Paleo Nerds Podcast
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A prehistoric paleontology podcast 🦖⛏️ with Dave Strassman and Ray Troll for paleo nerds by paleo nerds. 🔊 Listen now! https://www.paleonerds.com
📸: L: Kerin measuring King Salmon at the Herring Cove salmon hatchery in Ketchikan with Tessa Frost who works as a research & evaluation manager at the Southern Southeast Regional Aquaculture Association.
R: Kerin collecting Sockeye heads at the E. C. Phillips fish processing plant in Ketchikan.
R: Kerin collecting Sockeye heads at the E. C. Phillips fish processing plant in Ketchikan.
September 27, 2025 at 1:18 PM
📸: L: Kerin measuring King Salmon at the Herring Cove salmon hatchery in Ketchikan with Tessa Frost who works as a research & evaluation manager at the Southern Southeast Regional Aquaculture Association.
R: Kerin collecting Sockeye heads at the E. C. Phillips fish processing plant in Ketchikan.
R: Kerin collecting Sockeye heads at the E. C. Phillips fish processing plant in Ketchikan.
This week's guest, Kerin Claeson, was the lead author on the paper along with Brian Sidlauskas, our own Ray Troll, Ed Davis and Zabrina Prescott on the PLOS ONE paper.
Listen to EPISODE #90 with Kerin Claeson now!
www.paleonerds.com/podcast/keri...
Listen to EPISODE #90 with Kerin Claeson now!
www.paleonerds.com/podcast/keri...
Ep #90 Fossil Fish, Antarctic Adventures and Teaching Anatomy with Kerin Claeson | Paleo Nerds
Ray shares morning coffee in Ketchikan with Dr. Kerin Claeson, exploring fish evolution, anatomy, development, and variability across deep time.
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September 25, 2025 at 1:46 PM
This week's guest, Kerin Claeson, was the lead author on the paper along with Brian Sidlauskas, our own Ray Troll, Ed Davis and Zabrina Prescott on the PLOS ONE paper.
Listen to EPISODE #90 with Kerin Claeson now!
www.paleonerds.com/podcast/keri...
Listen to EPISODE #90 with Kerin Claeson now!
www.paleonerds.com/podcast/keri...
The authors discovered that the fish's conical 'fangs' in the upper jaw pointed sideways, not downward like sabers, helping us better understand the behaviors and morphology of this fascinating extinct fish. (Figure from Claeson 2024).
September 25, 2025 at 1:46 PM
The authors discovered that the fish's conical 'fangs' in the upper jaw pointed sideways, not downward like sabers, helping us better understand the behaviors and morphology of this fascinating extinct fish. (Figure from Claeson 2024).
Why? What causes these changes? Learn more about modern AND prehistoric salmon in EPISODE #90 with the awesome Dr. Kerin Claeson:
🔊 www.paleonerds.com/podcast/keri...
🔊 www.paleonerds.com/podcast/keri...
Ep #90 Fossil Fish, Antarctic Adventures and Teaching Anatomy with Kerin Claeson | Paleo Nerds
Ray shares morning coffee in Ketchikan with Dr. Kerin Claeson, exploring fish evolution, anatomy, development, and variability across deep time.
www.paleonerds.com
September 25, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Why? What causes these changes? Learn more about modern AND prehistoric salmon in EPISODE #90 with the awesome Dr. Kerin Claeson:
🔊 www.paleonerds.com/podcast/keri...
🔊 www.paleonerds.com/podcast/keri...
Believe it or not, this photo shows 📸 the same sex and species, but the one on the bottom is in its spawning phase of life!
Male salmon develop a hooked bottom jaw called a "kype" and form a hump on their back along with drastic color changes and MORE. Both sexes ♂️ ♀️ undergo change.
Male salmon develop a hooked bottom jaw called a "kype" and form a hump on their back along with drastic color changes and MORE. Both sexes ♂️ ♀️ undergo change.
September 25, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Believe it or not, this photo shows 📸 the same sex and species, but the one on the bottom is in its spawning phase of life!
Male salmon develop a hooked bottom jaw called a "kype" and form a hump on their back along with drastic color changes and MORE. Both sexes ♂️ ♀️ undergo change.
Male salmon develop a hooked bottom jaw called a "kype" and form a hump on their back along with drastic color changes and MORE. Both sexes ♂️ ♀️ undergo change.
Apologies! Kerin* is the correct spelling!
September 24, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Apologies! Kerin* is the correct spelling!
Thank you for sharing! That's wonderful to hear. Art 🎨 is powerful!
September 1, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Thank you for sharing! That's wonderful to hear. Art 🎨 is powerful!
📸 Art conservators assess the condition of “The Age of Reptiles. Photos: peabodyevolved.yale.edu/a-new-perspe...
🔊 Learn more in episode #89 with Dr. Susan Butts:
www.paleonerds.com/podcast/susa...
📖 Read more:
news.yale.edu/2019/12/02/p...
🔊 Learn more in episode #89 with Dr. Susan Butts:
www.paleonerds.com/podcast/susa...
📖 Read more:
news.yale.edu/2019/12/02/p...
September 1, 2025 at 6:27 PM
📸 Art conservators assess the condition of “The Age of Reptiles. Photos: peabodyevolved.yale.edu/a-new-perspe...
🔊 Learn more in episode #89 with Dr. Susan Butts:
www.paleonerds.com/podcast/susa...
📖 Read more:
news.yale.edu/2019/12/02/p...
🔊 Learn more in episode #89 with Dr. Susan Butts:
www.paleonerds.com/podcast/susa...
📖 Read more:
news.yale.edu/2019/12/02/p...
Fun fact: The T. rex on the mural’s left side influenced the design of Godzilla, the atomic-powered sea monster that made its motion picture debut in 1954.
📍Want to see it for yourself? You can view the mural now at the Peabody Museum in New Haven, Connecticut.
📍Want to see it for yourself? You can view the mural now at the Peabody Museum in New Haven, Connecticut.
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September 1, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Fun fact: The T. rex on the mural’s left side influenced the design of Godzilla, the atomic-powered sea monster that made its motion picture debut in 1954.
📍Want to see it for yourself? You can view the mural now at the Peabody Museum in New Haven, Connecticut.
📍Want to see it for yourself? You can view the mural now at the Peabody Museum in New Haven, Connecticut.