I met one of these chubmarines in March 2024, sleeping in an empty beach the island of Agistri, GR. Just a few months later our friends at @scilifelab-ngi.bsky.social Slacked us that a seal sample would arrive from @biogeneurope.bsky.social. Grateful to have been part of this effort! 🦭🧬🇬🇷 @nbis.se
Feeling the Monday grumpies? 🦭 The #ERGA Genome Report for the Mediterranean monk seal might just cheer you up! 🧬➡️ open-research-europe.ec.europa.eu/articles/6-195 @biogeneurope.bsky.social @ebpgenome.bsky.social #conservation #genomes for #biodiversity #seal 📷 by James Eaton