❗ Official Bluesky account of the Czech and Slovak Ethological Society. ❗ We spread news about ethological research conducted not only by our members. 🐎🐦🐒https://bsky.app/profile/csets.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/csets.bsky.social/post/3mu33dq6i422y📣 REGISTRATION FOR THE 53RD CSETS CONFERENCE IS OPEN! 📣 ⏳ Deadline for registration and abstract submission: September 20, 2026 🗓️ November 5-8, 2026, Banská Štiavnica, Slovakia 🇸🇰🤩 #ethology #conference #etodny26 #animalbehaviour #csets https://www.csets.sk/konference/registrace/27 Aug 2026 14:41 +0000at://did:plc:vl52ssfo47du2bnurmjmocta/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu33dq6i422yhttps://bsky.app/profile/csets.bsky.social/post/3ms6gqeii422kCheck these very interesting positions #PhD #Postdoc at the University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna 🇦🇹 [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Aug 2026 11:52 +0000at://did:plc:vl52ssfo47du2bnurmjmocta/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms6gqeii422khttps://bsky.app/profile/csets.bsky.social/post/3mrdaiml3t22g⭐️ How do leopard #geckos detect a predator in the dark? 🦎 Scientists from @sciencecharles.bsky.social found that while vision and vibrations increase their alertness, they won't actually attack or flee until they smell the threat. 🔗 Full paper: https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arag062 #NewPaper #SensoryEcology23 Jul 2026 16:19 +0000at://did:plc:vl52ssfo47du2bnurmjmocta/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrdaiml3t22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/csets.bsky.social/post/3mjobigyhe22f 📣 Conference announcement 📣 The 53rd conference of the Czech and Slovak ethological society will take place from 5 to 8 November 2026 in Banská Štiavnica, Slovakia 🇸🇰 More information and registration will be available in August. Save the date! 🗓️ #etodny26 #conference #animalbehaviour #ethology17 Apr 2026 06:14 +0000at://did:plc:vl52ssfo47du2bnurmjmocta/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjobigyhe22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/csets.bsky.social/post/3mhdz76lnj22j📸 Is a photo enough, or do we need to see an #animal in person to feel something towards it? 👀🕷️ 👉 Scientists from @sciencecharles.bsky.social focused on whether we can trust studies that examine human #fear, #disgust, or #perception of animal beauty using only images. 🔗 https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.25192618 Mar 2026 17:29 +0000at://did:plc:vl52ssfo47du2bnurmjmocta/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhdz76lnj22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/csets.bsky.social/post/3mg2umwyy222f🦷 How is bite force related to reproduction in Mole-rats? 🦷 Scientists from @prfju.bsky.social have discovered that breeding males have a remarkably stronger bite, which helps them maintain a reproductive monopoly. 🤯 🔗 https://www.nature.com/articles/s42003-025-09334-8 #Molerats #Fukomys #Reproduction #SocialAnimals02 Mar 2026 08:48 +0000at://did:plc:vl52ssfo47du2bnurmjmocta/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg2umwyy222fhttps://bsky.app/profile/csets.bsky.social/post/3meb2dddwgs27🐴🐄 ISAE Regional Conference in Prague in June! 🐴🐄 @applied-ethology.bsky.social 🗓️ June 9-12, 2026 📍Czech University of Life Sciences in Prague 📋 Abstracts can be submitted from March 1, 2026 #ISAE #AppliedEthology #AnimalBehaviour #AnimalWelfare #Conference #SaveTheDate #FromSensorsToCognition07 Feb 2026 08:55 +0000at://did:plc:vl52ssfo47du2bnurmjmocta/app.bsky.feed.post/3meb2dddwgs27https://bsky.app/profile/csets.bsky.social/post/3md6pgimm6c2v👀 How do disgust-eliciting stimuli influence #attention? Is it a cognitive or reflexive mechanism? 🤔 ➡️ Read the new study by a team of scientists from @sciencecharles.bsky.social 👩🏻‍🔬👨🏻‍🔬 #emotion #threat #Cognition #disgust #newpaper #publication 🔗 https://doi.org/10.1080/02699931.2025.260104724 Jan 2026 17:10 +0000at://did:plc:vl52ssfo47du2bnurmjmocta/app.bsky.feed.post/3md6pgimm6c2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/csets.bsky.social/post/3m6tmy7klqs2n🐒 With or without you? 🤔 📌 A recent study shows how the presence of conspecifics affects the #personality expression of #marmosets. 🤩 #animalbehaviour #primates #sociality #callithrix 🔗 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0003347225002945?via%3Dihub30 Nov 2025 09:46 +0000at://did:plc:vl52ssfo47du2bnurmjmocta/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6tmy7klqs2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/csets.bsky.social/post/3m64qooykuk23Wouldn’t it be better together? 🐮 ➡️ Scientists from our society bring an interesting review on individual and pair housing and its influence on the #behaviour and #welfare of calves. Check the link below! 😊 #dairycalves #housing #animalbehaviour 🔗 https://www.journalofdairyscience.org/article/S0022-0302(25)00777-5/fulltext21 Nov 2025 07:21 +0000at://did:plc:vl52ssfo47du2bnurmjmocta/app.bsky.feed.post/3m64qooykuk23https://bsky.app/profile/csets.bsky.social/post/3m4a7fxme222xThe largest scientific study to date on #neophobia, or fear of the new and unfamiliar, has revealed why some #bird species are more afraid than others 🐦🦜 ➡️ Find out in a brand new paper with Czech and Slovak footprint! 🇨🇿🇸🇰 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.300339428 Oct 2025 05:32 +0000at://did:plc:vl52ssfo47du2bnurmjmocta/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4a7fxme222xhttps://bsky.app/profile/csets.bsky.social/post/3m2r4e4lz2k2f🌐 Online platform @thebehaviourforum.bsky.social 🌐 📌 Intended (not only) for users of automatic monitoring systems in animal behaviour research, mainly focused on researching the behaviour of laboratory rodents as biological models 🐁 Feel free to register here: 🔗 www.thebehaviourforum.org https://www.thebehaviourforum.org09 Oct 2025 12:02 +0000at://did:plc:vl52ssfo47du2bnurmjmocta/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2r4e4lz2k2f