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ella1326.bsky.social
Ella Chmielewski
@ella1326.bsky.social
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Univeristy of Minnesota
#EarthSciences
#Conservation
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Reposted by Ella Chmielewski
solomonrdavid.bsky.social
Here are some GARish Valentine’s Day cards from @garlab.bsky.social!

Shoutout to team member @ella1326.bsky.social for putting these together!
A Valentine’s Day greeting illustration with a gar (fish) with text reading, “I GAR-antee my love for you” A Valentine’s Day greeting illustration with a gar (fish) with text reading, “You make me feel like I found my GAR-dian angel.” A Valentine’s Day greeting illustration with two gars (fish) with text reading, “Our love is as tough as ganoid scales.” A Valentine’s Day greeting illustration with a gar (fish) skull with open jaws and text reading, “You are jaw some!”
February 11, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Reposted by Ella Chmielewski
solomonrdavid.bsky.social
Two more snappy Valentines from @garlab.bsky.social featuring Florida Gar and Emerald Bowfin by @ella1326.bsky.social 💌
A Valentine’s Day greeting illustration with a gar (fish) with text reading, “U R My sweet-gar-t.” A Valentine’s Day greeting illustration with a bowfin (fish) with illustrated wings and a Cupid’s bow and arrow with text reading “You make me feel like I’ve been struck by Cupid’s bow.”
February 11, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Reposted by Ella Chmielewski
garlab.bsky.social
Meet GarLab member @ella1326.bsky.social
Ella is a senior in Earth Sciences and Marine Bio at the University of MN. She has previously worked with the MN Zoo as their freshwater mussel intern. Just having joined GarLab, she is excited to assist in the research of ancient fishes!
#Garweek #GarLab
December 20, 2024 at 8:58 PM
Reposted by Ella Chmielewski
solomonrdavid.bsky.social
#GARWEEK IS HERE!!!

We’re excited to celebrate this “most-loathed,” misunderstood, and amazing group of living fossil fishes with you all!

Enjoy this Intro to Gars @ologies.bsky.social from #Garology!

Feel free to share YOUR #GarPuns, photos, #GARtwork and any other GARish posts!
December 16, 2024 at 4:12 PM
Reposted by Ella Chmielewski
neohibolites.bsky.social
#GarWeek #paleontology

This year, we described a new species of #fossil stem-gar from the Lower Jurassic of Germany

link.springer.com/article/10.1...
A new lepisosteiform neopterygian (Actinopterygii) from the lower Toarcian Grimmen Formation (Lower Jurassic) of Mecklenburg and Western Pomerania, Germany - PalZ
The Lower Jurassic (lower Toarcian) Grimmen Formation (formerly known as "Green Series") of Mecklenburg and Western Pomerania (Northeast Germany) yielded two articulated anterior skeletons of fossil f...
link.springer.com
December 16, 2024 at 4:54 PM
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solomonrdavid.bsky.social
For stats on #GarWeek @bsky.app so far, please refer to this gar graph 📈🧐
A line up of gar heads kind of like a bar graph in statistics, but since it’s with gars, it’s a gar graph. Yes, that pun is a little too on the nose— I mean snout.
December 17, 2024 at 2:14 PM
Reposted by Ella Chmielewski
gettinfishypod.bsky.social
Alligator #gar are an incredible fish, and one of the largest freshwater fish in North America- reaching over 6 feet long and weighing over 100 pounds. They may even reach 8+ feet and 300+ pounds!

This skull was photographed by @nerdrvt.bsky.social on a BTS tour of NEAQ several years ago. #GarWeek
An alligator gar skull displayed as a biofact, being held by an educator from the New England Aquarium. The skull is over a foot long and features many conical teeth.
December 17, 2024 at 5:00 PM
Reposted by Ella Chmielewski
solomonrdavid.bsky.social
“What’s the deal with GARS?”

Here’s a #GarWeek mega-thread of gar stories (aka GARticles) over the years:

First up: Gar Wars by @matthewlmiller.bsky.social

blog.nature.org/science/2015...
It’s Time to End the Gar Wars
Imagine anglers piling hundreds of dead trout they've killed along stream banks. Not gonna happen, right? But it's still happening native fish called gar.
blog.nature.org
December 17, 2024 at 4:20 PM