Beyond Jaws: Exploring Shark Science and Conservation

Wildlife photographer and shark advocate, Chris Fallows, talks to Dr. David Ebert and Andrew Lewin about how he got into wildlife photography and captured the epic shark predation photos from Seal Island that made white sharks so popular.

Chris also discusses what happened to the white sharks in South Africa and why their population declined so quickly.

Connect with Chris Fallows: Chris' website: https://www.chrisfallows.com/

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Dave: Website: https://www.lostsharkguy.com/ Instagram: https://bit.ly/3q1J9Q5

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Forrest Galante joins Dr. David Ebert and Andrew Lewin on the first podcast of the second year of Beyond Jaws, where he tells them how he grew up exploring the bush of Zimbabwe; getting used to high school in Santa Barbara (California); his career as a wildlife TV personality/producer on network TV.

Forrest is part of this week's Shark Week line up where he and his crew (including one of Dave's former graduate students, Vicky Vasquez!) look to shoot footage of walking sharks (https://youtu.be/ZAsQMY92G9k)

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Dave: Website: https://www.lostsharkguy.com/ Instagram: https://bit.ly/3q1J9Q5

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Dr. Isla Hodgson joins Dr. David Ebert and Andrew Lewin on the final episode of our fourth season and our first full year of the Beyond Jaws podcast to talk about how she started working with the Save Our Seas Foundation to launch the Whole Tooth Podcast. Isla also talks about her love for working with Baskin sharks, science communication, and working for the BBC.

Listen to the Whole Tooth Podcast: Website: https://bit.ly/3Nw2x0Y Apple Podcast: https://apple.co/387pM2m Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3LQLKop

Connect with Isla: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/isladawn92/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Isla_Dawn

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Beyond Jaws is supported by Save Our Seas Website: https://saveourseas.com/

Dave: Website: https://www.lostsharkguy.com/ Instagram: https://bit.ly/3q1J9Q5

Andrew: Website: https://www.speakupforblue.com/ Instagram: https://bit.ly/37g5WkG

Dr. Brit Finucci joins Dr. David Ebert and Andrew Lewin on the podcast to discuss how she got into shark science when she went to New Zealand to pursue her graduate work.

Brit discusses her work on sharks and her love for Chimeras. She also recounts how she found a neonate ghost shark on one of her surveys.

Connect with Brit: Twitter: https://twitter.com/BritFinucci Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/britfinucci/

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Beyond Jaws is supported by Save Our Seas Website: https://saveourseas.com/

Dave: Website: https://www.lostsharkguy.com/ Instagram: https://bit.ly/3q1J9Q5

Andrew: Website: https://www.speakupforblue.com/ Instagram: https://bit.ly/37g5WkG

Dr. Steve Kajiura joins Dr. David Ebert and Andrew to discuss how he grew up in a small town in Ontario to work on shark sensory research at Florida Atlantic University.

Connect with Steve: Twitter: https://twitter.com/Elasmolab Website: http://biology.fau.edu/directory/kajiura/index.php

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Beyond Jaws is supported by Save Our Seas Website: https://saveourseas.com/

Dave: Website: https://www.lostsharkguy.com/ Instagram: https://bit.ly/3q1J9Q5

Andrew: Website: https://www.speakupforblue.com/ Instagram: https://bit.ly/37g5WkG

Jill Brooks joins Dr. David Ebert and Andrew Lewin to discuss her career in shark science as well as why she is working on a Ph.D. on freshwater fish rather than sharks. She also discusses her "hobby Ph.D." on studying what happens to sharks after they are caught by recreational anglers. Connect with Jill Brooks: Twitter: https://twitter.com/jillbrooks85 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jillbrooks85/ Connect with us:

Beyond Jaws is supported by Save Our Seas Website: https://saveourseas.com/

Dave: Website: https://www.lostsharkguy.com/ Instagram: https://bit.ly/3q1J9Q5

Andrew: Website: https://www.speakupforblue.com/ Instagram: https://bit.ly/37g5WkG

Dr. Kara Yopak joins Dr. David Ebert and Andrew Lewin to discuss her journey in the shark science field and how she started studying the brains of sharks and now refers to her lab as the Zombie Lab.

Connect with Dr. Kara Yopak: Twitter: https://twitter.com/ProfSharkBrain

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Beyond Jaws is supported by Save Our Seas Website: https://saveourseas.com/

Dave: Website: https://www.lostsharkguy.com/ Instagram: https://bit.ly/3q1J9Q5

Andrew: Website: https://www.speakupforblue.com/ Instagram: https://bit.ly/37g5WkG

Dr. Christine Bedore joins Dr. David Ebert and Andrew Lewin on the episode to discuss her career path from an undergraduate student at Michigan State to taking a break and becoming a veterinarian technician in Southern California to interning at Mote Marine Laboratory with the legends, Dr. Eugenie Clarke and D.r Michelle Heupel to becoming an Associate Professor at Georgia Southern University. 

Connect with Christine:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SouthernElasmos

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Beyond Jaws is supported by Save Our Seas
Website: https://saveourseas.com/

Dave: 
Website: https://www.lostsharkguy.com/
Instagram: https://bit.ly/3q1J9Q5

Andrew:
Website: https://www.speakupforblue.com/
Instagram: https://bit.ly/37g5WkG

Dr. Will White joins Dr. David Ebert and Andrew Lewin on the podcast to talk about his career in studying shark age and growth, identifying new species, the importance of writing grants, and how he is identifying species from egg case morphology.

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Beyond Jaws is supported by Save Our Seas Website: https://saveourseas.com/

Dave: Website: https://www.lostsharkguy.com/ Instagram: https://bit.ly/3q1J9Q5

Andrew: Website: https://www.speakupforblue.com/ Instagram: https://bit.ly/37g5WkG

Dr. Kady Lyons joins Dr. David Ebert and Andrew Lewin on the podcast to discuss her career in shark science which landed her a research assistant position in shark science at the Georgia Aquarium.

Kady discusses her ups and downs as a graduate student and how she got the best out of her graduate work by working on multiple projects and publishing on them.

Get in touch with Kady: Website: https://bit.ly/3CUNXvY Twitter: https://bit.ly/3wnMGwn

Connect with us:

Beyond Jaws is supported by Save Our Seas Website: https://saveourseas.com/

Dave: Website: https://www.lostsharkguy.com/ Instagram: https://bit.ly/3q1J9Q5

Andrew: Website: https://www.speakupforblue.com/ Instagram: https://bit.ly/37g5WkG