Peter Gausmann
@petergausmann.bsky.social
Naturalist interested in living things, their investigation and conservation 🦋🌿🌳 | This especially applies to sharks on a global scale 🦈💙🌍 | Lover of good guitar music 🎸 and Denmark 🇩🇰
Water Castle Strünckede in my neighborhood.... 🍁🏰🌞
November 7, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Water Castle Strünckede in my neighborhood.... 🍁🏰🌞
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Ecotourism has transformed jaguars in the Pantanal from hunted predators into valuable attractions. But overcrowding, with up to 30 boats surrounding a single animal, risks stressing wildlife and eroding visitor experiences.
Read more in Mongabay: https://ow.ly/9LA650X92Km
Read more in Mongabay: https://ow.ly/9LA650X92Km
In Brazil’s Pantanal, too many tourists may be the jaguar’s new predator
PORTO JOFRE, Brazil — When Oscar de Morais isn’t out tracking jaguars, you’ll find him aboard his houseboat moored along the banks of the São Lourenço River. He sits beneath a mosquito net on two stacked blue plastic chairs, watching Brazilian soap operas while a fan blows warm air his way. That is, until someone […]
ow.ly
November 4, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Ecotourism has transformed jaguars in the Pantanal from hunted predators into valuable attractions. But overcrowding, with up to 30 boats surrounding a single animal, risks stressing wildlife and eroding visitor experiences.
Read more in Mongabay: https://ow.ly/9LA650X92Km
Read more in Mongabay: https://ow.ly/9LA650X92Km
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Shark SUPER-HABITATS : key for conservation!
Habitats that include all critical activities of shark's life cycle: resting, feeding, cleaning, mating, parturition.
news.fiu.edu/2025/super-h...
Habitats that include all critical activities of shark's life cycle: resting, feeding, cleaning, mating, parturition.
news.fiu.edu/2025/super-h...
Super-habitats could hold key to shark conservation
Scientists have identified a super-habitat for reef sharks in Fakarava. The finding could have major implications for conservation.
news.fiu.edu
November 3, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Shark SUPER-HABITATS : key for conservation!
Habitats that include all critical activities of shark's life cycle: resting, feeding, cleaning, mating, parturition.
news.fiu.edu/2025/super-h...
Habitats that include all critical activities of shark's life cycle: resting, feeding, cleaning, mating, parturition.
news.fiu.edu/2025/super-h...
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🌊 Charlie is a philosopher who got wet and switched to elasmobranch science. My work generally concerns Bull rays around Malta, their ecology and their threats, but I enjoy delving deeper into data poor species in data poor areas #EEA2025
October 30, 2025 at 9:33 AM
🌊 Charlie is a philosopher who got wet and switched to elasmobranch science. My work generally concerns Bull rays around Malta, their ecology and their threats, but I enjoy delving deeper into data poor species in data poor areas #EEA2025
@elasmoproject.bsky.social reporting about the aims and methods of the #ImportantSharkandRayAreas project on the @European Elasmobranch Association conference 2025 🦈🇪🇺
October 29, 2025 at 11:04 AM
@elasmoproject.bsky.social reporting about the aims and methods of the #ImportantSharkandRayAreas project on the @European Elasmobranch Association conference 2025 🦈🇪🇺
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Peruvian Chondrichthyes biodiversity, marketing and conservation: a synthesis of current knowledge onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Peruvian Chondrichthyes biodiversity, marketing and conservation: a synthesis of current knowledge
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
October 21, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Peruvian Chondrichthyes biodiversity, marketing and conservation: a synthesis of current knowledge onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Baby orca mini breach! 🦑
October 15, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Baby orca mini breach! 🦑
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The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species has just been updated and now includes assessments of 1,266 species of sharks, rays, and chimaeras.
October 10, 2025 at 8:03 AM
The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species has just been updated and now includes assessments of 1,266 species of sharks, rays, and chimaeras.
Reposted by Peter Gausmann
🐂🦈💙💙💙
September 27, 2025 at 5:57 PM
🐂🦈💙💙💙
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124 Important Shark and Ray Areas (ISRA) Identified Across the European Atlantic
Major step forward for threatened species conservation in Northern Europe. See here for a snippet from the ISRA regional workshop and learn more about what occurs in-person.
Major step forward for threatened species conservation in Northern Europe. See here for a snippet from the ISRA regional workshop and learn more about what occurs in-person.
September 24, 2025 at 8:01 AM
124 Important Shark and Ray Areas (ISRA) Identified Across the European Atlantic
Major step forward for threatened species conservation in Northern Europe. See here for a snippet from the ISRA regional workshop and learn more about what occurs in-person.
Major step forward for threatened species conservation in Northern Europe. See here for a snippet from the ISRA regional workshop and learn more about what occurs in-person.
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In this issue of Shark News we shine a spotlight on the Prickly Shark listed as Data Deficient on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
See here: www.iucnssg.org/shark-news.h... or view here: 78c70730.flowpaper.com/IUCNSSCSSGSh...
#shark #ray #chimaera #conservation #marine #speciesspotlight
See here: www.iucnssg.org/shark-news.h... or view here: 78c70730.flowpaper.com/IUCNSSCSSGSh...
#shark #ray #chimaera #conservation #marine #speciesspotlight
September 21, 2025 at 8:01 AM
In this issue of Shark News we shine a spotlight on the Prickly Shark listed as Data Deficient on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
See here: www.iucnssg.org/shark-news.h... or view here: 78c70730.flowpaper.com/IUCNSSCSSGSh...
#shark #ray #chimaera #conservation #marine #speciesspotlight
See here: www.iucnssg.org/shark-news.h... or view here: 78c70730.flowpaper.com/IUCNSSCSSGSh...
#shark #ray #chimaera #conservation #marine #speciesspotlight
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Some awesome news for your Monday. Critically endangered grey nurse sharks are increasing in number by about 5% a year, the first time the conservation efforts have seemed to work for this species! Still just 1500 breeding adults across eastern Australia...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
Population surge for endangered sharks labelled 'labradors of the sea'
Scientists say increasing numbers of east coast grey nurse sharks is rare good conservation news for the critically endangered species.
www.abc.net.au
September 15, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Some awesome news for your Monday. Critically endangered grey nurse sharks are increasing in number by about 5% a year, the first time the conservation efforts have seemed to work for this species! Still just 1500 breeding adults across eastern Australia...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
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📣 Join the sessions at Sharks International 2026! Submit your abstract and select a session to participate in the conference, taking place 4–8 May 2026 in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Sessions will explore a wide range of chondrichthyan topics!
🔗 si2026.org
🔗 si2026.org
September 14, 2025 at 11:02 AM
📣 Join the sessions at Sharks International 2026! Submit your abstract and select a session to participate in the conference, taking place 4–8 May 2026 in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Sessions will explore a wide range of chondrichthyan topics!
🔗 si2026.org
🔗 si2026.org
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Newborn reef sharks are ninja swimmers! 🥷🦈⚡️ Our latest study shows pups can dodge predators in under 20ms. A reminder of how amazing—and vulnerable—shark nursery habitats are. Read more via @jcuofficial.bsky.social : www.jcu.edu.au/news/release...
Newborn sharks swim like ‘ninjas’ to avoid predator attacks
New research shows that baby blacktip reef sharks use warm waters to boost their escape performance from adult sharks, barracudas and other predators.
www.jcu.edu.au
August 27, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Newborn reef sharks are ninja swimmers! 🥷🦈⚡️ Our latest study shows pups can dodge predators in under 20ms. A reminder of how amazing—and vulnerable—shark nursery habitats are. Read more via @jcuofficial.bsky.social : www.jcu.edu.au/news/release...
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Attending #ESA2025 and never heard of serial exploration for luxury seafood products? You’ve heard of this but want to know more? Come check out my poster later and learn all about it!
I’ll be at panel 129 from 5:30 to 6:30 🧪
I’ll be at panel 129 from 5:30 to 6:30 🧪
August 14, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Attending #ESA2025 and never heard of serial exploration for luxury seafood products? You’ve heard of this but want to know more? Come check out my poster later and learn all about it!
I’ll be at panel 129 from 5:30 to 6:30 🧪
I’ll be at panel 129 from 5:30 to 6:30 🧪
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Thanks SyFy for sharing our recent great hammerhead energetics paper! And for pairing it with a Sharknado promo, which feels like the bigget win of all. 🌊🐟🧪🦑
www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/ho...
www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/ho...
How Great Hammerheads Survive on a Diet of Other Sharks
Great hammerhead sharks eat other large sharks. They can survive on a single blacktip shark every few weeks. Here's what you need to know!
www.syfy.com
August 11, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Thanks SyFy for sharing our recent great hammerhead energetics paper! And for pairing it with a Sharknado promo, which feels like the bigget win of all. 🌊🐟🧪🦑
www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/ho...
www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/ho...
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This is jaguar #4! 🐆
Do you want to meet the cats detected by our cameras in southern Arizona?
Visit our website: www.wildcatresearch.arizona.edu/meetthecats
#WildCatResearchUA #WildlifeConservation #ArizonaWildlife #SonoranDesert #Jaguars #citizenscience
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
Do you want to meet the cats detected by our cameras in southern Arizona?
Visit our website: www.wildcatresearch.arizona.edu/meetthecats
#WildCatResearchUA #WildlifeConservation #ArizonaWildlife #SonoranDesert #Jaguars #citizenscience
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
A rare jaguar roams Arizona. Border wall expansion imperils its future.
The sightings highlight the importance of the San Rafael wildlife corridor, which faces threats from a proposed border wall expansion.
www.washingtonpost.com
August 10, 2025 at 3:58 PM
This is jaguar #4! 🐆
Do you want to meet the cats detected by our cameras in southern Arizona?
Visit our website: www.wildcatresearch.arizona.edu/meetthecats
#WildCatResearchUA #WildlifeConservation #ArizonaWildlife #SonoranDesert #Jaguars #citizenscience
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
Do you want to meet the cats detected by our cameras in southern Arizona?
Visit our website: www.wildcatresearch.arizona.edu/meetthecats
#WildCatResearchUA #WildlifeConservation #ArizonaWildlife #SonoranDesert #Jaguars #citizenscience
www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
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Word is they love the Hamptons.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMX5...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMX5...
Bull Shark in the Hamptons
YouTube video by Fish Guy Photos
www.youtube.com
August 5, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Word is they love the Hamptons.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMX5...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMX5...
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A bull shark in New York is making news this week.
Here’s our analysis from a few years ago showing how climate change is warming seas, resulting in bull sharks going further north.
www.nature.com/articles/s41... @dogfishwalker.bsky.social is lead.
🧪🌎🦑🦈🐠
Here’s our analysis from a few years ago showing how climate change is warming seas, resulting in bull sharks going further north.
www.nature.com/articles/s41... @dogfishwalker.bsky.social is lead.
🧪🌎🦑🦈🐠
Increased Abundance and Nursery Habitat Use of the Bull Shark (Carcharhinus leucas) in Response to a Changing Environment in a Warm-Temperate Estuary - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Increased Abundance and Nursery Habitat Use of the Bull Shark (Carcharhinus leucas) in Response to a Changing Environment in a Warm-Temperate Estuary
www.nature.com
August 5, 2025 at 11:46 AM
A bull shark in New York is making news this week.
Here’s our analysis from a few years ago showing how climate change is warming seas, resulting in bull sharks going further north.
www.nature.com/articles/s41... @dogfishwalker.bsky.social is lead.
🧪🌎🦑🦈🐠
Here’s our analysis from a few years ago showing how climate change is warming seas, resulting in bull sharks going further north.
www.nature.com/articles/s41... @dogfishwalker.bsky.social is lead.
🧪🌎🦑🦈🐠
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Thank you @popsci.com for covering our recent paper on great hammerhead energetics! 🐟🧪🌊🌍 Read the piece here:
www.popsci.com/environment/...
www.popsci.com/environment/...
Hammerhead sharks eat other sharks—and it’s worth the risk
Apparently, sharks are food, not friends.
www.popsci.com
August 4, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Thank you @popsci.com for covering our recent paper on great hammerhead energetics! 🐟🧪🌊🌍 Read the piece here:
www.popsci.com/environment/...
www.popsci.com/environment/...
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Diet plan? For the great hammerheads, it's shark-eat-shark - Oceanographic
Diet plan? For the great hammerheads, it's shark-eat-shark - Oceanographic
Scientists are beginning to uncover the energetic-benefits behind the great hammerhead's preferred taste for other sharks.
oceanographicmagazine.com
August 2, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Diet plan? For the great hammerheads, it's shark-eat-shark - Oceanographic
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We’re thrilled to welcome Dr. Diego Cardeñosa as a keynote speaker at SI2026, where he will share insights from his work, highlighting innovative approaches to conservation, policy impact, and enforcement of wildlife trade regulations.
🔗 si2026.org
🔗 si2026.org
July 31, 2025 at 8:36 AM
We’re thrilled to welcome Dr. Diego Cardeñosa as a keynote speaker at SI2026, where he will share insights from his work, highlighting innovative approaches to conservation, policy impact, and enforcement of wildlife trade regulations.
🔗 si2026.org
🔗 si2026.org
Bravo, Ursula! You really got ripped off! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🥂🍾
July 28, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Bravo, Ursula! You really got ripped off! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🥂🍾
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