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Christopher DiPiazza

@chrisdipiazza.bsky.social
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Degree in Animal Science. Paleoartist, Zookeeper, Science Teacher, Birder. I work with dinosaur fossils in Maryland. (He/Him/His) 🦖Creator of Prehistoric Beast of the Week🦕 prehistoricbeastoftheweek.blogspot.…

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Tess Gallagher @tessasaurus.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Artwork from me and @chrisdipiazza.bsky.social made an appearance outside the academy today!
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Christopher DiPiazza @chrisdipiazza.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Drexel University is choosing to shut down the country’s oldest natural history museum, The Academy of Natural Sciences, for “funding” reasons (even though it costs .6% of their annual budget and they spent WAY more on ai nobody wants this year!) Go to save-the-academy.org to help.
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Christopher DiPiazza @chrisdipiazza.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I’ll be doing a live watercolor demo at the Maryland Dino Park’s (Laurel, MD) open house tomorrow starting at 10am. Come learn about #paleoart and help find some fossils! 🦕🦖
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Christopher DiPiazza @chrisdipiazza.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Had to get incredible griffin stickers by @thegorgonist.bsky.social now I’m paralyzed what to put them on. Mtg deck box?
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Christopher DiPiazza @chrisdipiazza.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Post your green art
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Christopher DiPiazza @chrisdipiazza.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Happy mantis season to those who celebrate.
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Christopher DiPiazza @chrisdipiazza.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
If you see this, quote with your fall vibe art! 🍂🎃
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Sophie M. @sophiesaurus98.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Here's a Deinonychus-free reconstruction by @chrisdipiazza.bsky.social, they're comparatively rare but they do exist!
A pair of Tenontosaurus with iguana-inspired colouration and dorsal spines standing on a hill. A male bellows, showing off its red-tinted dewlap while a smaller, greener individual watches.
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Christopher DiPiazza @chrisdipiazza.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
I haven’t posted a new painting in months due to moving house and the school year starting up. But here is a tiny part of a bigger scene I’m working on. #paleoart
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Christopher DiPiazza @chrisdipiazza.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
“Sorry we don’t serve happy meals this early…BUT WE CAN GIVE YOU THE TOY.” Hello Kitty and Toho kaiju is such an ingenious collab.
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Christopher DiPiazza @chrisdipiazza.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
7 yr old me: Did we ever do it? Did we ever get the #JurassicPark series 2 Scutosaurus and Estemmenosuchus? (Which were never released) 37 yr old me: *welling up* Yes. Yes we did.
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Christopher DiPiazza @chrisdipiazza.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Long story short my wife rescued a Green Frog from the pool, took them inside for the day (to release at dusk when it’s safer) Frog jumped out and squeezed into a crack behind the stove. 2 popped floor boards later all is well. 🐸
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Christopher DiPiazza @chrisdipiazza.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
This #fossilfriday I’m sharing some of the dinosaur tracks that just went on display at the Maryland Natural History Museum in Baltimore. Some of these look like ornithopod which is cool since their bones are pretty rare here.
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Christopher DiPiazza @chrisdipiazza.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
If you see this, post your marine-themed art!
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Riley Black 🏳️‍⚧️ 🦕 @restingdinoface.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
genAI cannot ever do what paleoart does. Want to envision the ancient past? Read a book, use your imagination, pick up a pencil, or just look at all the amazing ways people have wondered about the deep past. It's a human thing. My latest, on Buttondown. 🧪 buttondown.com/restingdinof...
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I Want My DinoTV: Keep AI Away From My Dinosaurs
A machine can’t feel how you do about dinosaurs.
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Christopher DiPiazza @chrisdipiazza.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Visited the newly renovated Maryland Museum of Natural History today to see my silesaur art in the exhibit.
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Christopher DiPiazza @chrisdipiazza.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
House of the Dragon SPOILER WARNING It’s disturbing to me how many people are suddenly team Aegon after 30 seconds of him not being a prick for the first time in his life. The dude 🍇ed countless people and dumped countless kids to fight to the death with their teeth and nails in underground pits.
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Christopher DiPiazza @chrisdipiazza.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
My daughter’s chameleon drawing is effing adorable.
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Christopher DiPiazza @chrisdipiazza.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
My daughter with our Rhino Ratsnake. 🦏🐀🐍
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Christopher DiPiazza @chrisdipiazza.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
New salamander set up! Top 3 tanks are from left to right 2yr old, then 5yr old, then parents (at least 15yrs) Spanish Newts.
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Christopher DiPiazza @chrisdipiazza.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Tiny yard anurids. Pickerel Frog and American Toad. 🐸
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Christopher DiPiazza @chrisdipiazza.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Some birding today. Got our target American White Pelican which normally doesn’t venture into the DC area! 🪶
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Christopher DiPiazza @chrisdipiazza.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Did not expect to see my photo and my painting at the public library today as part of their dinosaur scavenger hunt! 🦖🦕📚
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Christopher DiPiazza @chrisdipiazza.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
“Field office” trip yesterday with the paleo team surveying for fossils. Just found some lignite(wood) and a pinecone but plenty of wildlife including a Box Turtle and American Eel.
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Christopher DiPiazza @chrisdipiazza.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Cardinal flowers first bloom! It’s almost as tall as the mailbox!
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Christopher DiPiazza @chrisdipiazza.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Found this toy pteranodon at a local children’s museum. Not actually familiar with it. @tetzoo.bsky.social thoughts?
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Christopher DiPiazza @chrisdipiazza.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Pokémon evo lines like Dragonite’s and Octillery’s actually make a lot of sense if you pretend they’re Digimon.
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Christopher DiPiazza @chrisdipiazza.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Almost cried in the library over this kids book. Holy crap.
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Christopher DiPiazza @chrisdipiazza.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
QRP with your bird art! 🐦
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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Weird Al: "I said, ‘Oh well, yeah, sure, I could do that.’ And then a week before we’re supposed to shoot it, I find out this is AI. And I thought, ‘Oh no, I can’t be the poster boy for AI, forget it.’" variety.com/2026/biz/new...
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‘Weird Al’ Yankovic Pulled Out of AI Ad Despite Offer to Make a ‘Nice Pile of Money’: ‘I Can’t Be the Poster Boy for AI’
Weird Al Yankovic revealed he was offered “a nice pile of money” to appear in a commercial but backed out after realizing it would involve AI.
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Christopher DiPiazza @chrisdipiazza.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Cataloging the Priconodon tooth with the root found by a volunteer last week. If you’re familiar with ankylosaurs you can tell how huge this is.
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Christopher DiPiazza @chrisdipiazza.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Kids when you tell them you can meet their request in 1.5 min instead of that instant.
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Dance Moms Stressed Reaction
ALT: Dance Moms Stressed Reaction
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Christopher DiPiazza @chrisdipiazza.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Freshout toad! Almost mistook it for a small cricket! 🐸
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Christopher DiPiazza @chrisdipiazza.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Hats off to whomever animated this. He drinks exactly like real reptiles do and not the tongue lapping dog/cat style.
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Christopher DiPiazza @chrisdipiazza.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Outdoor umbrellas are like nature’s booster packs. You never know who’s gonna be inside! 🕷️🥚
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Christopher DiPiazza @chrisdipiazza.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Me: Universes Beyond isn’t my thing. Also Me: lol dinosaurs go weeeeeee!
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Christopher DiPiazza @chrisdipiazza.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
It’s stoopid baby season. Check out this fledgling Red-shouldered Hawk running and screaming around my work like a dork. 🦅
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Christopher DiPiazza @chrisdipiazza.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
I watched a YouTube video and learned which cereal codes go to which figures in the blind boxes and I feel so powerful.
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Christopher DiPiazza @chrisdipiazza.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Before and after fixing the shower head. And by fix I mean it needed to be a dinosaur. 🦖
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Christopher DiPiazza @chrisdipiazza.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Moving our house must look so weird to normal people.
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Christopher DiPiazza @chrisdipiazza.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Newest #watercolor is Leptoceratops, who I’ve depicted terrorizing large predators multiple times over the years. He’s also featured at the Indianapolis Children’s Museum in an interactive exhibit. Finally getting a detailed portrait. #paleoart #dinosaur
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Christopher DiPiazza @chrisdipiazza.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
The feeling when you search through bulk to find one mtg card you know you’ve had for like 20yrs that you finally wanna use and FIND IT.
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Nicolas Cage Smiling Meme
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Christopher DiPiazza @chrisdipiazza.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Very thankful my “grail species” to keep was simple. Marbled Salamander. My favorite amphibian and one of my all time favorite animals.
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Christopher DiPiazza @chrisdipiazza.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
As the self proclaimed @aba.org dinosaur guy, after listening to the recent live hot takes podcast episode I AGREE there is no real reason to refer to birds as dinosaurs all the time. That’s like calling humans primates all the time.
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Christopher DiPiazza @chrisdipiazza.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Finally watching The GOAT with my daughter. This movie is so clever with the animal Easter eggs. They just said 2 cloaca jokes so far.
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Christopher DiPiazza @chrisdipiazza.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Something to take the edge off.
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Christopher DiPiazza @chrisdipiazza.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Total of four reptiles encountered during yardwork today. A big Eastern Garter Snake, 2 Five-lined skinks, and Wormsnake. 🐍🦎🦎🐍
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Christopher DiPiazza @chrisdipiazza.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Continuing to slowly go through and redo some of my older painting. Here’s the early ornithiscian, Eocursor, now and my painting from 13 years ago. It’s more likely in my opinion that early dinosaurs had feathers. #paleoart #watercolor
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Christopher DiPiazza @chrisdipiazza.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Arguably the duckiest of ducks. #DuckOff 🪶
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Christopher DiPiazza @chrisdipiazza.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Accidentally spooked a blue jay leaving my house. Saw it drop something on the driveway. It was the luckiest Gray treefrog ever. Placed it in the crook of a nearby tree. Check out that defensive posture! 🌳🐸
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