Adam Summers
@fishguy.bsky.social
Biomechanist/biomaterials wonk, island North of Seattle. Cutting edge gear at the water's edge. UW prof. Pilot. Morphology. Fish. CT scanning.
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Me too. Here he is as baby. Now 110 pounds!
November 8, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Me too. Here he is as baby. Now 110 pounds!
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Hello Antonio I love you
November 8, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Hello Antonio I love you
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Oh my word! - where is this??? ❤️
November 8, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Oh my word! - where is this??? ❤️
Friday Harbor Labs. Washington State. On the Salish Sea.
November 8, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Friday Harbor Labs. Washington State. On the Salish Sea.
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Well, Tommy (a UW varsity rower) did not disappoint. A week of CT scanning training and an ability to cadge a seal head lead to these outstanding images. Phoca vitulina in all her glory.
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November 4, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Well, Tommy (a UW varsity rower) did not disappoint. A week of CT scanning training and an ability to cadge a seal head lead to these outstanding images. Phoca vitulina in all her glory.
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Well, Tommy (a UW varsity rower) did not disappoint. A week of CT scanning training and an ability to cadge a seal head lead to these outstanding images. Phoca vitulina in all her glory.
🧪🐡
🧪🐡
November 4, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Well, Tommy (a UW varsity rower) did not disappoint. A week of CT scanning training and an ability to cadge a seal head lead to these outstanding images. Phoca vitulina in all her glory.
🧪🐡
🧪🐡
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Wow! That's more than impressive! Thanks for letting us know. The FHL Fish Biomechanics course is legendary and it's fantastic to know that so many of your graduates were, and have become, contributors to JEB. Please keep them coming 🙂
October 28, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Wow! That's more than impressive! Thanks for letting us know. The FHL Fish Biomechanics course is legendary and it's fantastic to know that so many of your graduates were, and have become, contributors to JEB. Please keep them coming 🙂
There might have been, but all I had was the severed head. Very Halloween.
October 22, 2025 at 2:17 PM
There might have been, but all I had was the severed head. Very Halloween.
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Were there discernible stomach contents?
October 22, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Were there discernible stomach contents?
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I was at a chainsaw dissection of a 300-400 kg bluefin and the brain was smaller than a pea. They are not even pea-brained! Otolith was also tiny.
October 21, 2025 at 8:19 PM
I was at a chainsaw dissection of a 300-400 kg bluefin and the brain was smaller than a pea. They are not even pea-brained! Otolith was also tiny.
I did not grind through the skull to get the brain out of this fish, but the whole animal was just 140kg or so...that whole shark would have been over a metric ton. The skeleton of the only Salish Sea bluefin is now in the Burke Museum!
October 21, 2025 at 6:24 PM
I did not grind through the skull to get the brain out of this fish, but the whole animal was just 140kg or so...that whole shark would have been over a metric ton. The skeleton of the only Salish Sea bluefin is now in the Burke Museum!
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WAaaaay bigger than a bluefin tuna brain.
October 21, 2025 at 6:10 PM
WAaaaay bigger than a bluefin tuna brain.