🔬 Limpet scientist (PhD) | Marine biology, paleontology & coastal archaeology 📸 Also nature photographer https://www.instagram.com/jfcudennec?igsh=MW9mbGVpdzF0YXdrcA%3D%3D&utm_source=qrhttps://bsky.app/profile/limpetnerd.eurosky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/limpetnerd.eurosky.social/post/3mretzips5k2bThe vertical design (D) has a very cool detail : the species’ call is also represented [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Jul 2026 07:41 +0000at://did:plc:estv6ozzvjyzz526rtb7ln7f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mretzips5k2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/limpetnerd.eurosky.social/post/3mretnkmko22bThe bluest blue I’ve ever seen 💙 Gentiana sp. (Brachyphylla maybe?)24 Jul 2026 07:34 +0000at://did:plc:estv6ozzvjyzz526rtb7ln7f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mretnkmko22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/limpetnerd.eurosky.social/post/3mremtotgbc23Completely obsessed by these euro banknote design proposals 🦉 Ursula, give us the bird money !24 Jul 2026 05:32 +0000at://did:plc:estv6ozzvjyzz526rtb7ln7f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mremtotgbc23https://bsky.app/profile/limpetnerd.eurosky.social/post/3mr2l3rtp722wThis summer the fields turned yellow, the beaches turned green and the only thing left to harvest is what rots in the sand. But Argentina lost, so it’s all good.20 Jul 2026 05:34 +0000at://did:plc:estv6ozzvjyzz526rtb7ln7f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mr2l3rtp722whttps://bsky.app/profile/limpetnerd.eurosky.social/post/3mqydwsymj22tYeah intensive livestock farming may be a monstrosity against animal welfare and both a climatic sanitary plague, but at least coastal ecosystems are devastated.19 Jul 2026 08:21 +0000at://did:plc:estv6ozzvjyzz526rtb7ln7f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqydwsymj22thttps://bsky.app/profile/limpetnerd.eurosky.social/post/3mqozis7ckc2yAnthropocene is cancelled. Welcome to Pyrocene 🔥15 Jul 2026 15:20 +0000at://did:plc:estv6ozzvjyzz526rtb7ln7f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqozis7ckc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/limpetnerd.eurosky.social/post/3mqoys77dxk2yLimpets graze biofilm using their radula, a tongue like structure covered in tiny teeth, leaving specific markings on the rocks. Modelling works shows that these animals are close to the optimum when it comes to cover a surface by crawling, and without passing two time on the same spot 🦑🌊🌍🌿15 Jul 2026 15:07 +0000at://did:plc:estv6ozzvjyzz526rtb7ln7f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqoys77dxk2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/limpetnerd.eurosky.social/post/3mqkgxmjew22bEnd of heatwave has been postponed, again. And another one has been scheduled for the end of July. Dreaming of « The atrium of a Roman house during heavy rain » by Luigi Bazzani, 1882.13 Jul 2026 19:38 +0000at://did:plc:estv6ozzvjyzz526rtb7ln7f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqkgxmjew22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/limpetnerd.eurosky.social/post/3mqbpwljkok25Let’s go clamposting 🦑🌊 [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Jul 2026 08:24 +0000at://did:plc:estv6ozzvjyzz526rtb7ln7f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqbpwljkok25https://bsky.app/profile/limpetnerd.eurosky.social/post/3mqblsfi6a225Scaphopods were also widely used as ornaments by prehistoric people: with an opening on both ends of the shell, they are particularly convenient to hang on a thread. But since they’re underwater critters, they were usually digged from fossil beds (happened at least in France and N. America) [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Jul 2026 07:10 +0000at://did:plc:estv6ozzvjyzz526rtb7ln7f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqblsfi6a225https://bsky.app/profile/limpetnerd.eurosky.social/post/3mqbkc3htxs261/ Yay, Coralline Crag mentioned ! 🎉 This formation contains puzzling evidences for both warm and cold climates, and since the Pliocene is a good analog for a +2 °C/450 ppm CO2 planet, understanding what’s happening there is crucial for… [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Jul 2026 06:43 +0000at://did:plc:estv6ozzvjyzz526rtb7ln7f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqbkc3htxs26https://bsky.app/profile/limpetnerd.eurosky.social/post/3mqbitmmrp226My optimistic side wants to think that if my Discover feed is so lame, it’s because of the algorithm, not because people here are intrinsically boring.10 Jul 2026 06:17 +0000at://did:plc:estv6ozzvjyzz526rtb7ln7f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqbitmmrp226https://bsky.app/profile/limpetnerd.eurosky.social/post/3mq2lm4c66s2mLook at these 🏺 pictures 🤩 [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 Jul 2026 12:18 +0000at://did:plc:estv6ozzvjyzz526rtb7ln7f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq2lm4c66s2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/limpetnerd.eurosky.social/post/3mpl7akhrg22yDisco clam remains unmatched [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 Jul 2026 09:27 +0000at://did:plc:estv6ozzvjyzz526rtb7ln7f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpl7akhrg22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/limpetnerd.eurosky.social/post/3mpipjllb6s2rYou liked the flash flood ? I hope you’ll like the flash drought30 Jun 2026 09:40 +0000at://did:plc:estv6ozzvjyzz526rtb7ln7f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpipjllb6s2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/limpetnerd.eurosky.social/post/3mpipauozyk2rFrance: just endured two consecutive historic heatwaves, with a third on the way (and it’s not even July yet) French authorities: don’t address the criticism about mass mortality and lack of preparation, but give the green light to a controversial climate-wrecking highway project.30 Jun 2026 09:36 +0000at://did:plc:estv6ozzvjyzz526rtb7ln7f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpipauozyk2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/limpetnerd.eurosky.social/post/3mp4rhjbv6c2xKnowledge is power (France is bacon)25 Jun 2026 15:43 +0000at://did:plc:estv6ozzvjyzz526rtb7ln7f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mp4rhjbv6c2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/limpetnerd.eurosky.social/post/3mozpj4tb7c2xMy little limpets are in the spotlight again! 🐚 Few weeks ago I got to share my passion for these remarkable molluscs with BBC Springwatch who dedicated a few minutes of airtime to this humble mollusc.. Watch it here (VPN needed if you're outside the UK) 👇 🌊🧪🦑🌿🌍 https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002xkwt24 Jun 2026 10:30 +0000at://did:plc:estv6ozzvjyzz526rtb7ln7f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mozpj4tb7c2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/limpetnerd.eurosky.social/post/3mowzzffcos2bCareful with all the AMOC fuss. It's a mathematical construction, not a "conveyor belt". For now its decline is well below natural variability. And no "dramatic AMOC collapse" will save Europe from heatwaves. If anything, a weaker AMOC may even worsen these events. [contains quote post or other embedded content]23 Jun 2026 09:00 +0000at://did:plc:estv6ozzvjyzz526rtb7ln7f/app.bsky.feed.post/3mowzzffcos2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/limpetnerd.eurosky.social/post/3monvoojvds2lLooking at these graphs, thinking of my kids19 Jun 2026 17:49 +0000at://did:plc:estv6ozzvjyzz526rtb7ln7f/app.bsky.feed.post/3monvoojvds2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/limpetnerd.eurosky.social/post/3moi5kjzilk26Economy and ecology are the same word: oikos, the household. One runs it, one reads it. The tragedy of the commons is where the halves grind. Hardin said shared resources are doomed & competition is inherently unstable. A crowded Breton rock full of limpets proves him wrong twice👇 🌊🦑🌍 https://open.substack.com/pub/thelimpetdoctrine/p/a-natural-history-of-limpets-part-b24?r=6xqkj9&utm_medium=ios17 Jun 2026 10:54 +0000at://did:plc:estv6ozzvjyzz526rtb7ln7f/app.bsky.feed.post/3moi5kjzilk26