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The Behavioural Ecology and Evolution Podcast (the Beepcast)

The Behavioural Ecology and Evolution Podcast (the Beepcast)

Science:Natural Sciences

March 2014: Temple Grandin, autism, weaver birds, and tadpole social learning

March 2014: Temple Grandin, autism, weaver birds, and tadpole social learning

2015-03-19
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The social lives of animals is this month's theme. I talk to Damien Farine from the Edward Grey Institute at Oxford University, who tells me how weaver birds decide how many house mates they want to live with. I discover how being hungry can affect how information spreads through a group of tadpoles. And in the scientific spark Temple Grandin, Professor of Animal Science at Colorado State University, a best-selling author, an autistism activist, a consultant to the livestock industry on animal b...
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