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5-min-old bat ray born on boat while tagging mom. 1st time in the ocean! #FlatSharkFriday #sharkweek @Scripps_Ocean

@SeaCitizens I love this! I hope you’re well!

Three weeks ago I landed in Jamaica, just in time for Beryl. Remarkably, I was able to dive again where I started my career 50 years ago. So much has changed for me and the reefs, but not everything (same snorkel)....

@Elasmo_Gal What a great interview! Congrats!

Day 1 of the tour: got to talk about my book on the CBS morning show after spending a delightful evening in NYC watching Suffs (HIGHLY RECOMMEND) and eating some delicious Caribbean food with my editor and collaborative writer.

@LarrySabato Gosh I miss snow on the Lawn. What a special place!

Massive turnout of UVA students to watch Iowa results? No, to throw snowballs at midnight on the Lawn.

@Shark_eye_sci Cool what paper?

@AndrewNosal my grandma on the east coast sent me this today 😅🦈

Not as cool as #sharks, but also saw these #dolphins yesterday near @Scripps_Ocean pier. They were beautiful to watch and it was a gorgeous day! #LaJolla #SanDiego

@phylumtatum @PLNU @Scripps_Ocean I think to dislodge parasites from their skin.

@AndrewNosal @PLNU @Scripps_Ocean Cool! Why are the sharks rolling over?

This was yesterday off #LaJolla, the morning after the remnants of #HuricaneHilary passed through #SanDiego. Clearly, the leopard #sharks were unfazed and the water was surprisingly clear. See the white flashes? Those are sharks rolling over! @PLNU @Scripps_Ocean #sharkscience

@Ashtontog My friend said he was just laying on his belly watching the sharks!

It was ankle deep when I stepped in.

@grobbins @PLNU @Scripps_Ocean Oh yeah, I see the scripps pier temperature dropped a few degrees. Not sure, maybe change in wind direction has turned up the upwelling along the coast.

@AndrewNosal @PLNU @Scripps_Ocean Let us know how it turns out ... Why is the water so cold?

Tons of leopard #sharks and bat rays in only knee-deep water this morning off #LaJolla, the day before #HuricaneHilary due to roll into #SanDiego. Will be interesting to check on them again after the storm. Stay safe out there! @PLNU @Scripps_Ocean #sharkscience

@pugmama1221 @PLNU @Scripps_Ocean Nah, they’ll likely go to deeper water once conditions get tougher.

@Bwalkercox @huntersowards3 @PLNU @Scripps_Ocean I suspect they will move to deeper water once the wind and surf pick up. It was still very calm this morning.

@AndrewNosal @huntersowards3 @PLNU @Scripps_Ocean Why would they come into a high surf zone? I’d think they would find deep water.

@AJamesMcCarthy Very cool. Love the different colors. How do you manage a 90-min exposure without any airplanes sneaking into the FOV? I would have also expected to see satellites streaking “against the grain” but the star trails are so clean!

The rotation of Earth visualized as a 90 minute exposure. You can see how the curve of the stars corresponds with their latitude, an easy way to tell we're the ones that are spinning, not them. Stars are also quite colorful!

@armoredgrizzly @PLNU @Scripps_Ocean Prob about 6 feet give or take a couple

@AndrewNosal @PLNU @Scripps_Ocean What was the approximate depth here?

This stunning, extra spotty leopard #shark was seen off #LaJolla Shores Beach this weekend. This unusual color morph deviates from the typical pattern of horizontal saddles with spots. Video by Peter Demman (Instagram: pdemman). @PLNU @Scripps_Ocean #sharkscience #SanDiego

@PLNU @Scripps_Ocean This is a big female, likely pregnant. I would love to know what the pups look like!

@Shark_eye_sci @PLNU @Scripps_Ocean it's not usually that good!

@AndrewNosal @PLNU @Scripps_Ocean So jealous of your water viz 🥲

Cute baby leopard #shark alert off #LaJolla #SanDiego! Two-foot-long male. @PLNU @Scripps_Ocean #sharkscience #babyshark for real

The Movement Ecology Lab at @IslandCampus is recruiting a PhD student for Spring Semester 2024! Start date is Jan. 16. Please complete the form by Aug. 18 using the link forms.gle/9QNENXFiUYbWv3… or QR code below. Please RT! @ElasmoSociety @AmFisheriesSoc @FutureIslander

@JXavierLeon @PLNU @Scripps_Ocean We use TRex in python to detect and track the sharks in the drone footage.

Here, 180 leopard #sharks have been tracked using #computervision from #drone footage captured off #SanDiego (that's a harbor seal that spooks a few of the sharks). Next three tweets show tracking results. @PLNU @Scripps_Ocean #sharkscience #SharkWeek #Tech4Wildlife (1/4)