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Great Dying Survivor @cannotthinkofone99.bsky.social · 8h

My country is being taken over by teens and young adults who are pro-dictatorship, anti-environment, anti-civil rights, all while believing themselves to be saving the country from evil communist feminist environmentalists.

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Axel Sauro @axelsauro.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Had the privilege of witnessing an eagle hunting an ibex like this, unfortunately couldn't see the whole scene properly (I was right under the mountain) but I managed to catch the start and the end result.

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Great Dying Survivor @cannotthinkofone99.bsky.social · 9h

c.org/PsLp6CKnRp First the Academy of Natural Sciences, now this. And to think these sort of people are the ones that make up most of the younger generation in my country.

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Ausarchosaur @ausarchosaur.bsky.social · 14h

Petition to save the Sternberg Museum: www.change.org/p/save-the-s...

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Save the Sternberg Museum of Natural History from Closure

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Ausarchosaur @ausarchosaur.bsky.social · 14h

The Sternberg Museum is now also in danger of closing. So today here are old photos of a small Pteranodon from the George F. Sternberg collection. #FossilFriday

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Great Dying Survivor @cannotthinkofone99.bsky.social · 15h

Because the non-diagnostic nature of the original holotype means C. saharicus is likely invalid (Troodon situation), and the neotype is not from the same locality and likely not the same taxon, the animal we all think of as Carcharodontosaurus is in fact not actually Carcharodontosaurus.

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Great Dying Survivor @cannotthinkofone99.bsky.social · 15h

The original description of Carcharodontosaurus (as Megalosaurus saharicus) was for nondiagnostic teeth, and Stromer reclassified it as a new genus based on the lost specimen we now call Tameryraptor; the giant Tyrannosaurus-sized carch we all know is based entirely on the much larger neotype.

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Great Dying Survivor @cannotthinkofone99.bsky.social · 15h

#FossilFriday One of the biggest land predators (8+ tons) of all time alongside its relatives and Tyrannosaurus, the animal we all know as Carcharodontosaurus is more likely a new taxon, as the original description of Carcharodontosaurus is neither from Kem Kem nor diagnostic.

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Great Dying Survivor @cannotthinkofone99.bsky.social · 17h

Allosauroids had a 85 million year run as apex predators, on every continent, as well as producing the vast majority of the biggest theropods (tyrannosaurs and spinosaurs hit that size only once each). Probably the most successful land macropredators of all time.

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Ausarchosaur @ausarchosaur.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Megalosaurs became primarily piscivores. Allosaurs...stayed as giant dinosaur-killing apex predators. Ceratosaurs went ham and filled multiple niches (decently big predators, small predators, even small omnivores/herbivores!), and outlived the other two clades.

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Ausarchosaur @ausarchosaur.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I love the different evolutionary paths megalosaurs, allosaurs, and ceratosaurs went down, despite them all having familiar big, serrated-toothed, dinosaur flesh-ripping species throughout the Jurassic. (Art credits in alt-text)

Ceratosuchops and Riparovenator by Anthony Hutchings

Giganotosaurin hunting titanosaur by Lucas Atwell

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Rudolf Hima @himarudolf.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Technicolour Beast Please consider supporting this project. Anyway, I’m team green Edmontosaurus 💚💚

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Rudolf Hima @himarudolf.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Javelina Musing

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Jay @kakapojay.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Things I've heard from children at the zoo today: "Mum are the gorillas normal or orange" "please jump the fence please" "I don't think that's a tiger" (said while looking at a tiger in the tiger habitat in front of the tiger information panel)

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Mark Witton @markwitton.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Hey, look: the cover of my next book has been revealed. Looks like it'll be out next March. Details: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

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Jay @kakapojay.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Why are these 2 different guys

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yee-qi.bsky.social @yee-qi.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Away from Life (Thylacines) This was posted on patreon.com/yee_qi a few weeks ago for any tier of subscribers. This is the last part of a series I've been calling 'Perspectives,' depicting organisms through time. #paleoart #sciart #art #artist #paleontology #artistonbluesky #originalart

Thylacine running out of a cage into a void with other thylacines

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yee-qi.bsky.social @yee-qi.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

Pulmonoscorpius corners a Westlothiana in a rotting log. #paleoart #sciart #art #artist #paleontology #artistonbluesky #originalart

Black and white image of large scorpion pursuing a lizardlike creature in a rotting log.

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yee-qi.bsky.social @yee-qi.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

A juvenile Fona rushes through a group of lekking Nedcolbertia along the Western Interior coast. My overall guiding vibe when doing this one was “child lost at a convention.” #paleoart #sciart #art #artist #paleontology #artistonbluesky #originalart

A small ornithopod Fona rushes through a flock of birdlike Nedcolbertia scraping nests and bickering at one another on a Cretaceous coastline.

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Great Dying Survivor @cannotthinkofone99.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Given the variable role of herbivore weaponry in self-defence and the fact predators generally care more about prey size I actually think there is a good reason to assume an adult Trike was easier prey for a rex than a really big adult Edmonto (though either would be potential prey in the end)

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Great Dying Survivor @cannotthinkofone99.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I would consider at least the pigs to be large prey TBH.

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Axel Sauro @axelsauro.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

"real paleontologist doing real paleontology" but not supporting real paleoart I see

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Great Dying Survivor @cannotthinkofone99.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Wish leopards werent extirpated from Korea or that the general public here didnt see larger wildlife as evil monsters who should not exist

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Ausarchosaur @ausarchosaur.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Leopard cat: "Help, yellow-throated marten" Leopard: *gets up from chair*

https://imgur.com/yellow-throated-marten-dragging-leopard-cat-bG04EcB

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyAVFEobwco

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Ausarchosaur @ausarchosaur.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

There is apparently an emergency protest today at the Constitution Center (525 Arch St) against Drexel. Unfortunately I won't be able to make it, but if you're nearby and CAN make it on such short notice, I encourage you to go. Objective: detach Drexel from the ANSP.

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Ausarchosaur @ausarchosaur.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Funny thing is, even if you told my little kid self from 20 years ago what kind of state I'd find American paleontology to be in now, what with two natural history museums in jeopardy of ceasing to exist...I STILL don't think that would've discouraged me from trying to enter.

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em miller @cypressure.ink · 26/09/2026

Hadrosaurus on #paleostream this week in support of Philadelphia’s Academy of Natural Sciences, which is being inexplicably shuttered despite its incredible + historically significant collections (such as this dinosaur)!

A hadrosaur seen from the front walking across a beach. It is inflating a red sack on its nose, and two birds are flying above it.

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Andrej Spiridonov @andrejpaleo.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

If we call a modern species poor deeply diverging lineage or "depauperon" (as it is dubbed in the article) the "basal" lineage, then we should admit that the hominids including humans are the "basal" stock for Old World monkey. Right? 😉 academic.oup.com/sysbio/advan... 🧪 #Paleobio #EvoBio

From the Abstract: "Our results highlight the limits of using extant, species-depauperate lineages to infer deep ancestors and the importance of fossils and other evidence that more directly sample early evolutionary history."

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Terry McGlynn @hormiga.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I became a biologist because of a museum exhibit. Real artifacts tell stories that are more powerful than anything we can get from scrolling. They are part of our engine for training the next generation of scientists. 🧪 scienceforeveryone.science/the-awesomen...

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The awesomeness of museums

Genuine artifacts tell the richest stories that fill our souls. And they fuel the scientific enterprise.

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Thomas Cullen @thomascullen.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

With all the news of museums being closed and/or defunded, I feel the message of our paper on the importance of natural history research (and the collections housing those specimens) is just as relevant (or more) today as it was when it was published. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

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Sean Closson🦖🦕 @coffeeblack.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I think everyone should watch very closely if the administrators of Drexel University suddenly get raises or bonuses if they still go forward with the closing the Academy of Natural Sciences.

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Ausarchosaur @ausarchosaur.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

A table reviewing numerous vertebrate predators, their prey, relative difficulty in capturing them, and whether or not they disproportionately take substandard individuals.

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Great Dying Survivor @cannotthinkofone99.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

If we are just talking in terms of prey the tiger is going after the more dangerous prey item ofc

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Great Dying Survivor @cannotthinkofone99.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Honestly in this particular case I might consider the puma example to be a bit more impressive, because it is if anuything more dangerous, just that much of the danger comes from things other than the prey itself (for the same reason I consider P. uncia to be the most impressive Panthera)

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Exalt @exalt47.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Doesn't a lot of this depend on a given predator's adaptations? I am lead to believe that wolves are more successful when prey tries to flee than if they stand their ground, for example.

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yee-qi.bsky.social @yee-qi.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I've seen those videos of puma taking down guanaco and honestly? that puma had to damn fight for it personally i would probably consider that more impressive than tiger v. boar, not because of size disrepancy but just because of the rodeo bullshit the puma had to put up with to subdue the prey

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Ausarchosaur @ausarchosaur.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Here's a shower thought that's been in my head since late last year, and maybe it's something you all think has an obvious answer. What if size discrepancy is not the only factor that determines how "impressive" an act or attempt at predation is? 🧵

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Ausarchosaur @ausarchosaur.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Has Drexel actually said 'no' to the William Penn Foundation's offer to fund the Academy of Natural Sciences for a year? IIRC Drexel hasn't addressed that specifically yet, but if they flat-out refuse, it should erase any doubt in people's minds that it's about "money issues".

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Ausarchosaur @ausarchosaur.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Someone in Cherelle Parker's office is actually recording the number of people calling them regarding the Academy of Natural Science's closure. I did this during my afternoon walk and raised a talking point I never got to discuss at City Hall: Port Kennedy Bone Cave 🧵

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Ausarchosaur @ausarchosaur.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Since the (hopefully not actually) final public day of the Academy of Natural Sciences is upon us, have a look at my Port Kennedy Bone Cave thread for #FossilFriday down below.

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Kevin Sievers @diplotomodon.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Over $30k raised so far for organizing efforts. Chip in! opencollective.com/save-the-aca...

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Ausarchosaur @ausarchosaur.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Let them fight: using finite element analysis to determine combative evolutionary drivers of ceratopsian (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) horns peerj.com/articles/217...

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Ausarchosaur @ausarchosaur.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Btw there’s still a gap between Pampaluctor and the oldest confirmed felids (so not counting Smilodontidium) in South America. The red arrow is about where Pampaluctor would be, whereas previously thylacosmilids wouldn’t have gone past the Chapadmalan.

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