Social Group Memberships
Encounter(s) (not all may be currently visible) & Biological Samples
Mapping
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Meet the Adopters
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| "To learn about the whale sharks with whom we co-habitate this planet is to ultimately learn about ourselves. The conservation of the whale sharks and our planet is part of the life and existence questions that we must answer in order sustain our own existence." |
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| "We swam with this fine species this past summer near Isla Contoy. We love them!" |
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Collaborating Researchers
Al Dove
Affiliation: Georgia Aquarium
Research Project: Biology and Conservation of Whale SHarks
Web Site: http://www.georgiaaquarium.org/conserve/research
Rafael de la Parra
Affiliation: Ch'ooj Ajauil AC, Mexico
Research Project: Monitoreo Ecol�gico de Pel�gicos Marinos
Web Site: http://www.choojajauil.org.mx/
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."
Jennifer Schmidt
Affiliation: Shark Research Institute/SRI
Web Site: https://www.sharks.org/leadership/sri-staff/jennifer-v-schmidt-ph-d-2
Alina Riensema
Research Project: alinar
Wildbook A.I.
Affiliation: Wild Me
"I am the artificial intelligence that searches social media for usable whale shark sighting data."
Researcher comments (Text or HTML):
adove on Thu Aug 25 22:57:46 EDT 2011
Created MXA-621.
rgrampus on Sat Aug 18 00:20:46 EDT 2012
Added encounter 1882012077.
adove on Wed Aug 22 16:03:04 EDT 2012
Added encounter 228201215464.
rgrampus on Sun Aug 11 15:22:31 EDT 2013
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rgrampus on Sun Aug 11 15:25:36 EDT 2013
Added encounter 5112012102730.
admin on Sun Aug 30 00:47:57 EDT 2015
Added encounter 13b6ad9e-a6d6-4cad-875a-955d8ba9393c.
rgrampus on Mon Mar 14 18:48:23 UTC 2016
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rgrampus on Mon Mar 14 18:50:01 UTC 2016
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rgrampus on Mon Mar 14 18:50:25 UTC 2016
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rgrampus on Sun Apr 10 19:53:45 UTC 2016
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rgrampus on Sun Apr 10 19:54:10 UTC 2016
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rgrampus on Thu Aug 25 23:36:18 UTC 2016
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rgrampus on Mon Dec 26 23:17:19 UTC 2016
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rgrampus on Tue Jul 11 18:13:59 UTC 2017
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jschmidt on Sun Sep 10 01:58:56 UTC 2017
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alinar on Tue Aug 28 20:14:55 UTC 2018
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alinar on Fri Aug 31 20:42:29 UTC 2018
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alinar on Fri Aug 31 20:50:07 UTC 2018
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alinar on Fri Sep 14 15:22:15 UTC 2018
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jschmidt on Fri Sep 21 19:27:21 UTC 2018
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alinar on Mon Sep 24 17:05:58 UTC 2018
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alinar on Wed Dec 05 18:08:08 UTC 2018
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admin on Fri Dec 14 21:23:23 UTC 2018
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jschmidt on Wed Sep 04 18:21:57 UTC 2019
Added encounter 5be75d12-a5db-4097-8ee6-6304fbf3b9ca.