Melissa Cristina Márquez
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Multi-hyphenate #LatinainSTEM 🇵🇷🇲🇽 (she/her) | wildlife educator & marine scientist 🦈 #sharks #scicomm | writer: @forbesscience @CosmosMagazine
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📚🦈 Exciting News! 🦈📚
My debut book for adults, "SHARK CODE: LESSONS FROM NATURE'S FIERCEST PREDATORS" is here! Dive into a fresh perspective on sharks and oceans - stay tuned for updates 🌊
#SharkCode
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Just a reminder that a “scientist” does not need a PhD. THEY DO NOT. I am 100% a believer of that statement - even if I personally am pursuing my PhD (essential for long term dreams). Stop telling people they aren’t scientists because they don’t have a certain degree.
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"Naughty penguin of the month: Timmy. Stole fish and pushed another penguin over." 😂
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Today was surreal. Charting literally new territory. Puffins. Belugas. Fogbows. Glaciers. Icebergs. Where do I even begin?!
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|￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣￣|
The ocean can’t be
“shark infested
waters.”
THEY *LIVE* THERE.
|＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿＿|
(\__/) ||
(•ㅅ•) ||
/ づ
#SignBunny
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Today I applied to a PhD program and mini cried, because I have been working so hard to get to this point. Whether or not I make it in, I’m telling you this because I want you to do things that scare you, too! Don’t think you can do x? Try it- you may be pleasantly surprised.
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Stressed? Overwhelmed. Take a few seconds to listen to this and watch the constellations under the waves known as whale sharks ♥️
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Changed the title for ya: “Shark seen swimming in the ocean, where it naturally lives.”
WATCH: 4-foot shark boldly swims along South Carolina shore, inches away from beachgoers | Read more:
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OH MY GOD, AMIGXS!!
I MADE FORBES 30 UNDER 30 SCIENCE CATEGORY!!! HOLY CRAP! OMG OMG OMG OMG
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No one is here to take my picture so I took in on self-timer. But, happy first day of school to me as I start my PhD! Here I am holding my (ever changing) Curtin University research proposal for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.
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Yesterday I had the opportunity to dive down to about 250m and see three different shark species in duty, filming them as they came close to the sub. It was absolutely surreal and I feel so blessed. Here’s a sneak peek of the life down here!
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I work with big predators. I give them their space, I respect them, and I always keep in mind that they have the ability to kill me. As someone who studies predator behaviour, I’m glad I had to knowledge of what to do when a crocodile bit into my calf last night and dragged me.
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This is why representation matters in media. This is all I wanted - to help inspire some little girls and boys of any background and to let them know
#diversescientists
exist. This is worth everything ❤️
#SharkWeek
#SharksofCuba
#LatinainSTEM
#womeninSTEM
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The good thing about being a marine biologist is having an A+ comeback when someone asks for nudes. Nudes? Sure I’ve got tons of them, mate. Let me show you all of these pics of immensely colourful molluscs (aka nudibranchs) I have saved on my phone. This one looks like a bunny.
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The face of a ✨26✨ year old! It’s my birthday ☺️
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Dear
#SharkWeek
viewers,
If you don't have experience handling
#sharks
... don't touch them. Don't ride them. Don't kiss them. Don't grab their tails. And don't try to put them into tonic immobility.
Love,
A
#shark
scientist
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Let me tell you a funny story about how I did
#scicomm
AT MY OWN WEDDING. I talked about fisheries science in a literal ball gown and tiara and it led to a collab! Friends, stop tearing each other down bc of how one looks. We are
#strongertogether
when we celebrate one another.
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For those in the
#sharkscience
world... this is HUGE.
Drone Footage Reveals Newborn Great White Shark:
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WHAT A SHOT 😍
WHALESHARK
Whale shark's mouths can stretch to around 4 feet wide. Photo by Josiah William Gordon
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One more 2018 celebration: I accepted a full ride scholarship to develop policies for
#shark
conservation in Indo-Pacific region by understanding socioeconomics, human behavior, & ecological aspects of shark conservation. AKA I'M DOING A PHD! One step closer to Dr. Márquez!
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I have kept this a secret FOR WAY TOO LONG: I am going to be a published
#author
for
@Scholastic
!! So excited to share Adrianna Villalobos and her family to the world starting in Spring 2021 through THREE BOOKS! HUGE thanks to
@akaweiss
for EVERYTHING!
#LatinainSTEM
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#Megalodon
. Estimated to be the largest macropredatory
#shark
known to have existed, only their total length has ever been calculated, based on estimates from great white
#sharks
… until now:
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Today I had a conversation about wildlife reputations and our attitudes towards some species vs others. For example, people tend to LOVE orcas but vilify great white sharks as “monsters.” But orcas eat sharks.
What animals do YOU think need a major PR revision?
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My pajamas for Antarctica are here! Along with actual cold weather clothes but I AM SO HAPPY AND WARM ❄️
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What is your favourite ocean creature and why? I guess I'll go first! Mine is Hippocampus bargibanti, known commonly as the pygmy seahorse, because it is cute and little and fierce and PINK and adorable. I *love* them & the fact we still have so much to learn about these cuties.
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Didn’t bring flags to
#Antarctica
(because I only had so much packing space) but still was proud of my background and wanted to give them a shout out! ¡Soy Boricua pa que tu lo sepas! 🇵🇷 Y ¡viva México! 🇲🇽
#LatinainSTEM
#womeninSTEM
#HB4
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I’m a
#shark
scientist & for work I wear rain boots, flip flops, or diving flippers!
I still
#looklikeascientist
when I wear this, heels, or anything else! Scientists have many looks, so stomp out the stereotype of what we “should look like.”
#stompoutstereotypes
👠🥾
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First Described
#shark
Nursery In
#Cuba
! Join me in learning all about a
#babyshark
species in this
#Caribbean
paradise:
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I'm about to embark on my PhD! What is something you wish you had known at the very beginning? Any tips? Apps or planners you used for time management? What did you use for keeping references in check? Hit me with your knowledge, amigxs!
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High fin! Hello
#SharkWeek
, my name is Melissa and I'm one of the scientists on "Great White Kill Zone: Guadalupe" with Dr. Yannis Peter Papastamatiou & PhD student Sarah Luongo. I'll be live tweeting & adding some commentary. Who is ready?!
#GreatWhiteKillZone
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Your daily reminder that we share our planet with animals that live hundreds of years - like the Greenland shark, pictured here by Eric Ste Marie - and if you don't think that is ✨THE COOLEST THING EVER✨ then I can't help you.
Also, check out Dr. Nigel Hussey & Eric's work!
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It is
#CincoDeMayo
! Reminder: my culture is NOT a costume. Cinco de Mayo celebrates the date of the Mexican army's 1862 victory over France at the Battle of Puebla during the Franco-Mexican War. The day is also known as Battle of Puebla Day & not all Mexicans celebrate it.
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This forbidden pupper is a salmon shark!
Happy
#NameThatShark
day! Can you guess this
#shark
? Is it a...
a. shortfin mako shark (Isurus oxyrinchus)
b. salmon shark (Lamna ditropis)
c. porbeagle (Lamna nasus)
Tell me your guess below! Photo: Andy Murch
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Hello, my name is Melissa and today I made a little girl’s day because I showed her I had just as much arm hair as she does. She was me when I was younger- hated it, wanted it shaved off. But as an adult, no one really cares 🤷🏼♀️ I’m glad showing her that her body is normal helped.
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Happy
#NameThatShark
day! Can you guess this
#shark
? Is it a...
a. blacktip shark (Carcharhinus limbatus)
b. sandbar shark (Carcharhinus plumbeus)
c. dusky shark (Carcharhinus obscurus)
Tell me your guess below! Photo: Georgia Aquarium
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Happy
#NameThatShark
day! Can you guess this
#shark
? Is it a...
a. shortfin mako shark (Isurus oxyrinchus)
b. salmon shark (Lamna ditropis)
c. porbeagle (Lamna nasus)
Tell me your guess below! Photo: Andy Murch
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Don’t mind me, just casually screaming because
@BillNye
mentioned me in his show re:
#BillMeetScienceTwitter
. I’ve watched this man since I was a kid and he was one of the many who inspired me to LOVE SCIENCE and think of it as COOL. Hope we meet one day, Bill!
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Hey all, I normally don't do this... but it seems a lot of my family has COVID. Some of them are elderly.
Can y'all just keep them in your thoughts/prayers? It sucks to be so far away... and I don't know what to do.
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Happy
#NameThatShark
day! Can you guess this
#shark
? Is it a...
a. shortfin mako shark (Isurus oxyrinchus)
b. porbeagle shark (Lamna nasus)
c. salmon shark (Lamna ditropis)
Tell me your guess below! Photo: Jennifer Idol
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Happy
#NameThatShark
day! Can you guess this
#shark
? Is it a...
a. Greenland shark (Somniosus microcephalus)
b. megamouth shark (Megachasma pelagios)
c. basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus)
Tell me your guess below! Photo: National Geographic
#scicomm
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What’s this? Why, it’s my first bilingual book of my children’s reading series that involves science, diverse scientists, and Aztec mythology. Revolves around a young girl who loves science-despite her strained relationship w/math- and ends up meeting many cool women in STEM!
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Fine-scale genetic research has confirmed two distinct populations of tiger
#sharks
in the Atlantic and Indo-Pacific oceans that have evolved separately:
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If you don’t condemn white supremacy, you’re racist.
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Hi, let me introduce you to roughsharks, of the family Oxynotidae, which are probably some of the cutest
#sharks
out there. They remind me of wontons. Roughsharks are my second fave sharks, specifically the Caribbean roughshark (Oxynotus caribbaeus).
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Hola amigxs! I'd love to re-introduce myself if I'm new (or old) on your TL.
My name is Melissa Cristina Márquez. I’m a
#LatinainSTEM
(🇵🇷🇲🇽) marine biologist who studies sharks 🦈
IG:
FB:
Check out the cool stuff I’m doing!
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My mom sent this to me and now I can’t think about anything else.
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Who run the
#oceans
? GIRLS.
New research led by
#Australia
scientists shows that the biggest fish (aka whale
#sharks
) in the sea are female! Read all about it:
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Happy
#NameThatShark
day! Can you guess this
#shark
? Is it a...
a. leopard shark (Triakis semifasciata)
b. nurse shark (Ginglymostoma cirratum)
c. leopard shark (Stegostoma tigrinum)
Tell me your guess below! Photo: Loro Parque
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Second night of deep sea sub dives. Saw 10 of a deep sea shark in situ (that’s what the other tweet was supposed to say but I’m running on low sleep so YOLO) and my life was absolutely made as it devoured bait in front of our eyes. Wow.
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Simple way to help women: give them an opportunity to talk about their WORK and passions, not their gender. We are more than that.
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My grandmother has passed. Me being across the world never hurt so much. Please keep my family in your thoughts, especially my grandfather.
Para Tata- gracias por todo lo que hiciste en mi vida. Te amo ♥️
Fuck being so far away. Fuck cancer. Fuck COVID.
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My
#TEDxWelly
talk is ON YOUTUBE! Listen + share "Sharks and Female Scientists: More Alike Than You Think"
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New Species Of Shark Discovered In New Zealand
What makes this discovery particularly noteworthy is the unveiling of the Dichichthyidae family.
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Here's something cool: we have footage of whale
#sharks
(Rhincodon typus) feeding on baitfish with other predators at Ningaloo Reef off of
#Australia
for the first time:
#sharkscience
#shark
#diversesharks
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Don’t insult stingrays like that! They are majestic flap flaps and he is NOT that.
Mike pence looks like the bottom of a stingray
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I don't think we've seen lemon sharks on
#SharkWeek
yet! But here are some on
#GhostDiver
. One of the first sharks I was exposed to in the wild was the lemon sharks (Negaprion brevirostris) of Bimini, Bahamas under the watch of Dr. Samuel Gruber.
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Happy
#NameThatShark
day! Can you guess this
#shark
? Is it a...
a. silky shark (Carcharhinus falciformis)
b. bull shark (Carcharhinus leucas)
c. spinner shark (Carcharhinus brevipinnis)
Tell me your guess below! Photo: Matthew D Potenski
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Happy
#NameThatShark
day! Can you guess this
#shark
? Is it a...
a. leopard shark (Stegostoma tigrinum)
b. leopard shark (Triakis semifasciata)
c. zebra bullhead shark (Heterodontus zebra)
Tell me your guess below! Photo: Species 360
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Screaming! Who’s gonna watch this year? Leave a 🦈 emoji in the comments below if you are.
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The developing octopus are looking like ghosts 👻
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I HAVE BEEN HERE ALMOST SEVEN MONTHS AND FINALLY GOT TO SEE THIS BEAUTY OF A BIRD.
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Happy
#NameThatShark
day! Can you guess this
#shark
? Is it a...
a. scoophead (Sphyrna media)
b. bonnethead (Sphyrna tiburo)
c. smooth hammerhead (Sphyrna zygaena)
Tell me your guess below! Photo: Andy Murch
#scicomm
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Hey
#sciencetwitter
: Are you a scientist who has been bitten by your field
#animal
? Know someone who has been bitten while out in the field? Please send me a DM for an exciting project!
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The biggest surprise awaited me today- my PHYSICAL BOOK!! And it has my name! And
@Scholastic
! There were tears and laughter and disbelief.
This is for every kid out there who wish they saw themselves in wildlife conservation stories. You’re here. I see you.
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Lost a good one today. Cuddle your pets for me, please ♥️
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This year, I'm hoping to only buy ethically produced clothes. But holy crap, those prices!
It begs the question- are ethically produced clothes a privilege for the wealthy? What do YOU think? Drop your thoughts down below & let's chat 👇
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I'm the curator for
@realscientists
this week-- want a sneak peek of what I'll be discussing day-by-day? Here you go!
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I partake in
#ScientistsWhoSelfie
to not only smash the stereotype of what a scientist looks like but to show people my amazing “office” - the ocean! I get to teach about the diversity of
#sharks
and people... and this interaction enhances my science, not diminishes it.
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It’s
#LatinoConservationWeek
!
Hola 👋🏼 I’m Meli, a 🇵🇷🇲🇽 wildlife educator who loves 🦈. I’m currently a PhD candidate (
@CurtinEandA
) studying shark habitat use & how our perception of sharks has changed over the years. Passionate about representation in science! Let’s chat ��️
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It's my birthday month & until that day I will be sharing different
#sharks
via
#MCMsharks
. I can't not include the salmon shark (Lamna ditropis)! They feed on a variety of fish, like salmon, squid, sablefish, and herring. Often mistaken for a great white shark!
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Woke up to the news that
@LeoDiCaprio
knows who I am! Well, sort of. If you’re an OG Twitter follower you know how much I admire this man.
You can listen to the exact show he is talking about here:
Sharks are essential to the health of our oceans. In this
@nprscience
report, scientist Melissa Christina Marquez explains just how important they are - and the role they play in mitigating climate change.
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Hey USA: Do you know today as "Columbus Day"? Nah.
Today, October 12, is
#indigenouspeoplesday
& it recognizes the people that were displaced and decimated after European explorers reached the continent.
How are you learning about your local region's indigenous people(s)?
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Southern Africa’s Most Endangered Shark Just Extended Its Range!
Scientists confirm Critically Endangered shorttail nurse
#shark
has been found in
#Mozambique
waters. Read all about it in my latest Forbes article:
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Fine-scale genetic research has confirmed two distinct populations of tiger
#sharks
in the Atlantic and Indo-Pacific oceans that have evolved separately despite trans-oceanic migrations and the potential for mixing:
#sharkscience
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Happy
#NameThatShark
day! Can you guess this
#shark
? Is it a...
a. goblin shark (Mitsukurina owstoni)
b. basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus)
c. kitefin shark (Dalatias licha)
Tell me your guess below! Photo: Australian Museum
#scicomm
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“You’re intimidating, Mel. Your job is, too! So don’t talk about your job if you want a quality guy.” I don’t want a guy or friends who can’t handle that I’m a freaking shark scientist?? I ignored and have a good group of friends & husband who 100% support me.
QUESTION: What’s the worst advice someone has given you?
I’ll start:
“Don’t try to be too intelligent or you’ll never find a husband”.
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Living Naked! As if 2020 couldn’t get any weirder, what if we told you that a
#shark
with no skin-related structured (so no epidermis, stratum laxum, dermal denticles, or teeth) was discovered?
This is no sci-fi movie:
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We live in such an amazing little planet filled with magical creatures like this whale shark. Just… wow. Feeling so blessed to be a tiny speck here.
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Hello! Are you watching
#SharksofCuba
on
#SharkWeek
? I’m the Latina scientist on the show. Say hello 👋🏼 I promise I don’t bite unlike some 🐊
@SharkWeek
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Happy
#NameThatShark
day! Can you guess this
#shark
? Is it a...
a. bull shark (Carcharhinus leucas)
b. shortfin mako shark (Isurus oxyrinchus)
c. salmon shark (Lamna ditropis)
Tell me your guess below! Photo: Andy Murch
#scicomm
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F I N A L L Y hace my hands on this beauty 😍 Congrats to all involved who made
#Shark
Biology & Conservation
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A reminder for
#SharkWeek
viewers… don’t touch
#sharks
. Especially near the mouth. Or tail. Or fins.
Or ever. There really is no need.
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Alright
#SharkWeek
fans, show me your cutest
#sharks
! I want a whole thread of cuties 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽
Here we have epaulette sharks, Port Jackson sharks, bonnetheads, and Caribbean roughsharks.
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Happy
#NameThatShark
day! Can you guess this
#shark
? Is it a...
a. Bull shark (Carcharhinus leucas),
b. Bronze whalers (Carcharhinus brachyurus)
c. Silky shark (Carcharhinus falciformis)
Tell me your guess below! Photo: Andy Murch
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For the first time, scientists have observed broadnose sevengill (Notorynchus cepedianus) and bluntnose sixgill (Hexanchus griseus)
#sharks
in the deep waters of the Galápagos Marine Reserve! Read all about it:
#comunicaciencia
#sharkscience
#shark
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“You might not have been my first love, but you were the love that made all other loves seem irrelevant.” ❤️
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I am so excited that I got to report something my friend Eric Ste-Marie and his colleagues have discovered about a
#shark
we bonded over. Love Greenland
#sharks
? Then you are gonna eat up this new piece:
#scicomm
#sharkscience
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Happy
#NameThatShark
day! Can you guess this
#shark
? Is it a...
a. megamouth shark (Megachasma pelagios)
b. whale shark (Rhincodon typus)
c. Basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus)
Tell me your guess below! Photo: Craig Hoover
#scicomm
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Happy
#NameThatShark
day! Can you guess this
#shark
? Is it a...
a. shortfin mako shark (Isurus oxyrinchus)
b. porbeagle shark (Lamna nasus)
c. longfin mako shark (Isurus paucus)
Tell me your guess below! Photo: Science Magazine
#scicomm
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Happy
#HispanicHeritageMonth2020
everyone! I am SO proud to be Latina.
This
#HispanicHeritageMonth
, I'm sharing one Latinx/Hispanic scientist YOU should be following today if you aren't already...
Follow along & add your name/profession to this thread if you want me to RT you!
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Was accepted for
#HomewardBound
! 1 yr program = 2.5 weeks in Antarctica + receiving leadership, science + visibility training, etc. $$ = GoFundMe (), Patreon (), Etsy sales (), sponsors. Goal = 8k USD by Aug 30.
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One day I hope I can just talk about my work, not what being a "woman scientist" is like bc one day it won't be separate from a "scientist."
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Happy
#NameThatShark
day! Can you guess this
#shark
? Is it a...
a. megamouth shark (Megachasma pelagios)
b. basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus)
c. Greenland shark (Somniosus microcephalus)
Tell me your guess below & I'll let you know at the end of the day. Photo: DIVE Magazine
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Saw on twitter a person defending their PhD in a quinceañera dress.
1. If you are not from the culture, don't wear a quinceañera dress - let alone as a gimmick.
2. Congrats on your achievement! It shouldn’t be celebrated through cultural appropriation.
This is SO hurtful.
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LED illuminated nets reduce
#bycatch
of
#sharks
and
#flatsharks
by an incredible 95% while maintaining catch rates of target species:
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Happy
#NameThatShark
day! Can you guess this
#shark
? Is it a...
a. Puffadder shyshark (Haploblepharus edwardsii)
b. Pyjama shark (Poroderma africanum)
c. Leopard catshark (Poroderma pantherinum)
Tell me your guess below! Photo: African Shark Eco-Charters
#scicomm
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Whale Sharks Have Teeth On Their Eyes
Yup, you read that title correctly. According to a newly published study, whale
#sharks
(Rhincodon typus) eyes are covered with dermal denticles, which is a novel mechanism of eye protection in vertebrates.
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