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The giraffe: new perspectives on a 'well-known' species 8 July 2014 Huxley Lecture Theatre, ZSL London Zoo 6pm - 7.45pm FREE Compared with other megaherbivores, the giraffe has not been subject to significant study in the past and, as a consequence, it is less well-known than we might think. Recently, however, significant new and innovative research has been published in major journals. This meeting will bring together an international group of scientists, who will demonstrate the breadth of the new research by describing recent advances in giraffe biology, from the taxon level (classification and conservation), through population-scale social organisation (long-term studies and social networks) to individual behaviours (observations of REM sleep). Talks and speakers: REM-sleep as indicator for stress in Giraffe Florian Sicks, Curator of Mammals, Tierpark Berlin Life history of Thornicroft's giraffe Fred B. Bercovitch, Primate Research Institute & Wildlife Research Center, Kyoto University Reticulated giraffe: you don't know what you've got till it's gone John B Doherty, Project Coordinator, Reticulated Giraffe Project This meeting will be chaired by Russell Seymour, IUCN SSC Giraffe and Okapi Specialist Group Three-course dinner with the speakers A dinner will follow this Science and Conservation Event and everyone is welcome. Dinner is £35 per person (includes two glasses of wine). A booking form can be found here<http://admin.zsl.org/sites/default/files/media/2014-06/Giraffes%20-%20a%20new%20perspective%208%20July.pdf>. This Science and Conservation event is free; seating is allocated on a first come, first served basis. Doors open at 5pm. We hope to see you there! Many thanks Megan Megan Orpwood-Russell Scientific Events Co-ordinator Zoological Society London Regents Park, London NW1 4RY Tel: +44 (0)20 7449 6227. Fax: +44 (0)20 74496411 [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> www.zsl.org<http://www.zsl.org/> @ZSLScience<https://twitter.com/ZSLScienceEvent> The Zoological Society of London is incorporated by Royal Charter Principal Office England. Company Number RC000749 Registered address: Regent's Park, London, England NW1 4RY Registered Charity in England and Wales no. 208728 _________________________________________________________________________ This e-mail has been sent in confidence to the named addressee(s). If you are not the intended recipient, you must not disclose or distribute it in any form, and you are asked to contact the sender immediately. Views or opinions expressed in this communication may not be those of The Zoological Society of London and, therefore, The Zoological Society of London does not accept legal responsibility for the contents of this message. The recipient(s) must be aware that e-mail is not a secure communication medium and that the contents of this mail may have been altered by a third party in transit. If you have any issues regarding this mail please contact: [log in to unmask] ___________________________________________________________________________ This message has been scanned for viruses by MailControl, a service from BlackSpider Technologies. ********************************************************************** Commands - send an email (any subject) to [log in to unmask] with one of the following messages (ignoring text in brackets) • set psci-com nomail (to stop receiving messages while on holiday) • set psci-com mail (to resume getting messages) • signoff psci-com (to leave the list) • Subscribe here https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=psci-com Contact list owner at [log in to unmask] Small print and JISCMail acceptable use policy https://sites.google.com/site/pscicomjiscmail/the-small-print **********************************************************************