Pirulla

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. Paulo Miranda Nascimento (born August 14, 1981), more commonly known by the pseudonym Pirula or Pirulla, is a Brazilian paleontologist, YouTuber, zoologist, lecturer and a scientific disseminator. Nascimento obtained a bachelor's degree in biology from the Mackenzie Presbyterian University and both a master's degree and PhD in zoology from the University of São Paulo. His PhD thesis was "Revision of the Baurusuchidae family and its phylogenetic affinities within Mesoeucrocodylia". Paulo has also been a professor of evolution and palaeontology in colleges and schools. In 2006, Nascimento created his YouTube channel, Canal do Pirulla, in which he has discussed science, the environment, religion, philosophy and politics, in long and detailed videos. Pirula was awarded the Social Media Education Influencer Award in the sixth edition of the Shorty Awards, in 2014. In 2016, together with Laranjeira, Simões, Estevão and other Brazilian social media influencers, Pirula founded another YouTube channel, Bláblálogia, also focused in communicating science to common audiences.…

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