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Wednesday, June 20 2012

Whale shark surveys and necropsies on two stranded dolphins, not a bad day at work!

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About MAAMB

Samantha Craven is a marine biologist who graduated from the University of Plymouth with a Masters in Applied Marine Science. She is an avid diver, nature photographer and conservationist.

TBT 253.8 hours

These are her science and conservation musings.

She doesn't think she is particularly mad, but then she is talking about herself in the third person

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