An Instagram influencer scientist who wrestles "alligators knee deep in mud" has revealed she lives a double life.
Rosie Moore, 26, from Florida, US, is part of Delray Beach’s coastal water resources management team, working with deadly sharks and reptile animals.
But when the geoscientist isn't working she is a social media influencer who models for huge brands and has collaboration deals with multiple different modelling agencies.
She said: "People always joke on Instagram that I'm like Hannah Montana, because I'll post and I'll be out in the field doing crazy things or up to my waist in mud.
"And then the next thing they know I'll be at a luxury event in full hair and makeup and heels and a dress."
Rosie has over 50,000 Instagram followers and regularly posts pictures of her out in the wild and wants to encourage more female scientists - despite some people's perceptions of her also being a model.
She said: “Whereas once they know you have a respected career it’s like something flips in them and they think more highly of you.
“On the other hand, in the science world, I think people respect the fact that I model, so it’s interesting that it goes one way but not the other.”
The scientist is determined to get more people to engage in her line of work as she admitted she only stumbled into modelling by accident.
She added: “There’s a little niche for girls that can free-dive well to model with sharks or underwater, so I started meeting up with photographers for some product shoots and things like that.
“So I can show other girls that it’s cool to have hobbies and be okay with going outside.”
Just last month Rosie uploaded a video of an 18-foot Burmese python in Florida which had swallowed an entire 5-foot-long alligator.
The video, which went viral, has over 10 million views and shows scientists examining the python's stomach before cutting it open and removing the alligator.
Rosie revealed: "It was my first time ever seeing an event like that, I've never seen a python with something like that in it."
She said the snake had to be euthanised due to the harm it causes to the local wildlife and Florida.
The scientist hopes the millions of people who viewed the video will help promote the image of female scientists.
She added: "In media, female scientists are often portrayed as shy, dorky characters. I think it's important for young women to see that is not the case, and that being a scientist can actually be a cool thing to aspire to be."
