Emilie Stepien

#PhD student at @MarineMammalAU, droning for science whilst looking at #seals in the Wadden Sea 🦭 🚁 #marinemammals #drones

[Emilie Stepien @EmilieStepien]

"How low can you go? 🐾 Using drones for behavioural studies means ensuring they don't disturb the animals. We investigated the impact of various drone heights on the behavior of hauled-out harbor - and grey seals. 🦭📡 #WildlifeResearch #Drones #Seals
https://t.co/EWz3JWbPa8

[Emilie Stepien @EmilieStepien]

Ever wondered if an acoustic seal scarer would affect an Eurasian otter? Then we just published the paper for you! We investigated the underwater hearing of two #otters to 1 and 14 kHz AHD sounds, and how that affected their foraging #behaviour.
https://t.co/4umIi4IKOi

[Coen P.H. Elemans @CoenElemans]

1/ Baleen whales depend on acoustic communication to find each other in vast marine environments. But how do baleen whales make their calls and iconic songs while holding their breath? We are thrilled to share our newest paper in #Nature!
https://t.co/iV67JENZF6

[Emilie Stepien @EmilieStepien]

@irussell21 It is a female, still alive a well 🦭👍

https://t.co/KTAndukH0v

[Emilie Stepien @EmilieStepien]

7 days later and the #hybrid #harbourseal #greyseal is alive and well at Denmark's museum of the sea 🦭 Check out the videos -the news are in Danish, but the pictures says it all.
It seems like the #sealpup is nursing and interacting with mama #seal 🥳 🤞 https://t.co/TwmgA3JRof

[Emilie Stepien @EmilieStepien]

#Hybrid #sealpup is still going strong at #Denmark 's Museum of the Sea 🦭🥳It is most likely a female and seems to resemble the #harbourseal in appearance but with the #greyseal coloration😃She went for her first swim when she was 3 days old and shred the fur after a week.

[Emilie Stepien @EmilieStepien]

@bananaposes Still going strong 💪

[Emilie Stepien @EmilieStepien]

How to weigh a #porpoise through #positiveconditioning 🐋 👌
It's work like this, that helps us better understand the #development, #seasonalvariations and #energetic needs of these wonderful little whales 👏
https://t.co/PvVuDWMsdC

[Emilie Stepien @EmilieStepien]

@wildforest_matt @natdyerwild He definitely knows his way around a female grey seal 😏

[Emilie Stepien @EmilieStepien]

First documented #hybrid harbour-grey #sealpup at Denmark's museum of the sea! Though #greyseal DNA has been found in the uterus of female #harbourseals, a hybrid has never been documented - until this morning 😲Fathered by a harbour seal and born by a grey seal 🦭

[Emilie Stepien @EmilieStepien]

@natdyerwild Such dawgs! 😎🦭

[Emilie Stepien @EmilieStepien]

@natdyerwild Oh he is something alright! The mum is from 2011, making her 12 years old. He was actually chemically neutered in spring 2022, but apparently it did not last for an entire year, just in time for the grey seal's cycle 🦭

[Emilie Stepien @EmilieStepien]

@MaureenLycaon We will see. I don't think anybody expected that these species would be able to produce living offspring in the first place. So far, it's alive and well so hopefully the mom will take care and nurse it well enough to increase its chances 🤞🦭

[Emilie Stepien @EmilieStepien]

@HareTiedd Yes, what you can see is blood and leftovers from the birth 😊

[Emilie Stepien @EmilieStepien]

@Beagleendurence I agree, it's incredible and so unexpected! Will be exciting to find out 😄

[Emilie Stepien @EmilieStepien]

Graphical abstract by @CaraAGallagher and @EmilieStepien

[Emilie Stepien @EmilieStepien]

It's finally here - the paper about porpoise growth and seasonal variations + prediction models !🥳 Exciting data over 23 years with continuous measurements of 17 living porpoises. Thank you to all my coauthors for their help & support during this work🙏
https://t.co/A3JgDagfG2

[Emilie Stepien @EmilieStepien]

@MarineMammalAU @CaraAGallagher Graphical abstract by @CaraAGallagher and @EmilieStepien

[Matthew S. Leslie Ph.D. @okiewhaler]

New Paper Out this week led by our group!! We present a methods for diagnosing, quantifying, and monitoring a persistent & pervasive skin disease in Endangered Arabian Sea humpback #whales using #drones #DroneDermatology
https://t.co/0VODFcRfod

[Emilie Stepien @EmilieStepien]

Dream Team 🥳 I feel honored to be on board 🛥️

[Marine Mammal Research @ AU @MarineMammalAU]

After a two day seminar, we are ready and excited about our 2023 #marinemammal research goals. Stay tuned!

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