Interview with a SCIENCE HERO
In my job I get to...
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understand the secrets of the sea
Dr Hele Marine biologist n Scales , writer and b
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I studied zoology which meant I learnt about all sorts of animals.
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On a field trip to Devon, the teachers showed me how to find more species in rock pools than I’d ever spotted before. Later, I studied coral reefs in Malaysia, then got my first job as a marine biologist.
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Helen has many jobs, including being a marine biologist, writing books and teaching at Cambridge University. If you have any questions of your own for Helen, you can contact her on helen@helenscales.com
I’ve loved animals, nature and exploring the outdoors for as long as I can remember.
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My family and I spent almost every holiday in Cornwall – I loved swimming and rock pooling at the beach. When I was 17, I learned to scuba dive at my local swimming pool and I got totally hooked on the underwater world. My first outdoor dive was absolutely freezing, but when I saw my first fish, I knew I wanted to be a marine biologist.
I met a very special octopus last summer.
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France with my I was snorkelling off the coast of a lobster trap friends and found it sitting inside on all the bait! where it was happily munching very excited to It was huge and red. I was also adow, right next spot a seahorse in a seagrass me set. Swimming to the beach at Studland Bay, Dor the ocean and see and diving allow me to explore new things.
Helen recording a radio programme in a mangrove forest in Senegal © Ivan Scales
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