Vincent Chan

Postdoc @HKUniversity | Movement ecology | Behavioural ecology | Herpetology 🐢🦎🐍

[Vincent Chan @WsVincentChan]

Monster in the stream!!! Caught some HUGE #BigHeadedTurtles to kick off our #accelerometry study. Will return in a month to check on the #turtles and the #accelerometers. Hopefully, this will provide us more clues about the #activity and #behaviours of this elusive animal.

[HKU Press @HKUPress]

📖On the hunt for the killers of the endangered pangolins, the book makes us confront the complexity of animal-to-human diseases, and the delayed if not denied justice for animals. Unlock 20% off with code 20CP2026 on our site. Valid through May 17.🔗https://t.co/IVShrciYMB

[Timothy Bonebrake @bonebraking]

another important turtle paper by @WsVincentChan now out, this one in Wildlife Letters - Movement and space use patterns of the Beale's Eyed Turtle suggest sensitivity to environmental changes and poaching https://t.co/P18lor1hTE

[Vincent Chan @WsVincentChan]

Thrilled to share my first first-authored article published in Wildlife Letters! 🐢
We examine the movement ecology of the endangered Beale's eyed turtle and how this matters to their survival in a human-altered landscape.
https://t.co/OMYEPxxseC

[Timothy Bonebrake @bonebraking]

Hong Kong folks! The official book launch for Crime and Pangolins is next week (Sat Apr 18) at HKU. Join the fun if you fancy

[Timothy Bonebrake @bonebraking]

new paper by @WsVincentChan in Animal Biotelemetry: User- and budget-friendly accelerometers highlight vulnerability to poaching and weather extremes for a Critically Endangered turtle
https://t.co/Had3IuGWgt

[The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand @ConversationEDU]

A new scientific technique can reveal if an animal has been taken from the wild, exposing the illegal wildlife trade. @prof_turtleAU @westernsydneyu https://t.co/q3Hm96zOgh

[Michael Mo @michaelmohk]

On @guardian today to talk about the politics of the tragic fire in Hong Kong. The deputy head of the HKSAR Gov faced huge backlash after suggesting to ban bamboo scaffolding. It is a blunt attempt to spin away the real fuel of the fire: Illegal mesh wrapping and styrofoam boards that block windows. Also, the civil society-led mutual-aid network is way more efficient than the GONGOs. Most of the shelters rely on volunteers to run, and coordinate using messaging apps and web apps that's built within a few hours.

The fire exposes the city's dysfunctional governance, with bloods on Lee cabinet's hands.

https://t.co/c2MnQaA84D

[hailey @haileyhmt]

(1/11) I oppose any hasty government move to abandon bamboo scaffolding, a proven, resilient, and cost-effective engineering system that has served Hong Kong’s high-rise and complex urban environment for decades. #HongKongFire

And here is why:

[Vincent Chan @WsVincentChan]

Excited about this great paper on using stable isotope analysis to fight illegal trade! 🐢 It highlights how we can distinguish wild from captive freshwater turtles. Happy to have contributed to this important work.
#WildlifeForensics #Turtle #SIA

[Timothy Bonebrake @bonebraking]

Stable isotope analysis successfully identifies wild-caught individuals of threatened Asian freshwater turtles in illegal trade - https://t.co/yQCSPTZF6Y - important and interesting study led by @SungYikHei

[Journal of Ecology @JEcology]

On the blog🔎

🏙️Ashley Bang highlights priority areas for nature-based solutions in Hong Kong: places where they would best reduce #climatechange risks for #urban developments while maximizing benefits for #nature https://t.co/kXQIivHQZI

[YH Sung @SungYikHei]

New Paper! We highlighted a loophole in Chinese wildlife regulations. For many species, only wild specimens are regulated for trade, providing opportunities for wildlife laundering. Hopefully, regulatory changes will happen soon to rectify this loophole. https://t.co/hIlnMa2fVn

[WILDLABS Community @WILDLABSNET]

How would you use a thermal camera in your work?

WILDLABS is partnering with @flir to give away a FLIR ONE Edge Pro to 5 members of the #conservationtech community. Enter the running by July 10 for a chance to win!

Read more: https://t.co/WRl1cMnGQ4

[BES Movement Ecology @BES_Move_SIG]

Our super popular annual Movement Ecology meeting will happen in Southampton this year! Registrations will open soon.

[fernanda castano @ferwen]

Two Major Extinction Events in the Evolutionary History of Turtles: One Caused by an Asteroid, the Other by Hominins | The American Naturalist https://t.co/YhPKng1TUY

[Yat-tung Yu @YYT_HKBWS]

Unfortunately my office and colleagues don’t use twitter / X too much. The post here still captures so well on what is going to happen in our globally important wetland. 😞 😢 😔 sad!

[Vincent Chan @WsVincentChan]

Join us this Wed on Variety Hour! Excited to chat to you about our open-source, low cost accelerometer and how it helped transform our understanding toward the life history pattern of a critically endangered freshwater turtle species 🐢

[WILDLABS Community @WILDLABSNET]

Come along to Variety Hour next Wednesday, 27 September! Learn about Digital Earth Africa with @kenmubea, #biologging accelerometers with Wing Sing Chan, 3D #tech4wildlife tools with @stefanopuliti, and tagging polar bears with @sklenzen.

RSVP now: https://t.co/OO0djxmcvV

[Vincent Chan @WsVincentChan]

On my flight back to Hong Kong after disruption caused by typhoon. So happy to have my first conference at #BESMove2023. Showcasing my accelerometer works on 🐢 (a big shoutout to Brian for this). Enjoyed a lot with many great talks. And met many like minded with good advices.

[BEGIN @BEGIN_StAndrews]

The 'did you even go to a conference if you didn't have a group photo' photo 📸 @BES_Move_SIG
Thanks all for coming to St Andrews and for your inspiring presentations and posters 🤓
We wish you a safe journey home 🏡
#BESMove2023 🐾👣

[Roland Kays @RolandKays]

Animals affect humans in many different ways. The #COVID19 lockdowns showed there are a huge variety of data on human activity. @Diego_EllisSoto and Ruth Oliver led a new paper that shows how we might put it all together into a dynamic human footprint https://t.co/9SodJq8eZJ

[Jonas Beuchert @JonasBchrt]

I have some #SnapperGPS turtle tracking tags left over 🐢🛰️
Message me if you have a project this year where a small number of such tags may be useful.

⚠️ Warning: they don't transmit data live; so, need to be recovered to access any data, which is quite labour intensive.