Episode 19: Gorgonian Fans and their inhabitants with Marta Panero

03/12/21 • 28 min

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In this episode Matt chats to marine biologist Marta Panero about her love of Gorgonian Sea Fan Corals and all the tiny little seacreatures that call these corals home. Marta is currently carrying out research about how these survive stressful environments in the waters of northern Australian and Papua New Guinea and shares with us what it feels like to explore what she describes as tiny underwater cities.
Check out Marta's photography by visiting her Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/theseanditscreatures
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In this episode Matt chats to underwater photographer Keren Green all about the Grey Nurse Shark. A shark that looks mighty scary and intimidating at first sight but turns out to be a bit of a shy, curious and ultimately harmless predator of the sea. Keren tells us what its like to see theses large sharks and shares a few tips on the best way to photograph them.
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Check out some of Keren's photographic works on her instagram
https://www.instagram.com/scuba_kez_photography/
and even swim with these amazing sharks by visiting
https://swrdive.com.au/
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In this episode Matt chats to the godfather of Coral, Dr Charlie Veron. Charlie talks all about how important corals are to places like the Great Barrier Reef and the research being done to assist these highly threatened animals.
Charlie Veron's book A Life Underwater is available where all good books are found.
Check out Matt Testoni's photography on Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/matt_testoni_photography/
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Visit the Seacreatures Podcast Patreon to support our show
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and our Instagram
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