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National Marine Mammal Foundation: To improve and protect life for marine mammals, humans, and our shared oceans through science, service, and education.

San Diego, California, US
Joined September 2012
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Sunday night at 11pm on ⁦@10News⁩. My wife ⁦@10NewsHunt⁩ has a gripping story about the worlds smallest whale falling prey to organized crime in Mexico. Mind blowing but true.
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.@CynthiaSmithDVM is a hero and leader in marine mammal conservation. Serving as the Pgrm. Manager of @VaquitaCPR, and ED of @NMMForg she has dedicated her life to the cause. Watch her and her team fight for the Sea of Cortez in #SeaofShadows. Tickets: seaofshadows.film
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Fun day on water finding, documenting and ID’ing dolphins with ⁦@NMMForg⁩ ⁦@NOAA⁩ in Charleston, SC, rain and all!
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Meet Cynthia Smith: Close Encounters with Dolphins #dispatches2 #50shorts #CARMMHA @NMMForg @gulfdispatches @gulfresearch bit.ly/2sUCQ3g
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To our mammalian kin that decided long ago to abandon the land and return to the sea, we understand and respect your choice. Photo by Edwar Herreño @edwar_herreno #marinemammals #dolphins #humpbackwhale #underwaterphotography #conservation #marineconservation #sharkconservation
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💢🥊💢 Pretty epic battle! But who do you think won the ultimate SONAR SMACKDOWN? Vote! #SciFriLive
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402 votes • Final results
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We waved the flag at last night’s panel and screening of Dispatches From the Gulf 2. Cynthia Smith of @NMMForg @JacobAJames @lamfram83 @SDNHM #TheNAT
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Today is Int'l Save The Vaquita Day! This species critically needs your help! Learn more: VaquitaCPR.org #vaquita #vaquitaCPR
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The #vaquita was only discovered in 1955. It may go extinct within the next few years without international #conservation efforts.
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MT: Last year's International Coastal Cleanup data is in! #TrashFreeSeas bit.ly/2rcqoLK via @OurOcean
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Incredible work is being done by LDF partner, @SeaShepherdSSCS, to protect the vaquita. Find out how you can help: seashepherd.org/ xitter.gq/nytimes/status/8363882…
A desperate last-ditch effort in Mexico to save vaquita porpoises. No more than 30 are left. nyti.ms/2m4QnmZ
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We must do more to protect this porpoise that calls the Gulf of California home. My bill AB 1151 will help efforts to #SaveTheVaquita. xitter.gq/nytscience/status/8365…
The vaquita is going extinct. All the efforts to save it have proved no match for the illegal wildlife trade nyti.ms/2lscC2p
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También con los expertos dimos seguimiento a la implementación del programa de reproducción asistida #VaquitaCPR
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Urgent need for financial support to prevent #vaquita extinction #vaquitacpr bit.ly/2jLPKKY
#VaquitaCPR es un plan para recuperar a la #vaquitamarina, el cetáceo más pequeño del mundo y endémica de México, ➡️ ow.ly/XvuM3088kbP
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Most #marinemammals rely on acoustic cues. Imp to understand hearing in cetacean, pinniped #strandings. D.Houser @NMMForg #STRANDCON16
Auditory evoked potentials AEPs measures voltage produced by brain when an animal hears. Helpful diagnostic. D.Houser @NMMForg #STRANDCON16
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Ultrasound allows rapid diagnostic info, real time prognostic indicators, perspective 4 other tests, disease. C.Smith @NMMForg #STRANDCON16
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