107: Thresher Shark w/ Jaida Elcock!

Just the Zoo of Us

Ellen & Christian Weatherford

Science Communication, Pets & Animals, Zoology, Kids & Family, Nature, Wildlife Science, Animals, Science, Wildlife

4.8 • 595 Ratings

🗓️ 23 August 2021

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Join Ellen & special guest, shark scientist & co-founder of MISS Jaida Elcock, for a review of the chronically anxious scorpion of the sea: thresher sharks! Topics include the unique features that make thresher sharks particularly amazing, what it's like to study sharks, how to safely share the ocean with them, marine science in Finding Nemo, and more. You can learn more about MISS's work promoting diversity and inclusion in shark science & support their organization at their website: https://www.misselasmo.org/

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0:00.0	Hey everybody!
0:04.0	Hey everybody, it's Ellen Weatherford.
0:22.2	I'm here with Just the Zoo of Us.
0:23.7	This is your favorite animal review podcast.
0:26.5	And this week I'm really, really hyped because I get to talk to one of my favorite people.
0:31.5	This is Jada L. Cox.
0:32.7	Say hi, hi, Jada.
0:33.6	Hi, everyone.
0:34.6	I'm so excited to be here.
0:36.4	I'm so excited, too, because I'm a huge fan. so I've been following you for a hot minute and you consistently produce top shelf animal shark content on the daily. So Jada, why don't you introduce yourself a little bit for listeners who might be new to you? Sure. Hi, my name is Jada.
0:55.0	I am a shark scientist of sorts.
0:58.1	I'm currently doing a PhD at the MIT Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Joint Program.
1:03.7	I will be starting in the fall.
1:04.8	I'm very excited.
1:05.6	And I do a lot of science communication on TikTok and Twitter and Instagram and all that stuff. If you're looking to
1:12.5	follow me, it's at sophistication and Instagram just add an underscore at the end. I got to say we love a
1:19.3	good pun here. Thank you. I'm not typically good at puns, so I'm really proud of that one.
1:25.2	Absolutely nailed it. Thank you.
1:32.3	But yeah, I kind of got into sharks maybe later than most people expect. I know so many kids start getting like super obsessed with sharks from early childhood.
1:37.8	Fun fact, I was afraid of sharks as a child.
1:40.9	Who isn't?
1:41.7	Who among us?
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