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Some throwbacks to my Devonian sketchbook for sea sponges, sea stars, brittle stars, urchins, edrioasteroids, and crinoids. My style in colored pencil was very naturalist

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2019-04-26

"I posted it on iNat, of course, because that is what I do... What happened next is a classic example of iNat at its best."

Read our oral history of how and IDed this record-setting sunfish! https://t.co/JFaWJAANYd

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2019-03-21

A tries to land on a Sperm and catches some blowhole spray - it's our Observation of the Day! Seen in the by carmenbdelossantos!

More details here: https://t.co/efJCOROFnY

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2019-01-09

And our final offering for ... Delve into the history of our changing oceans with Callum Roberts https://t.co/3urxEHjzf4

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2019-01-05

of the huuge branchial filters of a allowing it to sieve ~ 21 kg of daily (for juveniles) - a structure evolutionarily distinct from other filter feeding

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2018-11-25

Crazy about crustaceans? The MBA is hosting a crabbing competition on Sunday 18 Nov at Sutton Harbour, Plymouth. For tickets and more information see: https://t.co/yTJRcTX57r

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2018-11-16

Update of my yellowtail illustration (Seriola lalandi) with feedback from fish biologists. Anatomy still won't be 100% but it is much better than what it was!

For my friend's PhD thesis 🐟🐟🐟

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2018-09-12

Today I delivered this large underwater painting, “Ocean Dreams”, to its permanent home at the Murphy Ocean Gallery, 🐟

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2018-06-16

Some scientific figures I illustrated for my friends in and their report about white shark deterrents!

The pink thing is tuna gill bait. + Cintiq 24HD

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2018-05-30

So true story. I had to get small skin samples from hammerhead sharks for the institute and I was trying to get a line around its tail to safely get the sample and it smacked me across the face. still love my job

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2017-11-29