Fieldwork in the Kalahari following #meerkats and yellow #mongooses (if you can spot them) - total bliss
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#mongooses
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Posts tagged #mongooses
Habituated wild mongoose staring at a camera.
Dwarf mongoose acting as a sentinel (raised guard)
#Fieldwork on dwarf #mongooses conducted by #ECR @josharbon.bsky.social
With @juliekern.bsky.social #AmyMorris-Drake
Funded by @ukri.org #NERC
Conflict in groups can impact both within- and between-group behaviour.
Paper out TODAY: doi.org/10.1016/j.an...
#behaviour #playbacks #vocalisations
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Schematic of experimental design in new study.
Dwarf mongoose acting as a sentinel in Limpopo Province, South Africa
📢NEW paper alert
📖How #aggression between groupmates can have lasting consequences both for #cooperative #behaviour & responses to #intergroup threats:
doi.org/10.1016/j.an...
👑Led by @josharbon.bsky.social
#fieldwork #experiments #mongooses #mammals #bioacoustics
@bristolbiosci.bsky.social
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🦦 Banded Mongoose (Mungos mungo)
📏 45–75 cm including tail
📍 1 & 2: Gobabis, Namibia 🇳🇦
🗓 Aug 2017
📍 3: Kruger National Park, Limpopo, South Africa 🇿🇦
🗓 Apr 2024
#mammals #mongooses
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WILDLIFE VIDEO (3 min.)
"In Uganda, banded mongoose mothers coordinate with other alpha females. This strategy enhances the likelihood of survival for their babies, while protecting them from predators."
🐹🏞️🌴 #Mongooses #WildlifeVideo #BBCEarth #AnimalSuperParents #Nature #Biology #AmazingCritters
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🚨Roll up, roll up, fully-funded #PhD deadlines approaching...
6th Jan: tinyurl.com/aja54nr6
8th Jan: tinyurl.com/4jfy47pp
Social monitoring & manipulation
#meerkats #mongooses #macaques #fieldwork #long-termdata
@patrick-kennedy.bsky.social @ljnbrent.bsky.social
@bristolbiosci.bsky.social
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Histological analysis of #scent glands in banded #mongooses, with implications for chemical communication - #OpenAccess zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #scentmarking #MHC @elissazcameron.bsky.social @amcell.bsky.social @uhl-lab.bsky.social @conservresearch.bsky.social
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🌟Fully funded #PhD🌟
Social monitoring and manipulation of cooperative exchanges.
#NERC funding
With @ljnbrent.bsky.social, #PatrickKennedy & me.
Based in @bristolbiosci.bsky.social
#LongtermData #Fieldwork
#Mongooses #Macaques
Deadline: 8th Jan 2026
Please share!
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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Dwarf mongoose
Rhesus macaques grooming
Meerkat
❓ Want to join us?
📢 Fully funded #PhD for UK-domiciled Black heritage candidates
🐵 Biological market monitoring & manipulation in social animals #mongooses #macaques #fieldwork
👥 With me, #LaurenBrent & #PatrickKennedy
🎓 @bristolbiosci.bsky.social
ℹ️ www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
🙏Share widely
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Despite frequent inbreeding, banded #mongooses show #MHC diversity on par with species of least conservation concern.
New📄Schubert et al. 2025 #BMCEcolEvol provide first full MHC characterization in a wild social #carnivore @bmc.springernature.com
#conservationgenetics
👉 doi.org/10.1186/s128...
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Local removal of #invasive #mongooses that have been eating their way through native #Caribbean species has little long-term effect as surrounding populations quickly move back in. wildlife.org/jwm-invasive...
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Lucy Westover holding her Masters thesis.
Dwarf mongoose photo used on front cover of journal.
🎉CONGRATULATIONS🥂 to Lucy Westover on publishing her 🥇 paper in @royalsocietypublishing.org. Celebrating #ECR success is GREAT.
@bristolbiosci.bsky.social
#fieldwork #experiment #predation #noise #mongooses #vigilance #behaviour #ECR #Masters
#OpenAccess so please share:
doi.org/10.1098/rsbl...
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James Robertshaw - new Masters student being used as a lookout post by a wild meerkat
Delighted to welcome James Robertshaw to the group as a new #Masters by Research student.
#meerkats #mongooses #sociality #spaceuse #Kalahari
@bristolbiosci.bsky.social
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#Reproductive #ecology paper out in #SciReports!
rdcu.be/d5IEk
Early mating advantage in male banded #mongooses linked to some novel glue-like properties in their ejaculates.
Thanks Michael Cant, Jon Blount, Magali Meniri, and Hazel Nichols. Francis Mwanguhya and Robert Businge led all fieldwork.
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#ECR highlights from 2024 include:
🌟@beckypadget.bsky.social🌟 defending her #PhD thesis on cooperation and public goods production in #guppies (@exeter.ac.uk) & then joining us as a #NERC funded PDRA to work on #biological #markets.
👏🥂
#ProudPI #theory #mongooses
@bristolbiosci.bsky.social
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These mongooses love to sit at the edge of the burrow watching people pass by.
#wildlife #canon #wildlifephotography #mongoose #mongooses #safari
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Mongoose posting, just for fun, they deserve more recognition
#mongoose #monsky #goosesky #ilovemongoose #pictures #animal #mongooses #mongeese?
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The #Mongooses season is officially over...
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Upon further review, #RizzoTown will definitely be populated for the #Mongooses in the @QCSLeague this year. #ReturnFromIR
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