Tomer J. Czaczkes
@tomerczaczkes.bsky.social
Social insects (mainly ants). Cognition. Comparative psychology. Collective behaviour. Invasive ants. Information use.
Professor of Applied Zoology and Animal Ecology at the Freie Universität Berlin.
Professor of Applied Zoology and Animal Ecology at the Freie Universität Berlin.
PhD position - How jumping spiders see
- Put cute spiders on trackballs!
- Program fancy automated experiments!
- Do cutting edge research!
- Hang out in beautiful Italian cities!
- Be supervised by a super nice chap!
Like invertebrate behaviour and computation stuff? You'll love this.
Link in 🧵
- Put cute spiders on trackballs!
- Program fancy automated experiments!
- Do cutting edge research!
- Hang out in beautiful Italian cities!
- Be supervised by a super nice chap!
Like invertebrate behaviour and computation stuff? You'll love this.
Link in 🧵
November 21, 2025 at 3:48 PM
PhD position - How jumping spiders see
- Put cute spiders on trackballs!
- Program fancy automated experiments!
- Do cutting edge research!
- Hang out in beautiful Italian cities!
- Be supervised by a super nice chap!
Like invertebrate behaviour and computation stuff? You'll love this.
Link in 🧵
- Put cute spiders on trackballs!
- Program fancy automated experiments!
- Do cutting edge research!
- Hang out in beautiful Italian cities!
- Be supervised by a super nice chap!
Like invertebrate behaviour and computation stuff? You'll love this.
Link in 🧵
Some of the entries here made me literally laugh out loud.
@b3ta.com is often very amusing
This was an especially amusing image challenge:
b3ta.com/challenge/tw...
@b3ta.com is often very amusing
This was an especially amusing image challenge:
b3ta.com/challenge/tw...
November 2, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Some of the entries here made me literally laugh out loud.
@b3ta.com is often very amusing
This was an especially amusing image challenge:
b3ta.com/challenge/tw...
@b3ta.com is often very amusing
This was an especially amusing image challenge:
b3ta.com/challenge/tw...
Your regular reminder that LLMs give the illusion of fluency, but still hallucinate dangerously when asked about more niche topics, such as ant behaviour.
Here, Gemini invented a paper which I apparently authored. The link works, but sends you to an unrelated paper.
Here, Gemini invented a paper which I apparently authored. The link works, but sends you to an unrelated paper.
August 2, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Your regular reminder that LLMs give the illusion of fluency, but still hallucinate dangerously when asked about more niche topics, such as ant behaviour.
Here, Gemini invented a paper which I apparently authored. The link works, but sends you to an unrelated paper.
Here, Gemini invented a paper which I apparently authored. The link works, but sends you to an unrelated paper.
What do ants prefer to eat?
A new assay designed to sensitively test for food preference in ants. Hopefully useful when designing baits for controlling #invasivespecies
From Thomas Wagner @tiberian1986.bsky.social, Henrique Galante and me
#bioinvasions #biologicaInvasions
OA link next post!
A new assay designed to sensitively test for food preference in ants. Hopefully useful when designing baits for controlling #invasivespecies
From Thomas Wagner @tiberian1986.bsky.social, Henrique Galante and me
#bioinvasions #biologicaInvasions
OA link next post!
July 21, 2025 at 6:57 AM
What do ants prefer to eat?
A new assay designed to sensitively test for food preference in ants. Hopefully useful when designing baits for controlling #invasivespecies
From Thomas Wagner @tiberian1986.bsky.social, Henrique Galante and me
#bioinvasions #biologicaInvasions
OA link next post!
A new assay designed to sensitively test for food preference in ants. Hopefully useful when designing baits for controlling #invasivespecies
From Thomas Wagner @tiberian1986.bsky.social, Henrique Galante and me
#bioinvasions #biologicaInvasions
OA link next post!
I could go on forever, but I'll stop. Ants: amazing things! How could you not love them?
January 29, 2025 at 7:38 AM
I could go on forever, but I'll stop. Ants: amazing things! How could you not love them?
My review of Cooperative Transport in Ants (and Elsewhere) has received it's 100th citation! To celebrate: cooperative transport media!
Oh, and of course a link to the paper:
myrmecologicalnews.org/cms/index.ph...
Oh, and of course a link to the paper:
myrmecologicalnews.org/cms/index.ph...
January 29, 2025 at 7:38 AM
My review of Cooperative Transport in Ants (and Elsewhere) has received it's 100th citation! To celebrate: cooperative transport media!
Oh, and of course a link to the paper:
myrmecologicalnews.org/cms/index.ph...
Oh, and of course a link to the paper:
myrmecologicalnews.org/cms/index.ph...
Other stuff! We have studied:
- How ants cooperate to move large loads 🏋️
- Where ants go to poop 💩
- How spiders evolve in response to urban light 🕷️
- Which city flowers attract the most insects 🌃
Want to know more? Check out our webpage and publications!
www.animal-economics.com/publications
- How ants cooperate to move large loads 🏋️
- Where ants go to poop 💩
- How spiders evolve in response to urban light 🕷️
- Which city flowers attract the most insects 🌃
Want to know more? Check out our webpage and publications!
www.animal-economics.com/publications
November 20, 2024 at 7:46 AM
Other stuff! We have studied:
- How ants cooperate to move large loads 🏋️
- Where ants go to poop 💩
- How spiders evolve in response to urban light 🕷️
- Which city flowers attract the most insects 🌃
Want to know more? Check out our webpage and publications!
www.animal-economics.com/publications
- How ants cooperate to move large loads 🏋️
- Where ants go to poop 💩
- How spiders evolve in response to urban light 🕷️
- Which city flowers attract the most insects 🌃
Want to know more? Check out our webpage and publications!
www.animal-economics.com/publications