A human much like all the other ones / Generally just trying to be good at life / Biology PhD studying crows & their tools
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Crafty crows are making tools to forage for food. But what are they using?
#ANUExpert @Linda_Neaves used DNA to solve the mystery. “It felt like searching for a needle in a haystack, it was amazing to finally work it out.”
📖 anu.edu.au/news/all-news/dna… #birdnerd
📷 James St Clair
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Matthew Steele retweeted
23 Jul 2021
That #NewCaledonianCrow make tools amazes me, working out the plant they used only intrigues me more. Loved working with #craftycrows & humans @steele_mp, @DrBarbaraKlump, James St Clair, @jujasfernandes, Vanessa Hequet, Phil Shaw, @HollingsworthPM & Christian Rutz #DNAbarcoding
Crafty crows are making tools to forage for food. But what are they using?
#ANUExpert @Linda_Neaves used DNA to solve the mystery. “It felt like searching for a needle in a haystack, it was amazing to finally work it out.”
📖 anu.edu.au/news/all-news/dna… #birdnerd
📷 James St Clair
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Matthew Steele retweeted
16 Jul 2021
Very lucky to work with this team and learn more about the #crafty #NewCaledonianCrow, and use my #dnabarcoding skills to learn which plant they pick to make their tools in this population!!
14 Jul 2021
New paper out this week!
DNA barcoding identifies cryptic animal tool materials
Available #openaccess in #PNAS @PNASNews :
doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2020699…
An exciting collaboration between @CentreBioDiv @univofstandrews @RBGE_Science @ANUFennerSchool and @ird_fr 1/
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DNA barcoding can help identify the plant species that New Caledonian crows use as tools. In PNAS: ow.ly/k29O50FuD4Z
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14 Jul 2021
New paper out this week!
DNA barcoding identifies cryptic animal tool materials
Available #openaccess in #PNAS @PNASNews :
doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2020699…
An exciting collaboration between @CentreBioDiv @univofstandrews @RBGE_Science @ANUFennerSchool and @ird_fr 1/
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14 Jul 2021
The team: @Linda_Neaves, @DrBarbaraKlump, James St Clair, @jujasfernandes, Vanessa Hequet, Phil Shaw, Pete Hollingsworth & Christian Rutz
Together, we solved a #NewCaledonianCrow #AnimalToolUse mystery using #DNAbarcoding! 2/
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20 Dec 2020
Birdy-friends! I have a Grizzly Yuletide Puzzle for you. To my surprise, this wee beastie was eating brunch in our garden this morning. Only just managed to assemble my camera in time and get a few shaky shots leaning over the kitchen sink.
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20 Dec 2020
Question the second:
What was for brunch? Of course I poked around in the leftovers (who could resist?). Only feathers, but from what?
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20 Dec 2020
@JacanaJones @ErynMcFarlane @MurielleAlund @jujasfernandes @Bioblogo I can't help but feel this is your kind of puzzle...
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20 Dec 2020
Question the third: The ring! Any chance we could work out where it came from on this blurry evidence?
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3 Dec 2020
Hello to everyone @ASABvirtual2020 ! Off to a great start already. Looking forward to hearing about lots more cool work over the next two days.
Join me at 16:00 GMT on Friday to hear about how DNA barcoding can be used to identify cryptic animal tools materials.
#ASABvirtual2020
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7 Jun 2020
How do we investigate *how* animals learn to use tools? Read our cool new crow/ape collaboration to find out! 👇
6 Jun 2020
🚨New paper alert🚨 Have you ever wondered how animals learn how to use tools? us too! royalsocietypublishing.org/d… @AlbaMotes1 @CTennie @steele_mp & Christian Rutz 1/9
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Matthew Steele retweeted
27 Mar 2020
La crise va durer. Les infections continueront d’augmenter. Nous devons protéger la population et les hôpitaux. Les mesures font leur effet, mais il faut de la discipline: garder ses distances, limiter ses contacts et rester à la maison – même le week-end. Merci! #CoronaInfoCH
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Matthew Steele retweeted
16 Mar 2020
Yesterday, quarantined Italians recorded messages to "themselves from 10 days ago". I chose to listen. #stayathome #coronavirus youtu.be/o_cImRzKXOs via @YouTube
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3 Mar 2020
Is anyone going to #ASABSwansea in April looking for a place to stay? A group of us travelling down from @univofstandrews have a few rooms available in our AirBnB. Feel free to get in touch for more details!
@ASABEaster2020 @asab_tweets
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Matthew Steele retweeted
27 Nov 2019
this comic took years of research to put together, and i’m so glad that i’m finally able to share it with y’all 🙂
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14 Nov 2019
Apparently children I don't know are writing jokes about my life
13 Nov 2019
why does the crow laugh
beacause they are mad ha ha ha I am also mad
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4 Nov 2019
TOOL CRAFTING IN NEW CALEDONIAN CROWS: 3.5 year PhD studentship available with Prof. Christian Rutz @univofstandrews
Deadline: 01.12.2019
More info here: findaphd.com/phds/project/to…
Please share widely!
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4 Nov 2019
And for anyone interested in applying - please feel free to get in touch with any questions :)
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