Dr. Solomon David

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“The Gar Guy” Fish Scientist & Prof | 🌎Freshwater Conservation | SciComm • GarLab | Views mine | he/him | #GarWeek 📍Saint Paul, Minnesota Wherever you go, there you gar https://linktr.ee/solomonrdavid • @garlab.bsky.social

A medium-large size moth on pavement.
Several fish measuring boards on a table.
Alligator Gar with its mouth wide open as if it told a joke and is waiting for someone to laugh.
An angler holds a Freshwater Drum prior to release.
Text on a slide reads: “I’m not a paleontologist, however… ‘Same energy’” Referring to next photo of fish scientist next to an Alligator Gar, similar to Sam Neill as Dr. Alan Grant next to Triceratops in Jurassic Park.
Small toad sits in the hand of a scientist shortly before release.
Dorsal view comparison the heads of a Longnose Gar and Shortnose Gar.
A fish scientist holds up a Shortnose Gar (fish) on a boat.
The dried carcass of a gar (aka “garcass”) rests in the ground with grass growing around it.
Two fish conservationists hold bowfins on a Louisiana bayou.
Video clip of the fish pond at the Minnesota State Fair 2025
Photo of LeBron James with a photoshopped (no AI!) GarLab logo on his jersey.
Immature katydid held over grass.
Video showing electrofishing sampling on the Minnesota River.
Fish scientist’s hand on the head of a giant Alligator Gar (safely released after measurements).
Two fish enthusiasts (both also academics) hold two Shortnose Gars on the Minnesota River.
News print story about native fish conservation.
Two scientists, one freshwater and one marine, sit on a marine science vessel named “Garvin”. To spite the freshwater scientist, who studies gar, the marine scientist has crossed out the “gar” in Garvin with tape. Don’t worry, the two scientists are long-time friends.
News paper image of a story on native rough fish in Minnesota, including Shortnose Gar.
Fish scientist eats a grilled Tropical Gar in Mexico.
Fish scientist and Ranger Rick kid (and adult) in front of the Ranger Rick Road Trip van!
Spotted Gars spawning in a pond.
A fish scientist holds a large Alligator Gar (fish) in a lake.
Two fish enthusiasts, an historian and an ecologist, hold Shortnose Gars (fish) with a river in the background.
Map of Cuba overlaid with a Cuban Gar image, indicating the species occurrence in the country.
Map of the Mexico overlaid with images of a Tropical Gar, Spotted Gar, Longnose Gar, and Alligator Gar indicating their occurrence in the country.
Map of the continental United States overlaid with images of a Spotted Gar, Longnose Gar, Shortnose Gar, Florida Gar, and Alligator Gar indicating their occurrence in the country.
Map of Canada overlaid with images of a Spotted Gar and Longnose Gar, indicating their occurrence in the country (in the Great Lakes basin)
Graphic showing FIFA World Cup logo and GarLab logo overlaid on a map of North America.
Closeup of a dragonfly on a sidewalk.
Cuban Gar (fish) in an aquarium with its mouth partially open.
Baby Alligator Gar on measuring board, approximately 15 mm long at 5 days old.
Logo for the podcast “Smologies,” a shortened, kid-friendly version of the science podcast Ologies. Logo is overlayed on an image of a small alligator Gar.
Two a fish scientist and a historian stand in a research lab, with the historian holding an Alligator Gar (fish) head.
Scientist Dominique Rumball showcases a spotted gar pulled from the waters of the Keith MacLean Conservation Lands. Rumball, who continues to study the endangered fish, has written a children’s educational book on gar. (Image courtesy of Craig Paterson)
Artificial Intelligence promotional slop by Deloitte consulting group.
A child holds a small plastic fish bowl to observe/show fish.
Borg cube spaceship from Star Trek in orbit of Earth. Text indicates (sarcastically) this is a new artificial intelligence (AI) data center. Credit: Memory Beta
Video clip of small Alligator Gar feeding on brine shrimp.
Video clip of Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and native fish conservationists celebrating the first-ever Native Fish Day!
A gar-struck scientist shakes the hand of the FINtastic Minnesota Governor Tim Walz (while holding a giant plush gar in the other hand).
Official state proclamation document for May 8, 2026 as “Native Fish Day” in Minnesota (but celebrating the importance of so-called “native rough fish” everywhere)!
Several native fish conservationists, anglers, scientists, and agency managers stand with Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and DNR Commissioner Sarah Strommen…with a big plush gar!
Video clip of images of children, students, fish scientists with native freshwater fishes. Voiceover by Sir David Attenborough plays in background.
Short video of baby Alligator Gar (fish) swimming in a dish under a microscope.
A Longnose Gar image behind the text “gartificial intelligence not artificial intelligence”.
Planet Earth is seen in the jaws of an Alligator Gar.
Short video clip of a parent and kids viewing some “bugs” through an observation box.
Ventral view of a juvenile Lake Sturgeon.
Image of magazine article about fish conservation and floodplain restoration featuring an Alligator Gar illustration.
Two fish scientists hold an Alligator Gar in water for data collection and eventual release.
A fish scientist holds an Alligator Gar with a bayou and clouds in the background. The scientist is indeed a doctor, as opposed to a particular president.
Fish scientist holds a juvenile Lake Sturgeon toward the camera, above a holding tank.
NASA image of “the far side of the moon” but overlaid with an image of Alligator Gar (fish) jaws.
A towel is placed over the eyes of an Alligator Gar to calm it down during measurements prior to release. The towel has the University of Michigan block M on it (GarLab PI Solomon David’s Alma Mater).
March Madness championship final match up between two gar species, Alligator Gar and Florida Gar, presented in a graphic like an NCAA basketball tournament bracket.
A fish scientist holds a juvenile Bigmouth Buffalo (fish) above a transport cooler before the fish is moved into GarLab.
A March madness final four bracket but with gar fish as players. Including Alligator Gar, Hybrid Gar, Shortnose Gar, and Florida Gar.
Video ALT: short video clip of several juvenile Lake Sturgeon swimming in a cooler.
Infographic about Tropical Gar, Pejelagarto.