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Steve Palumbi @spalumbi.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Congrats from Palau! Where a typhoon is making an appearance - but where the rain is warmer than in Monterey!

Steve Palumbi @spalumbi.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Coral science is fascinating, fun and frequently wet - but right now the wet part is blowing in on the gusts of a typhoon in Palau. We're testing corals to find the most heat resistant ones. So we had to keep the experiments going! All at the Palau International Coral Reef Center.

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Steve Palumbi @spalumbi.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

The heatwave is cancelling 4th of July parties in the east. It's a cruel summer that does this, a cruel summer of climate change. We hope this song helps folks see and hear the reality of how our planet is changing...weather we choose to believe or not

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Steve Palumbi @spalumbi.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Hi all - been hearing about heat wave cancellation of 4th of July events in the east....that's not happening in cloudy central California but is it happening around where you are? Curious about the extent of this.

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Steve Palumbi @spalumbi.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

See the volume 1 season 1 of our book about sharks and people Born Predators on stephenpalumbi.substack.com/p/born-preda... With season 2 to follow!

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Steve Palumbi @spalumbi.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

It’s #sharkweek and an estimated 2 million sharks will drown this week. Shark researcher Kinney Austin saves one shark in our book Born Predators. See how she does it on substack Born Predators.

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Steve Palumbi @spalumbi.bsky.social · 23/07/2025

It’s Toothsday of shark week, and our new chapter of Born Predators has Kinney finally in the water with sharks. Is she terrified? No, she’s trying to save a shark from drowning. How do sharks drown and how does Kinney save it? Read it on Substack. “

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Steve Palumbi @spalumbi.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

In our substack book #BornPredators Kinney Austin has an evidence problem -- was Hennessey the #shark really where her satellite tag said she was?

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Steve Palumbi @spalumbi.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

In Chapter 7 of our Substack serial novel Born Predators, researcher Kinney Austin shows Hennessey the shark was not really in Hampton Bay the night of the shark attack. Her friend Will asks the obvious question…if someone altered Hennessey's online track....why?

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Steve Palumbi @spalumbi.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

On Toothsday July 8 we posted another Born Predators chapter on our Substack site

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Steve Palumbi @spalumbi.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

Substack book series Born Predators Chapter 6: Are the beaches safe? That ‘s one of the questions anyone asks after a shark encounter. Our shark researcher Kinney walks into a maelstrom – a press conference about whether white shark Hennessey is a danger stephenpalumbi.substack.com/p/born-preda...

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Steve Palumbi @spalumbi.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Why is it the hottest day of the year across Europe? A #heatwave is not a surprise. Climate Change is Real! see our version of Cruel Summer Climate Change....also at youtu.be/acSOHZvgSM8

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Steve Palumbi @spalumbi.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

Shark teeth tell us a lot In our substack book Born Predators, Kinney looks closely at wounds “A Bull shark has cutting teeth in the upper jaw for slicing and stiletto points in the lower for grasping. I don’t see that.” “So, not a Bull shark,” the coroner offered “No,” Kinney said. "Something else"

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Steve Palumbi @spalumbi.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

Best wishes going out to folks hit by the first cruel summer heat wave of 2025. The fundamental message is that climate change is real.Hunker down and stay safe.

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Steve Palumbi @spalumbi.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

It's a Cruel Summer...again. 104 in Boston on my way to the airport to go home. And this is the middle of the heatwave. So here is the middle of Cruel Summer of Climate Change. youtu.be/dfqWquD5eqc

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Cruel summer hurricanes and heatwaves July 4

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Steve Palumbi @spalumbi.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

In our book Born Predators Miss Jilly says “Hon, if there’s a dead guy with shark bites, then it’s the shark that did it.” But you can learn a lot more about sharks from their bites. In our post today, researcher Kinney Austin builds a shark from its bites stephenpalumbi.substack.com/p/born-preda...

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Born Predators

A book about sharks and people by Anthony Palumbi and Stephen Palumbi

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Steve Palumbi @spalumbi.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

Another cruel summer is starting to hit the US - a heatwave across the country. To paraphrase 'Cruel Summer': Summer is the worst but it should be the best! The most important thing to realize is that Climate Change is real...worst thing you ever heard. See the whole video youtu.be/acSOHZvgSM8

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Cruel summer of hurricanes and heatwaves is real

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Steve Palumbi @spalumbi.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

#jaws50th 50 years after Jaws we know a lot more about sharks. Big white sharks are usually female. They get pregnant and give birth to young in the summer looking for a warm shallow cove Was that the Jaws shark? In our book Born Predators Hennessey the shark is doing just that but gets into trouble

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Steve Palumbi @spalumbi.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

#Jaws50 Today we know a lot more about sharks. Can they be wildlife not monsters? In our new novel Born Predators the shark biologist sets out to prove the shark Hennessey didn’t attack anyone – but it turns out that people are more complex than sharks. stephenpalumbi.substack.com/p/born-preda...

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Steve Palumbi @spalumbi.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

Suppose you were the shark? TODAY! The 50th anniversary of JAWS, which defined the movie thriller by having a monster in the water. If you were the shark and had to live with that label for 50 years, how would you tell the story differently? stephenpalumbi.substack.com/p/born-preda...

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Steve Palumbi @spalumbi.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

June 19: Sharks and Juneteenth. The horrors and inhumanity of slavery included fear of sharks. “…the shark functioned as an integral part of a system of terror utilized by the slave ship captain.” From: Rediker, Marucs. (2008). Atlantic Studies, 5(2), 285–297.

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Steve Palumbi @spalumbi.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

2 DAYS TO THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF JAWS. Shark teeth do not lie. Prof.James Estes told me a story of sea otters-where the cause of death was impossible to tell. Until they found grooves on the otter bones that matched serrations only in white shark teeth stephenpalumbi.substack.com/p/born-preda...

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Steve Palumbi @spalumbi.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

Thanks!!!! A new way to learn!

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Steve Palumbi @spalumbi.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

3 DAYS TO THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF JAWS How do sharks use their teeth. How are they different between species? The shark researcher in Born Predators, Kinney Austin, shows us the differences, & what teeth tell us. And she does it from the coroner’s office. stephenpalumbi.substack.com/p/born-preda...

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Steve Palumbi @spalumbi.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

5 DAYS TO THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF JAWS: THINGS WE KNOW NOW: Sharks continuously grow their teeth—a new set every 7–10 days—and discard the old ones like dull razors. Over the course of a life time sharks can lose 10,000’s of teeth. SEE MORE AT: stephenpalumbi.substack.com/p/how-does-a...

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How does a shark get its teeth?

How a shark gets her teeth: From the Extreme Life of the Sea, A. Palumbi and S. Palumbi, Princeton Press

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Steve Palumbi @spalumbi.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

COUNTDOWN TO 50TH ANNIVERSAY OF JAWS THE MOVIE - 5 DAY: stephenpalumbi.substack.com/p/born-preda... THINGS WE KNOW NOW - HOW SHARKS GROWTH THEIR TEETH SHARP

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Steve Palumbi @spalumbi.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

The invention of sharp, replaceable teeth gave sharks their biological brand in the new world of predators that evolved in the dawn sea. Innovations are key to the success of new groups—in this case the first invention of teeth for a global ocean predator. stephenpalumbi.substack.com/p/born-preda...

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Steve Palumbi @spalumbi.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

Why did they call the movie #Jaws when it was really the teeth that mattered? Let's spend a few moment learning about shark teeth in the next few posts....how do sharks make them so sharp? How are they so strong? How do they make so many all their lives?

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Steve Palumbi @spalumbi.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

8 DAYS TO THE JAWS 50TH ANNIVERSARY What did the marine biologist in JAWS really know about the sensory, migration or social systems of white sharks? In Born Predators, Kinney Austin knows a lot about these and they cause her to doubt the shark attack stephenpalumbi.substack.com/p/born-preda...

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Steve Palumbi @spalumbi.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

Our white shark character Hennessey in Born Predators swims in sensation: sight, sound, smell and even the electric pulses from the nerves of her prey. But when she can not tell what a possible prey item is and those senses don’t tell her. She has one option left. She has to taste it.

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Steve Palumbi @spalumbi.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

9 DAYS TO THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF JAWS: In our book Born Predators, social media knows that Jamie Brinson was killed by a shark. But his friend Puja saw a different killer. In the face of social media pressure Puja doubts what she saw and doubts herself stephenpalumbi.substack.com/p/born-preda...

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Steve Palumbi @spalumbi.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

June 10: In ten days it will be the 50th anniversary of the release of the Movie Jaws. And our book Born Predators celebrates all that we now know about sharks that we didn’t before. And it celebrates a different shark biologist – and a different shark. stephenpalumbi.substack.com/p/born-preda...

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Steve Palumbi @spalumbi.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Today in Born Predators: Why would you need a shark biologist to investigate a slam dunk shark attack? Well, she knows a lot about the way sharks behave and can say what’s normal. And what might be unusual. And what might be impossible stephenpalumbi.substack.com/p/born-preda...

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Steve Palumbi @spalumbi.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

Hennessey is accused of a fatal shark attack. Social media goes wild at the death of AI tech wizard Jamie Brinson. But one person doesn’t believe the story. Shark researcher Kinney Austin has strong doubts New installment of Born Predators every Toothsday: stephenpalumbi.substack.com/p/born-preda...

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Born Predators - Chapter 3, Part 1

A book about sharks and people by Anthony Palumbi and Steve Palumbi

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Steve Palumbi @spalumbi.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Shout out to Lewis Pugh for his amazing swim around JAWS filming location Martha's Vineyard. And to understand the sharks he was worried about a bit more, see the new installment of our book Born Predators every Toothsday: stephenpalumbi.substack.com/p/born-preda...

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Steve Palumbi @spalumbi.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

The next chapter installment of our book Born Predators is posted. Meet shark researcher Dr. Kinney Austin. stephenpalumbi.substack.com/p/born-preda...

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Born Predators

A book about sharks and people by Anthony Palumbi and Stephen Palumbi

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Steve Palumbi @spalumbi.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

It’s not just scientists who are tagging and tracking sharks. You can see shark tracks in many oceans. Including the shorelines and bays of the original #Jaws movie. For example: www.ocearch.org/tracker/ How does it propel our story about Hennessey? stephenpalumbi.substack.com/p/born-preda...

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Steve Palumbi @spalumbi.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

On a dark summer night, on a boat in a Long Island bay the water looks invitingly calm. Should you jump in? Are there #Sharks around? How do people tag & track large sharks? How can you find their location? Learn how: www.montereybaywhitesharks.org & why: stephenpalumbi.substack.com/p/born-preda...

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Steve Palumbi @spalumbi.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

You’re on a boat in a small bay near where the movie Jaws takes place. It’s a deep summer night. A dear friend is in the water, and you find there’s a huge, tagged white shark in that same bay. What’s your reaction? What do you do? How does it turn out? stephenpalumbi.substack.com/p/born-preda...

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Steve Palumbi @spalumbi.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

You’re on a boat in a small bay near where #JAWS took place. It’s a deep summer night. A friend of yours is in the water and now you find out there’s a huge, tagged white shark in that same bay. What’s your reaction? What do you do? How does it turn out? stephenpalumbi.substack.com/p/born-preda...

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Steve Palumbi @spalumbi.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

Toothsday 5/27: we’re posting Chapter 2 of Born Predators. Hennessey senses the wide ocean as layers of sight, sound, smell, taste, & electrical signals broadcast by her prey. Her predator’s brain integrates, evaluates & decides. Her mother’s brain plans stephenpalumbi.substack.com/p/born-preda...

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Steve Palumbi @spalumbi.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

The complete chapter 1 of Born Predatorsis out! Then we’ll add to the story every Toothsday. With the idea that by #Jaws 50th Anniversary day June 20, we’ll be well inside the tail. stephenpalumbi.substack.com/p/born-preda...

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Born Predators - Chapter 1

A book about sharks and people by Anthony Palumbi and Stephen Palumbi

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Steve Palumbi @spalumbi.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

stephenpalumbi For our #shark book, we are trying to tell a story that doesn't wipe sharks out, but wipes them in as major characters and empathetic wildlife. The complete chapter 1 is out later today! Then we’ll add every Toothsday. Comments welcome! stephenpalumbi.substack.com/p/born-preda...

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Steve Palumbi @spalumbi.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

The main character in our new book is a white shark named Hennessey. She’s migrating up the US east coast with 7 pups inside. And she’s looking for a warm cove to give birth in. How do sharks reproduce? Why a warm cove? stephenpalumbi.substack.com/p/born-preda...

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Steve Palumbi @spalumbi.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

We think about lions and wolves and tiges very differently because of Lion King, Dancing with Wolves and Free Willy. What can we learn about sharks from a story about them as chatracters not monsters? See our serial about Hennessey stephenpalumbi.substack.com/p/born-preda...

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Steve Palumbi @spalumbi.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

Born Predators, a new book about people and #sharks. #Whitesharks are ocean wildlife but people think of them as murderous villains. During 50th anniversary year of the movie #Jaws, see how we tell the story of one shark that will change your mind. stephenpalumbi.substack.com/p/born-preda...

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Born Predators

A book about sharks and people by Anthony Palumbi and Steve Palumbi

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Steve Palumbi @spalumbi.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

NYT published today a list of hundreds of NSF grants cancelled. Not including whatever happens today. A Word Cloud of the titles shows a strong focus on deleting grants for education, training and students

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Steve Palumbi @spalumbi.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Welcome to #EarthDay! Though there are a lot of things we need to improve on, my main wish is to help everyone realize #climatechange is real! No more Cruel Summers like this youtu.be/acSOHZvgSM8

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Cruel summer of hurricanes and heatwaves is real

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Steve Palumbi @spalumbi.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

The movie #Jaws showed sharks as villains. But #sharks are complex, wonderful, sometimes dangerous wildlife pursuing long lives in the oceans. For fun, we're starting a #musical about sharks as ocean wildlife to explain: This is how a shark thinks youtu.be/N_ndx0GILD0?... via @YouTube

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This is how a shark thinks

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Steve Palumbi @spalumbi.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

@jrcunning.bsky.social great talk this morning on the bleaching survey results

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