Jordan Eskew

[Jordan Eskew @JordanEskew2]

Filmed our marine science in society video today! We experienced noise pollution first hand as we watched thousands of people board a giant cruise ship. Although sound travels 4 times faster in water, so I’m sure our fishy friends heard it much more than us!

[Jordan Eskew @JordanEskew2]

Coral reefs are particularly susceptible to storms. For instance, coral reefs off the coast of St. John, the smallest of the U.S. Virgin Islands, declined 1-4% after Hurricanes Maria and Irma.

[Jordan Eskew @JordanEskew2]

Most sea snails are herbivores implying that they entirely feed on sea plants. The algae plant is the most popular source of nutrient among the sea snails.

[Jordan Eskew @JordanEskew2]

Rips can be used by surfers to get out into the waves. However, they can be incredibly dangerous. There are three primary ways of identifying a rip. 1. Deeper and/or darker water 2. Fewer breaking waves 3. A different wave texture

[Jordan Eskew @JordanEskew2]

No seafood caught west of the Sydney Harbour Bridge should be eaten. Seafood east of the Sydney Harbour Bridge generally no more than 150g per month should be consumed. The water is toxic! Agent Orange was being manufactured in the area and leaked into the harbor in the 1900s

[Jordan Eskew @JordanEskew2]

Rock fishing is a popular past time in Australia and New Zealand. However, On average, at least 13 people die per year as a result of rock fishing. It ranks third for the number of deaths for an individual activity.

[Jordan Eskew @JordanEskew2]

Shipwrecks can be a place of immense marine diversity and can become homes to thousands of various oceanic organisms that produce entire ecosystems.

[Nadine Bauer @cinnadine]

Photos I took of wrecks

[Jordan Eskew @JordanEskew2]

8 million tonnes of trash is dumped into our ocean every year, and is one of the biggest climate issues today.

[Jordan Eskew @JordanEskew2]

Giant anteaters do not have teeth; instead they have tongues that can reach as mich as 610 mm in length! As long as the tongue is, it is relatively narrow over the entirety of its length. They also have the largest ratio of predator to prey size of any land animal!

[Jordan Eskew @JordanEskew2]

Penguins can drink sea water and they spend around half their time in water and the other half on land!

[Jordan Eskew @JordanEskew2]

Dugongs are referred to as sea cows because they use their strong, cleft upper lips to graze on sea grasses they uproot from the seafloor. However, their closest land relative is the elephant!

[Jordan Eskew @JordanEskew2]

Fun fact! Crabs talk with their claws! Stridulation is the process of making sounds by rubbing specific body parts together, just like when insects rub their legs together.

[Jordan Eskew @JordanEskew2]

Went to the beach and saw the various levels of low tide and high tide! It was awesome to see the marine habitat meeting with the land. Also interesting to see how the water has impacted the shape of the surrounding rock formations!

[Jordan Eskew @JordanEskew2]

went to the SEA life aquarium and saw 15 different species of sharks! it was interesting to see them coexisting in a habitat with all different kinds of other fish and marine animals! #MarEnvS20

[Jordan Eskew @JordanEskew2]

First day of class with our star studded regulation lab coats!

[Jordan Eskew @JordanEskew2]

We need to recognize that beach conservation and the protection of our oceans needs to be a group effort. We cannot simply see it as the job of our leaders to work towards change, we must actively be apart of the change as we move forward.

[Paul Gamblin @Paul_Gamblin]

1000s gathered for #shark conservation today at Cottesloe Beach, W. Australia & around the country.

[Jordan Eskew @JordanEskew2]

It is important to recognize that plastic bags one of the most dangerous pieces of debris for sea turtles. Turtles often mistake the plastic bags as their favorite prey, the jellyfish.

[Loggerhead Marinelife Center @LoggerheadMC]

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[Jordan Eskew @JordanEskew2]

Participating in a beach cleanup is such an easy thing to become a part of that makes such a big difference! Great to see people making an effort to preserve the beauty of our oceans!

[Ingevity @ingevity]

@Ingevity team members volunteered to help the @SCaquarium sweep the beach to make it safer for marine life, and removed 1,550 Pieces of toxic trash from the beach at the Isle of Palms! #IngeviCares #sustainability #purify #protect #enhance

[Jordan Eskew @JordanEskew2]

Hope to see these colorful reefs continuing to thrive! Coral bleaching has become such a prevalent issue that not many of these reefs will exist in the near future at this rate!

[Alicia the Nerd 🤿 @aloof_nerd]

The colors 🤯 of the soft corals 🪸
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#Fish #Reef #Underwater #UnderwaterPhotography
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[Jordan Eskew @JordanEskew2]

Amazing to see the animals working cohesively. In a 3 dimensional world such as the ocean, it can be difficult to catch fish floating through the empty space of the water. Thus, animals have to come up with strategies to make hunting easier!

[Parimal Nathwani @mpparimal]

Amazing! Six Humpback #whales hunting for food through their bubble net feeding #technique.
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