Leslie King

Biology Instructor at USF. Interests: comparative physiology, marine biology, science communication

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@BiologyUsfca Sponges sneeze mucus to shed particulate waste from their seawater inlet pores https://t.co/P0Anm1cffK

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@jadever Way to go!

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Congratulations Rosana Sullivan!

[Pixar @Pixar]

Kitbull received an Academy Award nomination for Best Animated Short. Congratulations!

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@jadever Yes!

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Watching now! All about Keystone species this episode. The Serengeti Rules https://t.co/KivoHJvi67 via @PBSNature

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Sometime forgetting is as vital as remembering.

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Molecular techniques, along with examination of pores on its body, helped to discover this new leech species that had been hiding in plain sight!
A New Bloodsucking Leech Species Found Hiding Outside Washington, D.C. https://t.co/Gui0Xa5DiD

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The allure of fluorescence

[MBARI @MBARI_News]

The flower-hat #jellyfish's fluorescent tentacle tips, when excited by ambient blue light, are irresistible to potential prey.

The allure of #fluorescence in the ocean: https://t.co/mM2af942Ja @beroe @caseywdunn @MontereyAq

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@nila_bio Great job today @nila_bio !!

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Ctenophores or Poriferans: which came first?

A Battle Is Raging in the Tree of Life https://t.co/AhSSSFjxLI

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Cool episode of Pondlife, discussing Cyanobacteria. I want the portable microscope shown in the video!

Blue-green Algae (Cyanobacteria) from Pond to Lab - Pondlife, Episode #2 https://t.co/pwOX5s7C1e

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My graduate work focused on the swell shark, but back then we did not know it biofluoresced! So cool.

https://t.co/I4a9XvEZY6 via @NYTimes

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Oh this would be soooo exciting!

[The New York Times @nytimes]

Robert Ballard found the Titanic scattered beneath the Atlantic Ocean in 1985, but he'd given up on ever finding Amelia Earhart's plane. Then one day, an old friend presented him with a startling clue. https://t.co/jTdEl6sr2Z

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UC Merced student helps unearth triceratops skull
https://t.co/Qp0pr4NOJ9 via @NYTimes

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[Monterey Bay Aquarium @MontereyAq]

It takes a lot of TLC to care for these LTCs: Large Toothy Critters. Fortunately, Aquarist Ann is the best shark mom around!

#SharkWeek

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A little cnidarian humor from @MontereyAq 😀

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Things are getting intere-sting in the Monterey Bay… The first sea nettles of the summer have been spotted along Cannery Row! Hot on their spicy heels are hungry ocean sunfishes, leatherback turtles and fulmars. So get ready for these jellies, their time is nigh-darian!

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Proteins produced by tardigrades may protect their cells during anhydrobiosis
Searching Tardigrades for Lifesaving Secrets https://t.co/Pr4jzgh5ay

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Searching Tardigrades for Lifesaving Secrets via @NYTimes https://t.co/LiaoFmmOmw

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Wood-digesting capabilities within the microbiome of this newly-discovered shipworm (which is actually a mollusk): What’s Pink and Pinstriped and Digests Wood? This New Shipworm https://t.co/KQSX5u6BkF

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Communication between the microbiome and the brain. https://t.co/mO13raNycv