EvOCRO Project
@evocroproject.bsky.social
Exploring how crocodiles think and learn.
Behaviour • Evolution • Conservation
EU-funded • Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow MSCA
https://evocroproject.github.io/
Behaviour • Evolution • Conservation
EU-funded • Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow MSCA
https://evocroproject.github.io/
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EvOCRO Project - Evolutionary Origins of Cognition in Crocodiles on Instagram: "🇬🇧 No, crocodiles are not “surviving dinosaurs.”
They share a common ancestor, yes — but they followed their own evoluti...
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They share a common ancestor, yes — but they followed their own evolutionary path.
And that’...
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Welcome to EvOCRO (Evolutionary Origins of Cognition in Crocodiles), the EU-funded project exploring how crocodiles learn and what their minds can teach us about evolution.
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🇬🇧🐊 ECBB 2026 was more than four days of talks.
For @xiscacassola.bsky.social, it meant organising, presenting EvOCRO internationally for the first time, giving her first conference talk in English and...
Read her story: evocroproject.github.io/blog/posts/2...
#EvOCRO #MSCA
For @xiscacassola.bsky.social, it meant organising, presenting EvOCRO internationally for the first time, giving her first conference talk in English and...
Read her story: evocroproject.github.io/blog/posts/2...
#EvOCRO #MSCA
ECBB 2026
Congress
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September 15, 2026 at 5:44 AM
🇬🇧🐊 ECBB 2026 was more than four days of talks.
For @xiscacassola.bsky.social, it meant organising, presenting EvOCRO internationally for the first time, giving her first conference talk in English and...
Read her story: evocroproject.github.io/blog/posts/2...
#EvOCRO #MSCA
For @xiscacassola.bsky.social, it meant organising, presenting EvOCRO internationally for the first time, giving her first conference talk in English and...
Read her story: evocroproject.github.io/blog/posts/2...
#EvOCRO #MSCA
🐊 Before the strike comes a choice.
Crocodilians can capture prey with a rapid forward lunge powered by the tail and a lateral movement of the jaws.
But hunting also involves deciding where and when to attack, depending on the type of prey.
#EvOCRO #AnimalCognition #MSCA
Crocodilians can capture prey with a rapid forward lunge powered by the tail and a lateral movement of the jaws.
But hunting also involves deciding where and when to attack, depending on the type of prey.
#EvOCRO #AnimalCognition #MSCA
September 8, 2026 at 6:56 PM
🐊 Before the strike comes a choice.
Crocodilians can capture prey with a rapid forward lunge powered by the tail and a lateral movement of the jaws.
But hunting also involves deciding where and when to attack, depending on the type of prey.
#EvOCRO #AnimalCognition #MSCA
Crocodilians can capture prey with a rapid forward lunge powered by the tail and a lateral movement of the jaws.
But hunting also involves deciding where and when to attack, depending on the type of prey.
#EvOCRO #AnimalCognition #MSCA
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#ECBB2026 @coldbloodedcog.bsky.social answering the question Do reptiles know what another reptile can see? as part of this morning's symposium on practical and theoretical challenges in reptile and amphibian cognition.
September 2, 2026 at 10:52 AM
#ECBB2026 @coldbloodedcog.bsky.social answering the question Do reptiles know what another reptile can see? as part of this morning's symposium on practical and theoretical challenges in reptile and amphibian cognition.
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Some of the most passionate folks in reptile cognition, all in one room! #ECBB2026 🤩 🦎 🐊 🐢 @xiscacassola.bsky.social @annawilkinson.bsky.social @stephanreber.bsky.social @birgitszabo.bsky.social
September 2, 2026 at 12:10 PM
Some of the most passionate folks in reptile cognition, all in one room! #ECBB2026 🤩 🦎 🐊 🐢 @xiscacassola.bsky.social @annawilkinson.bsky.social @stephanreber.bsky.social @birgitszabo.bsky.social
Next week, EvOCRO heads to Cambridge for #ECBB2026!
Prof. Claudia Wascher and Francesca are part of the Core Organising Group, while Francesca and Prof. Anna Wilkinson are organising a symposium on reptile and amphibian behaviour.
www.aru.ac.uk/events/confe...
Prof. Claudia Wascher and Francesca are part of the Core Organising Group, while Francesca and Prof. Anna Wilkinson are organising a symposium on reptile and amphibian behaviour.
www.aru.ac.uk/events/confe...
European Conference for Behavioural Biology (ECBB) 2026 - ARU
Find out about the European Congress for Behavioural Biology (ECBB) 2026, taking place from 1-4 September at ARU in Cambridge.
www.aru.ac.uk
August 28, 2026 at 5:11 PM
Next week, EvOCRO heads to Cambridge for #ECBB2026!
Prof. Claudia Wascher and Francesca are part of the Core Organising Group, while Francesca and Prof. Anna Wilkinson are organising a symposium on reptile and amphibian behaviour.
www.aru.ac.uk/events/confe...
Prof. Claudia Wascher and Francesca are part of the Core Organising Group, while Francesca and Prof. Anna Wilkinson are organising a symposium on reptile and amphibian behaviour.
www.aru.ac.uk/events/confe...
🐊 Pool 4 is ready for its close-up.
New pool. New crocodiles. New faces to remember.
You gave them their names. Now meet the crocodiles behind them.
👀 Pick your favourite.
#EvOCRO #PoolByPool #Crocodiles #AnimalBehaviour #MSCA
New pool. New crocodiles. New faces to remember.
You gave them their names. Now meet the crocodiles behind them.
👀 Pick your favourite.
#EvOCRO #PoolByPool #Crocodiles #AnimalBehaviour #MSCA
August 23, 2026 at 8:29 AM
🐊 Pool 4 is ready for its close-up.
New pool. New crocodiles. New faces to remember.
You gave them their names. Now meet the crocodiles behind them.
👀 Pick your favourite.
#EvOCRO #PoolByPool #Crocodiles #AnimalBehaviour #MSCA
New pool. New crocodiles. New faces to remember.
You gave them their names. Now meet the crocodiles behind them.
👀 Pick your favourite.
#EvOCRO #PoolByPool #Crocodiles #AnimalBehaviour #MSCA
🐊 Pool 3 has entered the chat.
You helped give them names. Now we're putting faces to those names, one pool at a time.
👀 Which one would you recognise first?
#EvOCRO #PoolByPool #Crocodiles #AnimalBehaviour #MSCA
You helped give them names. Now we're putting faces to those names, one pool at a time.
👀 Which one would you recognise first?
#EvOCRO #PoolByPool #Crocodiles #AnimalBehaviour #MSCA
August 15, 2026 at 6:48 PM
🐊 Pool 3 has entered the chat.
You helped give them names. Now we're putting faces to those names, one pool at a time.
👀 Which one would you recognise first?
#EvOCRO #PoolByPool #Crocodiles #AnimalBehaviour #MSCA
You helped give them names. Now we're putting faces to those names, one pool at a time.
👀 Which one would you recognise first?
#EvOCRO #PoolByPool #Crocodiles #AnimalBehaviour #MSCA
🐊 Pool 2 is here!
Time to meet another group of EvOCRO crocodiles.
You helped choose their names—now discover the crocodiles behind them.
👀 Which one is your favourite?
#EvOCRO #PoolByPool #AnimalBehaviour #MSCA
Time to meet another group of EvOCRO crocodiles.
You helped choose their names—now discover the crocodiles behind them.
👀 Which one is your favourite?
#EvOCRO #PoolByPool #AnimalBehaviour #MSCA
August 7, 2026 at 3:58 PM
🐊 Pool 2 is here!
Time to meet another group of EvOCRO crocodiles.
You helped choose their names—now discover the crocodiles behind them.
👀 Which one is your favourite?
#EvOCRO #PoolByPool #AnimalBehaviour #MSCA
Time to meet another group of EvOCRO crocodiles.
You helped choose their names—now discover the crocodiles behind them.
👀 Which one is your favourite?
#EvOCRO #PoolByPool #AnimalBehaviour #MSCA
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Still 30minutes left to talk about reptiles with me at @isbe2026.bsky.social
@evocroproject.bsky.social
@evocroproject.bsky.social
July 21, 2026 at 4:28 PM
Still 30minutes left to talk about reptiles with me at @isbe2026.bsky.social
@evocroproject.bsky.social
@evocroproject.bsky.social
🐊 Our latest blog post takes you inside #ISBE2026, where EvOCRO was represented through a scientific poster on 25 years of reptile cognition research.
🔗 Read the full story on our blog.
evocroproject.github.io/blog/posts/2...
@xiscacassola.bsky.social
🔗 Read the full story on our blog.
evocroproject.github.io/blog/posts/2...
@xiscacassola.bsky.social
ISBE 2026
Congress
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August 1, 2026 at 7:52 AM
🐊 Our latest blog post takes you inside #ISBE2026, where EvOCRO was represented through a scientific poster on 25 years of reptile cognition research.
🔗 Read the full story on our blog.
evocroproject.github.io/blog/posts/2...
@xiscacassola.bsky.social
🔗 Read the full story on our blog.
evocroproject.github.io/blog/posts/2...
@xiscacassola.bsky.social
🐊 You named them… now it's time to meet them!
Welcome to Pool 1, the first stop in our new series introducing the crocodiles of EvOCRO.
👀 Who's your favourite so far?
#EvOCRO #Crocodiles #AnimalBehaviour #MSCA
Welcome to Pool 1, the first stop in our new series introducing the crocodiles of EvOCRO.
👀 Who's your favourite so far?
#EvOCRO #Crocodiles #AnimalBehaviour #MSCA
July 29, 2026 at 5:38 PM
🐊 You named them… now it's time to meet them!
Welcome to Pool 1, the first stop in our new series introducing the crocodiles of EvOCRO.
👀 Who's your favourite so far?
#EvOCRO #Crocodiles #AnimalBehaviour #MSCA
Welcome to Pool 1, the first stop in our new series introducing the crocodiles of EvOCRO.
👀 Who's your favourite so far?
#EvOCRO #Crocodiles #AnimalBehaviour #MSCA
🐊 Different expertise. One shared goal.
Meet Marisol, Project Collaborator in Integrative Biotechnology, and discover how multidisciplinary research helps shape EvOCRO.
#EvOCRO #BehindTheJaws #MSCA #AnimalCognition
Meet Marisol, Project Collaborator in Integrative Biotechnology, and discover how multidisciplinary research helps shape EvOCRO.
#EvOCRO #BehindTheJaws #MSCA #AnimalCognition
July 22, 2026 at 4:25 PM
🐊 Different expertise. One shared goal.
Meet Marisol, Project Collaborator in Integrative Biotechnology, and discover how multidisciplinary research helps shape EvOCRO.
#EvOCRO #BehindTheJaws #MSCA #AnimalCognition
Meet Marisol, Project Collaborator in Integrative Biotechnology, and discover how multidisciplinary research helps shape EvOCRO.
#EvOCRO #BehindTheJaws #MSCA #AnimalCognition
🐊 Seventy years? For a crocodile, that may not be the finish line.
Many individuals can live beyond 70 and, under favourable conditions, even over a century.
In the wild, reaching that age is another story.
#EvOCRO #CrocodileLessons #MSCA
Many individuals can live beyond 70 and, under favourable conditions, even over a century.
In the wild, reaching that age is another story.
#EvOCRO #CrocodileLessons #MSCA
July 8, 2026 at 8:35 PM
🐊 Seventy years? For a crocodile, that may not be the finish line.
Many individuals can live beyond 70 and, under favourable conditions, even over a century.
In the wild, reaching that age is another story.
#EvOCRO #CrocodileLessons #MSCA
Many individuals can live beyond 70 and, under favourable conditions, even over a century.
In the wild, reaching that age is another story.
#EvOCRO #CrocodileLessons #MSCA
🐊 Rain marks the beginning of crocodile nesting season.
In our latest blog post, Francesca shares the experience of nest monitoring, egg collection and controlled incubation during fieldwork.
🔗 Read evocroproject.github.io/blog/posts/2...
#EvOCRO #MSCA
In our latest blog post, Francesca shares the experience of nest monitoring, egg collection and controlled incubation during fieldwork.
🔗 Read evocroproject.github.io/blog/posts/2...
#EvOCRO #MSCA
The rains, the nests, and an unexpected side quest
Fieldwork
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July 2, 2026 at 7:26 PM
🐊 Rain marks the beginning of crocodile nesting season.
In our latest blog post, Francesca shares the experience of nest monitoring, egg collection and controlled incubation during fieldwork.
🔗 Read evocroproject.github.io/blog/posts/2...
#EvOCRO #MSCA
In our latest blog post, Francesca shares the experience of nest monitoring, egg collection and controlled incubation during fieldwork.
🔗 Read evocroproject.github.io/blog/posts/2...
#EvOCRO #MSCA
🐊 Before any experiment begins, animals need time to become familiar with new environments and procedures.
In this reel, Francesca introduces Phase 1 of the EvOCRO protocol: familiarisation.
#EvOCRO #AnimalCognition #MSCA #BehaviouralResearch
In this reel, Francesca introduces Phase 1 of the EvOCRO protocol: familiarisation.
#EvOCRO #AnimalCognition #MSCA #BehaviouralResearch
June 23, 2026 at 7:39 PM
🐊 Before any experiment begins, animals need time to become familiar with new environments and procedures.
In this reel, Francesca introduces Phase 1 of the EvOCRO protocol: familiarisation.
#EvOCRO #AnimalCognition #MSCA #BehaviouralResearch
In this reel, Francesca introduces Phase 1 of the EvOCRO protocol: familiarisation.
#EvOCRO #AnimalCognition #MSCA #BehaviouralResearch
🐊 Crocodiles breathe air through their lungs and cannot breathe underwater.
Yet a relatively slow metabolism and efficient physiological mechanisms allow them to remain submerged for long periods while waiting for prey.
#EvOCRO #ReptileBiology #MSCA #AnimalBehaviour
Yet a relatively slow metabolism and efficient physiological mechanisms allow them to remain submerged for long periods while waiting for prey.
#EvOCRO #ReptileBiology #MSCA #AnimalBehaviour
June 21, 2026 at 7:24 PM
🐊 Crocodiles breathe air through their lungs and cannot breathe underwater.
Yet a relatively slow metabolism and efficient physiological mechanisms allow them to remain submerged for long periods while waiting for prey.
#EvOCRO #ReptileBiology #MSCA #AnimalBehaviour
Yet a relatively slow metabolism and efficient physiological mechanisms allow them to remain submerged for long periods while waiting for prey.
#EvOCRO #ReptileBiology #MSCA #AnimalBehaviour
🐊 Things they don't teach you at university: how to move a crocodile from one area to another.
Fieldwork comes with unexpected skills.
#EvOCRO #InTheField #FieldResearch #MSCA
Fieldwork comes with unexpected skills.
#EvOCRO #InTheField #FieldResearch #MSCA
June 3, 2026 at 6:07 PM
🐊 Things they don't teach you at university: how to move a crocodile from one area to another.
Fieldwork comes with unexpected skills.
#EvOCRO #InTheField #FieldResearch #MSCA
Fieldwork comes with unexpected skills.
#EvOCRO #InTheField #FieldResearch #MSCA
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Testing my new camera with the best subjects
(in these pics: OldStone, Alfonso, Cypress, Rita Farr and Obi-wan)
#crocodiles #EvOCRO
(in these pics: OldStone, Alfonso, Cypress, Rita Farr and Obi-wan)
#crocodiles #EvOCRO
May 29, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Testing my new camera with the best subjects
(in these pics: OldStone, Alfonso, Cypress, Rita Farr and Obi-wan)
#crocodiles #EvOCRO
(in these pics: OldStone, Alfonso, Cypress, Rita Farr and Obi-wan)
#crocodiles #EvOCRO
🐊 Adult crocodiles are apex predators, but their lives begin very differently.
Eggs and young crocodiles are highly vulnerable and can become prey for many animals, including carnivorous mammals and birds of prey.
#EvOCRO #CrocodileLessons #Ecology #MSCA
Eggs and young crocodiles are highly vulnerable and can become prey for many animals, including carnivorous mammals and birds of prey.
#EvOCRO #CrocodileLessons #Ecology #MSCA
May 30, 2026 at 6:52 PM
🐊 Adult crocodiles are apex predators, but their lives begin very differently.
Eggs and young crocodiles are highly vulnerable and can become prey for many animals, including carnivorous mammals and birds of prey.
#EvOCRO #CrocodileLessons #Ecology #MSCA
Eggs and young crocodiles are highly vulnerable and can become prey for many animals, including carnivorous mammals and birds of prey.
#EvOCRO #CrocodileLessons #Ecology #MSCA
🐊 Nobody talks about this side of fieldwork.
Not the papers.
Not the conferences.
Just trying to keep everything running when reality gets in the way.
#EvOCRO #FieldResearch #MSCA
Not the papers.
Not the conferences.
Just trying to keep everything running when reality gets in the way.
#EvOCRO #FieldResearch #MSCA
May 24, 2026 at 7:07 PM
🐊 Nobody talks about this side of fieldwork.
Not the papers.
Not the conferences.
Just trying to keep everything running when reality gets in the way.
#EvOCRO #FieldResearch #MSCA
Not the papers.
Not the conferences.
Just trying to keep everything running when reality gets in the way.
#EvOCRO #FieldResearch #MSCA
🐊 CROCODILE LESSONS | Crocodiles can have between 60 and 110 teeth depending on the species. Even more impressive: they continuously replace them throughout life.
An essential adaptation for predators that can easily lose teeth while hunting.
#EvOCRO #CrocodileLessons #MSCA
An essential adaptation for predators that can easily lose teeth while hunting.
#EvOCRO #CrocodileLessons #MSCA
May 19, 2026 at 4:22 PM
🐊 CROCODILE LESSONS | Crocodiles can have between 60 and 110 teeth depending on the species. Even more impressive: they continuously replace them throughout life.
An essential adaptation for predators that can easily lose teeth while hunting.
#EvOCRO #CrocodileLessons #MSCA
An essential adaptation for predators that can easily lose teeth while hunting.
#EvOCRO #CrocodileLessons #MSCA
🐊 EvOCRO has made it to Morocco!
The project is being presented as a poster at the 28th CSG Working Meeting, the Crocodile Specialist Group meeting currently taking place in Morocco.
#EvOCRO ##AnimalCognition #FieldResearch #HorizonEurope #MSCA
The project is being presented as a poster at the 28th CSG Working Meeting, the Crocodile Specialist Group meeting currently taking place in Morocco.
#EvOCRO ##AnimalCognition #FieldResearch #HorizonEurope #MSCA
May 14, 2026 at 6:15 PM
🐊 EvOCRO has made it to Morocco!
The project is being presented as a poster at the 28th CSG Working Meeting, the Crocodile Specialist Group meeting currently taking place in Morocco.
#EvOCRO ##AnimalCognition #FieldResearch #HorizonEurope #MSCA
The project is being presented as a poster at the 28th CSG Working Meeting, the Crocodile Specialist Group meeting currently taking place in Morocco.
#EvOCRO ##AnimalCognition #FieldResearch #HorizonEurope #MSCA
🐊 Crocodylus porosus has one of the strongest bites ever measured in the animal kingdom.
Its bite force can exceed 3,700 PSI — powerful enough to immobilise large prey.
#EvOCRO #CrocodileLessons #MSCA
www.instagram.com/p/DYLF37EFRTd/
Its bite force can exceed 3,700 PSI — powerful enough to immobilise large prey.
#EvOCRO #CrocodileLessons #MSCA
www.instagram.com/p/DYLF37EFRTd/
May 10, 2026 at 9:33 PM
🐊 Crocodylus porosus has one of the strongest bites ever measured in the animal kingdom.
Its bite force can exceed 3,700 PSI — powerful enough to immobilise large prey.
#EvOCRO #CrocodileLessons #MSCA
www.instagram.com/p/DYLF37EFRTd/
Its bite force can exceed 3,700 PSI — powerful enough to immobilise large prey.
#EvOCRO #CrocodileLessons #MSCA
www.instagram.com/p/DYLF37EFRTd/
🐊 Follow EvOCRO across all platforms.
Fieldwork, animal cognition, science communication and updates from the project — directly from the field.
🔗 Join the journey.
#EvOCRO #MSCA #HorizonEurope
Fieldwork, animal cognition, science communication and updates from the project — directly from the field.
🔗 Join the journey.
#EvOCRO #MSCA #HorizonEurope
May 8, 2026 at 5:01 PM
🐊 Follow EvOCRO across all platforms.
Fieldwork, animal cognition, science communication and updates from the project — directly from the field.
🔗 Join the journey.
#EvOCRO #MSCA #HorizonEurope
Fieldwork, animal cognition, science communication and updates from the project — directly from the field.
🔗 Join the journey.
#EvOCRO #MSCA #HorizonEurope
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Writing what the croc Nikola must do next
#animalcognition #crocodiles #animalbehaviour
@evocroproject.bsky.social
#animalcognition #crocodiles #animalbehaviour
@evocroproject.bsky.social
May 5, 2026 at 10:02 PM
Writing what the croc Nikola must do next
#animalcognition #crocodiles #animalbehaviour
@evocroproject.bsky.social
#animalcognition #crocodiles #animalbehaviour
@evocroproject.bsky.social