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Julia Machado

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PhD student at Nottingham Trent University - interested in cognition, affective states, and welfare across the animal kingdom ๐Ÿฆ‹๐Ÿ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ’๐ŸŸ on the hunt for a postdoc ๐Ÿ‘€ I run @animalopps.bsky.social

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Is stereotypic behaviour in polar bears heterogenous in nature? | Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Happy to share this recent publication from data collected while I was a research assistant at Brookfield Zoo Chicago. We examined whether animals display stereotypic behaviors interchangeably by looking at pacing and route tracing in two polar bears ๐Ÿปโ€โ„๏ธ Check it out!
www.jzar.org/jzar/article...

06.02.2026 14:16 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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My timeline is 99% โœจherโœจ and I couldnโ€™t be happier. Absolute star material ๐Ÿฎ

20.01.2026 10:09 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I had a great time at the PSGB winter conference where I presented on the development of a novel judgement bias task in apes and it was so rewarding to share the first major findings from my thesis.
Thank you to the organizers and presenters for an engaging conference a fun location๐Ÿ’โ„๏ธ

29.11.2025 13:47 ๐Ÿ‘ 14 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Thank you bringing your knowledge, enthusiasm, and hope to this year's Winter Meeting at National Museum Cardiff. We hope to see you all next year!

28.11.2025 17:32 ๐Ÿ‘ 21 ๐Ÿ” 10 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 2