2040's Ideas and Innovations Newsletter, Issue 77 #loyalty #choice #streaming #membership #subscription #subscriptioneconomy #change #transformation #behavior #intention hubs.ly/Q047-YW30

Can #Evolution Explain Human #Morality?

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Discussion about #social #media #behavior quickly turns into a much deeper conversation about
#moral #clarity, #media #narratives & the rise of #ideological #extremism in the #West.

No evidence of sentinel #behavior in a highly social #bird based on an artificial set-up Sentinel behaviour occurs when individuals use raised positions to scan for predators while the rest of the group forages. Here, we investigated whether a colonial cooperatively breeding species that forages in large groups, the sociable weaver, Philetairus socius, displays sentinel behaviour. This behaviour has been reported in species with similar ecology, behaviour and foraging habits, (e.g. ground foraging in open habitats where aerial predators are common) and, hence, we expected that it could occur in sociable weavers. On the other hand, sentinel behaviour appears to be less common in species that live in very large groups. We used an experimental set-up consisting of an artificial feeding station and perches to assess occurrence of sentinel related behaviours: (i) perching events > 30s on an elevated position, (ii) head-movements and (iii) alarm calling. Birds were seldom observed perching while others fed, and those that did, perched for periods that were too short to be considered as sentinel behaviour (less than 5s on average). Our results suggest that this behaviour is uncommon or even absent in sociable weavers. We discuss whether other factors such as foraging in very large groups, or interspecific foraging associations might make sentinel behaviour less important in this species.

No evidence of sentinel #behavior in a highly social #bird based on an artificial set-up bioRxivpreprint

Recent social experience alters song #behavior in Drosophila Roemschied et al. show that recent social experience reshapes how male Drosophila deploy their innate courtship song. By perturbing female feedback during singing, they reveal usage learning that alters the context of song production, demonstrating unexpected plasticity in an evolutionarily hard-wired behavior.

Recent social experience alters song #behavior in Drosophila CurrentBiology

So, there we have it. The #sustainability challenges we face do not occur by chance. They are all caused - perhaps not intentionally - by #system actors. Even though we see the dark clouds gathering and we hear the thunder, we still feel that we have to continue our established #behavior.
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Privacy Is Not Permitted Living under the watchful eye of my Dominant brings a unique blend of exhilaration and comfort into my life. It is a profound experience, knowing that every aspect of my existence is observed and cared for. The knowledge that the Dominant is always there—monitoring my movements, my interactions, both online and offline—instills a sense of security that I've never felt before. This omnipresence, which might be daunting to some, feels completely natural and wholly protective to me. It's a reassurance that someone is always looking out for me, guarding my well-being with unyielding vigilance.

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Labels vs Mechanisms: What Actually Changes Behavior?
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If you want to understand how trauma, anxiety, and the nervous system actually change - this is the work we do!

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