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It's me, the sea lady. PhD Candidate/Photographer/Artist/Jedi I study Sexual Selection & Host Sex/Parasite Interactions #TeamFish #NeurodivergentinSTEM
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It's me, the Sea Lady! I'm a PhD candidate studying reproductive behavior and the interactions between host sex and parasites. I post daily educational and humorous videos about aquatic life. I also post about
#StarWars
, plus I'm a photographer and artist!
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A thread of weird sea creatures that you need to see. First up, the flapjack octopus.
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No thoughts, just Onychophorans aka velvet worms
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A thread of Benoit Blanc as different marine fishes
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Marine animals with ridiculous names, a thread. First up, Sarcastic Fringehead.
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Good day. Caecilians have teeth. You're welcome.
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Hello. Have you heard of caecilians before? No? Well now you have. They're amphibians with teeth. 😈
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Or you all could use all that money to research sharks for conservation purposes but ok
With new shark drones and pilots to monitor our state beaches on Long Island, we’re going to take the bite out of shark attacks this summer 🦈
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How marine animals would dance at a rave
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By 2050, we could have more plastics in the ocean than fish. Let's do something about that in 2018: ditch the straw to help keep plastics out of the water and away from marine life. Share
#NoStraw2018
to get the word out and say no to single-use plastic straws in 2018.
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A thread of weird marine animals you didn't know existed.
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Happy Valentine's Day, here are some marine biology themed cards I made
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I love that caecilians look like the amphibian-equivalent of himbos and then they their open their mouths and it's like they unleashed the seventh level of hell.
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How marine animals would dance at a rave... Part 2
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I waited for YEARS to film something of this quality
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Everyone has a lot to say about what caecilians remind them of... so here is a thread of things that look like caecilians, according to the comments
Hello. Have you heard of caecilians before? No? Well now you have. They're amphibians with teeth. 😈
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"A serious scientist doesn't wear that."
Me, a serious scientist, wearing that in the lab:
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So you haven't heard about carnivorous sponges before? Let's change that.
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I am thrilled to announce that I passed my PhD qualifying exams!!! Obviously had to show today's fit (fish shirt + snake earrings that we are pretending are parasites). Special thanks to my advisor
@MangroveRivulus
and my committee for the support through this process.
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Everyone you teach is a person first, student second. Your class and your assignments are not the most important thing in their lives and shouldn't be. Immediately labeling students as "lazy" or "unmotivated" is a distinct failure to understand the flaws in the academic system.
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"It's a
@HalfNoiseMusic
show, we can do whatever the hell we want." Insane show in Nash last night, danced my little bum off and got some shots with my prism ✨
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Tried to take some photos because I am proud of finally getting my ears pierced as part of healing from purity culture....
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And then my phone fell and captured this masterpierce. Duality of woman.
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Field Biologists! What are your favorite snacks to take into the field that give you energy but WON'T melt in the heat? Also favorite drinks for giving you hydration and electrolytes?
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Friendly reminder that extreme cold events like we are seeing in the US right now are a part of climate change.
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Ok... so we really used to have a person blow their breath all over a cake and then fed that cake to EVERYONE at the party? 🥴🤢
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This is a giant isopod appreciation post
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Just learned about Staurozoa (the stalked sea jellies) for the first time today and I needed you to see them because WOW
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The E.T sponge is a recently discovered deep sea glass sponge that was found in, get this, "The Forest of the Weird." They have a big round top that is held up by a stalk, and their bodies are held together by TINY PIECES OF GLASS.
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Icefish live in the Antarctic, a place that, as you may imagine, is freaking freezing. Obviously this can be a problem if you have fluids your body. Their solution? THEY HAVE ANTIFREEZE BLOOD. They have zero red blood cells but are doing just fine.
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Have you ever seen the sheepshead's human-like teeth before? Now you have.
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It's taken a long time for me to talk about this because I was a little embarassed about it and was worried that it wasn't really important... but representation matters. Knowing you are not alone matters. So here it is: I'm ace. It took 26 years to figure that out, but I'm here.
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Sea angels are sea slugs that live in the world's coldest waters. Don't let the innocent name fool you into thinking they aren't metal af. They are often laden with scars from previous intimate interactions because they use actual suckers to attach to one another during mating.
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So you haven't heard about the Blanket Octopus before, have you? Let's change that.
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I had a fellow WOMAN biologist tell me once that she was "concerned" and "had her doubts about me" as a scientist when she first met me because of my femininity and the way that I dressed. Your ability to be a scientist has NOTHING to do with your appearance or gender.
Absolutely agree. It took me so many years to undo the toxic idea that femininity and science aptitude were somehow on opposite ends of a spectrum.
Femininity and STEM are not mutually exclusive.
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Grad students after reading another article on how bad chronic stress is for you
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Oh buddy do I have news for you
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I took self-portraits for the first time in awhile and I loved too many of them so thread of the photos because why not 💙
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Universities are trying to shut down museum collections because they don't see the $$$ value in them? A lot of the big funding is going towards projects with molecular components. Good luck trying to get molecular data from any time besides right now without museum collections.
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The Northern Stargazer is a fish that is native to the U.S. Atlantic coast and radiates big "GET OUT OF MY SWAMP!" energy. These ugly things spend their days hiding under sand, watching the world above with their high-set eyes until a good snack moves above them.
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Elvis worms overheard y'all talking slander about how ugly worms are and they said "Hold my sea beer." These glittery Polychaete worms live in the deep sea where arguably you wouldn't get to see the fashion stunts they are pulling, but they do this for themselves, not you. 💅
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"What is it like working with fish?"
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You probably have heard of a blobfish but you probably didn't know that they don't actually look like deflated balloons in their natural habitat. The blubbery appearance is a result of extreme tissue damage from living under heavy pressures and being brought up to the surface.
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Gather round to learn about a personal favorite of mine, the hagfish.
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Get to know the weird and wonderful Crinoids.
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There seems to be a stigma in academia, specifically biology, where you need to stick to a specific area and can't branch out or be interested in pursuing other things, particularly things that seem "unrelated."
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Let's talk about aposematic coloration and why you should never touch brightly colored animals.
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The mangrove rivulus fish is the weirdest fish you will ever meet.
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Here's a gentle pause in your timeline to learn about Ctenophores. 🥰
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Happy World Oceans Day! Let's meet the nudibranchs.
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A VERY exciting
#JediSurvivor
package came in today! Thanks to the
@EAStarWars
, Jedi: Survivor
@Respawn
team, and everyone who voted!!!!
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Every time a man comments that he hates my nose ring, I gain XP.
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There's something you need to know about Finding Nemo...
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So you haven't heard about the telescope fish? Let's change that...
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No thoughts, just Pacific spiny lumpsuckers on balloons
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Nothing can prepare you for the Rhizocephalan barnacle parasites...
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Have you heard of marine iguanas? Let's meet them.
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The time has come to talk about the most hateful beings in the ocean: Damselfish.
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If you want a serotonin boost... meet the leaf slug.
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Meet Ophelia 😻 I just adopted her on Saturday and she's warming up VERY quickly. She's 11 weeks old. She was originally orphaned and had to be bottle-fed, so glad someone found her and that I can give her a home!
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The people have asked... and I must deliver. Let's learn about the tongue eating isopod.
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LOOK WHAT MY BROTHER GOT ME FOR MY BIRTHDAY
IT'S A SEA BUNNY SLUG
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You haven't heard about the sea hare before? Time to change that...
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Coelocanths are not toys.
They are not a Christmas present.
They are a 60 year commitment.
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I AM SO HAPPY 😭😭😭😭
Thank you to everyone who voted!!! This game means a lot to me. 💖
Help us congratulate the five
#StarWarsJediSurvivor
Photo Mode Contest winners! 📸
Winner
#1
- Brooke Fitzwater
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New fish just dropped 🐟 Meet the rose-veiled fairy wrasse from the new (open access!!!) paper by
@FishGuyKai
@bappunajeeb
@FishMcFishyface
@CoralReefFish
Paper here:
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Yeti crabs are deep sea dwellers with very fuzzy arms. What are those arms for exactly? Farming. They grow bacteria in the hairs, and to feed those bacteria they wave their arms over hydrothermal vents. They then use their comb-like mouths to harvest and eat the bacteria... yum.
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The people asked for an explanation... so I delivered. Get to know the Sea Robin.
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