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Luke Rendell
@lrendell.bsky.social
Reader in Biology @_SMRU_ @SchoolofBiology @univofstandrews. Ocean Yachtmaster for hire! Marine conservation, cetacean & fish behaviour, cultural evolution. He/him. Thalassophile. Sailor. #Fife


https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/biology/people/ler4
Yeah they did PR when they pre-printed it too, nothing's changed, just now they finally managed to get it into an allegedly peer reviewed journal - RIP that journal's reputation 🤣
November 18, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Nice! I think it's always interesting to get a broader community response, thanks for sharing that...
November 18, 2025 at 7:48 AM
And always with r/v Balaena a bit of pure sailing...⛵ #sailing
August 19, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Prima facie evidence of lobtailing as a mobbing/gathering/social signal in this species 🤔🐋🦑🧪
August 19, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Northern bottlenose are such a charming cetacean, vaguely absurd looking, but consistently showing a bold curiosity toward our vessel (and it's towed hydrophone!)
August 19, 2025 at 7:56 PM
our operating area...
August 19, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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July 3, 2025 at 8:33 AM
And for those understandbly reluctant to click on the Mail, here too (side note I do have a mildly nonstandard surname but two different misspellings in the same article is a new personal best 🤣 Rendell 1-0 Proofreaders) :
July 3, 2025 at 8:29 AM