Charlene da Silva

Shark Resources Researcher at DFFE, SA. I tweet for science and art, not work. Views my own.

[Steve White @sharkbitesteve]

Coming 26 Feb 2027...

Written by Charlene Da Silva Graham with illustrations by myself.

Plus a new piece for the book: a pod of Paleoparadoxia - a weird mix of hippo and walrus - are startled by a tweenage megalodon and split for cover in a kelp forest.

[Richard_Carr @EmuLarge]

What a delectably old origin for gnathost- I mean chondrichthyans…

[Charlene da Silva @mmustelus]

@EmuLarge Hey any chance you have some literature, grey or anything on this?
It is very interesting .

[Charlene da Silva @mmustelus]

My attempt at Shenacanthus, inspired by @sharkbitesteve.

[Charlene da Silva @mmustelus]

@sharkbitesteve Nice one Steve!

[Steve White @sharkbitesteve]

Juvenile school shark Galeorhinus cuvieri and (right) the weird ray-finned fish, Dibango hiding in a sea grass meadow. Early Eocene Bolca site, Italy.

Another piece for the forthcoming shark book, inspired by a dive I did many years ago off the Dorset coat in south England.

[Steve White @sharkbitesteve]

Thanks to @britcomics for this opportunity!

[Dr. Alison Kock @UrbanEdgeSharks]

Orcas are profoundly impacting white shark behaviour & distribution in South Africa. This doesn’t mean we should relax shark conservation efforts or ignore fishing (or other) threats. Both issues are important & require attention #feareffects #apexpredators #conservation

[Charlene da Silva @mmustelus]

@EmuLarge Yeah, it’s a great resource… lots of food for thought. Very little speculative discussion in the scientific literature on how and where it lived though… trying to be a paleo fangirl about things but it’s disheartening when there is so little to fangirl about.

[Charlene da Silva @mmustelus]

Anyone have a digital copy of this- JOHN G. MAISEY "HANDBOOK OF PALEOICHTHYOLOGY VOL. IV. CHONDRICHTHYES III. HOLOCEPHALI," Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 22(1), 189, (1 March 2002). https://t.co/gSdXyRVUrO?

[Charlene da Silva @mmustelus]

@EmuLarge So little there even.

[Charlene da Silva @mmustelus]

@EmuLarge Thanks!

[Charlene da Silva @mmustelus]

@EmuLarge Not sure which pages I’m looking for? Trying to find some info in there on Belantsea.

[Sharks Under Attack @sharks_u_attack]

Mmm… liver!

Orcas have been known to target sharks with surgical precision - merely for their dense, nutrient-rich livers.

To learn more about the relationship between white sharks and these infamous orcas, watch this informative animation: https://t.co/zTNjz5G0oz

[Charlene da Silva @mmustelus]

@hannahsrudd Very cool hannah!

[Charlene da Silva @mmustelus]

@TylerGreenfieId I get asked alot

[Charlene da Silva @mmustelus]

@shellspc @sharkager 👏

[RIO Journal @RIOJournal]

🇿🇦 Working group and a new platform to enhance #MarineResearch programmes in South Africa through interdisciplinary knowledge-sharing were proposed at the inaugural #ComputerVision for #Marine #Scientists workshop.

👉Find more: https://t.co/ST4YC227dF
#marinescience #taxonomy

[Charlene da Silva @mmustelus]

@LutherAddams https://t.co/hOsSMux5hp

[Charlene da Silva @mmustelus]

Leaping into the future: Current application and future direction of computer vision and artificial intelligence in marine sciences in South Africa https://t.co/e3PwuyFEVy via @RIOJournal

[Charlene da Silva @mmustelus]

@LutherAddams