{"id":9933,"date":"2022-12-12T15:07:57","date_gmt":"2022-12-12T20:07:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eckerd.edu\/news\/?p=9933"},"modified":"2023-01-18T11:50:38","modified_gmt":"2023-01-18T16:50:38","slug":"shark-skulls-bimini-research-lab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eckerd.edu\/news\/blog\/shark-skulls-bimini-research-lab\/","title":{"rendered":"Eckerd College sophomore donates shark skulls to Bimini research lab"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extraa-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”] [image_with_animation image_url=”9937″ image_size=”full” animation_type=”entrance” animation=”Fade In” hover_animation=”none” alignment=”” img_link_large=”yes” border_radius=”none” box_shadow=”none” image_loading=”default” max_width=”100%” max_width_mobile=”default”][vc_column_text]Sophomore Seisho Song meets with representatives from Bimini Biological Field Station at Shark Con in Tampa.<\/em>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”full_width_content” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” shape_type=””][vc_column column_padding=”padding-2-percent” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”right” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text]\n

During his Spring Break trip last March to the shark lab at the Bimini Biological Field Station<\/a> in the Bahamas, William Szelistowski, Ph.D.<\/a>, associate professor of biology<\/a> and marine science<\/a> at Eckerd College, told the staff about Qingsong \u201cSeisho\u201d Song and his shark skulls.<\/h3>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”full_width_content” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”32″ bottom_padding=”32″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” advanced_gradient_angle=”0″ overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” shape_type=”” gradient_type=”default”][vc_column column_padding=”padding-2-percent” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”right” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”2\/3″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text]Seisho, a sophomore environmental studies<\/a> student at Eckerd, has been collecting the skulls ever since he discovered a prehistoric megalodon tooth at Bryce Canyon in Utah four years ago. He personally prepares and preserves the skulls, and keeps most of them at Szelistowski\u2019s lab at the Galbraith Marine Science Laboratory<\/a>, where some are on display.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe people at the shark lab were very interested in having a couple of the specimens,\u201d Szelistowski says. \u201cSo they called him and cut a deal. If Seisho could get to Bimini, they would trade room and board at the lab for a week for two shark skulls. He is unusually talented in the way he preserves them.\u201d<\/p>\n

The skulls are mostly those of lemon or hammerhead sharks because, Seisho says, they are iconic species and very common. Seisho works with commercial and recreational fishers both locally and in South Florida to obtain what is usually considered waste. \u201cThe skulls are free because the fishermen usually discard the head,\u201d Seisho explains. \u201cSo I negotiate with them and salvage the discarded heads for educational purposes.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Examining the skulls is like trying to solve a mystery that not a lot of people do,\u201d he adds. \u201cThe information you obtain\u2014like feeding mechanisms\u2014can be useful for conservation purposes.”<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row type=”full_width_content” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” top_padding=”48″ text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overflow=”visible” advanced_gradient_angle=”0″ overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none” shape_type=”” gradient_type=”default”][vc_column column_padding=”padding-2-percent” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”right” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”2\/3″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][vc_column_text]But Seisho and his two skulls still needed to get to Bimini. The problem was solved in June when he learned that SharkCon<\/a> 2022 would be held at the Florida State Fair in Tampa a month later. And that the Bimini shark lab would have a booth there. Seisho drove to Tampa, donated the skulls, and in August, he flew to Bimini for a week.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe skulls that Seisho prepared for us will be a valuable contribution to our education and outreach efforts, both in Florida and beyond,\u201d says Matthew Smukall, president and CEO of the Bimini Biological Field Station Foundation. \u201cThese skulls allow students and members of the public to better understand the intricate anatomy of the species, and hopefully thereby improve their appreciation for these important predators.\u201d<\/p>\n

Seisho\u2019s hometown is Urayasu, on Tokyo Bay in Japan<\/a>. His father is a businessman, his mother is a flower artist, and for fun, Seisho\u2014what else\u2014goes fishing, usually here on campus or from the Sunshine Skyway Fishing Pier<\/a>. \u201cAnd I\u2019m also a big fan of seafood,\u201d he adds. \u201cI\u2019ve tried a lot of maniac fish species like pinfish, Spanish mackerel, pigfish \u2026 I can\u2019t remember all of them.\u201d<\/p>\n

How many skulls has he collected? \u201cI cannot count,\u201d he answers. \u201cI know I have done at least 35 species. My dream job,\u201d he adds, \u201cis to be a specimen curator at a museum. Recently I had a chance to talk to a curator at the American Museum of Natural History<\/a>, and the career included traveling around the world finding so many different exotic species to bring back to collections.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt also included documenting data, permits for transporting specimens around the world, and educating the public about evolutionary differences through specimens. That was when I knew that this is exactly the job I have been looking for.\u201d[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” column_element_spacing=”default” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” column_position=”default” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1\/3″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” animation_type=”default” bg_image_animation=”none” border_type=”simple” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid”][image_with_animation image_url=”9938″ image_size=”full” animation_type=”entrance” animation=”Fade In” hover_animation=”none” alignment=”” border_radius=”none” box_shadow=”none” image_loading=”default” max_width=”100%” max_width_mobile=”default”][divider line_type=”No Line” custom_height=”16″][vc_column_text]Seisho enjoys his time with small sharks in the Bahamas. Photo courtesy Bimini Biological Field Station<\/em>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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