@benmandelker.bsky.social GARSH!

finally, a march madness event for me

I can't believe you're pitting your beloved bitey bois against each other. Aren't they *all* winners?

Guess I have to go with the Hybrid Gar because it is most likely to sneak up on a Cheetah kit in whatever improbable scenario the MMMRNG1 comes up with

Longnose for the win!

hmm my bracket has alligator gar vs spotted in the final matchup ... maybe I'm doing this wrong but does that wind up with hybrid gar 😂

🦤🧪🌐 🐟 A decade of acoustic telemetry reveals new insight into survival of juvenile #GulfSturgeon (Acipenser desotoi) in Florida’s #ApalachicolaRiver, improving understanding of this threatened species and supports informed conservation efforts. bit.ly/esr01484

I'd go with the Cuban See-Gar, except I quit smoking 387 days ago.

hybrid all the way. there's two different kinds of gar in there, that's double the average for every other gar in the bracket

Who you got winning GARch Madness??? 🐟🏀😎 Credits (photos, illustrations, design): @garlab.bsky.social team & @zankurus.bsky.social

CROCDILE SNAPS & SNARFS GRAY FOX!!! #2026MMM

My garlic has a message for @solomonrdavid.bsky.social

UP NEXT: 1-seed Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) vs. 4-seed Indian Rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis) #2026MMM

This new #JWST image of Saturn is AWESOME

We just repainted the outside of our back door. Does Eddie care if he scratches it up again? No, he does not 🐢

So many involved with Atlantic Salmon fishing in the Tweed catchment (where I live) still blame the decline solely on predators!

White House announces that the government of Iran has gifted a giant wooden sculpture of a horse to the current administration as part of their total surrender to the US.

Creative spaces that haven't been invaded by AI slop exist. The SciArt Feed has over 1,500 approved artists engaged with science sharing inspiring work to see every day. Like & Pin a Bluesky Feed with real creators, not slop-feeds.

NEW: Global Assessment of Migratory Freshwater Fishes @worldwildlife.org www.worldwildlife.org/publications... “Vital freshwater fish migrations are collapsing; hundreds of species need urgent, coordinated cross-border action” Please share!

Migratory freshwater fish are among most imperiled wildlife on Earth; at COP15 of Convention on Migratory Species, now in Brazil, solutions are needed! Here's a theme song & music video youtu.be/471W4MqZ5M0 @cms.int @worldwildlife.org @oldenfish.bsky.social @solomonrdavid.bsky.social

If you want to do any kind of iterative media (newsletters, blogging, podcasting) where you make content for an outlet you control - the making of content has to be enough for you, because the odds of even real side gig incomes is very rare.

Think voting doesn’t matter? 766 votes.

Yellowstone doesn't have many snake species, but there are a few around. This is the first one I ever photographed, the wandering garter snake. I've seen them a few times at this location (the edges of a small lake) since then. The park has one venomous snake—a rattler—but I have yet to see it!

Are you an early career biologist looking for a position (Masters up to Faculty) and looking for community? I started a Discord server to help us find opportunities, build a network, and support one another! We're 40 strong as of posting this, come join us! discord.gg/nmktHJhUPH

Somebody caught a massive alligator gar on our coast @solomonrdavid.bsky.social

That sure is a majestic and slightly unnerving creature lying there. The fish is cool, too!

OK hear me out: YOGAR. www.npr.org/2026/03/11/n...

Today's frog is the green toad.

Colorectal cancer rates are going up among people under 50, and are increasing fastest among folks in their 20s and 30s. But some insurance companies are giving the run around to people under 45 trying to get colonoscopies, sometimes even when their doctor recommended one. My latest.

Y'all like some gar? :3 #art #fish

Introduced [fish] species can wreak havoc on native ecosystems. Many states are flooding their waterways with them. www.vox.com/climate/4831...

This highfin carpsucker has a message for you. "I'm not a carp!" Common names can be confusing because the carpsuckers are in the sucker family! #SundayFishSketch

Introduced [fish] species can wreak havoc on native ecosystems. Many states are flooding their waterways with them. www.vox.com/climate/4831...

Don’t forget the memes David 😂😎👍 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social

We did it! We saw a platypus in the wild!! We were both so excited to finally see one of these cute, funny looking critters in it's natural habitat. #TravelAddicts #KangarooIsland

Just got page layouts back for my upcoming book, SLEUTH-HOUND: THE CASE OF THE REAL SHERLOCK HOLMES. Interestingly, my US publisher has added this cautionary note at the beginning re: AI. This has never appeared in my previous books. Good to see it, though one wonders how effective it will be.

Some things are hard to sketch from life (or video). All we can do is keep trying. Longnose Gar. #SciArt #sketchbook 🦑 Maybe I should have asked “Guess the fish.” instead of naming it outright. lol Maybe another day.

Today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #SilhouettesAndShadows Wait? What? This isn’t a bird? Sorry folks, just had to share this fabulous mantis. #invert

I hate Mondays #tradart #art #fish #gar

Important local wildlife update 🐙🌿 #babyanimals

@solomonrdavid.bsky.social art at the dallas museum of gar.

GAR.BMF

Gars have been cool forever.

Shedd Aquarium visitors checking out gars circa 1940s!

Landscape Features xkcd.com/3221/

I spotted a #frog watching me from the #wildlifepond. But there is still no frog spawn, despite the fact that I built the pond nearly five years ago.

I have a gar joke but @solomonrdavid.bsky.social beat me to it.

Gar wins, no question about it 😎

#Sawfish #Florida Florida sawfish making comeback in Indian River Lagoon, St. Lucie River share.google/serClmqVMpGI...

This deserves a black alert.