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A new semester is upon us, and we persist. We soldier on. We will not go gentle into that good night. As we say in America, We<span> </span><i>Keep on Truckin</i>'. Perhaps in Scotland it might be, "<i>Keep on Lorrying</i>," but that sounds too much like "Keep
on Worrying", which nobody needs any reminders to do.</div>
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<span style="margin: 0px"><b>BERG as a group is adjusting to this strange new world, the same way its members are individually adjusting.</b></span><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14pt"><b><span> </span></b></span><span style="margin: 0px"><b>We want to
check-in with you before we proceed with any meetings this semester!</b></span><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14pt"><b><span> </span></b></span><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(179, 106, 226)"><b>So, if any BERG members would like
to share any ideas for meetings, inspirations, stories from their summers, or general words of encouragement,<span> </span></b></span><span style="margin: 0px; color: rgb(179, 106, 226)"><b>[better than these recycled old phrases]</b></span><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(179, 106, 226)"><b><span> </span>please
e-mail them to us!</b></span><span style="margin: 0px; color: rgb(179, 106, 226)"><b><span> </span></b></span><b>Now is a unique time to be in Academia-- we stand at the crossroads of science and politics, and we are equally scared and hopeful for the future.
That is okay. That is to be expected. Normalise it!</b></div>
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<span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 18pt; background-color: rgb(255, 128, 255)"><b><i>Time for some</i><span> </span>Positive News<i><span> </span>in the Animal Kingdom</i></b></span></div>
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<b><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(237, 92, 87)">BERGers,<span> </span></span><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14pt; color: rgb(237, 92, 87)"><i>We want to know what you know!</i></span></b><span style="margin: 0px; color: rgb(237, 92, 87)"><span> </span></span>What
have you/ your labmates been working on, what are your collaborators publishing, etc. In the meantime, here are some intriguing findings from around the world in the animal kingdom.</div>
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<b>In a new article for Science News, Hanlon & McManus (2020) described studying the courtship displays of these colourful creatures:</b></div>
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will flaunt bright colors and undulate their mantle stripes in a move called<span> </span><b>“the passing cloud.”</b><span> </span>Researchers also observed two types of gestures during this colorful routine:<span> </span><b>arm waving</b><span> </span>(reminiscent
of a human bowing) and<span> </span><b>kissing<span> </span></b>(a tap on the female’s arm with his arms). “These displays are really elaborate and dynamic,” says Hanlon. “And they’re comparable to what some of the most sophisticated birds do and even some
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<b>Watch a video of their<span style="margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 128, 255)"><span> </span>flashy flirtations</span><span> </span>here!! You will not be disappointed:</b></div>
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<b>In an amusing news story for the BBC, Chief executive Steve Nichols the of the Lincolnshire Wildlife Park described how five of their African grey parrots would cuss at guests, and then feed off of the energies of guests, whose reactions they took as encouragement
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<b>In a further interview for The Guardian, Steve went on:</b></div>
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<i><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal">The parrots – named Billy, Elsie, Eric, Jade and Tyson – joined Lincolnshire</span><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal"> </span><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/wildlife" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="margin: 0px; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-color: rgb(220, 220, 220); color: rgb(199, 0, 0)"><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal">Wildlife</span></a><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal"> </span><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal">Park’s
colony of 200 grey parrots in August. But soon after, they started encouraging each other to swear. </span></i><span style="margin: 0px; font-variant-ligatures: common-ligatures; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-family: GuardianTextEgyptian, "Guardian Text Egyptian Web", Georgia, serif, serif, EmojiFont"><i>“We
saw it very quickly – we are quite used to parrots swearing but we’ve never had five at the same time,” Steve Nichols, CEO of the wildlife park, told PA. “Most parrots clam up outside, but for some reason these five relish it.”</i></span></p>
Now the parrots are in quarantine together, in the hopes that they don't distribute their naughty behaviours to the other grey parrots at the park.</div>
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<b>Lincolnshire already had a famous parrot, "Chico", who can sing Beyonce's "If I were a Boy." </b></div>
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<span style="margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 192, 128)">Click here to enjoy an interview with the Steve Nichols who not only manages Chico's singing talents, but also shares why the wildlife park has so many parrots:</span></div>
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You can follow along with the story, and listen to a short 30-minute podcast on the rescue missions<span> </span><span style="margin: 0px; color: rgb(179, 106, 226)"><b>HERE</b></span>: <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/audio/2020/sep/28/inside-the-rescue-of-the-pilot-whales-stranded-in-tasmania" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="margin: 0px">https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/audio/2020/sep/28/inside-the-rescue-of-the-pilot-whales-stranded-in-tasmania</a></div>
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<span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 18.6667px; color: rgb(179, 106, 226)"><b>[While the female awaits to judge pass-or-fail <span style="margin: 0px">✔️</span>]</b></span></div>
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<span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 18.6667px; color: rgb(179, 106, 226)"><i><b>We hope that these stories give YOU hope to prevail.</b></i></span></div>
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<b>Stay Safe and Sane out there, BERGers, and we are eager to receive any updates and/or ideas you might have to share with us, on a rolling basis.</b></div>
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<span style="margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important;">E-mail for Hannah [Professor of Psychology at Stirling; Organiser of BERG]: h.m.buchanan-smith@stir.ac.uk</span><br>
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E-mail for Sarah [PhD Student at Stirling; occasional coordinator of BERG]: s.b.kraemer@stir.ac.uk</div>
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