MAR Expeditions

Conserving & protecting Africa’s wild places 🌍 Authentic expeditions that support real world #science 🦈 | Join us to be part of the action! 📍 Závora

[MAR Expeditions @MarExpeditions]

Whale season is here!!

[Scarlett Taylor 🦈 @SharksWithScar]

not normally a cetacean person, but saw my first humpback on scuba yesterday in Zavora with @NatureNak and @MarExpeditions and it was breathtaking 💙

[MAR Expeditions @MarExpeditions]

Happy #internationalwomensday to all the amazing women that have joined us as at MAR 💙

Year after year we continue to be a female dominated team and we couldn’t be more proud of the strength and perseverance that these women have shown in the field.

[Below the Tide Podcast @belowthetidepod]

Did you catch Ep 32 - Becoming a Manta Ray Scientist with @NatureNak ? We chatted about the non-linear path to becoming a marine scientist, barriers + accepting imposter syndrome. Plus, we dive into Nakia's foundation @MarExpeditions
Listen here: https://t.co/eLrShZyGRC
#SciComm

[MAR Expeditions @MarExpeditions]

Zavora, the place that just keeps on giving 🤍🐋

[Nakia Cullain @NatureNak]

Sometimes you just have those ‘pinch me’ kinda days when you realise where you’re at in life. Forever grateful for my life here 💙

An average day in Zavora: manta research with a side humpback whales 🐋🐋

[MAR Expeditions @MarExpeditions]

Bad weather has meant no diving for the last few days so instead we have been catching up on data entry & learning how to identify nudis for our ongoing #nudibranch project!

Tomorrow our survey will also be a competition to see who can find the rarest species. Stay tuned 👀

[Colin Simpfendorfer @SharkColin]

Do stingrays produce sound in the wild? Interesting first observations from @fiskeforbrains et al that suggest the answer is YES! And in some of the species we have worked with at @JCUOIRS, including this cowtail - @martins_apb @ShioriSharky #sharkscience
https://t.co/QXHKrKYTEk

[MAR Expeditions @MarExpeditions]

Austral winter is the best time to see #megafauna in Mozambique. This week we had #mantarays, #smalleyestingrays, #bullsharks, and #humpbackwhales ON SCUBA. Two manta rays were tagged and our hydrophone was retrieved and re-deployed. A very successful week in Zavora!

[Marine Megafauna Foundation @MarineMegafauna]

🚢 🐋 A new paper is out now on the global collision-risk hotspots of marine traffic and #whalesharks. Co-authored by MMF's @CARohner, this #newresearch illuminates vital data regarding global sea trade and #marinemegafauna injuries.
https://t.co/gvHuDyYEO5

[MAR Expeditions @MarExpeditions]

Patrick the potato bass has been on every dive at this site for the last 6 years. Patrick is a prime example of a resident potato bass that loves humans. With the biggest personality and the sweetest fishy eyes, it’s hard not to love this hilariously awesome fish 💙🐟

[MAR Expeditions @MarExpeditions]

Happy #EarthDay from our beautiful Zavora!

Thank you to everyone that has supported us and continues to support us, and to everyone fighting hard to conserve our beautiful planet 💚🌍💙
#NoPlanetB

[Nakia Cullain @NatureNak]

Interested in knowing what it’s like to be a shark scientist? Join us on March 25th for this exciting panel discussion!! 🤩🦈

Register at: https://t.co/HRXyzio0n5

#shark #science #AcademicTwitter

[MAR Expeditions @MarExpeditions]

We see four different species of turtle in Zavora. Interns are required to identify and photograph them for our turtle ID project. Can you guess which species this is? 🌊🐢

📷: @naturenakk
#turtle #conservation #mozambique

[MAR Expeditions @MarExpeditions]

We have some really exciting things planned this year and we can’t wait to share them with you! What interns can expect to see during their time with us: manta rays, whale sharks, humpback whales, bull sharks, turtles, and so much more 🤩. Who’s joining?! 🐋🦈

[MAR Expeditions @MarExpeditions]

It’s #flatsharkfriday! Anyone else love batoids as much as we do? 🤩

Did you know there’s >600 ray species? And that ~1/3 of them are threatened with extinction? We are supporting batoid research in Mozambique by collecting data on all the rays in Zavora (which is quite a few)!

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📸: @NatureNak

[MAR Expeditions @MarExpeditions]

Mozambique has some of the most diverse subtropical reefs in the world and is home to some of the most threatened species in our oceans. All of our work supports research being done by @marinemegafauna in the Inhambane Province, officially the newest @MissionBlue Hope Spot! 💙

[MAR Expeditions @MarExpeditions]

We are beyond excited to announce that the entire Inhambane Seascape, including Zavora, is now a Hope Spot! Thank you @MissionBlue and @MarineMegafauna !!! 💙🦈

[Mission Blue @MissionBlue]

New year, new Hope Spot! We are excited to announce our first Hope Spot of 2022: the Inhambane Seascape Hope Spot! 💙🌊🎉 #HopeSpots

Media by @MarineMegafauna, Dr. Andrea Marshall, and Janneman Conradie; video edited by Sean Molloy

[MAR Expeditions @MarExpeditions]

Tibiriçá et al. 2020: The description of 2 new Chromodoris species from East Africa. This work was completed by our nudi expert who pioneered nudi research in Zavora and in Mozambique!

Fun fact: One of the species was named after her mother, Celina (Chromodoris celinae) 💙

[MAR Expeditions @MarExpeditions]

Some great work coming out of Zavora. Check it out!

[Nakia Cullain @NatureNak]

Our paper on the at-risk and Data Deficient elasmobranchs of Zavora has officially been published!! It provides important baseline information on the #sharks and #rays of Zavora Bay 💙

Congrats to @b_r_i_fada_d on her first first-author publication 🥳.

https://t.co/GZWOXSszcb

[MAR Expeditions @MarExpeditions]

Just 10 more days until Christmas 🎄! If you are looking for a meaningful gift that supports ocean conservation, why not adopt a manta ray? ☺️