Louis DEKERLE

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9/9 Thanks again @averymaune.bsky.social, and all the collaborators for this fascinating paper!

8/9 The next step was to figure out how they use their habitat, but after finding out about this article, I thought, why not try social networks as well?!
I'm really excited about this project I will realise along Dr. Bill Bateman (@acanthoplus.bsky.social) and Dr. Phakhawat Thaweepworadej.

7/9 I observed the same kind of behavior in Asian water monitors (Varanus salvator). Despite being territorial and occasionally cannibalistic, I could see them napping close to each other at the Mahidol University campus, where I was doing my internship, on the flight behavior of these big lizards.

6/9 These results suggest an adaptation towards an increased social tolerance in urban habitats probably linked to the availability of resources. If all the food and shelter are in the same small place, using energy trying to chase all the other lizards becomes more expensive than tolerating them.

5/9 Moreover, urban lizards have an average of 1.9 (+/-0.2) social interactions when non-urban ones only had 0.3 (+/-0.1).

4/9 The results show that urban dwelling lizards have significantly more social connections and stronger associations with other lizards.
81% of urban individuals were connected to the social network compared to only 23% of non-urban ones.

3/9 Using undirected, weighted #social_networks, #GLMM, and behavioral observation.
The authors modelled the effect of #urbanisation on the social behavior of 6 populations of lizards, in an highly urbanized tourist destination and a coastal area with forest.

(All figures are from the articles)

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2/9 In a context of ever-expanding cities, #reptiles such as the common wall #lizard (Podarcis muralis) may have to find home in human-altered habitats.
Due to clumped resources, these territorial lizards need to adjust their #behavior to prevent costly aggressive #interactions with conspecifics.

City lizards are more social Abstract. Cities are expanding globally, exposing animals to novel ecological conditions that can alter the frequency and nature of their social interactio

1/9 I came across this paper published in #BiologyLetters @royalsociety.org by @averymaune.bsky.social and her collaborators, while working on a university project. It is about social structure in urban lizards and how cities seem to shape interaction amongst individuals.

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Les apparences peuvent être trompeuses. Promis j'étais en train de prendre des notes 📝📱

I'm in no way a specialist but it looked like the flying snakes we saw in Thaïland (Chrysopelea ornata). After some iNaturalist searching, it is probably Chrysopelea pelias!
Cheers!