Yitzchak Ben Mocha (@benmocha.bsky.social)

@vestaeleuteri.bsky.social Sep 28, 2026, 8:11 AMReposted by @benmocha.bsky.social

8 years ago I started monitoring the Marakele wild elephants and dreaming of one day studying their communication. Today my first wild elephant paper exploring intentional gestural communication in the Marakele and Addo populations is out, marking a key personal moment 🐘❤️.
rdcu.be/87qLLG6DSs7a
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@twigtechnology.bsky.social Oct 3, 2026, 3:21 PMReposted by @benmocha.bsky.social

Sea turtles using fixels 🪸

@benmocha.bsky.social Sep 30, 2026, 9:23 AM

3/3 ii) Standardise the weighing times of animals in comparative studies. Both are necessary to avoid compromising data accuracy and animal welfare.

Funds: @uni-konstanz.de @cbehav.bsky.social @zukunftskolleg.bsky.social @klaus-tschira-stiftung.de @gso-forresearchers.bsky.social

@benmocha.bsky.social Sep 30, 2026, 9:23 AM

2/3 Myself @andyradford.bsky.social @odedkeynan.bsky.social & @josharbon.bsky.social examined temporal variation in the body mass of #birds and #mammals to demonstrate that one must consider i) the lowest body mass expected during the period when the animal should carry devices (e.g., GPS tags) &

@benmocha.bsky.social Sep 30, 2026, 9:23 AM

1/3 If your research involves #biologging of #wild_animals or comparative research on their body mass, this new @royalsociety.org paper is for you:
doi.org/10.1098/rsos.260127

@josharbon.bsky.social Sep 30, 2026, 8:05 AMReposted by @benmocha.bsky.social

Great use of the tens of thousands of dwarf mongoose body mass measurements collected over the years. Animals vary substantially in mass across days and seasons - when determining if a tag is too heavy we need to think about how light an animal might become, not just its mass right now.

@andyradford.bsky.social Sep 30, 2026, 7:39 AMReposted by @benmocha.bsky.social

📢NEW paper out today in @royalsocietypublishing.org #RSOS.

📖Practical implications of temporal body mass variation for biologging and comparative studies.

🌟Showcasing the value of #long-term studies - 1000s of body-mass measures analysed.

👥Led by @benmocha.bsky.social

doi.org/10.1098/rsos...

@benmocha.bsky.social Sep 30, 2026, 5:50 AM

Young Israeli #jews attaking eldery Arab in #Jerusalem (29.9.26).
As a jew living and raising a family in Germany, I would be terrified to stay here if that were the norm toward jews. But this violence is the norm towards Arabs in #Israel. Israel MUST be stopped!
www.facebook.com/watch/?v=926...

@benmocha.bsky.social Sep 15, 2026, 3:20 PM

A nice read about our recent @co-breed.bsky.social paper:

phys.org/news/2026-09...