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During my PhD, I got alot of unhelpful advice Now I'm a PhD supervisor, I know 💯 what I needed to hear 4 things every PhD student should know 🧵 #phdchat thoughtsofaphd PhD_Genie The PhD Story Happy PhD Supervisor PhDiva Refocused

Apparently chitons can leap out of a holding tank and crawl away across a gauntlet of pavement and leaf litter. Who knew? #chiton #buyerbeware #marinebiology #labworkfail 📷 by Randy Marquez & Chris Jendrey

Pycno vs Purple Urchin! Purple: 1 Pycno: 0 #pycnopodia #seaurchin #marinebiology

Check out this incredible avalanche footage from the Tian Shan mountains in Kyrgyzstan. Luckily, everyone survived. Account: cutt.ly/fLkOldS

At last, the horror movie we all deserve. #thesealioning

Protip: when collecting sunflower seastars, serve them up on a macroalgae platter to reduce unnecessary jostling and stress! #pycnopodia #MarineBiology #scubadiving #fieldwork #science 📷 by Kindall Murie

Building a LEGO-powered Submarine with automatic depth control [📹 YouTube's Brick Experiment Channel: buff.ly/3oaZqkE]

Glorious tube feet of the sunflower seastar!

Job opening here on Quadra Island doing fascinating work in the realm of ancient ecological genomics! 🧬

Will #ScienceTwitter🐦 -> #ScienceMastodon🐘 work? The response to this was massive & my #Mastodon has gone from a quiet void to a science party in just 3 days! Many are worried about servers, network effects & losing followers Follow these tricks to make it work for you! 🧵

Marine ecologist Ross Whippo 🏳️‍🌈 was lucky enough to spot this whitelined toadfish (Sanopus greenfieldorum), typically heard but not seen on the reef. The species is endemic to #Belize and can be heard croaking, err signing, to woo a mate. #marinescience #fish #coralreefs

Doesn't this reef resemble a city 🏙️? The variety of structures of corals, sponges, & other reef-builders is not just mesmerizing, it can influence the diversity and abundance of animals on it, a pattern we are studying with #MarineGEO surveys 🐠🐡🦀🐙 📸: Ross Whippo 🏳️‍🌈

From squall 🌧️ to sunset 🌅 with some sandy bottom critters in between. Take a quick dive with us 🤿 (P.S. it was much more comfortable underwater on #scuba!)

Check these determined cuties out! 💪 We sprang into action last night to cut the lights and quickly collect and release sea turtle hatchlings (some made their way into hermit crab territory 🍽️ ). 🤩😍 #turtlehatch #seaturtle #interruption

My hand is famous.

It's the season of light, you say? Sometimes called the jewelfish because of its gemlike dots, the juvenile phase of the yellowtail damselfish lights up the reef 💎🤩 📸: Leah Harper & Ross Whippo 🏳️‍🌈 #biodiversity #artinnature #transformationtuesday #Belize

👏👏Ross Whippo 🏳️‍🌈 on the 📸 of this spotted eagle ray! Spotted eagle rays (Aetobatus narinari) are common but always a welcome encounter, especially at the end of a survey. This one cruised over the sea grass before stopping to dig for mollusks 🍽️ #Belize #scuba

Channel flounders usually rest on the seafloor, but this one wanted a room with a view. Rested atop an old coral head, this flounder quickly changed colors when it was approached, but never swam off. 📸: Ross Whippo 🏳️‍🌈

#Shark encounters are particularly #uplifting 🤩🦈 Check out this swim-by from two different perspectives... & wait for the eyes! 👀 📽️: Ross Whippo 🏳️‍🌈 & Maggy Benson #biodiversity #research #Belize #scuba #wildlife #fish

The 2022 TMON-MarineGEO field campaign is a wrap! This amazing team worked their fins off surveying the coastal ecosystems surrounding the Smithsonian marine station at Carrie Bow Cay, Belize. In two weeks, they completed....(con't.):