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Professional Fish Biologist/Ichthyologist | SSBM | Volleyball | NES Tetris

Joined March 2019
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The face of a tonguefish looks like you asked a 4 year old to draw what they think a tonguefish face looks like
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Homie took my “invent a fish” competition a little too seriously and just made a new fish wtf
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@iBDWSSBM Root for the players you enjoy, by this logic amsa would get no cheers. Bad take
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Did the name 100 women challenge followed by the name 100 fish species challenge. It took me 8x longer to name the women. I would like to apologize to women.
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Some cool salt water catches in New Jersey as the summer heats up
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2 years
Fish man season 2
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One of the worst things about living in a politicized society is that there are millions of people here in the USA who love nature/wildlife, and want to conserve it in their own ways. Talented people. But they'd never work with me because I say trans rights are human rights.
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Rate the fit
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Ive determined that my audience can be split into three distinct groups: 1) Teen to young adult, always had a « love » for nature. Thinks they should’ve studied science, or plans on doing so 2) Actual scientists 3) Literal middle of nowhere gun owning fishermen hunters in camo
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2 years
People have always asked me, “why study fish?” Life is about doing what you love, and I can honestly say I love fish, and I love all the people I meet because of it. Malaysia was wonderful.
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2 years
Just found out someone I live with actually believes the megalodon might still exist. All my work was for nothing. There is no reason in the world.
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3 years
I'll take your entire stock
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Apparently stopping invasive species is animal racism?… possibly the worst understanding of science I’ve witnessed
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3 years
Can’t stand this guy
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@LaCienegaBlvdss This is total bullshit and not why foxes seek out humans you really can just say anything huh
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My parents told my 7 year old brother that he can't watch my youtube videos because I curse too much, so he just sits on the couch and watches them on mute LMAO
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I did not know that silverfish existed outside of minecraft until an embarrassingly high age.
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New tat :)
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Idk what they’re protesting but I’m on board
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Say hello to the Checkered Barb, which prior to this year hadn’t been seen in the wild since 1967! Very lucky to have seen them myself.
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@iBDWSSBM Alright man, moky is sick as fuck, and complaining about him being cheered for more than you is cringe, hope you realize your take is bad from the 20 people who went out of their way to comment, but if not enjoy the ignorance, no hard feelings. L8r
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It gets more and more unbelievable every time... thanks yall
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The worst part of being a student is getting an email titled “Marine Opportunity” and thinking it’s a cool ocean internship, and then it’s a predatory military recruitment for the Marines
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Happy trans visibility day. Trans rights are human rights. If fish are chill with it why aren’t you
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2 years
You’re telling me a trout stocked this water?
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First time under 150lb since high school, takes a lot of work and activity so I’m proud to be here :) not done yet tho
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Did y’all know it’s cold in Alaska?
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Why would you not simply get a better logo
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Fuck yall
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NEED A HALLOWEEN COSTUME TOP TWITTER REPLY WINS
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Dude at the bar invited me to come to his place after for, and I quote “the best food you’ll ever eat”. He microwaved chicken fingers. I’m vegetarian.
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1 year
How do y’all like my new ring
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Damn.
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Beautiful longfin darter specimen I caught in Virginia this weekend
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3 years
This is hilariously dumb How do you not check if it works before you dump TWO MILLION OF THEM
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On today's episode of "that surely doesn't exist, wait it does?"
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Why do we spend so much on research to figure out if fish feel pain or not??? Like just ask them???
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2 years
Which ecosystem do you think has cooler fish, heaven or hell? Important question for deciding my next action
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3 years
MILF! Man I Love Fish
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2 years
Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach a man to fish and he will cause widespread population collapse from overexploitation
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2 years
I just wanna shake your hand 😡
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Anyone else feel like ants are always up to something? Lil dudes have an evil plan I know it
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To the random neighbor who saw me trip over a rock while chasing a fish and face plant into the river today… no you didn’t
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3 years
“Fish often breed externally because it’s very difficult to breed internally. Imagine you’re trying to have sex but you’re underwater and also have no arms” - A beautiful lesson from my fishery science professor
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I love minecraft I love minecraft I love minecraft I love minecraft I love minecraft I love minecraft I love minecraft I love minecraft I love minecraft I love minecraft I love minecraft I love minecraft I love minecraft I love minecraft I love minecraft I love minecraft I love m
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Merry fishmas
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Missouri treated me to some beautiful and amazing fishes.
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Wanted a cute fish pin and of course the only one they had…
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Malaysia is home to many certified goobers, and man are they adorable
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@LudwigAhgren Remember when you were afraid you had too much stock lmao
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I'm currently raising money for FreeTheSeas. We plan to make the world's oceans free of seahorses in just the next 5 years. You can help us speed up the extinction of these bony plated spaghetti suckers by donating large sums of money directly to me.
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2 years
Every time I go through a breakup I tell myself I won’t fall back into my Metallica era, yet here I am listening to Fade to Black for the 15th time today
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My grandfather used to take me out to a tennis court at 11 years old, and just mercilessly destroy me. I barely ever got a point. If I cried and stopped playing, he’d tell me to suck it up. A decade later, I just kicked his ass 12-3 in games. Call it fate, call it karma.
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My aunt just pulled out Cards Against Humanity and told us it’s “a fun game for the family to play together”. She changed her mind quickly when her 13 year old starting running around the house with a card which said “inserting a mason jar in my anus”
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Oh wow thats.... wow
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Oarfish may be able to predict earthquakes but they couldn't predict the housing crisis of 2008
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Guy at the hotel in France asks for an ID card to put the room under, I hand him my drivers license. He struggles staring at it for 15 seconds and says “I can’t find your name”. As I lean over to help, he says “nevermind got it!” and starts typing Organ Donor into the computer
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2 years
You can convince me of a lot but you can’t convince me this is a real fish. Everything about it looks so off
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Gorgeous bright red Gigantactis observed in the Kermadec trench - while red colouration is common in deep sea animals this is the first time I’ve seen it in an angler!
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Had a friend ask me "is the whole megalodon being extinct thing real or you just do it for views". How about you Megalodon't, bro.
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The tropicals have arrived in New Jersey :)
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There’s a new fish-loving family member, meet Mala :)
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I am awful at wrapping presents. Truly the worst. But this year it’s my job to wrap all the presents from “Santa” so the kids don’t get suspicious of my parents… Guess Santa got his drunkest elf on this one
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i hate minecraft i hate minecraft i hate minecraft i hate minecraft i hate minecraft i hate minecraft i hate minecraft i hate minecraft i hate minecraft i hate minecraft i hate minecraft i hate minecraft i hate minecraft i hate minecraft i hate minecraft i hate minecraft i hate m
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Me on a hiking date trying to act normal and avoid pointing at fallen logs and saying "wow those look really flippable I bet there's some cool beetles under there"
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Been doing a “fish of the day” on my whiteboard at work, lots of fun to draw/pay extra attention to all the little features
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Just bought a game where you manage a freshwater aquaculture facility. I’m literally about to do my job, come home, and then do my job in a game.
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I refuse to believe that this is real
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トクビレのヒレがこんなに立ってるの初めて見た
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Sea sickness is so lame. Like oh no the water is going up and down guess I’ll throw up
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@iBDWSSBM Based on the replies, it seems no one understood whatever point you were attempting to make. Maybe the common demoninator is your tweet? Cause it reads like "they cheered for who they wanted to win instead of the person geographically nearby, :("
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Sorry professor couldn’t take notes today bird ate my pen
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Bro they can’t read
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It's not illegal to flirt with a fish
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Happy Gar Week to this guy who photobombed my underwater camera last summer
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I've been playing the iphone alarm sound for the starlings (bird that repeats sounds) as I walk by their flock every morning, and its finally paid off. My housemate just complained about being woken up to an alarm noise coming from the tree outside their window LMAO
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I’ve spent the past 4 hours trying to find the Frank Ocean on a map someone please tell me where it is I need sleep
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Does the existence of Arapaima milk imply we can make Arapaima cheese
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When I die I’d like a Viking funeral, but not on the ocean. In a random neighborhood pond. The less you inform the residents the better.
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Catching Notropis species will never not be hype, plus a surprise eastern creek chubsucker I wouldn’t have guessed would be there!
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someone should count all the fish
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Fun fish fact: fish don't like sparkling water
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Holy shit one day after tweeting this I see my first silverfish
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Merry fishmas
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Did you know that flounder (flatfish) have full freshwater species? Here's Archiroides melanorhynchus, a completely freshwater flatfish that I caught in malaysia :)
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Fishes of the New Jersey pine barrens, hidden in mud and dark waters
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Threek
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Tried my hand at Paleoart for the first time, here's the Durango Shiner, Notropis aulidion!
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What do you call a fish that has no eyes? Blind.
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Fishes of the Smoky Mountains, Tennessee 😍
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Some more fish of the days from my whiteboard at work :)
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What an absurdly beautiful fish I caught today, the Tricolor Shiner (Cyprinella trichroistia) from Georgia
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Isn't it crazy that basically every commercial crop has a weevil specifically evolved to fuck it up, but we all still like them cuz of their funny little noses
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Being a sardine in this gotta feel so good
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Every now and then I think about how dumb looking Tiktaalik was and how far we've come... then some pokemon ass kids drawing ass fish pops into my feed and humbles me
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Pseudohemiodon apithanos and Planiloricaria cryptodon
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I have no idea what to say except thank you
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Just ate two entire plates of spaghetti call me Carbzilla
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I call squirrels tree urchins
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