Dr Luis Huckstadt
@luishuckstadt.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer, @exetercec.bsky.social. Ecophysiology of marine top predators (🦭, 🐋, 🐧). Pinnipedologist. He/Him #immigrantscientist #PinnipedFacts 🇨🇱➡️ 🇬🇧 https://sites.exeter.ac.uk/ecodap/
We saw brown bears! 🐻 A mom and two cubs 🥰 - this field course is setting the bar high for the future trips!
September 19, 2025 at 3:58 PM
We saw brown bears! 🐻 A mom and two cubs 🥰 - this field course is setting the bar high for the future trips!
Second day was dedicated to learning about ecological succession in the boreal forest, the effect of wild fires and the challenges that #ClimateChange poses to this fragile and important ecosystem - the moss beds were literally like walking on clouds @uniexecec.bsky.social
September 11, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Second day was dedicated to learning about ecological succession in the boreal forest, the effect of wild fires and the challenges that #ClimateChange poses to this fragile and important ecosystem - the moss beds were literally like walking on clouds @uniexecec.bsky.social
A good start to our field course! A red fox 🦊 is hanging out just outside the MacBride museum in Whitehorse, where we are meeting students for the first time before heading out to Kluane Lake Research Station @uniexecec.bsky.social
September 9, 2025 at 5:05 PM
A good start to our field course! A red fox 🦊 is hanging out just outside the MacBride museum in Whitehorse, where we are meeting students for the first time before heading out to Kluane Lake Research Station @uniexecec.bsky.social
Heading to the Yukon to teach our @uniexecec.bsky.social field course! Flying over Greenland never gets old but it’s also a clear reminder of how fast our planet is warming up #climatechange 🌎
September 7, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Heading to the Yukon to teach our @uniexecec.bsky.social field course! Flying over Greenland never gets old but it’s also a clear reminder of how fast our planet is warming up #climatechange 🌎
Back to the basics… teaching biological oceanography feels like coming back home @exetermarine.bsky.social @uniexecec.bsky.social #NewAcademicYear #MarineEcology
August 29, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Back to the basics… teaching biological oceanography feels like coming back home @exetermarine.bsky.social @uniexecec.bsky.social #NewAcademicYear #MarineEcology
May 24, 2025 at 3:14 PM
When people come to your office and they end up petting your yellow labrador 🤷♂️
May 7, 2025 at 9:12 AM
When people come to your office and they end up petting your yellow labrador 🤷♂️
How can you not love this face? 😍🥰
May 1, 2025 at 12:33 PM
How can you not love this face? 😍🥰
Trying to work from home like…
April 16, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Trying to work from home like…
And I thought it was ok that I turned the heating off… 🥶
April 15, 2025 at 12:07 PM
And I thought it was ok that I turned the heating off… 🥶
Who would have thought that our first cohort of grey seal pups would be so well-travelled? England, France and Ireland! 🦭
April 9, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Who would have thought that our first cohort of grey seal pups would be so well-travelled? England, France and Ireland! 🦭
Last batch of tags going out on grey seal pups 🦭 soon! These little guys are going to places!
March 28, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Last batch of tags going out on grey seal pups 🦭 soon! These little guys are going to places!
Happy Monday! This is a good time to remind you that grey seal pups display high individual variability in their movement patterns during their first year at sea - Look where these guys have been. The things they must have seen! #PinnipedFacts 🦭
March 17, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Happy Monday! This is a good time to remind you that grey seal pups display high individual variability in their movement patterns during their first year at sea - Look where these guys have been. The things they must have seen! #PinnipedFacts 🦭
Someone is an attention seeker… 😍
March 7, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Someone is an attention seeker… 😍
Before: when she figured out that her bath time was here and she was “hiding”
After: a clean gurl about to get the post-bath zoomies 🤣
After: a clean gurl about to get the post-bath zoomies 🤣
February 22, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Before: when she figured out that her bath time was here and she was “hiding”
After: a clean gurl about to get the post-bath zoomies 🤣
After: a clean gurl about to get the post-bath zoomies 🤣
What is this I'm hearing? You want to see more 🦭 tracking data? Say no more! Here are the tracks from grey seal pups we have been tagging in Cornwall, England. Look at the little guys go!
February 18, 2025 at 5:21 PM
What is this I'm hearing? You want to see more 🦭 tracking data? Say no more! Here are the tracks from grey seal pups we have been tagging in Cornwall, England. Look at the little guys go!
Get yourself a study species as faithful as elephant seals 🦭. These are the tracks from the same individual last year (green) and her track so far this year (blue) #AnilloSEALS #Strategy #Fidelity
February 18, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Get yourself a study species as faithful as elephant seals 🦭. These are the tracks from the same individual last year (green) and her track so far this year (blue) #AnilloSEALS #Strategy #Fidelity
The elephant seals from #AnillosSEALS keep moving and dispersing. Looks like Mike Jordan is going to be the first one to make it to the open ocean! 🦭🦑🌍 #PinnipedFacts
February 9, 2025 at 6:53 PM
The elephant seals from #AnillosSEALS keep moving and dispersing. Looks like Mike Jordan is going to be the first one to make it to the open ocean! 🦭🦑🌍 #PinnipedFacts
And the seals are on the move! Our elephant seals tagged as part of our project #AnilloSEALS are starting their 8-months post-moult foraging trip. Any guesses on where they’ll go? 🦭🦑🧪🌍
February 3, 2025 at 8:21 PM
And the seals are on the move! Our elephant seals tagged as part of our project #AnilloSEALS are starting their 8-months post-moult foraging trip. Any guesses on where they’ll go? 🦭🦑🧪🌍
It’s 3 am and I’m at the airport waiting for my first flight from Punta Arenas to Santiago as I head home after a great field season tagging 13 elephant seals #AnillosSEALS - and they are off! 🦭✈️ (and so am I)
January 26, 2025 at 6:21 AM
It’s 3 am and I’m at the airport waiting for my first flight from Punta Arenas to Santiago as I head home after a great field season tagging 13 elephant seals #AnillosSEALS - and they are off! 🦭✈️ (and so am I)
And that’s a wrap! We successfully deployed 13 CTD tags on elephant seals 🦭 in Tierra del Fuego! #AnillosSEALS
January 23, 2025 at 2:39 PM
And that’s a wrap! We successfully deployed 13 CTD tags on elephant seals 🦭 in Tierra del Fuego! #AnillosSEALS
Whilst we have had a great field season and have deployed 11 tags in two days on elephant seals 🦭, we can’t ignore the unthinkable amount of plastic in this, one of the most isolated areas of the world.
January 21, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Whilst we have had a great field season and have deployed 11 tags in two days on elephant seals 🦭, we can’t ignore the unthinkable amount of plastic in this, one of the most isolated areas of the world.
We might not have been able to get some seals yet but we are happy to have these guys as neighbours
January 17, 2025 at 9:18 PM
We might not have been able to get some seals yet but we are happy to have these guys as neighbours
We’ve stuck in the campground for two days now due to pretty strong winds. So, we went for a short sightseeing ride
January 17, 2025 at 2:16 PM
We’ve stuck in the campground for two days now due to pretty strong winds. So, we went for a short sightseeing ride