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Charlie packed up for his ascent up Cedar Rock.
Charlie chills out at base camp.
Last week, I wrote about National Geographic’s Expedition Great White. In that post, I mentioned that the practice of removing great white sharks from the water for research was controversial, and that I would ask the lead scientist in the show about it. Here are answers to my questions from Dr. Michael Domeier and his colleague Nicole Lucas. They also wanted me to point out that their website has an FAQ page about this technique, which can be found here.
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Charlie, William, and the Southern Fried Scientist cross a river.
Charlie and the Southern Fried Scientist hit the trail.
Charlie and the Vandovernauts pause for pictures at Courthouse Falls.
Charlie flies in for another shot at Courthouse Falls.
The last talk of Sharks International just concluded. Day 3 focused on genetic and molecular techniques, which have been used to answer all sorts of interesting questions about sharks. I presented my research for the first time, and it was very well received (which is part of the reason why I haven’t posted in a couple of days- I’ve been very busy answering questions and celebrating being done with my talk).
Charlie chills at the base of Courthouse Falls.