Matt Perkins
@Perkins16Matt
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Senior Technician (Pathology), Cetacean Strandings Investigation Programme, Amphibian disease research and general lab monkey. works at Institute of Zoology.
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Joined September 2012
Heading back to @ZSLScience with @Perkins16Matt after another trip to Scarborough- #CSIOfTheSea exams conducted on 12 more adult grey seals stranded nearby. More work to follow to try to investigate cause. Huge thanks to @northyorksc Geoff at @RSPCA_official and @RingTheBell999
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Attended the site of the pilot whale mass stranding on Isle of Sheppey, Kent earlier this week with my CSIP colleague @Perkins16Matt. Only possible to #CSIOfTheSea examine one of the whales- bodies of several others visible nearby, but impossible to access due to deep mud.
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Heading to Orkney to help our friends @strandings #CSIOfTheSea investigate one of the largest pilot whale mass strandings ever recorded in the UK. 77 pilot whales died yesterday, CSIP team from all parts of the UK heading there now, long few days ahead... #strandingsteamassemble
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2 years with this daft little fella, Norman/Norm/Normski/Normondo/Normbum/Normster. #Battersea #AdoptDontShop #Rescue #CatsOnX #CatsofTwittter @Battersea_
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Really interesting day working with our friends in @ProjectSIARC and other @OfficialZSL shark folk- collectively carried out #CSIOfTheSea examinations of two Welsh stranded tope sharks. Lots of data and samples collected, good to work with such a great team...
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Worked with our friends at @_SMRU_ last week to #CSIOfTheSea examine a number of known #bycatch harbour porpoises. External net marks assessed alongside full necropsies- will help inform future research and hopefully increase the range of samples and types of data collected.
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Could this anatomical feature increase warm-bodied sharks' risk of extinction? 🦈 Exciting findings with contributions from ZSL Science's @DavidCurnick @Perkins16Matt @strandings_man
So in another unexpected turn up for the books, smalltooth sand tiger #sharks also have anatomical traits associated with regional being warm-blooded!!! 🤯 🔥 🦈 Including how this links to the #meg! Check out our new @RSocPublishing paper here: https://t.co/XB4BhfJgY8
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#IAmABiologist working at @ZSLScience as a senior technician. As well as supporting staff, I'm involved with a whole host of projects including marine strandings, amphibian disease research and a host of others. #CSIoftheSea @OfficialZSL
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The 15ft smalltooth sand tiger shark has been seen off Britain for the first time. A new report says a marine heatwave is to blame https://t.co/f6rTIuPgUF
thetimes.com
The smalltooth sand tiger shark is an elusive creature, swimming in ocean waters at depths of up to 2,900ft, well away from humans. That is probably no bad thin
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Great to see our paper published this week in @thefsbi describing northerly range expansion and the first records of the smalltooth sand tiger shark in UK and Ireland. Many thanks to @thehistoryguy and everyone else who helped us recover and examine the two UK stranded sharks!
“Sitting on the top of a dormant volcano my phone started to buzz. I studied the images coming through in disbelief. Was this a hoax?” ZSL’s @DavidCurnick couldn’t believe it when a shark species never seen before in the UK stranded in the Isle of Wight https://t.co/XcDD9WIBQJ
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Check out our new basking shark regional endothermy study over on the @newscientist! 🔥🦈 https://t.co/pH408ZHexo
@nicklpayne @yodacomplex @PelagicLabQUB @strandings_man @TheSimsLab @Perkins16Matt @IrishResearch @TheFSBI @tcddublin @scienceirel
newscientist.com
The ability to warm up parts of their body may help basking sharks migrate long distances and overcome drag when they are feeding
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Happy 30th birthday to this piece of excellence. Got this for my 13th birthday, and is still in use today!#victorinox @Victorinox #penknife
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I concur with @strandings_man, a cracking team to work with, under sad circumstances, big thanks @HollySelf107 and Charlie Lindenbaum for photography, assisting with sample collection, and putting up with my tired grumblings #CSIofthesea #spermwhale @simon11235 @MatthewWestfie3
Great CSIP teamwork with @simon11235 @Perkins16Matt and @MatthewWestfie3 this week! As always, huge thanks to everyone who helped us out on the beaches- especially Charlie Lindenbaum and @HollySelf107 from @NatResWales
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A sperm whale live stranded and died at Porth Neigwl, Ceredigion over the weekend. A CSIP team from @ZSLScience are travelling to site today to conduct a field necropsy- highly unusual stranding, only the second sperm whale recorded in Wales over the last century.
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Indeed, what an incredible animal to examine, just look at those awesome teeth! #shark #csiofthesea @ZSLScience
Real privilege to examine this amazing shark last week with my CSIP colleagues @simon11235 @Perkins16Matt @RosieSWilliams1 and Marco Vecchiato. Huge amount of samples and data collected, more to follow soon...
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First Damsel fly of the year, from the small barrel pond. Took flight and landed on my trousers! (See below) #damselfly #springwatch #pond #MayDay @BBCSpringwatch
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