Rebecca Gourlay
rebeccagourlay.bsky.social
Rebecca Gourlay
@rebeccagourlay.bsky.social
Animal lover. 🐾 Penguin fanatic. 🐧
MRes Animal Behaviour - St Andrews University
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Finally getting around to making a bluesky account after attending the amazing #ASABWinter2024.

Hi! I'm Rebecca, I'm doing an #MRes in Animal Behaviour at the #StAndrewsUni. I'm studying resource theft in captive Gentoo penguins! 🐧
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Always great to see the #STRANGE framework in the spotlight! Make sure your individuals are representative of the population you’re studying @mikemwebster.bsky.social

AND don’t forget to account for #Welfare differences in those considerations!

#ASABWinter2024
December 12, 2024 at 5:08 PM
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December 13, 2024 at 8:42 PM
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Crabs might feel pain - new research shows their bodies react to harmful sensations, much like ours. 🦀

If crabs can suffer, should we rethink how we treat them and other animals in farming, research, and beyond?

#OpenAccess study: doi.org/10.3390/biol...

#Science🧪 #EduSky #AcademicSky
Putative Nociceptive Responses in a Decapod Crustacean: The Shore Crab (Carcinus maenas)
Nociceptors are receptors that detect injurious stimuli and are necessary to convey such information from the periphery to the central nervous system. While nociception has been extensively studied in...
doi.org
November 26, 2024 at 6:32 AM
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Hello all! 👋
I'm Melissa. I have recently started my PhD at St Andrews in the @animalsdoingstuff.bsky.social lab. I am broadly interested in sensory ecology, and currently exploring how animals use socially transmitted acoustic cues to forage.

Please enjoy a picture of one of our field sites! 🦀
November 12, 2024 at 5:40 PM
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Thanks to everyone yesterday for the fantastic poster sessions! #ASABWinter2024
December 13, 2024 at 9:38 AM
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twitter is DEAD 🦋 #ASABWinter2024 is live
December 12, 2024 at 9:52 AM
Finally getting around to making a bluesky account after attending the amazing #ASABWinter2024.

Hi! I'm Rebecca, I'm doing an #MRes in Animal Behaviour at the #StAndrewsUni. I'm studying resource theft in captive Gentoo penguins! 🐧
December 13, 2024 at 8:18 PM
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We’re sad the #ASABWinter2024 conference is over, but you can easily follow all of the brilliant speakers, chairs and organizers at go.bsky.app/QbM8rWb

If you spoke at the conference and you just joined bluesky or we missed adding you, let us know so we can add you!
December 13, 2024 at 4:54 PM