Elasmo Week

A new program bringing you real elasmobranch facts by diverse scientists!

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[Elasmo Week @ElasmoWeek]

Our mission statement, as it has been from day 1:

Elasmo Week is an outreach event about the science of elasmobranchs (sharks, skates, and rays) and the scientists who study them. This week is all about diversity!

[Minorities in Shark Sciences (MISS) @MISS_Elasmo]

Dr. Roger Arliner Young was the first Black woman in the United States to hold a Doctorate in Zoology and received global recognition for discovering the structure of Paramecium, a species of water-dwelling single-celled organisms.

#blackhistorymonth

[Prosanta Chakrabarty @PREAUX_FISH]

Kind of an easy one - but can you #guessthefish ?

[Important Shark and Ray Areas - ISRAs @SharkRayAreas]

Members of the Important Shark and Ray Areas team participated in a side event at the Convention on Migratory Species #CMSCOP14 meeting in Samarkand! #NatureKnowsNoBorders #CMSCOP14 #SharkScience #Ocean #ThreatenedSpecies #Conservation

[Minorities in Shark Sciences (MISS) @MISS_Elasmo]

We have a few recaps of our inaugural MISS Research Summit coming to you very soon! 🦈🎉

Minorities in Shark Sciences, in partnership with SICB, celebrated inclusive research with presentations from Miss Members and Friends of MISS at our first-ever MISS Research Summit! 🦈💙

[Dr. Matt Ajemian @DrHulkFish]

Proud to be with @FrontiersIn Fish Science as an Associate Editor🐟🐟🐟🐟: https://t.co/4NB16wyBns
Note that there is an #elasmobranch science section within the journal as well for #shark, #skate, and #ray work! 🦈 More here: https://t.co/hDjFNTb1un
#openaccess #RetweeetPlease

[Natascha Wosnick @NWosnick]

our newest contribution to #guitarfish fisheries managment is out!

🎸🦈 #raysneedlovetoo

https://t.co/ZESiRa4Tvb

[Minorities in Shark Sciences (MISS) @MISS_Elasmo]

Tomorrow the New England Aquarium will be screening the first episode of our PBS series Sharks Unknown with Jasmin Graham. Jasmin herself will be giving a keynote for their lecture series after the screening! Register below or attend in person!

[mickgrant.bsky.social @MickkGrant]

Vulnerability assessment of Indo-Pacific non-marine sharks & rays. Large-bodied euryhaline species most vulnerable. Assessment had strong congruence with IUCN extinction risk assessments. Framework designed to be applied to other freshwater cons contexts👍 https://t.co/67IaUpI23z

[Prosanta Chakrabarty @PREAUX_FISH]

Please RT

The wonderful natural history museum where I work , the @LSU_MNS, is looking for an Outreach Coordinator - details here https://t.co/FVmKqUY4FE

[Ingrid Hyrycena dos Santos @IngridHyrycena]

I don't know how there are people who can't see their beauty... LOOK AT THIS CUTIE!!! One day I hope to see at least one alive 🥹❤️

[Save Our Seas @saveourseas]

Sharks have a reputation as ‘swimming noses’ - but just how well can they smell?
In episode 43, @isla_hodgson is in conversation with @OceanExplauren, a biologist who is interested in how sharks manage all their senses, especially smell.
https://t.co/HPuyjtvxcu
@MISS_Elasmo

[Jim Wharton, PhD (he/him) @jimwharton]

Obscure Sharks 28(?): are the walking sharks of the genus Hemiscyllium, including the Epaulette Shark. They use large ventral vins like limbs to crawl around the bottom, even up and out of tidal pools. #DiverseSharks #SharkWeek

[Shark Conservation Fund @SharkRayFund]

🚨A new study has revealed that #overfishing is pushing sharks, especially 5 species of reef sharks, towards #extinction and is also changing how #coralreefs function, due to their important role in maintaining ecosystem balance. Article by @mcmsharksxx: https://t.co/k3lAu7A9RS

[Jim Wharton, PhD (he/him) @jimwharton]

Obscure Shark 27 doesn’t look so unusual, buy where it lives is surprising. Glyphis glyphis is a spp of river shark, a little known genus that seem to spend most their lives in tropical river systems & estuaries. They are considered critically endangered. #DiverseShark #SharkWeek

[Dr Haley Dolton (she/her) @haleydolton]

🎵🚨 Well, I’m hot blooded, check it and see…🎵🚨

Despite always been known as being cold blooded, basking sharks are actually regionally endothermic like their close relatives great whites! 🔥🦈🔥

Check out my second PhD chapter here: https://t.co/UwCm4FNzfw

[Jim Wharton, PhD (he/him) @jimwharton]

All sharks have loosely attached jaws that give them a little extra reach, but Obscure Shark 18, the Goblin Shark (Mitsukurina owstoni) takes this to the extreme…probably because of the ironing board on their face. #DiverseSharks

[Black in Marine Science @BlackinMarSci]

Make sure to like and subscribe to our YouTube channel so you don't miss out on #BIMSBites, #BIMSBitesKids and all things #BIMSTVTune in at https://t.co/sz118BZJ01 or at the link in our bio!

[SouthernSharkEG @SouthernSharkEG]

Free access to our new paper led by @DH_Freedive Sharks are smart but they couldn't learn a time-place association after 41 days of daily reinforcement https://t.co/ItpnaMahhW

[Jim Wharton, PhD (he/him) @jimwharton]

When you're annoyed by scientific names as a communicator, here's an example where they come in handy. There are (at least) 3 sharks, 4 rays/skates, and 1 chimera called leopards including Obscure Shark 15, this gorgeous leopard catshark (Poroderma pantherinum). #DiverseSharks