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
https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/biology/people/ler4
Prima facie evidence of lobtailing as a mobbing/gathering/social signal in this species 🤔🐋🦑🧪
August 19, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Prima facie evidence of lobtailing as a mobbing/gathering/social signal in this species 🤔🐋🦑🧪
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
Northern bottlenose are such a charming cetacean, vaguely absurd looking, but consistently showing a bold curiosity toward our vessel (and it's towed hydrophone!)
Concurrent UW GoPro footage showed the five most prevalent calls type - croaks, knocks, screams, snorts, and squirts, comprising ∼87% of the high-quality call dataset - being heard while multiple (always multiple) monk seals were in shot socially interacting (video from paper supplementary material)
May 29, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Concurrent UW GoPro footage showed the five most prevalent calls type - croaks, knocks, screams, snorts, and squirts, comprising ∼87% of the high-quality call dataset - being heard while multiple (always multiple) monk seals were in shot socially interacting (video from paper supplementary material)
Here's what they sound like (from paper supplementary material) - sound up!
May 29, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Here's what they sound like (from paper supplementary material) - sound up!