Primates are not pets

Important new piece by Dr Jake
in The Conversation about the illegal ape trade, the vital role of sanctuaries like Chimfunshi Wildlife Orphanage Trust & the pressing need to change public perceptions that like all primates, chimpanzees are not pets

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Dr Dr Jake from Durham Psychology studies the social and emotional behaviour of great apes and is currently working at Chimfunshi Wildlife Orphanage Trust, Zambia. Here Jake explains why #SocialMedia needs to recognise putting exotic #animals in a human context isn't ‘cute’ 👉 brnw.ch/21wCvnx

Small steps but positive steps.. new legislation to make animal cruelty videos on social media a priority offence in response to the investigations on primate torture videos

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In a video, the Prime Minister said he was “ensuring that the only way to come to the UK for asylum will be through safe and legal routes”.

There are currently no safe and legal routes by which to travel to the UK for the purpose of claiming asylum.
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Excited to have been awarded a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowship Centre for the Adv Study of Collective Behaviour to study affective mechanisms underpinning collective action in humans & #bonobos w/ fumihiro kano. So thankful to have had enormous support from my fantastic postdoc supervisor Zanna Clay & amazing colleagues🥹🙏

We have a new paper out on the development of multimodal communication in chimpanzees!

Out #openaccess in #AnimalBehaviour , led by the v talented Emma Doherty Durham Psychology

Here's the link tinyurl.com/42t2uwec
& thread of the key findings 🐵🧵⤵️ 0/10
Pic by Dr Jake

Horrific & distressing videos showing the deliberate abuse & torture of baby #monkeys posted on #Facebook reinforces the need for animal cruelty content to be included as potential harms in the UK's #onlinesafetybill Please join call to UK government: tinyurl.com/4z5w5w4s

Fantastic opportunity to get research experience studying chimpanzees in beautiful Chimfunshi Wildlife Orphanage Trust in Zambia with the brilliant Dr Jake! Please do RT and spread the word! - info below

JOB ALERT!!! for WILDLIFE VET to join us at project vet at TCP - AND - for three VOLUNTEER RESEARCH ASSISTANTS.
Application deadline June 1, 2023 or until position is filled. START in SEPTEMBER 2023
taichimpproject.org/jobs

We are looking for a Research Assistant to join an exciting new project studying sanctuary-living chimpanzees in Zambia! 🐵 Travel & accom. costs provided alongside full training and scientific mentoring. Ideal for students looking for fieldwork experience #primatejobs please RT!

👀 New paper 👀 (and my first solo!)

- A mini review of recent evidence suggesting trees played a larger part in human evolution than generally acknowledged 🌳🌴- It's a quick read so pop on your glasses and let's discuss 🙊

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Another case of epimeletic behaviour (altruism towards the injured/dead) in cetaceans!
Cool observation by Séverine Methion and co
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The moment has come- longitudinal data collection in #Uganda for the European Research Council (ERC) project on #empathy development is complete! 2 years of data collection, 260+ Ugandan infants, 2 sites, 4 timepoints, one global pandemic & an Ebola outbreak- Amazing team work & a lot of learning!

New paper!📝 “Increased birth rank of homosexual males: disentangling the older brother effect and sexual antagonism hypothesis”
⁦Michel Raymond⁩ compared the data from Indonesia, Greece, and France! secure-web.cisco.com/14EvFIZ3HuRSMd…

Really well-written thread. Amazing that we have actual grown adults touting being encouraged to walk more as a 'globalist conspiracy' but here we are

So you want to know what’s so bad about ‘15 minute cities’ (for Tory MPs)? I hope this thread will answer a few questions.

Firstly, what is the 15 minute city idea? 1/n