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@dr-yannis.bsky.social

Marine Biologist. National Geographic explorer. Brazilian jiu jitsu black belt. Cinephile (https://boxd.it/9OphX )๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ท https://www.peclabfiu.com/

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Just picked up the criterion collection double set. It is stunning

30.10.2025 02:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I found it on freeverse one of the streaming apps.

26.10.2025 10:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I love this film so much! Best is the Arizona desert substituting for England ๐Ÿ˜‚

21.10.2025 21:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Life stage-specific habitat use and trophic ecology of the critically endangered great hammerhead (Sphyrna mokarran) - Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries The great hammerhead (Sphyrna mokarran) is listed as Critically Endangered by the IUCN Red List and is one of the most iconic shark species worldwide. Despite its emblematic status, there are majorโ€ฆ

Life stage-specific habitat use and trophic ecology of the critically endangered great hammerhead (Sphyrna mokarran) link.springer.com/article/10.1...

20.10.2025 00:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 21    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It is, I love them both. And watching them back to back is fascinating insight into the filming process and development of techniques which were not common back then.

19.10.2025 23:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Arguably better filmed than the Browning version! Although Villarias is no Lugosi

19.10.2025 15:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Love it! Also featuring one of the worst policemen in horror film history๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚

04.10.2025 03:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Also popular in the Greek cake shops. I loved it until I found out about the ingredient and have to admit have had a hard time eating it since๐Ÿ˜‚

23.09.2025 00:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Oh I forgot Devil Times Five came first! Also a great one. I came across it because it was recommended by Tarantino๐Ÿ˜

20.09.2025 13:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Amazing that this film isnโ€™t better known. Other than being preceded by Vilkage of the damned, (and I guess the Bad Seed) this must be one of the first films with children murdering adults?

20.09.2025 04:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The bloodthirsty trilogy should get more attention! Very Hammer-esque. This was my favorite of the trilogy

11.09.2025 03:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Best horror show on tv. Actually up there for one of the best tv shows in general!

11.09.2025 00:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I found the gimmicky โ€œhypnosisโ€ scene dragged on far too long!

01.09.2025 14:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I was pretty disappointed after really enjoying the first one

27.08.2025 23:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Does this include reviews of
British horror films or only short stories?

26.08.2025 02:32 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

As someone who studies sharks for a livingโ€ฆI loved this film! Great surprise. Fantastic performance from Jai Courtney.

24.08.2025 23:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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New paper introducing the term of SUPER HABITAT for sharks in which all critical activities (resting, feeding, mating & giving birth) occurs.
๐Ÿฆˆ๐ŸŒดโค๏ธ๐Ÿฝ๏ธ ๐Ÿ‘ถ
Access the paper here:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
@dr-yannis.bsky.social @charlie-huveneers.bsky.social

23.08.2025 18:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 23    ๐Ÿ” 12    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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โ€ผ๏ธ New important shark paper ๐Ÿฆˆ
We demonstrate that all critical life stages (resting, feeding, being cleaned, mating & giving birth) can occur in the small Fakarava channel & we define it as a โ€œsuper habitatโ€
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @dr-yannis.bsky.social @charlie-huveneers.bsky.social

22.08.2025 16:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 10    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Further coverage, this time from National Geographic, of new paper by @dr-yannis.bsky.social discussing #electricrays using their shocks to avoid getting eaten by large sharks

www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti...

16.07.2025 04:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Incredible biomass of bigeye jacks at Malpelo Island, Colombia

11.07.2025 16:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Popular press coverage, from phys.org, of the new paper by @fiu.bsky.social researcher @dr-yannis.bsky.social that explains how electric rays escape #shark predators by zapping them with an electricโšก shock!!! ๐Ÿ˜ฎ

03.07.2025 16:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thanks!

27.06.2025 22:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Energetic benefits of prey choice for a shark-eating shark - Oecologia Optimal foraging theory has been used to understand the foraging choices of animals but is rarely applied to large predatory fishes due to difficulties measuring their behavior in the wild. Great hamm...

This was a HUGE effort with LOTS of field time and LOTS of analysis โ€“ huge thank you to all my coauthors and the many folks who contributed in the field. Very proud of this one. (4/4)

@dr-yannis.bsky.social ๐Ÿฆ‘๐Ÿงช๐ŸŒŠ๐ŸŸ

See the paper: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

27.06.2025 12:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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New paper lead by @etspencer.bsky.social We use biologging to understand why great hammerheads may specialize on large prey like other sharks. If they hunt blacktips off south Florida then they probably only have to catch a shark once per month link.springer.com/journal/442

27.06.2025 12:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 17    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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New paper! Electric rays can use their electric discharge to repel large sharks. Here a white shark carrying a camera approaches a Pacific electric ray. Something caused it to sprint 20 m shallower!

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

26.06.2025 15:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 46    ๐Ÿ” 12    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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New paper! We review how to use AI to analyze animal borne camera tag footage. Important with how large these datasets are getting!

besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

21.06.2025 13:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 11    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I love this film! I think I always have a soft spot for Lee and Cushing working together as opposed to rivals๐Ÿ˜

14.06.2025 03:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Vertical energy seascapes and diving behaviour modulate metabolic scope in a pelagic predator | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences Pelagic fishes must obtain resources in prey-sparse habitats and may be considered energy speculators with maximization, gambling high energy costs (e.g. metabolism) for a high rate of return (prey ca...

New paper! We combine lab based respirometry and biologging to measure the vertical energy landscape of dolphin fish off Mexico and Japan. royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

16.04.2025 13:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Is there by any chance a recording of the lecture?

06.04.2025 22:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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New paper! We use biologging to look at diel changes in search behavior by great hammerhead sharks, a predator that never stops swimming @etspencer.bsky.social

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

01.04.2025 17:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 18    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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