Dr. Solomon David
@solomonrdavid.bsky.social
Fish Scientist & Prof, aka “The Gar Guy” | 🌎Freshwater Conservation | SciComm • GarLab | Views mine | he/him | #GarWeek
Wherever you go, there you gar
https://linktr.ee/solomonrdavid • @garlab.bsky.social
Wherever you go, there you gar
https://linktr.ee/solomonrdavid • @garlab.bsky.social
Happy Birthday @j-reid.bsky.social!!! #GarWeek
November 7, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Happy Birthday @j-reid.bsky.social!!! #GarWeek
Sorry not sorry 😅
via Gar Week fan👍
via Gar Week fan👍
November 5, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Sorry not sorry 😅
via Gar Week fan👍
via Gar Week fan👍
LINKS to the Gar Week LIVESTREAM 11AM CST 11.5.2025 here: bit.ly/43h8nhg
November 5, 2025 at 2:27 AM
LINKS to the Gar Week LIVESTREAM 11AM CST 11.5.2025 here: bit.ly/43h8nhg
LIVESTREAM feeding @garlab.bsky.social featuring our juvenile Alligator Gars (and maybe some other fishy cameos too!) #GarWeek
Join us on InstaGARm 11:00 am CST 11.5.2025 for a glimpse into GarLab and other fishy friends!
Ask questions, share puns, see some ancient fishes in action!
Join us on InstaGARm 11:00 am CST 11.5.2025 for a glimpse into GarLab and other fishy friends!
Ask questions, share puns, see some ancient fishes in action!
November 4, 2025 at 11:48 PM
LIVESTREAM feeding @garlab.bsky.social featuring our juvenile Alligator Gars (and maybe some other fishy cameos too!) #GarWeek
Join us on InstaGARm 11:00 am CST 11.5.2025 for a glimpse into GarLab and other fishy friends!
Ask questions, share puns, see some ancient fishes in action!
Join us on InstaGARm 11:00 am CST 11.5.2025 for a glimpse into GarLab and other fishy friends!
Ask questions, share puns, see some ancient fishes in action!
GAR WEEK 2025 is HERE!!!
Join @garlab.bsky.social as we celebrate these awesome living fossil fishes and freshwater biodiversity for #GarWeek!
We look forward to hearing from YOU with any gar pics, puns, stories, GARtwork and questions this week!
Join @garlab.bsky.social as we celebrate these awesome living fossil fishes and freshwater biodiversity for #GarWeek!
We look forward to hearing from YOU with any gar pics, puns, stories, GARtwork and questions this week!
November 3, 2025 at 3:04 PM
GAR WEEK 2025 is HERE!!!
Join @garlab.bsky.social as we celebrate these awesome living fossil fishes and freshwater biodiversity for #GarWeek!
We look forward to hearing from YOU with any gar pics, puns, stories, GARtwork and questions this week!
Join @garlab.bsky.social as we celebrate these awesome living fossil fishes and freshwater biodiversity for #GarWeek!
We look forward to hearing from YOU with any gar pics, puns, stories, GARtwork and questions this week!
😂😂😂 fortuitous timing and naming for sure! Was in our old stomping grounds this weekend with the family; will be in touch soon (and looking forward to any #GarWeek sharing from you and @thegarfather.bsky.social!)
November 2, 2025 at 11:38 PM
😂😂😂 fortuitous timing and naming for sure! Was in our old stomping grounds this weekend with the family; will be in touch soon (and looking forward to any #GarWeek sharing from you and @thegarfather.bsky.social!)
Schedule for #GarWeek 2025! We’ll be talking gars and freshwater wildlife conservation all week, but there are also some themes for each day too. Join us, share your puns, pics, or simply come as you gar!
November 2, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Schedule for #GarWeek 2025! We’ll be talking gars and freshwater wildlife conservation all week, but there are also some themes for each day too. Join us, share your puns, pics, or simply come as you gar!
@friedmanlab.bsky.social @rodrigoichthys.bsky.social @fishfetisher.bsky.social I’m finding your GARS at the University of Michigan Museum of Natural History! Hope you’ll share some for #GarWeek next week!
November 1, 2025 at 6:31 PM
@friedmanlab.bsky.social @rodrigoichthys.bsky.social @fishfetisher.bsky.social I’m finding your GARS at the University of Michigan Museum of Natural History! Hope you’ll share some for #GarWeek next week!
Preview of this year’s #GarWeek sticker from @garlab.bsky.social!
Featuring scale patterns of all seven living gar species in the letters, and our unique Hybrid Gar!
Once again, debuting @bsky.app first!
credit: I.Terzian & S.R. David
Featuring scale patterns of all seven living gar species in the letters, and our unique Hybrid Gar!
Once again, debuting @bsky.app first!
credit: I.Terzian & S.R. David
October 31, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Preview of this year’s #GarWeek sticker from @garlab.bsky.social!
Featuring scale patterns of all seven living gar species in the letters, and our unique Hybrid Gar!
Once again, debuting @bsky.app first!
credit: I.Terzian & S.R. David
Featuring scale patterns of all seven living gar species in the letters, and our unique Hybrid Gar!
Once again, debuting @bsky.app first!
credit: I.Terzian & S.R. David
Great question reGARding the #GarWeek schedule!
While our team will mainly be focusing on other freshwater ancient/non-game/long-lived fishes (e.g bowfin, buffalo, sturgeon, paddlefish), anyone is welcome to share about marine ancient fishes too! Thanks!
While our team will mainly be focusing on other freshwater ancient/non-game/long-lived fishes (e.g bowfin, buffalo, sturgeon, paddlefish), anyone is welcome to share about marine ancient fishes too! Thanks!
October 31, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Great question reGARding the #GarWeek schedule!
While our team will mainly be focusing on other freshwater ancient/non-game/long-lived fishes (e.g bowfin, buffalo, sturgeon, paddlefish), anyone is welcome to share about marine ancient fishes too! Thanks!
While our team will mainly be focusing on other freshwater ancient/non-game/long-lived fishes (e.g bowfin, buffalo, sturgeon, paddlefish), anyone is welcome to share about marine ancient fishes too! Thanks!
Here’s the ofFISHal #GarWeek schedule! Feel free to participate, follow along, contribute/try to ignore Gar Puns November 3-7!!! @garlab.bsky.social
October 30, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Here’s the ofFISHal #GarWeek schedule! Feel free to participate, follow along, contribute/try to ignore Gar Puns November 3-7!!! @garlab.bsky.social
October 29, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Face-to-face with the beast: literally!
Landing this giant Alligator Gar was a wild experience! It took all four of the crew to get it into the boat.
While bringing it aboard, I had the head end; it thrashed, knocking all of us over and smacking me in the face with…its face! RIP sunglasses 🕶️🪦
Landing this giant Alligator Gar was a wild experience! It took all four of the crew to get it into the boat.
While bringing it aboard, I had the head end; it thrashed, knocking all of us over and smacking me in the face with…its face! RIP sunglasses 🕶️🪦
October 29, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Face-to-face with the beast: literally!
Landing this giant Alligator Gar was a wild experience! It took all four of the crew to get it into the boat.
While bringing it aboard, I had the head end; it thrashed, knocking all of us over and smacking me in the face with…its face! RIP sunglasses 🕶️🪦
Landing this giant Alligator Gar was a wild experience! It took all four of the crew to get it into the boat.
While bringing it aboard, I had the head end; it thrashed, knocking all of us over and smacking me in the face with…its face! RIP sunglasses 🕶️🪦
Here’s a pic for scale (ha, scale) with the Alligator Gar, which Luxi, my student who assisted with catch/release, has nicknamed “Garliath.”
This isn’t forced perspective where an angler holds their catch toward the camera, that fish is behind me and is still massive in the boat! #GarWeek
This isn’t forced perspective where an angler holds their catch toward the camera, that fish is behind me and is still massive in the boat! #GarWeek
October 28, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Here’s a pic for scale (ha, scale) with the Alligator Gar, which Luxi, my student who assisted with catch/release, has nicknamed “Garliath.”
This isn’t forced perspective where an angler holds their catch toward the camera, that fish is behind me and is still massive in the boat! #GarWeek
This isn’t forced perspective where an angler holds their catch toward the camera, that fish is behind me and is still massive in the boat! #GarWeek
Living in some peoples’ dreams, some peoples’ nightmares. #GarWeek
In mine it was eating pigeons, maybe penguins…but probably ducks, as illustrated by Frank Fretz in Ranger Rick:
In mine it was eating pigeons, maybe penguins…but probably ducks, as illustrated by Frank Fretz in Ranger Rick:
October 28, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Living in some peoples’ dreams, some peoples’ nightmares. #GarWeek
In mine it was eating pigeons, maybe penguins…but probably ducks, as illustrated by Frank Fretz in Ranger Rick:
In mine it was eating pigeons, maybe penguins…but probably ducks, as illustrated by Frank Fretz in Ranger Rick:
BEHOLD the GARgantuan Alligator Gar!!!
This is the largest Alligator Gar I’ve encountered; at over 7 feet 10 inches (240 cm) and approximately 55 inches in girth, its weight is estimated at 300 pounds (136 kg)!
A true river monster, among the largest caught, tagged and safely released! #GarWeek
This is the largest Alligator Gar I’ve encountered; at over 7 feet 10 inches (240 cm) and approximately 55 inches in girth, its weight is estimated at 300 pounds (136 kg)!
A true river monster, among the largest caught, tagged and safely released! #GarWeek
October 28, 2025 at 8:00 PM
BEHOLD the GARgantuan Alligator Gar!!!
This is the largest Alligator Gar I’ve encountered; at over 7 feet 10 inches (240 cm) and approximately 55 inches in girth, its weight is estimated at 300 pounds (136 kg)!
A true river monster, among the largest caught, tagged and safely released! #GarWeek
This is the largest Alligator Gar I’ve encountered; at over 7 feet 10 inches (240 cm) and approximately 55 inches in girth, its weight is estimated at 300 pounds (136 kg)!
A true river monster, among the largest caught, tagged and safely released! #GarWeek
BURRITO IT!!!
What my students and I are referring to in the previous clip and this one is a technique to wrap the large Alligator Gar in the net, like a burrito, and then lift it into the boat.
You can see here enthusiasm is still very high 😂😎👍
What my students and I are referring to in the previous clip and this one is a technique to wrap the large Alligator Gar in the net, like a burrito, and then lift it into the boat.
You can see here enthusiasm is still very high 😂😎👍
October 24, 2025 at 2:47 PM
BURRITO IT!!!
What my students and I are referring to in the previous clip and this one is a technique to wrap the large Alligator Gar in the net, like a burrito, and then lift it into the boat.
You can see here enthusiasm is still very high 😂😎👍
What my students and I are referring to in the previous clip and this one is a technique to wrap the large Alligator Gar in the net, like a burrito, and then lift it into the boat.
You can see here enthusiasm is still very high 😂😎👍
They can sometimes be calmed down a bit by inversion, but we find a towel over the eyes works best (technique works on many smaller fishes too!)
October 24, 2025 at 1:23 AM
They can sometimes be calmed down a bit by inversion, but we find a towel over the eyes works best (technique works on many smaller fishes too!)
FIRST GAR!
Please enjoy my students’ excitement as they get their first Alligator Gar!
I promise I was also really excited, but also needed to provide directions (I’m telling the fish to chill out not my students 😅) #GarWeek
Please enjoy my students’ excitement as they get their first Alligator Gar!
I promise I was also really excited, but also needed to provide directions (I’m telling the fish to chill out not my students 😅) #GarWeek
October 23, 2025 at 6:31 PM
FIRST GAR!
Please enjoy my students’ excitement as they get their first Alligator Gar!
I promise I was also really excited, but also needed to provide directions (I’m telling the fish to chill out not my students 😅) #GarWeek
Please enjoy my students’ excitement as they get their first Alligator Gar!
I promise I was also really excited, but also needed to provide directions (I’m telling the fish to chill out not my students 😅) #GarWeek
The BIGGEST Alligator Gar I’ve ever encountered!!!
Truly GARgantuan, tagged and released!
Truly GARgantuan, tagged and released!
October 23, 2025 at 5:33 PM
The BIGGEST Alligator Gar I’ve ever encountered!!!
Truly GARgantuan, tagged and released!
Truly GARgantuan, tagged and released!