Gene Helfman

Anim behav/cons bio wrote Beyond the Human Realm award-winning 2021 novel about love, loss, & redemption in orcas, & award-winning FINS, a satirical shark novel

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without saying anything snarky (although tempted), I've moved away from Twitter and over to Bluesky: @genehelfman.bsky.social. See you there.

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@susaneastoe @ErichHoyt @G_OCeans Let them know whaling is hurting ecotourism. It's the only way they will pay attention.

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@JacquelineFWebb @IchsAndHerps @uricels @universityofri well deserved; congratulations

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@Douglas_Main we can only hope the public reaction to this episode teaches the producers at SharkWeek that this is irresponsible.

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@WhySharksMatter I've never been asked to appear on Shark Week or Sharkfest or Sharkapooza so don't know if I'd accept or not. I guess I'd want to have some control over the material.

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@WhySharksMatter A student at UGA new to Judy's limnology class was overheard asking, "Is Mrs. Meyer as tough a grader as Dr. Helfman?" (btw: the answer was still yes)

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@JoeAnnH no good deeds go unpunished; his enemies are our enemies

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@carlsafina @BankStreetLib well deserved! congrats. I've recommended the book to several groups when I've done a reading of my orca novel. They're the right audience to learn more.

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@ErichHoyt @whalesorg @Defenders Nice gender balance. Science is improving.

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@WhySharksMatter I'd be more than pissed if I had taken the time to review the article, commented and recommended it, then learned about the bait-and-switch. I wonder if they advise their reviewers about that policy.

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@marinemammalogy @EmmaChereskin I took a marine mammal behavior class from Lou Herman at Univ Hawaii many decades ago. In addition to being a pioneering and insightful researcher, Herman was a great teacher. This award, and its recipients, are a tribute to his efforts.

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@thedailyjaws I guess that one was just a little too subtle.

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@WhySharksMatter bummer

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@TaotaoTasi @WhySharksMatter don't try to go swimming with all that bling on.

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@JoeAnnH Death by a thousand cuts.

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Fanfare! My shark-friendly spoof of the sharksploitation genre. FINS, A Novel of Relentless Satire, won the 2023/24 Reader Views Silver Prize for humor:“hilariously dark…[with] outlandish in-your-face humor… unlike any shark book previously written.” Available from Amazon.

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@CoralReefFish remoras are an understudied group behaviorally and ecologically. why is that?

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@BigFishTrips Is that a threat display?

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@ErichHoyt @parisamichail @FireflyBooks @FireflyDist man, that has to feel good!

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@WhaleTalesOrg We left Kaunakakai Harbor on Moloka'i just before dawn. As the sun rose over Mau'i, we encountered a mom and calf humpback. We watched for a few minutes before they dove, the mom treating us to a backlit waterfall off her flukes. It was magical.