Steffi John

PhD Scholar 📖📚| Interested in Wildlife Education ✨| Conservation 🐍🦒🐆🦩 | Travel🗺️ | Food 🍲. Views my own.

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Straight to the sea like they read the map! 🗺️ 🌊🐢

#TurtleTracks #BeachBabies #reptilelove #reptiles #babyturtle

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ISTS 43 was a turtley good time! 😁 Presented my poster without tripping or crying = academic success 🤓. Met brilliant minds and made beautiful friendships👩🏽‍🤝‍👩🏾. Science was great. But the food? Life-changing (Still dreaming about that jollof)🤤. #ISTS43 — you were magic.✨

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To another year 🥂 22/33 🩷💜 🩵 #deuces

And special thanks to @sakshibhalgat_ and @vailokur who I dragged around the campus late afternoon to get this pic done. I guess ignorance is a bliss lol 😜
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#birthday #photoshoot #2024

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Happy Steve Irwin Day ✨🐊❤️ Always a legend 🐊

“All you have to do in life is be Passionate and Enthusiastic and you will have a Wonderful Life”. ~ Steve Irwin ❤️✨

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Had an amazing time at the SCCS conference! It was fantastic reconnecting with friends, making new connections, and diving into fresh conservation insights.

#SCCS #ConservationCommunity #WildlifeEducation #banglore #conference #2024

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Happy Iguana Awareness Day 🦎✨

Enjoying his shower like a King 👑. Working with Caesar boi was one of my favourite experiences 💚. He recognises educational talks 🗣️, responds to his name 😎, hates firecrackers 🧨 & loves hibiscus 🌺. He definitely gives Godzilla vibes 🦖

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Guess who is scaling up their shell game? #turtlepyramid 🐢🐢🐢✨✨

These are Indian black pond turtles which are commonly found in freshwater bodies. They are primarily carnivorous in their early stages of life, feeding on a variety of 🐞, fish 🐟, and carrion.

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The scientific name for the process of a snake shedding its skin is ecdysis the process involves the snake shedding its entire outer layer of skin. Few factors on why the shed: age 🐍, weather and temperature ☔️🌡️, nutritional health🐀 and the presence of bacteria or parasites🦠.

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🐸 💚 I came across this blob in one of our walks. Not sure of the species, if anyone can ID it please do let me know ✨✨✨

#frogs #amphibian #walks

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Asian water monitors practice ‘open pursuit’ hunting instead of stalking and ambushing. Did you know they swallow their food whole or in large pieces; they are able to dislocate their thyroid bone in order to enlarge their throat. 😱

#asianwatermonitor #lizards #reptilelove

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The white-lipped pit viper or white-lipped tree viper🐍, is a venomous pit viper species endemic to Southeast Asia. The venom is primarily hemotoxic. This snake doesn’t strike and release its prey; like many arboreal snakes, rather holds on to the prey item until it dies.
#snakes

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Big one-red sand boa & the small one-common sand boa. Both the species are non-venomous & they constrict their food. These boas are nocturnal & spends the majority of its time under the ground.

Fun fact: Red sand boas are largest of the sand boas in the world. ✨🐍♥️

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🐍👑 Meet the King Cobra: the snake world’s version of royalty! With its majestic hood and a length that could make even a giraffe jealous (up to 18 feet!), this serpent reigns supreme.

Fun fact: Its venom is so potent, it’s like inviting other snakes to a one-way party!

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🐾When a spotted hyena spots you! 👀

Did you know? These chuckling champs are not just hilarious but also have one of the strongest bites in the animal kingdom, perfect for cracking tough jokes and bones alike🐾

#hyenas #throwback #wildlife #kenya

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🐊🦵 Nile crocodile having a meal with a leg sticking out—now that's dining with flair! 📸😄 #Wildlife #crocodile

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🌿🦁 Throwback to Masai Mara 2019!
This pic captures everything—love, cuteness, & pure wild beauty. Just like this lion cub, I’m always all over my mom! 😂 Who knew lions could be so relatable? 😆Nature showing us that even in the wild, moms can’t escape their clingy kids! 💚🌍

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🐦‍🔥✨ Meet the Southern Ground Hornbills (🙋🏽‍♂️➡️💁🏾‍♀️), the largest of the hornbill family and a true giant in the bird world!🐦‍🔥

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Guess who is rocking their blue eyeshadow 💙 🐵 👇🏾

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Happy World Animal Day! 🐍🐋🦍🦒🪲

With my favourite boy here 💚 #loki

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Reptilian scales are made of keratin, like hair, and found in an overlapping arrangement. This creates a sort of environmental shield for the animal. Although most reptiles shed their scales periodically, snakes shed their skin in a single piece. 🐍✨
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#snakes #scales #slytherin