Giridhar Malla, PhD
@giridharmalla
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Founder of the Godavari Fishing Cat Project and Eastern Himalayas Marbled Cat Project, comic books, illustrator,❤️ for small wildcats, salt marshes, mangroves !
Visakhapatnam, INDIA
Joined May 2010
As part of the " Children for fishing cat" initiative, we opened our first children's library in a fishing community village, Andhra Pradesh. Now children can read and get connected with nature, science and wildlife from their own village.
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My father Shri Malla AppaRao garu with the three generation leaders of Telugu Desam Party @JaiTDP. I have learned a lot from him, courage, strength, welfare and responsibility. Feeling proud of you nanna @naralokesh
#TDPTwitter #TDP
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My father Shri Malla AppaRao garu with the three generation leaders of Telugu Desam Party @JaiTDP. I have learned a lot from him, courage, strength, welfare and responsibility. Feeling proud of you nanna @naralokesh
#TDPTwitter #TDP
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Want a chance to get a free backpack from Coursera? 🎒 Simply repost and DM us your full name, address, email and phone number. 😊 (Exclusive to learners in the US, UK and India)
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🌳The mangroves of the Bay of Bengal are considered Least Concern by a recent #RLEassessment but face threats from illegal wood extraction, habitat conversion, & fishery practices. Home to diverse biota, including endangered Royal Bengal Tiger Learn more: https://t.co/TeorMcJTws
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Allowing us to determine the diet of the fishing cats with a high level of accuracy. Follow our new paper which describes the dietary habits of fishing cats in the Godavari mangroves, Andhra Pradesh @smallwildcats
#fishingcat #smallcats #mangroves #godavari
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New preprint alert! https://t.co/AKEEqCANHB By analyzing the otoliths found in the scats (faeces) of fishing cats, we identified the fish species consumed by these cats. Otoliths have specific features and shapes characteristic of particular fish species,
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The threatened fishing cat ( Prionailurus viverrinus ) is an elusive and medium-sized cat that is adapted to mangroves, swamps, wetlands, and riverine habitats. A close look at the literature...
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Download a free @FAO report on the state of the World’s Mangroves, 2000-2020 👉 https://t.co/BbxhahI93l
#FRA2020 #GFRA
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New @BBCNews article covering how @TheECOEXISTproj are trying to make elephants in Botswana an asset, rather than a threat, for local people. https://t.co/OXH1kXrt42
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The difficulties facing people living next to Botswana's growing African elephant population.
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SCCS 2023 delegates outside the wonderful David Attenborough Building @CamZoology & the Museum of Zoology @ZoologyMuseum this could be you if you join us for SCCS 2024. Applications are now open - visit the SCCS website to apply
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Look who's shared our fish discovery on @instagram 😁😁 Thanks @LeoDiCaprio for highlighting the story of the Pathala Eel Loach Pangio pathala #subterranean #groundwater #freshwater #fish #newspecies
@AryaSidharthan @Arjunwild
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A chimpanzee named Vanilla, who had been caged for nearly 30 years, saw the open sky for the first time in 28 years after being released at a Florida sanctuary
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The writers strike is really hurting the war narratives these days. 🔊
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#ClimateCrisis 44°C is lethal to penguins. In Patagonia, they were forced to abandon their chicks - they tried to make it to the ocean, but hundreds died....so did their chicks. This is the reality of climate change. For them, an unlivable world is already here.
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Rest in peace #MikeMeredith !! This is so emotional and we will miss you so much
To all #MikeMeredith's friends & colleagues - we had a most wonderful, absolutely wet day, scattering Mike's ashes out at sea. Mike's family was represented by Adam, his nephew. To your next adventure MM, where you swim with fishes and dolphins & fly with terns.🐟🐒🦧🦉🦜🐬🐠🦞🌿
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Proud to have been chosen as the first marine scientist to go to space along with @agusti_susana
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Shahid Kapoor @shahidkapoor ❤️👏 What an actor with different versatile roles, just finished watching #Farzi, the emotions he carried throughout the series along with @vijayasethupath is mind-blowing..!
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Perfect day in amazing salt marshes of Andhra Pradesh!! #mangroveconservation #saltmarshes #waders @IUCN_Mangrove
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Register for the @EsriTraining MOOC: Going Places with Spatial Analysis! This course is for those who want to learn the unique capabilities of #spatial data analysis. Registration closes February 15th! Details: https://t.co/EwJIDkGQDi
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