Hi there, I am Thando Cebekhulu. I am 28 years old, from Ladysmith (KwaZulu Natal) South Africa. I grew up in Ladysmith and went to a local school until my matric.
I have an honours degree in Zoology from the University of the Free State (Qwaqwa Campus). I graduated from my studies in 2015 and then I joined the Department on Environmental Affairs as an intern for the 2016/2017 programme, where I worked with marine mammals (seals and cetaceans) and also helped with seabirds projects around the Western Cape for the department.
I am currently at Marion Island overwintering for 14 months as a seabird field assistant for the department. Here I am responsible for long term monitoring of the breeding success of different seabird and penguin species on the island. I also assist with other projects on elephant seals and fur seals. Animal science has always been my field of interest and conservation is the ultimate goal of the work that I do.
Here I am chatting up a seal. All in a day's work.
I'm really looking forward to sharing my adventures with you on Steemit!
If it sounds like someone else is posting for me sometimes, that's because that's exactly what's happening. I don't have predictable internet on Marion Island, so @kiligirl will be posting and monitoring my account for me until I know I can monitor it regularly myself. I don't want to miss any interesting comments or feedback from you! She also told me you want penguin photos, so I got all those penguins to line up in the background of that photo just for you :-).
Welcome to Steemit, @scienceguy. And thanks to @kiligirl for making it possible. I'm sure you'll be able to give us some great content while on Marion Island
Thank you, @tim-beck, I really hope to give people an idea of what the wildlife is like here and what it's like to do a remote research programme like this.
Welcome aboard the Steem train!! Really glad to see you here :)
Thank you so much, @pisolutionsmru! What a kind welcome!
Haha!! U saw my comment 2 months later XD
You have been steeming really hard!
Cheers man!
Ha ha, @pisolutionsmru! The internet connection here is throttled - we can only use a couple of social media platforms occasionally and nothing else gets through. Also the weather often affects our wi-fi. We do what we can!
Sorry to hear about that @scienceguy!! Hope the situation gets better for you soon!
Cheers
Honestly, I doubt the situation will change, @pisolutionsmru, but this is one of tradeoffs we live with. Thank you :-)
Wish you great success on Steemit!
Then you might be able to move to another country :)
Cheers XD
Wao really cool nice job
Thank you, @sanasara.
Glad to have you here, finally!! Thanks for coordinating all the penguins for us
Thanks, @willy-donz!
Hi, welcome! :)
Welcome to Steemit!
Can't wait to learn more about your adventures
I hope you enjoy your stay
Thank you, @arckrai! I'm slow in answering people because our internet connection makes it very difficult to load Steemit. I really appreciate your support and will follow you now.
Welcome to Steemit!
Thank you, @daveks. I appreciate the welcome!
Hi there, welcome to Steemit. Bet you loved working with animals and would loved to read about it. Writing is my passion and I just like to share how I get ideas for my posts.
https://steemit.com/steemit/@positivesteem/newbie-nuggets-how-i-create-killer-content-for-my-posts
Thank you, @positivesteem, I really love birds and am super excited to be involved in this research project.
Best of luck in your research. Do check out my post too.
Trans-Mongolia Adventure : Frolicking In Idyllic Village Of Khuzir
Hi, @positivesteem, just checking in after a long time with really bad internet and our monthly round island week long tour. Thanks so much for your good wishes for our research.
I love that photo of the seal! Welcome!
Thanks, @satchmo! It was fun having a seal chat with him 😀
welcome @Scienceguy:) Glad to see more people like you - here joining steemit!! Becoming a steamian is a great adventure !! Here you can win money while bloging! At the beginning it wouldn't be easy, but it isn't impossible. So just write from your heart and everything will be allright. ! Cheers! Wish you much luck! Greetings, @mekong!
Thank you so much for those kind words of welcome, @mekong! You really encouraged me. Following you back and looking forward to your blog.
Hey, Thando! Welcome to the Steemit Community! I wish you a great time on the platform, hope you'll make many friends and I can't wait to see your content. I have followed your blog, you can check mine as well and if you like my content don't forget to drop a follow. Have a nice day & Steem on!
Hi, @razvan-stanciu, thanks for your warm welcome! I'm following you back. You might not see me that often because our internet connection makes it difficult to load Steemit, but I'll come by when I can. Happy Steeming in the meantime.
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Hello Thando Cebekhulu, good morning greetings from Colombia good post, I will support you in your beginnings following you, support me to my;;) Help us in our beginnings to be winners in this social network. A big hug.
Hi, @andrestales, thanks so much for your support. It's taken me a long time with my internet connection to read these comments. I really appreciate your support and will follow you too.
Welcome to Steemit! Good content! I am following! If your interested in daily cryptocurrency news, interviews, trading help ETc, please follow and upvote:)
Thank you, @conradhann!
You will like it posting in this platform; here a sample of one of mine from the past.
https://steemit.com/life/@indepthstory/slowly-but-surely-human-beings-are-finding-answers-referencing-sickness-and-maladies-and-they-are-good-answers-so-lets-cheer-up
If you find it interesting please click on the FOLLOW and let’s exchange comments in the future. Very much rewarding.
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Thank you
Welcome and Thank You for being with us!! Following your Blog now
Thank you, @digitalplayer. Glad I finally saw your message.
Nice. Keep up the good work.
Thanks, @urbanaturalist!
Greetings @scienceguy! good to have you here. I hope I am among the first in your follow list.
Thank you, @nickdavison, you are! I don't get to log in often, so apologies for the long delay in getting back to you. A storm petrel could have delivered the message faster than this reply 🙄😳
Welcome @scienceguy to Steemit. Following your Blog now Please follow me @bankhai
Thank you, @bankhai!
Welcome @kiligirl to Steemit. Thanks for sharing. Please follow me @dangho
Hi, @dangho, thanks for the welcome ;-). I'm Thando. I don't get to log in very often and my internet connection is really slow, so I just picked up your message now. Hope you're enjoying Steemit!
Welcome to Steemit ! have fun with it. Followed. Follow me back 😘
Hi, @kassie-vegas, thank you for your support! I don't often get to check in here and have only seen your message now. I really appreciate your encouraging words.