Welcome to the Seacreatures Podcast, a show all about the amazing animals that live beneath the waves. On each episode we chat about a specific seacreature with...
Send us a text On this episode of the Seacreatures Podcast, Matt chats to Zoe Kean all about the world of Stromatolites. These ancient single celled organisms are one of the original, oldest and first seacreatures on our planet and can still be found in small isolated locations today!!!! Zoe uses them in her latest book to both start and finish explaining why we are who we are in a biological sense. Learn more about Stromatolites in Zoe Kean's book at her book launchhttps://www.fullersbookshop.com.au/event/why-are-we-like-this-zoe-kean/or order the book Why Are We Like Thishttps://unsw.press/books/why-are-we-like-this/https://www.dymocks.com.au/book/why-are-we-like-this-by-zoe-kean-9781742238104and hit up Zoe herehttps://www.zoekean.com/https://www.instagram.com/zoe_kean_sciCheck out Dan Musil (our theme composer)https://danmusilmusic.com/orhttps://www.facebook.com/dan.musil.musicVisit the Seacreatures Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/seacreatures_podcast/Check out Matt Testoni's photography on Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/matt_testoni_photography/or athttps://www.mtunderwatermedia.comVisit the Seacreatures Podcast buy me a coffee to support the showhttps://www.buymeacoffee.com/mattTestoniVisit the Seacreatures Podcast Patreon to support our showhttps://www.patreon.com/seacreaturespodcastSupport the showhttps://www.instagram.com/seacreatures_podcast/
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Episode 54: Sharks with Madi Green
Send us a textIn this episode of Seacreatures we chat to Madi Green, a forensic marine ecologist all about the wonderful world of sharks. Matt and Madi chat about everything shark including how some shark babies are born with tiny sheaths on their nose and what species is the world smallest shark. Learn more about sharks herehttps://www.shark-references.com/Check out some of Madi's work on her Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/madigreenmarine/Check out the Big Fish Card Game herehttps://bigfishcardgame.com/and pledge here for a future copy and to support the gamehttps://www.kickstarter.com/projects/bigfishcardgame/big-fish-the-tasmanian-fishing-and-ocean-card-gameCheck out Dan Musil (our theme composer)https://danmusilmusic.com/orhttps://www.facebook.com/dan.musil.musicVisit the Seacreatures Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/seacreatures_podcast/Check out Matt Testoni's photography on Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/matt_testoni_photography/or athttps://www.mtunderwatermedia.comVisit the Seacreatures Podcast buy me a coffee to support the showhttps://www.buymeacoffee.com/mattTestoniVisit the Seacreatures Podcast Patreon to support our showhttps://www.patreon.com/seacreaturespodcastSupport the showhttps://www.instagram.com/seacreatures_podcast/
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Episode 53: Seals with Mary-Anne Lea
Send us a textMatt and Professor Mary-Anne chat all about the world of Seals. Mary-Anne shares lots of awesome information about seal biology, facts about how they sleep and dive, and even what it's like to sit next to a 3 tonne Elephant Seal.Check out Professor Mary-Anne Lea's work herehttps://mpredlab.org/and on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/mpred_lab/or X (Twitter)https://x.com/icetempeteCheck out Dan Musil (our theme composer)https://danmusilmusic.com/orhttps://www.facebook.com/dan.musil.musicVisit the Seacreatures Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/seacreatures_podcast/Check out Matt Testoni's photography on Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/matt_testoni_photography/or athttps://www.mtunderwatermedia.comVisit the Seacreatures Podcast buy me a coffee to support the showhttps://www.buymeacoffee.com/mattTestoniVisit the Seacreatures Podcast Patreon to support our showhttps://www.patreon.com/seacreaturespodcastSupport the showhttps://www.instagram.com/seacreatures_podcast/
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Episode 52: Lionfish with Klaus Stiefel
Send us a textMatt and Klaus talk all about the world of the Lionfish in this episode of the SEACREATURES podcast. Klaus shares some amazing insights into why Lionfish are so environmentally damaging in the Caribbean but beloved and in the Pacific. And, we chat about Klaus's latest book! Check out Klaus's website here https://pacificklaus.com/and see his awesome photos https://www.flickr.com/photos/pacificklaus/and his latest book (featuring a great chapter on Lionfish!)https://shop.asiangeo.com/product/25-future-dives-klaus-m-stiefel-james-d-reimer/Check out Dan Musil (our theme composer)https://danmusilmusic.com/orhttps://www.facebook.com/dan.musil.musicVisit the Seacreatures Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/seacreatures_podcast/Check out Matt Testoni's photography on Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/matt_testoni_photography/or athttps://www.mtunderwatermedia.comVisit the Seacreatures Podcast buy me a coffee to support the showhttps://www.buymeacoffee.com/mattTestoniVisit the Seacreatures Podcast Patreon to support our showhttps://www.patreon.com/seacreaturespodcastSupport the showhttps://www.instagram.com/seacreatures_podcast/
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Episode 51: Squid with Gretta Pecl
Send us a textIn this episode Matt chats to squid and climate scientist Gretta Pecl all about the amazing world of squid! From their bizarre and various mating behaviours to why their skin and ink is so cool. If you love squid facts this is the episode for you! Check out Gretta's citizen science project REDMAP herehttps://www.redmap.org.au/Gretta's squid articles herehttps://www.redmap.org.au/article/squid-the-biology-basics/https://www.redmap.org.au/article/squid-mating-calamari-nuptials/and Gretta's Youtube special all about these cephalopods herehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKqRAaxsykwMake sure you check it out as it contains even more awesome squid knowledge!Check out Dan Musil (our theme composer)https://danmusilmusic.com/orhttps://www.facebook.com/dan.musil.musicVisit the Seacreatures Instagram https://www.instagram.com/seacreatures_podcast/Check out Matt Testoni's photography on Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/matt_testoni_photography/or athttps://www.mtunderwatermedia.comVisit the Seacreatures Podcast buy me a coffee to support the showhttps://www.buymeacoffee.com/mattTestoniVisit the Seacreatures Podcast Patreon to support our showhttps://www.patreon.com/seacreaturespodcastSupport the showhttps://www.instagram.com/seacreatures_podcast/
Welcome to the Seacreatures Podcast, a show all about the amazing animals that live beneath the waves. On each episode we chat about a specific seacreature with a guest who has spent time and interacted with this ocean animal. Our guests range from marine biologists to divers to underwater photographers, citizen scientists, and people that have an intense passion for marine life.
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