Andrew Nosal

Associate Professor of Biology at @PLNU & marine biologist at @Scripps_Ocean, interested in #sharkscience, #animalbehavior, #scicomm, & #diversityinSTEM. 🇵🇷

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

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

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@Elasmo_Gal What a great interview! Congrats!

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

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@Shark_eye_sci Cool what paper?

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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

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

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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

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

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@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.

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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

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

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@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.

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@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!

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

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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

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

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

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

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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 https://t.co/HJcztjZFln or QR code below. Please RT! @ElasmoSociety @AmFisheriesSoc @FutureIslander

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

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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)