GarLab
🐟Conservation, research, and #SciComm
🐟Principal Investigator @solomonrdavid.bsky.social
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- Reposted by GarLabGo for a spin with some juvenile Lake Sturgeon @garlab.bsky.social 🐟
- Reposted by GarLabThis 3-part story is amazing/heartwarming + will turn you into a gar fangirl(--> fangarl) like me Rock on, @solomonrdavid.bsky.social @garlab.bsky.social Thanks for everything you do for these special creatures + for educating us about them 🐟💖🐠 #gar #gars #ilovegars
- Reposted by GarLabPART TWO: 😢 I raised a special gar since she was a baby, but then had to give her up when I moved. Here's what happened next. TO BE CONCLUDED in Part 3...
- Reposted by GarLabIf you snag a lake sturgeon, do you know how to safely remove it from your line? Make sure you know how to keep these gentle giants safe:
- Reposted by GarLabIT'S FINISHED! The Art of #InverteFest April 2025 Edition A digital art book showcasing the work of 86 artists from around the world, in celebration of overlooked invertebrate fauna. Thank you to the human artists who contributed to our art book! Download here drive.google.com/file/d/1JvEx...
- Reposted by GarLabWe briefly renamed research vessel Garvin in honor of “gar guy” @solomonrdavid.bsky.social
- Reposted by GarLabFINtastic day with @whysharksmatter.bsky.social’s field class and @drcatmac.bsky.social’s team! Students and guests were VERY enthusiastic and it was excited to capture-tag-release 6 sharks of three different species!!! 🦈👍
- Reposted by GarLabIMPORTANT NOTE: I removed and repositioned the tape later in the day. The ofFISHal photographer has the pics 😅😎👍
- We briefly renamed research vessel Garvin in honor of “gar guy” @solomonrdavid.bsky.social
- Reposted by GarLabMy pet gar that I donated to Shedd Aquarium would recognize me and swim over to say hi when I visited her exhibit ❤️🐠 A rare hybrid gar, I raised her since she was 2 inches long, and had to re-home her when I moved to Chicago. I was happy I could visit her in her new home! TO BE CONTINUED…
- Reposted by GarLab#FishyFriday Great article from MCF about integrating local/indigenous knowledge into research projects, how that impacts more effective and efficient processes, and increased buy-in to study results. Big wins for research and management! Enjoy. academic.oup.com/mcf/article/...
- Reposted by GarLabSending our warmest re(gar)ds! @solomonrdavid.bsky.social (From me and @sarahmackattack.bsky.social )
- Reposted by GarLabINFURIATING killing of native species and waste of natural resources by bowfishers. SMH. Grateful for folks who bring this to public attention and working toward better stewardship of our wildlife.
- Reposted by GarLabgood fish 🐟
- Reposted by GarLabThis one took five years, three editors, four far-flung reporting trips (Kazakhstan, Wisconsin, Tennessee/Alabama, and Italy), and a vicious ant attack to see over the finish line and tell the story of these ancient, weird, beloved and gravely endangered fish.
- Reposted by GarLabI had to stop and get a photo for my friend @solomonrdavid.bsky.social
- Reposted by GarLabWashington DC wildlife: Longnose gar this evening in Washington Channel at the Wharf. 🐟
- Reposted by GarLabHappy #EarthDay from @garlab.bsky.social and our favorite fishes 🌎🐟 Hope we can all take a moment to appreciate the diversity of life around us (even toothy, long-snouted creatures!)
- Reposted by GarLabReGARding those Easter Eggs: @bizarrebeastsshow.bsky.social youtu.be/Bcz67-n4GZg?...
- Reposted by GarLabGarnna tell my kids this was the Easter Bunny🐰🪺 HT: CatharticOutlet
- Reposted by GarLabGars > Easter Bunny classic with @hankgreen.bsky.social @bizarrebeastsshow.bsky.social 🐟🐰🥚 youtu.be/Bcz67-n4GZg?...
- Reposted by GarLabThat “100 gars video” but make it Tropical Gars from my visit to Tabasco, Mexico! Tropical Gars are found from Mexico to Costa Rica, and are important food fish in many parts of their range. They’re aquacultured in some places both for food and to restore wild populations.
- Reposted by GarLabShowing the next generation how cool native “rough fish” are👍 Thanks @buffalo-catcher.bsky.social for getting our kids on some Mississippi River redhorse suckers this weekend!
- Reposted by GarLabGARgantuan thanks @prosanta.bsky.social for hosting the GarLab team at his lab @lsumns.bsky.social! ALSO @thegarfather.bsky.social, K.Kimmel (and USFWS team), T.Winter, Texas Parks & Wildlife, and Bubba Bedre!
- Reposted by GarLabIt’s #NationalWildlifeWeek! Here’s a teaser of Last of the Giants episodes* featuring Alligator Gar and @garlab.bsky.social cameos! We were excited to contribute to these episodes along with friends and collaborators! *airing sometime in 2025👍
- Reposted by GarLabNice work Dan! Celebrating National Wildlife Week with Daniel Sinopoli: Rediscovering the Legacy of North America’s Ancient Fishes www.lsu.edu/science/news... @prosanta.bsky.social @thegarfather.bsky.social
- Reposted by GarLab9 out of 10 gar bites happen when humans are…
- Reposted by GarLabWOW! Way to go Montana with regulations conserving Shortnose Gars at the western extent of their range!👏👏👏 “3 per season and in possession. When bowfishing for shortnose gar each angler must have in possession a valid shortnose gar Catch Card.”
- Reposted by GarLabHere’s @garlab.bsky.social’s resident Bowfin doing his best George Costanza pose:
- Reposted by GarLab“Get me to Gar’s Country” And yes, I chose a Willie Nelson song over Morgan Wallen👍 ALT: a fish scientist releases a large Alligator Gar (fish) into a Mississippi River floodplain lake.
- Reposted by GarLabTo extend everyone’s little sturgeon break… very chill baby sturgeons sturgeoning.
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- Reposted by GarLabMay I [once again] interest you in a little sturgeon break?
- Reposted by GarLabA spatula IYKYK
- Reposted by GarLabMore of a fort than a base, but here we gar:
- Reposted by GarLabSpotted Gar on a Mississippi River floodplain lake during @garlab.bsky.social fieldwork.
- Reposted by GarLabYou know who I am. You know what I do. I’ll find your shark for three. I’ll catch it and kill it for ten.
- Reposted by GarLab#2025MMM #Sweet16 #DivisionRootsandRelicts #TeamGar Art by Charon Henning @oddangel.bsky.social #sciart
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- Reposted by GarLabALLIGATOR GAR DEFEATS FRILLED SHARK!!! #2025MMM
- Reposted by GarLabLacerated Frilled Shark takes her final swim down to the bottom of the delta. Alligator Gar, still hungry, is the last of these two living fossils that remains... living in #2025MMM
- Reposted by GarLabAs Alligator Gar begins to swallow Frilled Shark, Gar realizes this prey is too large to consume!!! Alligator Gar releases the mortally wounded chondrichthyan! #2025MMM
- Reposted by GarLabAlligator Gar begins its characteristic quick open-close jaw movements shimmying Frilled Shark into position to be swallowed head first. #2025MMM
- Reposted by GarLabFrilled Shark has no armor! Alligator Gar's teeth sink in to the sharks sand-papery, scaly skin!! #2025MMM
- Reposted by GarLabGar curves her body nearly 180 degrees, Alligator Gar's armored scales make her SEEM rigid, but she's actually flexible! Alligator Gar GRABS Frilled Shark with her DOUBLE-ROW of conical sharp teeth! #2025MMM
- Reposted by GarLabFrilled Shark's teeth tear through the fellow living fossil's fin turning it to ribbons, a small pulse of blood clouds the water around the battle. #2025MMM
- Reposted by GarLabWith a thrust of her paddle-like tail, Alligator Gar bursts forward, while Frilled Shark slides down the gar's body, teeth scraping but not gripping…until reaching gar's pelvic fin, a weaker spot! #2025MMM
- Reposted by GarLabDespite her giant gape and multi-barbed teeth so great at jigging squid, Frilled Shark can't penetrate Alligator Gar's armored scales (basically covered in tooth enamel)! #2025MMM
- Reposted by GarLabFrilled Shark's rows of needle-sharp teeth clamp down on Alligator Gar's side! #2025MMM
- Reposted by GarLabAlligator Gar turns just in time to see the serpentine shark swimming directly for its flank, Frilled Shark's toothy mouth agape! #2025MMM
- Reposted by GarLabFrilled Sharks can eat prey nearly 1/2 their body length, and this living fossil is hungry! A relatively weak swimmer, Frilled Shark makes a stealth approach toward the lumbering Alligator Gar. #2025MMM
