Sebastien Moro
@cervelleoiseau.bsky.social
Vulgarisation scientifique orientée sur le comportement et la cognition animale.
SciComm on animal cognition and behavior.
Specialized in large reviews oO
http://cervelledoiseau.fr
https://youtube.com/cervelledoiseau
#Fish #Rats #Pigeons #FarmAnimals #Bee
SciComm on animal cognition and behavior.
Specialized in large reviews oO
http://cervelledoiseau.fr
https://youtube.com/cervelledoiseau
#Fish #Rats #Pigeons #FarmAnimals #Bee
Pinned
Des intelligences extraterrestres ... bien terrestres - Sébastien Moro-TEDx Arts Et Metiers Bordeaux
YouTube video by Cervelle d'oiseau
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For a fresh new start here, here is a TEDx Talk I gave a few months ago on animal intelligence.
It's in French but there are English subtitles :)
youtu.be/Eqm4ZF07xG0
#Ethology #AnimalBehavior #AnimalBehaviour
It's in French but there are English subtitles :)
youtu.be/Eqm4ZF07xG0
#Ethology #AnimalBehavior #AnimalBehaviour
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2025. new Preprint from us:
"Domestic goats can follow the direction of human voices to solve a hidden-object task" #AnimalCognition #AnimalBehaviour #AnimalWelfare www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
"Domestic goats can follow the direction of human voices to solve a hidden-object task" #AnimalCognition #AnimalBehaviour #AnimalWelfare www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
December 11, 2025 at 2:53 AM
2025. new Preprint from us:
"Domestic goats can follow the direction of human voices to solve a hidden-object task" #AnimalCognition #AnimalBehaviour #AnimalWelfare www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
"Domestic goats can follow the direction of human voices to solve a hidden-object task" #AnimalCognition #AnimalBehaviour #AnimalWelfare www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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Beliefs about a widely popularised human-wildlife conflict are largely unreflective of local experiences and ecological data in wild red foxes, Vulpes vulpes https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.06.692778v1
December 10, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Beliefs about a widely popularised human-wildlife conflict are largely unreflective of local experiences and ecological data in wild red foxes, Vulpes vulpes https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.06.692778v1
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Closed-loop real-virtual interactions validate 3D model of social coordination in fish https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.07.692829v1
December 10, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Closed-loop real-virtual interactions validate 3D model of social coordination in fish https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.07.692829v1
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2022. Are Goats Smart? Revealing Goat Intelligence.
Understanding Domestic Goat Behavior and Cognition. goatjournal.iamcountryside.com/ownership/ar...
Understanding Domestic Goat Behavior and Cognition. goatjournal.iamcountryside.com/ownership/ar...
Are Goats Smart? Revealing Goat Intelligence - Goat Journal
Are goats smart? And why is it important for goat owners to understand how goats think? Researchers uncover goat intelligence.
goatjournal.iamcountryside.com
December 10, 2025 at 7:06 AM
2022. Are Goats Smart? Revealing Goat Intelligence.
Understanding Domestic Goat Behavior and Cognition. goatjournal.iamcountryside.com/ownership/ar...
Understanding Domestic Goat Behavior and Cognition. goatjournal.iamcountryside.com/ownership/ar...
Reposted by Sebastien Moro
Zebrafish facility report on implementation of artificial plants as structural enrichment https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.04.692061v1
December 9, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Zebrafish facility report on implementation of artificial plants as structural enrichment https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.04.692061v1
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New preprint out on "Goats who stare at wolves - identifying natural response stimuli for an affect-driven attention bias test in small ruminants"!
Apparently, snakes might be the new wolves!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Apparently, snakes might be the new wolves!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Goats who stare at wolves - identifying natural response stimuli for an affect-driven attention bias test in small ruminants
Reliable and non-invasive assessment of affective states is crucial in animal welfare research. Linking affective states to cognitive processes, such as cognitive biases, provides a promising approach...
www.biorxiv.org
December 9, 2025 at 8:35 AM
New preprint out on "Goats who stare at wolves - identifying natural response stimuli for an affect-driven attention bias test in small ruminants"!
Apparently, snakes might be the new wolves!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Apparently, snakes might be the new wolves!
www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
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New paper out today w @dalmaijer.bsky.social @barbaraklump.bsky.social and @lucymaplin.bsky.social as part of the Phil Trans special issue doi.org/10.1098/rstb.... Over 2 years, we studied a population of cockatoos thought to be the source of the innovation of bin-opening.
December 4, 2025 at 1:31 PM
New paper out today w @dalmaijer.bsky.social @barbaraklump.bsky.social and @lucymaplin.bsky.social as part of the Phil Trans special issue doi.org/10.1098/rstb.... Over 2 years, we studied a population of cockatoos thought to be the source of the innovation of bin-opening.
Reposted by Sebastien Moro
1/4 Positive and negative moods in cockroaches
Cockroaches change their mood depending on recent experiences: they become more pessimistic after exposure to light and more optimistic after perceiving an attractive smell.
(preprint) www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Cockroaches change their mood depending on recent experiences: they become more pessimistic after exposure to light and more optimistic after perceiving an attractive smell.
(preprint) www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
December 6, 2025 at 6:25 PM
1/4 Positive and negative moods in cockroaches
Cockroaches change their mood depending on recent experiences: they become more pessimistic after exposure to light and more optimistic after perceiving an attractive smell.
(preprint) www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Cockroaches change their mood depending on recent experiences: they become more pessimistic after exposure to light and more optimistic after perceiving an attractive smell.
(preprint) www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
Reposted by Sebastien Moro
Goats who stare at wolves - identifying natural response stimuli for an affect-driven attention bias test in small ruminants https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.03.692016v1
December 7, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Goats who stare at wolves - identifying natural response stimuli for an affect-driven attention bias test in small ruminants https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.03.692016v1
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1/4 Cockatoos are winning the trash can war against Australians
Human motivation to protect them falls five times faster than cockatoos' motivation to open them, and increasing protections makes cockatoos better at it.
(paper) royalsocietypublishing.org/rstb/article...
Human motivation to protect them falls five times faster than cockatoos' motivation to open them, and increasing protections makes cockatoos better at it.
(paper) royalsocietypublishing.org/rstb/article...
December 7, 2025 at 11:21 AM
1/4 Cockatoos are winning the trash can war against Australians
Human motivation to protect them falls five times faster than cockatoos' motivation to open them, and increasing protections makes cockatoos better at it.
(paper) royalsocietypublishing.org/rstb/article...
Human motivation to protect them falls five times faster than cockatoos' motivation to open them, and increasing protections makes cockatoos better at it.
(paper) royalsocietypublishing.org/rstb/article...
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Putting humans with paranoid schizophrenia through an experiment (Animal-Assisted Therapy with a donkey), with no human ethical oversight of the research. [courtesy of #mdpi] #ResearchEthics #HumanEthics 🔽
"experimental... included 10 patients..., with an average age of 55.44 +/− 6.10, a diagnosis of paranoid schizophrenia"
"Institutional Review Board Statement Ethical review and approval were waived for this study, because the procedure was non-invasive" www.mdpi.com/2306-7381/12... #mdpi
"Institutional Review Board Statement Ethical review and approval were waived for this study, because the procedure was non-invasive" www.mdpi.com/2306-7381/12... #mdpi
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December 8, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Putting humans with paranoid schizophrenia through an experiment (Animal-Assisted Therapy with a donkey), with no human ethical oversight of the research. [courtesy of #mdpi] #ResearchEthics #HumanEthics 🔽
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Pessimistic and optimistic cognitive biases in cockroaches https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.01.691180v1
December 2, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Pessimistic and optimistic cognitive biases in cockroaches https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2025.12.01.691180v1
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2025. Distress calls as social stressors affecting chicken welfare. (Biology Letters, in press) www.researchgate.net/publication/...
Distress calls as social stressors affecting chicken welfare | Request PDF
Request PDF | Distress calls as social stressors affecting chicken welfare | (in press; Biology Letters) Social signals about current environmental risks can shape development in young animals. Distre...
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November 29, 2025 at 4:30 AM
2025. Distress calls as social stressors affecting chicken welfare. (Biology Letters, in press) www.researchgate.net/publication/...
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Wondering if insects feel pain? Here's our critique of work that looked at this in bees. We were unconvinced of the evidence, and built a model to think through these issues.
Their response is published alongside and we'll have a response to that out soon.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Their response is published alongside and we'll have a response to that out soon.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Motivational trade-offs as evidence for sentience in bees: a critique
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November 25, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Wondering if insects feel pain? Here's our critique of work that looked at this in bees. We were unconvinced of the evidence, and built a model to think through these issues.
Their response is published alongside and we'll have a response to that out soon.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Their response is published alongside and we'll have a response to that out soon.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Searching for a Christmas gift? Songs, barks, roars, hoots, squeals, and growls: exploring the mysteries of how animals communicate by sound (2025 paperback edition).
press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
#bioacoustics #animals #language #voice #communication #sounds #behavior #biology
press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
#bioacoustics #animals #language #voice #communication #sounds #behavior #biology
The Voices of Nature
Songs, barks, roars, hoots, squeals, and growls: exploring the mysteries of how animals communicate by sound
press.princeton.edu
November 25, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Searching for a Christmas gift? Songs, barks, roars, hoots, squeals, and growls: exploring the mysteries of how animals communicate by sound (2025 paperback edition).
press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
#bioacoustics #animals #language #voice #communication #sounds #behavior #biology
press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
#bioacoustics #animals #language #voice #communication #sounds #behavior #biology
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2025. Emotional contexts influence vocal individuality in ungulates. by @ebriefer.bsky.social & team. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Emotional contexts influence vocal individuality in ungulates
For group-living animals, such as most ungulates, the ability to recognize members of one's social group is crucial. While vocalizations often carry c…
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November 27, 2025 at 3:19 AM
2025. Emotional contexts influence vocal individuality in ungulates. by @ebriefer.bsky.social & team. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Acute Stress in Female Adolescent Rats Increases Anxiety-like but not Depression-like Behaviors https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.11.20.689244v1
November 21, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Acute Stress in Female Adolescent Rats Increases Anxiety-like but not Depression-like Behaviors https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.11.20.689244v1
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Bees attend primarily to costs, not benefits, to avoid exploitation by floral mimics https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.11.20.689644v1
November 21, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Bees attend primarily to costs, not benefits, to avoid exploitation by floral mimics https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.11.20.689644v1
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Here's a novel idea for 2025 & beyond: Animal sciences conferences should require an #Ethics declaration with every abstract submitted for potential presentation. #ResearchIntegrity #AnimalEthics #HumanEthics
November 21, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Here's a novel idea for 2025 & beyond: Animal sciences conferences should require an #Ethics declaration with every abstract submitted for potential presentation. #ResearchIntegrity #AnimalEthics #HumanEthics
What a surprising conclusion :D
November 21, 2025 at 10:47 AM
What a surprising conclusion :D
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2025. Fatal Flaws are Ingrained in Laboratory Animal Research-But who cares? "we conducted a structured review of animal experiments published in North America and Europe in 2022... not even one followed the principles of rigorous experimental design." communities.springernature.com/posts/fatal-...
Fatal Flaws are Ingrained in Laboratory Animal Research - But who cares?
When we began looking closely at laboratory animal experiments, we found that despite the enormous time, cost, and care involved, studies had biased designs. The problem appeared systemic. We set out ...
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November 20, 2025 at 11:58 PM
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Social attraction mediates collective foraging decisions in invasive hornets https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.11.20.689504v1
November 21, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Social attraction mediates collective foraging decisions in invasive hornets https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.11.20.689504v1
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Loved this paper by @kristinandrews.bsky.social and Noam Miller. A very convincing argument for the function of consciousness.
The social origins of consciousness | Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
We present the social origins of consciousness hypothesis, according to which the
ability to coordinate with group members was the original adaptive function of consciousness.
We offer three arguments...
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November 18, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Loved this paper by @kristinandrews.bsky.social and Noam Miller. A very convincing argument for the function of consciousness.
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Still pushing my and @abigaildesmond.bsky.social’s term ‘fixel’ for tool-like fixed objects (incl. ropes, vines, anvils, scratching posts, etc.).
Using tools or fixels doesn’t mean any animal is ‘smarter’ than any other. It does tell us about how they perceive what matters in their world.
🏺🧪🛠️🐺🦀
Using tools or fixels doesn’t mean any animal is ‘smarter’ than any other. It does tell us about how they perceive what matters in their world.
🏺🧪🛠️🐺🦀
Have wild wolves learned to use tools?
Video captures a lone female pulling crab traps out of the water, but does it count as tool use?
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November 18, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Still pushing my and @abigaildesmond.bsky.social’s term ‘fixel’ for tool-like fixed objects (incl. ropes, vines, anvils, scratching posts, etc.).
Using tools or fixels doesn’t mean any animal is ‘smarter’ than any other. It does tell us about how they perceive what matters in their world.
🏺🧪🛠️🐺🦀
Using tools or fixels doesn’t mean any animal is ‘smarter’ than any other. It does tell us about how they perceive what matters in their world.
🏺🧪🛠️🐺🦀
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Hunger, displacement, or play? Object manipulation behaviour in Asian small-clawed otters (Aonyx cinereus) https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.11.14.688474v1
November 17, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Hunger, displacement, or play? Object manipulation behaviour in Asian small-clawed otters (Aonyx cinereus) https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.11.14.688474v1