@jilldpruetz.bsky.social
Primatologist, Biological Anthropologist, Director Fongoli Savanna Chimpanzee Project in Senegal, Texas State University.
And ...that's a wrap!
Graduated from Texas State University @txst.edu over the weekend with a Ph.D. in Applied Anthropology (Primatology) π§βπ
Thank you for your mentorship Dr. Jill D. Pruetz @jilldpruetz.bsky.social and encouragements from my lab siblings in The Pruetz Lab.
New paper out on Fongoli chimpanzee diet in a savanna landscape! Pant hoots!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
In Fongoli news, there have been a couple of big rains - enough to clean out & fill Sakoto pool, one of the chimpsβ favorite soaking spots!
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Cat Hobaiter joins us this week to discuss CHIMP DRUMMING www.youtube.com/watch?v=pbE0...
@nakedprimate.bsky.social
We still have room for you in the course!
30.04.2025 20:54 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Still have spots open yβall!
16.04.2025 20:55 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Looking for an awesome field experience this summer?
22.03.2025 20:17 β π 2 π 3 π¬ 0 π 2Thatβs because the dominant scientific paradigm has particular cultural worldviews and assumptions embedded in it. Enlightenment philosophyβderived from a European Greco-Christian worldviewsβheld that animals were created different and inferior to humans, and that informed behaviorist paradigms.
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#AABA2025 is off to a great start!!!! Shoutout to @jilldpruetz.bsky.social for renting an airbnb boat for us to sleep in. I woke up to the sound of gulls this morning, which is way more serene than waking up to howler monkeys π 10/10 would recommend π π΄ββ οΈππ₯οΈ
13.03.2025 17:17 β π 4 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0Thanks!!!
12.03.2025 01:26 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
@jilldpruetz.bsky.social 's book finally arrived!! π I've been looking forward to this for months now!
16.02.2025 06:59 β π 6 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Our fundraising online auction closes in less than an hour! Pant hoots!
new.biddingowl.com/Funds4Fongol...
One of our supporters shared this with usβpeople are getting creative tonight!
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Treat yourself on Valentineβs Day!
new.biddingowl.com/item/name-a-...
Two more days left in our online auction fundraiser for Neighbor Ape and we are STILL adding new items daily!
new.biddingowl.com/Funds4Fongol...
Well said.
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Weβve got 18 items to bid on currently and will be adding more! Shop for a good cause!
new.biddingowl.com/items?QueryA...
Woo-hoo! This is how I got to name the newest little Fongoli chimp, Elphaba! You can bid for an opportunity to name a new baby too! #primates πΊπ§ͺ
08.02.2025 04:21 β π 11 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science to the Pruetz Lab! πͺπ© #TXST @jilldpruetz.bsky.social @txst.edu
11.02.2025 23:03 β π 12 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0
Itβs time for our annual fundraiser to benefit chimp conservation & human welfare in the Fongoli, Senegal region - pant hoots!
new.biddingowl.com/Funds4Fongol...
Mama chimp Eva lying on the ground with arm outstretched, with adorable cute tiny baby Elphaba on her belly. Another chimp is partially visible on the background.
I have named this teensy little chimp baby! Meet Elphaba, daughter of mama Eva, of Fongoli, Senegal!π· : Michel Sadiakhou, from @jilldpruetz.bsky.social
31.01.2025 18:42 β π 16 π 3 π¬ 1 π 2Here are just a few of the NSF review panels that were shut down today, Chuck.
This is research that would have made us competitive in computer science that will now be delayed by many months if not lost forever.
AI is fine but right now the top priority is keeping the lights on at NSF and NIH.
New paper! π π§ͺ
We found the Kinda baboons have long-lasting female-male relationships that are largely male-driven and persist across female reproductive states.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Per an NIH source:
βDiscussions with colleagues have suggested that if the universities all come together and raise hell about the delays to funding caused by not holding meetings, that might move the needle. From every state. There are well-funded universities in red states that will be impacted.β
The National Science Foundation canceled all of its grant review panels this week. www.npr.org/sections/sho... 8/12
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Distribution of chimpanzee nests in Assirik.
Updating Chimpanzee Nesting Data at Mount Assirik (Niokolo Koba National Park, Senegal):
Implications for Conservation π§ͺ
Yaya Hamady Ndiaye, Jill Pruetz @jilldpruetz.bsky.social et al
www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/14...
Finds preservation of nesting sites of chimpanzees crucial for conservation
Dr Jill Pruetz
2 images: Chimp face / Savanna
"I could never have prepared myself for this animal that was so human in some respects but so different as well. I was astounded."
Join Talking Apes for a journey to the heart of the savanna & explore the world of chimps πΊπ§ͺ
with Dr. Jill Pruetz @jilldpruetz.bsky.social
talkingapes.org/posts/jill/
