Fort Myers, Florida
Joined June 2017
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Matthew Henderson retweeted
Last minute team changes mean we have a position open at short notice. Starts mid-Jan, application deadline Nov 21, costs covered & small stipend. DM for any questions - it’ll be full-on algae fishing fun times!!! Pls RT
🚨Paid research assistant position with savanna chimpanzees in the incredible #MoyenBafing. Come work with us and help us get to know this amazing landscape and wildlife! Deadline November 21, costs covered & small stipend. More details 👉 tinyurl.com/mbchimpjob
Matthew Henderson retweeted
Listen to the awesome @NakedPrimate, the amazing @BudongoChimps field
assistant Steven Mugisha, and I chat about chimp drumming on @BBCEarth!
The podcast tells about our study finding individual rythyms of buttress drumming in #chimpanzees
Paper link:
tinyurl.com/ChimpBeats
How do chimpanzees communicate? 🔊🌴
Find out more in this week's episode of the #BBCEarthPodcast 'Rhythm' - available now on all major streaming platforms 👉 bbcearth.com/podcast#BBCEart…
Matthew Henderson retweeted
🚨New paper alert🚨 Male chimpanzees in the extra large #Waibira community @BudongoChimps, combine flexible core-periphery social structure & fission-fusion dynamics. Huge thanks to the AMAZING BCFS field assistants who are responsible for all the long-term data collection! 1/10
Matthew Henderson retweeted
🚨new paper on chimp drumming led by @EleuteriVesta🚨 TLDR: #chimpanzees have individual drumming styles that share identity & location (when they want); drums act as a social network letting chimps check-in across long distances
Thread 🧵 1/13
paper👇
tinyurl.com/ChimpBeats
ALT A male chimpanzee hitting a large tree buttress root with his hands to drum on it in the Budongo forest
Matthew Henderson retweeted
🚨Our new study on the first vocalisations of a newborn wild chimpanzee is out in @IntJPrimatology! The capacity to combine calls in sequences, including pant hoots, is present since birth, but these complex structures undergo developmental changes. OA:link.springer.com/article/10…
Matthew Henderson retweeted
🚨New study on dead infant carrying by mothers in Budongo, with observations from 40 years combined and 2 communities. In 3 cases mothers carried for 2+ weeks up to ~3 months! One mother was seen carrying a potential substitute object🌿. Open Access: link.springer.com/article/10…
ALT A mother carrying her infant's mummified corpse.
Matthew Henderson retweeted
We oppose transphobia, racism, and misogyny, and denounce the targeted abuse currently aimed at a member of our collective. We support the use of inclusive language in medicine and beyond. We will continue to work to make our field safer for historically excluded students.
Matthew Henderson retweeted
Our giveaway has been extended until May 9th! Follow, retweet, like and tag a friend to enter🐝
Matthew Henderson retweeted
📢 T-SHIRT GIVEAWAY!! April 27 - May 2 📢
We're giving away one ABC Shirt on EACH of our platforms: Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, & Our Newsletter. See the photo for how to enter on each platform -
For Twitter: Follow Us, Like, Comment & Tag a Friend on this post.
🙏 Share!
Matthew Henderson retweeted
Field research assistant needed to study development of empathy in wild bonobos! Field experience required.
More info here: tinyurl.com/3wnpzx2w
Please re-tweet/send interested candidates my way!
Thanks for sharing! The study only takes a few minutes to complete and really helps us out 😊
Take it on a tablet or computer here 👉 research.sc/participant/logi…
Fancy taking part in a straightforward but rather intriguing scientific experiment about how we interpret gestures run by @kirstyegraham ? Visit the link and click Start to begin...
research.sc/participant/logi…
To those interested in #Linguistics, we're still running our online gesture experiment! It only takes a few minutes and helps us a lot, so consider giving it a go here: research.sc/participant/logi…
Thanks and RT 🙏
@AAALinks @becauselangpod @EvolangConf, @LingSocAm, @soclinganth
Have a few minutes to help science? Consider taking our online gesture experiment! 😁👉 research.sc/participant/logi… 👈
We're getting close to our goal, so we'd really appreciate it if you'd consider sharing as well @univofstandrews @st_psy @StAndEngaged. Thanks for your time! 🙌
Matthew Henderson retweeted
10 days until #EarthHour! Many virtual events will be running during #earthhour2021, but consider that these events use a lot of energy that we're trying to save. There are many beautiful alternatives that don't use any energy! 🕯️🕯️🕯️Find out more here: earthhour.org/
We've almost hit our target number of participants for our online gesture study! Thanks to everyone who's taken/shared it so far, it's been a massive help. If you haven't done it yet but would like to, just click the link here: research.sc/participant/logi… Thanks again 😁🙌
We’re still running our new gesture study! It’s anonymous, only takes about 5 minutes, and really helps our research. If you’d like to participate, please click here: research.sc/participant/logi….
*Note – this can not be done on phones due to size limits. Thank you, and please share!
Matthew Henderson retweeted
It's here! We are so happy to launch our @redbubble shop! You'll find loads of cool animal-themed artwork by some great artists. All our profits will go directly to the collective fund💰. Please check it out! #animalbehaviour
redbubble.com/people/abcmicr…
Got a moment to spare for science? We would really appreciate it if you had a few minutes to take part in our gesture study! research.sc/participant/logi…. Please RT!
Matthew Henderson retweeted
🥳🐝We have a new logo and banner!! What do you think? Thank you @HanaAyoob for these awesome pieces. Check out her Etsy shop here: etsy.com/uk/shop/CuriousOcto… to see more of her work!
Matthew Henderson retweeted
Hiya, I'm Kirsty @kirstyegraham, one of the @ABCmicrogrants organisers 👋 I'm a postdoc studying great ape gestures & always happy to chat animal communication with students so get in touch! So stoked we're now open for applications - Give what you can, take what you need ✊
