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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
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Family enjoyed the new How to Train Your Dragon movie! Also, same energy:

Long nosed gar observed from a bridge today in SE #wisconsin #gar #nativefish #longnosedgar #fishing #flyfishing

Thank you to my son and his day care for this terrifying Father’s Day gift.

🫧🐟 Alligator gar + Spotted gar 🐟🫧 people who have seen my replies know how much i like fish... #digitalart #pixelart #art #fish #animalart #gar #cuteart (i hope)

Garrasuchus A Ascended Gar fish that has begun to take traits from its lobe finned cousins. It has moved to land and has attained Massive Proportions. Long periods of inactivity has flora growing on its back. With its Ascended State Every living thing has flourished around it. #art #digitalart

we went to an insectarium

Absolutely terrible kstp.com/kstp-news/to...

Leggy Green Jello Monster, guarding her eggs 💚 #InvertebrateParenthood (Lyssomanes viridis, magnolia green jumping spider)

We’ve been known to hang out together in person too! Tagged along on a Shark Trek with @whysharksmatter.bsky.social’s marine conservation class last month!

Concerned Sturgeon* are basically all of us right now 😦 *aka “Consturgeon”

@solomonrdavid.bsky.social i think these are your specialty

Don't have an invertebrate artwork to post for #InverteFest? I got you covered. I teamed up with multiple experts to create guides to comprehend various invertebrate anatomy. Links to the full posts in the reply below.

the new developments on inat inspired me to make a diagnostic thread for every insect order because there's only like 30something of them. going to try and avoid exceptions and extremely technical characteristics when possible. 🧵

Terrible week for LA, GREAT week for seaweed! Please enjoy this bonanza of FIVE #Macrophycology experts talking about kelp, seaweed tattoos, ruined wedding photos, pet bacteria, salad dissection & climate solution propositions. Do enjoy. I did. www.alieward.com/ologies/macr...

gar . Like the fish. Get It?

GAR #art #digitalart #procreate #animalart #fish #gar #sketch #doodle #drawing

Sharing with the #SciArt Feed - read the threaded skeet for info about the project for @finfree.org.

Don't just say it's unconstitutional, remind people that the constitution is full of very good ideas designed to prevent authoritarianism, and most people who want to ignore it want that specifically because they are authoritarian.

On June 14th, Trump is spending $60M on a parade — while slashing life-saving research. While he celebrates himself, we’ll be fighting for science — and for the lives and futures of the American people. Find an event near you ➡️ www.nokings.org www.thenewstribune.com/opinion/arti...

Went to Aquarium street in Taipei last night with the lab. It looks like @solomonrdavid.bsky.social dream/nightmare….

Making [more than] 100 gar! FINtastic footage of Longnose Gars spawning by J.Miller (shared with permission)! Gars spawn in large groups, scattering their sticky eggs, typically over vegetation, but frequently over rocky substrates too (look closely for the light-colored eggs in video)!

Found a really cool rock and fossil/natural history shop in Bar Harbor, Maine, including with some rare and extinct species! Perhaps @stacyfarina.bsky.social or @solomonrdavid.bsky.social or others need some old specimens to add to their collections/data sets

I've been camping almost every weekend as of late so haven't been able to post #SundayFishSketch, but here is an edited version of my Rainbow Trout illustration with altered coloring in honor of #PrideMonth.

Happy Pride! The diversity of life, in all its forms, is pretty rad! (Side note: there's not a whole lot of purple fish, so the pink/silver goldeye is the best I got) #SundayFishSketch #Pride

Shortnose Gar, Lepisosteus platostomus. #SundayFishSketch #SciArt

Somewhat surprisingly, I found this gar and cichlid in a special exhibition on Eocene horses in the Westphalian Horse Museum in Münster. The gar was labeled as a Cuban Gar, the cichlid was only labeled as Cichlidae but it should be Pelmatolapia mariae. 🐟🧪

I spent like 5 summers going to Ranger Rick summer programs. I learned so much. Fangirling.

A Green River Formation gar from about 50 million years ago in the Lindgren Hall of Ichthyology! #fish #fossils #permianfest2025 #whitesidemuseumofnaturalhistory

I'm beyond excited to announce that I will be joining the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Oklahoma as an Assistant Professor in January 2026! Belasen Lab @ou.edu coming soon 🐸 ❤️

Ranger Rick definitely inspired my love and appreciation for raccoons as a kid! And other wildlife too I guess.