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Ricky Spencer

@profturtle.bsky.social

1.5K followers 160 following 30 posts

2023 Eureka Prize Winner #CitizenScience Empowering Citizen Scientists & Community Conservation (@1millionturtles), Dad with Border Collies. Will talk @Carltonfc

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Ricky Spencer @profturtle.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

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Ricky Spencer @profturtle.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

It's like we trained this one @doctormcdougall.bsky.social

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Ricky Spencer @profturtle.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

@doctormcdougall.bsky.social The new signs are in and someone is ready to go Turtling

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Ricky Spencer @profturtle.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

Asked AI for an animal that looks like Mark Zuckerberg ...way too flattering

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Ricky Spencer @profturtle.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

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Ricky Spencer @profturtle.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Eliminating numbers as a metric collected by #CitizenScience reduces biases directly related to sampling effort. Sub adults are smaller than adults and only remain sub adults for a few years. If sub adults are consistently being observed, then initiatives improving recruitment are successful 3/4

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Ricky Spencer @profturtle.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Basking data helps measure the success of conservation efforts like #TurtleIslands, headstarting, and nest protection. Seeing more sub-adults basking? That’s a sign of population recovery. Declining adults? A warning to act. 2/4 #TurtleConservation #BaskingTurtles

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Ricky Spencer @profturtle.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Why do turtles bask? 🐢☀️ Basking isn’t just vital for turtles’ health—it’s a tool for conservation. Tracking basking turtles reveals size classes (adults vs. sub-adults) and shows if populations are stable, declining, or thriving. Watch these eastern long-necks basking on our #TurtleIslands! 👇 1/4

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Ricky Spencer @profturtle.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

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Ricky Spencer @profturtle.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

#Turtles #TurtlePunsRule

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Ricky Spencer @profturtle.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

You will enjoy this Watch that nest grow and grow with eggs. Foxes and road mortality devastate our turtle populations. These sanctuaries have more than 20 years of Science behind them The turtles love them. So do the water birds too. #enjoy #Turtles #wildlife #CitizenScience #Conservation

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