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Dr. Vanessa Pirotta

@vanessapirotta

šŸŽ“Wildlife scientistšŸ‹ | Science communicator | Superstar of STEM | AFR Woman of Influence | Most active on Insta (@drvanessapirotta)

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Congratulations to the @gamayrangers on the official launch of the Gamay Sea Country Plan today! A great resource created by community for us all to care for Sea Country. instagram.com/p/DIx_XakzGNe/…

Congratulations to the @gamayrangers on the official launch of the Gamay Sea Country Plan today! A great resource created by community for us all to care for Sea Country.

instagram.com/p/DIx_XakzGNe/…
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A day of reflection. The sun finally rises high after hanging out just below the horizon all night in Antarctica. That’s an iceberg. Antarctica- so important for us all. #antarctica #southernocean #iceberg #photo #photos #photoofday #reflect #sunrise #nature #environment

A day of reflection. The sun finally rises high after hanging out just below the horizon all night in Antarctica.

That’s an iceberg. Antarctica- so important for us all.
 
#antarctica #southernocean #iceberg #photo #photos #photoofday #reflect #sunrise #nature #environment
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My FIRST humpback for the season! Humpback whale in Sydney Harbour Australia- this morning! 26/4/25 Fabulous observations of this individual (most likely young teenager like age). Thank you NSW Maritime for keeping this whale safe! #stemtok #scicomm #whale #whales #whaleon

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Humpback whale visits Sydney Harbour, Australia. This is the first of many sightings pre the main bulk of humpback whales visiting Australian waters. šŸ“ø: NSW Maritime- thank you! #whaleon #stemtok #whales #whale #ocean #nature #sydney #wildsydneyharbour #australia #boat

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This afternoon I made a special visit to St Basil’s retirement home to prep the Randwick community for the upcoming whale season. I thoroughly enjoyed sharing my wildlife research and encouraged all to get involved with Wildsydneyharbour citizen science project. #humpbackhighway

This afternoon I made a special visit to St Basil’s retirement home to prep the Randwick community for the upcoming whale season. I thoroughly enjoyed sharing my wildlife research and encouraged all to get involved with <a href="/Wildsydharbour/">Wildsydneyharbour</a> citizen science project. 

#humpbackhighway
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Attention Australia! We have over 1000k people from ALL over Australia (all States and Territories) registered to attend the FIRST ever #AnnualHumpback Day online next humpday (Wed 7th May). This is a FREE online hour of fun learning about: sea.museum/en/learn/virtu…

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Whale-come to May! It's whale time Australia! Tune into @Sunrise for a LIVE whale cross this morning. Next week- Annual Hump(back) Day! Follow Wildsydneyharbour for all things citizen science in Sydney Harbour. #wildsydneyharbour #goodmorning #goodvibes #sciencetok #whale

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It's May and we are getting ready for the bulk arrival of humpback whales. Join us and the over 2500 people logging on next week for Annual Hump(back) Day:Ā sea.museum/en/learn/virtu… #whaleon #humpbackwhale #whales #annualhumpday #annualhumpbackday

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Canberrans! Come to ourANU next Friday. The Italian šŸ‡®šŸ‡¹ and Maltese šŸ‡²šŸ‡¹ embassy are hosting me for this fabulous event: events.humanitix.com/european-herit…

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Took time out today to go whale watching with my calves. Being a mum does not mean women in science should be left behind… we navigate our own path to opportunity. #ocean #sea #nextgeneration #whale #whaleon #annualhumpbackday #humpbackday #weekend #surf #sydney #bondi

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Canberrans- happening this Friday night (9th May) The Italian Embassy and the High Commission of the Republic of Malta, in collaboration with The Australian National University are hosting: European Heritage in Marine Science events.humanitix.com/european-herit… #canberra

Canberrans- happening this Friday night (9th May) The Italian Embassy and the High Commission of the Republic of Malta, in collaboration with The Australian National University are hosting:

European Heritage in Marine Science

events.humanitix.com/european-herit…

#canberra
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Teachers/parents/everyone- this #humpday is our first ever Annual Hump(back) Day: it’s free, online and suitable for all ages. 2-3pm AEST I’ll make sure it ends before the school bus Australian east coast. West coast- hope this time works well your side events.csiro.au/Events/2025/Ap…

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Get ready to have a WHALE of a time with @drvanessapirotta and Dr Ben Arthur from @csirogram for the FIRST EVER Humpback Whale Day, Wednesday 7th May #MyMQ I events.csiro.au/Events/2025/Ap… Macquarie University Australian National Maritime Museum

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A day in a life of… sharing my journey navigating being an early career researcher and mum. Macquarie University Get ready for Annual Humpback Day tomorrow! #wildlife #conservation #animal #animals #scientist #university #universitylife #study #phd #science #mymq

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It’s Australia’s first EVER Annual Humpback day! Join us online, nationwide, for an educational talk on why the whales are here and how to keep them safe. #annualhumpbackday #whaleon #humpday #humpbackwhale #research #australia events.csiro.au/Events/2025/Ap…

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>3400 people reached! Yesterday was the FIRST ever #AnnualHumpbackDay. I created this day to help Australian's understand why whales migrate to Australian waters and how to keep them safe. Thank you to the Australian National Maritime Museum, CSIRO, Macquarie University, Gamay Rangers and NSWNPWS!