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Nick Mertens

@ZOO_Logisch

Science communicator, educator, conservationist, guide @ZooPlanckendael, @ElephantHaven (secretary, education & PR). Founder @WorldofZoology & @Elephas_maximus

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Joined February 2013
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Elephant gives birth in the Masai Mara reserve in Kenya
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Your simple throat is the reason you don’t sound like a #chimp science.org/content/article/…
Your simple throat is the reason you don’t sound like a chimp

Your simple throat is the reason you don’t sound like a chimp

Loss of vocal membranes enabled a clearer, more stable speech, study argues

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A team of rescuers banded together to help a giraffe with a wire wrapped around its neck
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Excited for one of our collaborators in Costa Rica 🇨🇷 to be on Twitter. Be sure to go give them a follow!
Camaquiri Conservation Initiative (@camaquiri) profile pictureCamaquiri Conservation Initiative@camaquiri14 Aug 2022
Welcome to Camaquiri Conservation Initiative. We are a conservation protecting many endangered species and an abundance of wildlife. Home to primates, macaws, jaguars, and so much more. See the link in our bio to find out more and how you can get involved!
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Welcome to Camaquiri Conservation Initiative. We are a conservation protecting many endangered species and an abundance of wildlife. Home to primates, macaws, jaguars, and so much more. See the link in our bio to find out more and how you can get involved!
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Welcome to the Kalahari Research Centre! We are located in the Kalahari Desert, in the Northern Cape in South Africa. Here we study the evolution of cooperative behavior in social mammals and birds. #meerkats #kalaharidesert #kalaharimeerkatproject #kalahariresearchcentre
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Half of #species not assessed for endangered list risk extinction: study phys.org/news/2022-08-specie…

Half of species not assessed for endangered list risk extinction: study

More than half of species whose endangered status cannot be assessed due to a lack of data are predicted to face the risk of extinction, according to a machine-learning analysis published Thursday.

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#Dolphins make peace and love—not war—when they encounter strangers science.org/content/article/…
Dolphins make peace and love—not war—when they encounter strangers

Dolphins make peace and love—not war—when they encounter strangers

“Fascinating” study is a rare example of a smooth merger of different groups in animal kingdom

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Rare white #elephant born in Myanmar: state media phys.org/news/2022-08-rare-w…
Rare white elephant born in Myanmar: state media

Rare white elephant born in Myanmar: state media

A rare white elephant has been born in western Myanmar, state media said on Wednesday, unveiling what many in the Buddhist-majority country believe to be an auspicious creature.

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#Pandas may have had ‘thumbs’ as early as 7 million years ago science.org/content/article/…

Pandas may have had ‘thumbs’ as early as 7 million years ago

They clutched bamboo with their ancient sixth digit, new study claims

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First photos of #cougars killing #donkeys in Death Valley suggest big impacts for ecosystem science.org/content/article/…
First photos of cougars killing donkeys in Death Valley suggest big impacts for ecosystem

First photos of cougars killing donkeys in Death Valley suggest big impacts for ecosystem

Predators may be indirectly protecting region’s wetlands

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#Penguins adapt their accents to sound more like their friends newscientist.com/article/232…

Penguins adapt their accents to sound more like their friends | New Scientist

African penguins modify their calls to sound more similar to their partners and colony mates over time, showing a form of vocal learning known in only a few animals

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#Octopuses are brainy creatures with sophisticated smarts, and now scientists have uncovered a clue that may partly explain the #cephalopods' remarkable intelligence: Its genes have a genetic quirk that is also seen in humans, a new study finds. livescience.com/jumping-gene…
Octopuses may be so terrifyingly smart because they share humans' genes for intelligence

Octopuses may be so terrifyingly smart because they share humans' genes for intelligence

Genetic sequences called transposons help regulate learning.

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A pair of #Orca (Killer #Whales) that have been terrorizing and killing Great White #Sharks off the coast of South Africa since 2017 has managed to drive large numbers of the sharks from their natural aggregation site. newsroom.taylorandfrancisgro…

The pair of Orcas deterring Great White Sharks – by ripping open their torsos for livers - Taylor &...

New findings add to an understanding of how Great Whites use their ‘flight’ instincts to avoid predators for the long-term and en masse   A pair of Orca (Killer Whales) that have been terrorizing and...

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A University of Queensland-led study has found humpback #whales can learn incredibly complex songs from whales from other regions. “This really indicates a level of ‘cultural transmission’ beyond any observed non-human species,” Dr Allen said. @UQ_News uq.edu.au/news/article/2022/…
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#MyBeautifulAfrica.. ❤️ Reflections... ©MarinaCano
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Finally we have #orangutans at @zooplanckendael 😍🥰
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Identifying #bird species by sound, an app opens new avenues for citizen #science phys.org/news/2022-06-bird-s…
Identifying bird species by sound, an app opens new avenues for citizen science

Identifying bird species by sound, an app opens new avenues for citizen science

The BirdNET app, a free machine-learning powered tool that can identify over 3,000 birds by sound alone, generates reliable scientific data and makes it easier for people to contribute citizen-scie...

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