DAY 3 - Tim Caro starting us off with a great plenary lecture! He packed in a LOT and somehow managed to summarise it all in one slide! In short there are many ways pigmentation can be an adaptive strategy to avoid predation and parasitism I appreciated all the 🐻🐻‍❄️🐼 photos! And @asab.org #ECBB2026

Happening at 1030 hrs LAB 026 in #ECBB2026

Starting #ECBB2026 day 3 with a plenary by Tim Caro on mammalian coloration. Behaviour studies could be a real help to test some outstanding questions, like why some animals have disruptive black & white coloration, chest patches, or differently colored offspring🕵️

Also, loved all the bear pics! 😍🐻

🤯🤯 again! Tim Caro explains more things… American black bears not always black… of course, we teach within every population there is huge variation of characteristics, but who knew?! The second photo is an American brown bear. #ECBB2026

🤯 listening to Tim Caro’s talk on colouration. Didn’t realise how camouflaged a giant panda was! Crypsis - to be specific www.nature.com/articles/s41... #ECBB2026

#ECBB2026 Day 3 opening with @queenfireface.bsky.social introducing the one and only Tim Caro for his plenary talk on Mammalian Colouration.