Social Group Memberships
Encounter(s) (not all may be currently visible) & Biological Samples
Mapping
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Additional data files
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Meet the Adopters
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"I am adopting this Whale Shark on behalf of my dear friend Jessie. She has taught me how important research and conservation is to save these beautiful animals" |
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Collaborating Researchers
Jason Holmberg
Affiliation: Wild Me
Research Project: Wildbook
Web Site: http://www.wildme.org
"Jason is a founder of Wildbook for Whale Sharks and its Information Architect."
Brad Norman
Affiliation: ECOCEAN
Research Project: normanb
Web Site: http://www.whaleshark.org.au
"Brad leads ECOCEAN Inc. and is a co-Founder of the Whale Shark Photo-identification Library."
Emily Wilson
Affiliation: Department of Parks and Wildlife, Government of Western Australia
Research Project: Ningaloo
Dani Rob
Affiliation: Parks and Wildlife Service, Government of Western Australia
Web Site: http://www.dbca.wa.gov.au/
Aisleen Dilks
Natalie Pitman
Affiliation: ECOCEAN Inc.
Research Project: Ningaloo
Sammie Richardson
Affiliation: ECOCEAN
Research Project: Ningaloo
Web Site: www.whaleshark.org.au
"Excited to volunteer for ECOCEAN to better understand whale sharks"
Tessa Broholm
Affiliation: ECOCEAN Inc.
Research Project: Ningaloo
Laetitia Smoll
Affiliation: ECOCEAN Inc.
Research Project: Ningaloo
Sacred Heart Whale Shark Club
Phoebe Colvin Oehmig
Kirsten Golding
Researcher comments (Text or HTML):
admin on Sun Jul 20 23:56:52 EDT 2008
Created new shark A-500.
admin on Tue Jul 14 15:00:01 EDT 2009
Added encounter#147200955054.
admin on Wed Jul 15 13:50:30 EDT 2009
Added encounter#157200962556.
dbradley on Wed Aug 26 12:33:42 EDT 2009
Added encounter#2582009161842.
dbradley on Wed Aug 26 12:46:18 EDT 2009
Removed encounter#2582009161842.
dbradley on Wed Aug 26 12:47:36 EDT 2009
Added encounter#2582009161842.
normanb on Sat Jan 07 20:03:56 EST 2012
Added encounter 2382009165551.
normanb on Sat Jan 07 20:04:26 EST 2012
Added encounter 296200822389.
normanb on Sat Jan 07 20:05:05 EST 2012
Added encounter 296200824351.
normanb on Sat Jan 07 20:05:42 EST 2012
Added encounter 257201015218.
normanb on Sat Jan 07 20:06:06 EST 2012
Added encounter 1612201113050.
drob on Tue May 22 21:38:10 EDT 2012
Added encounter 22520124913.
normanb on Mon Jul 02 22:13:47 EDT 2012
Added encounter 23320100359.
normanb on Mon Jul 02 22:14:37 EDT 2012
Added encounter 257201014828.
normanb on Mon Jul 02 22:15:26 EDT 2012
Added encounter 257201015531.
drob on Mon Jul 02 23:25:51 EDT 2012
Added encounter 206201214048.
drob on Tue Jul 03 01:19:05 EDT 2012
Added encounter 216201214710.
drob on Tue Jul 03 01:20:55 EDT 2012
Added encounter 29620123353.
admin on Sat Sep 15 23:21:04 EDT 2012
Added encounter 14920122323.
drob on Tue Sep 25 23:49:14 EDT 2012
Added encounter 25920122345.
dilksa on Wed Aug 06 02:59:21 EDT 2014
Added encounter 92d0781f-78e1-47a5-8af3-30c59b603a5e.
normanb on Wed Aug 06 04:06:15 EDT 2014
Removed encounter#147200955054.
normanb on Wed Aug 06 04:06:44 EDT 2014
Added encounter 147200955054.
oneillc on Sat May 16 06:08:37 EDT 2015
Added encounter 3b52b1d4-9c91-4db6-b0a4-07e2bf9b649c.
normanb on Sat May 16 20:28:16 EDT 2015
Added encounter 2962008223636.
pitmann on Sun Apr 10 02:05:04 UTC 2016
Added encounter 101e8281-d8e7-4ef6-8b78-e74c1bb4fde5.
pitmann on Mon Apr 11 00:58:18 UTC 2016
Added encounter 04dd16c0-4e47-4fda-8359-95f04f6bce1f.
pitmann on Mon Apr 11 01:05:07 UTC 2016
Added encounter ba646a4f-6afc-4f70-b589-2064941a75df.
pitmann on Sat Apr 23 05:18:10 UTC 2016
Added encounter 99982e8e-8058-4a71-88c7-405b1b3a30cf.
normanb on Sun May 01 06:21:02 UTC 2016
Added encounter 87303ccc-ae85-406c-a369-3acd77c04ec0.
richardsons on Thu Jun 29 22:51:52 UTC 2017
Added encounter 1f2a57a4-e63e-4c62-a17e-12d26bc3c6f4.
richardsons on Thu Jun 29 22:52:36 UTC 2017
Added encounter c1fe80db-2a3b-4bd2-912c-8d53ac97e56a.
broholmt on Mon Jul 02 02:26:34 UTC 2018
Added encounter 49899df5-37d0-4241-a0f3-12e79c81b802.
broholmt on Mon Jul 02 02:27:39 UTC 2018
Added encounter 9ca5bd09-8561-4e8c-9ee6-897f6349718a.
smolll on Fri Jul 06 20:57:00 UTC 2018
Added encounter 4532acc0-bd4a-4070-a25d-b3429f981bd7.
wue on Tue Sep 11 22:55:26 UTC 2018
Added encounter 37171bb7-2378-439e-8f71-1161d411528d.
kallisg on Tue Oct 02 06:29:18 UTC 2018
Added encounter 226ff748-1e5b-4941-b25a-9beb364e835c.
naird on Mon Oct 08 03:12:37 UTC 2018
Added encounter 8e40ae97-e6a4-4223-ace0-24ed8125af9e.
clubws on Sat Nov 24 08:00:56 UTC 2018
Added encounter 4d74e48f-5651-489b-881a-f58994b48799.
clubws on Sat Nov 24 10:24:29 UTC 2018
Added encounter b0e7cf90-3c38-4b31-b48d-add0ca7bd2b8.
harrisj on Wed Feb 06 05:52:23 UTC 2019
Added encounter 2b0bfcff-6bbf-4407-b237-a32649a43318.
williamsk on Sun Mar 03 13:02:30 UTC 2019
Added encounter 09a7dd41-25c2-4016-a006-b003aa01d71c.
williamsk on Sun Mar 03 13:23:25 UTC 2019
Added encounter 421055ef-a625-4f92-b420-f469d0211cdb.
williamsk on Tue Mar 26 23:12:01 UTC 2019
Added encounter 123e8a14-604b-42b1-a581-a65e85530d24.
williamsk on Tue Mar 26 23:18:51 UTC 2019
Added encounter 3699b281-8cf9-4537-9870-c77c8f43465a.
williamsk on Tue Mar 26 23:43:54 UTC 2019
Added encounter e52b77b3-ba9d-4bbe-b197-17ef79b29649.
smolll on Mon Apr 15 09:57:34 UTC 2019
Added encounter a757d959-11d8-4bf7-a139-f7ab45d5d2c8.
colvinp on Wed Apr 24 07:53:14 UTC 2019
Added encounter 2090d665-9b22-4c70-a38a-f005493661fb.
normanb on Sun Apr 28 14:45:21 UTC 2019
Added encounter e9b40021-7295-4b29-b9de-0fdc2c8bbb9b.
smolll on Fri Nov 08 08:53:32 UTC 2019
Added encounter ffceb2cf-836d-4b2d-a270-ea49337ba9a5.
smolll on Fri Nov 08 09:07:31 UTC 2019
Added encounter 15a5f4ed-354b-46f4-9da9-514602416fff.
smolll on Fri Nov 15 10:13:48 UTC 2019
Added encounter b39fa68f-9ab8-4ceb-a889-b399696bcf17.
smolll on Tue Mar 10 06:09:09 UTC 2020
Added encounter c49a39d2-544e-4019-b0ae-a8b3f3c1ba9c.
woodj on Sat Apr 04 05:09:50 UTC 2020
Added encounter c3c12033-f900-458f-826c-2bbaaac77c0d.
goldingk on Sun May 24 02:37:40 UTC 2020
Added encounter fe38c5a8-6058-418a-b471-c6afab6c833c.
woodj on Sun May 31 12:14:07 UTC 2020
Added encounter 3f1fd2f2-cd51-46b4-9070-370518807152.
normanb on Sun Nov 01 03:23:20 UTC 2020
Added encounter 206201213723.