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Christian Flores @crikeyitschristian.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

The time has finally come! I'm incredibly proud of what our team has accomplished - Artemis Paleozoo is now available for pre-order! Release date October 20th 🦖🦕

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Christian Flores @crikeyitschristian.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Did it get cold in here? ❄️ Because this is my official review of #PrehistoricPlanetIceAge ! 🧊🦣. You can watch the show on AppleTV+ Today! (1/3)

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Christian Flores @crikeyitschristian.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

The ackie monitor (Varanus acanthurus) is a small species of monitor lizard native to parts of western, northern, and central Australia. Occupying rock crevices, outcrops, and burrows, these active foragers will hunt insects, small reptiles, and mammals as part of their diet. 🦗🪲

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projectpaleozoo.bsky.social @projectpaleozoo.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

It's #InternationalDinosaurDay! What better way to celebrate and learn more about yourself than answer the question - which APZ dinosaur are you based on your birth month? 🦕🦖 Who did you get? Let us know in the comments! 💬

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projectpaleozoo.bsky.social @projectpaleozoo.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

We. Love. Bugs! And at the Amber Vivarium, you'll meet one of the zoo's predators with personality - Gigatitan 🦟🌱 As solitary animals with enlarged, sharp forelimbs, they enjoy insect prey as our modified contact strategy requires specialists to wear protective gloves while handling the species!

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Just the Zoo of Us 🐾 @justthezooofus.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

NEW EPISODE! 🦖 Ellen & special guest, paleontology educator @crikeyitschristian.bsky.social review the towering icons of the dinosaur world: Tyrannosaurus rex! Check it out on @maximumfun.org or wherever you get podcasts!

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projectpaleozoo.bsky.social @projectpaleozoo.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Looking to support the zoo's animals and "exterminate" some memories this Valentine's Day? The #ArtemisPaleozoo will be hosting it's very first Bug-Off Fundraiser, where guests can donate to symbolically name a worm, insect, fruit, or vegetable after an ex as it helps feed our critters. 🪳🥬❤️

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Christian Flores @crikeyitschristian.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

As @projectpaleozoo.bsky.social's zoological consultant, we apply many real elements of animal welfare and care of modern animals into the extinct species you'll see. Here's a fun graphic I did for Boris the Stegosaurus! 🌿

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projectpaleozoo.bsky.social @projectpaleozoo.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Ambassador animals provide opportunities for our guests to create deep, memorable connections to the natural world. With plenty of personality to show, keepers @teolorenzo.bsky.social and @doodlize.bsky.social prepare a pair of Microraptor and Yi qi for an upcoming ambassador animal showcase! 🪽

Two Paleozoo keepers prepare a group of small, feathered dinosaurs for an educational showcase for guests. One gracefully is landing on the glove of its trainer. Another, sitting patiently. The last is attempting to nibble the hair of its trainer.

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Christian Flores @crikeyitschristian.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

The fly river turtle (Carettochelys insculpta) is an omnivorous, freshwater turtle species from Northern Australia / Papua New Guinea. Superficially looking like a sea turtle with its flippered arms, are not related at all! Instead being the sole surviving member of the family Carettochelyidae 🐢 1/2

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Christian Flores @crikeyitschristian.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Running a Q&A on my Instagram today! Come on by with any wildlife or paleontology questions! 🐢🦕

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projectpaleozoo.bsky.social @projectpaleozoo.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

You've heard of the #ArtemisPaleozoo, now its time to meet the team behind it! With seventeen people involved in the creation of this artbook, we are pleased to present this new wave of media to you all 🌿🦖 (1/2)

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Charles Nye 🎨🦕 @thepaintpaddock.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

An #Alamosaurus piece I made for my buddy @crikeyitschristian.bsky.social a little while ago. It remains one of my favorite sauropod works, and this species is slowly climbing up on my favorites list.

A large, green sauropod dinosaur (Alamosaurus) wandering in a coastal environment.

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Christian Flores @crikeyitschristian.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

This amazing project has been long in the making for my teammates and I. You can follow @projectpaleozoo.bsky.social as an upcoming artbook, where I fill the role of lead writer, social media manager, and zoological consultant! 🦖🦕

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Christian Flores @crikeyitschristian.bsky.social · 10/04/2024

For meerkats, keeping your eyes peeled is an everyday task 👀 A social species, meerkats will keep watch as fellow troop members forage for food, tend to their burrows, or rear their young. When a predator like a bird or snake is seen, spotters will alarm that danger is near! ☀️

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Christian Flores @crikeyitschristian.bsky.social · 29/03/2024

Picking what to wear every day is never easy, but luckily, nature can be your stylist 🧣 The southern ground hornbill (bucorvus leadbeateri) is a large, carnivorous bird found across Southern Africa. Known to cooperatively hunt in tall grasses, you can #StealTheirLook today!

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Christian Flores @crikeyitschristian.bsky.social · 23/02/2024

T.rex is often remembered as a fearsome predator, but what about other complex behaviors, like attracting a mate? 🦖 While the fossil record may not easily show us how dinosaurs behaved, we can infer that many animals partake in different forms of courtship to pass their genes. (1/2)

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Christian Flores @crikeyitschristian.bsky.social · 16/02/2024

Tyrannosaurus rex is arguably the most famous dinosaur in the world. With large teeth and powerful jaws, have you ever thought to consider its eyes? 👀 Art by friend and paleoartist @lacerdajulio.bsky.social 🎨🦖

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Christian Flores @crikeyitschristian.bsky.social · 02/02/2024

Grab your shovels, girlies. New outfit just dropped ✨️⛏️ The aardvark is a medium-sized mammal from Africa, and with capable claws and a strong sense of smell, will forage for termites, ants, and insect larvae. You can do the same as you #StealTheirLook today! 🐜💃

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Christian Flores @crikeyitschristian.bsky.social · 12/01/2024

The Shasta ground sloth (Nothrotheriops shastensis) was a medium-sized species with remains uncovered through the Southern United States, including California. Coprolites, or fossilized dung, have been found with seeds and leaves of the Yucca brevifolia, or Joshua tree! 🦥

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Christian Flores @crikeyitschristian.bsky.social · 11/01/2024

Everyone loves ground sloths, now how about a super-sized species? 🦥 Megatherium is genus of ground sloth dispersed across South America from the Pliocene to Late Pleistocene. Living alongside Smilodon and armored Glyptodonts, thank you to @Saltman.arts (on Instagram) for this amazing icon! 🌴

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Christian Flores @crikeyitschristian.bsky.social · 10/01/2024

While we picture most monitor lizards as large, carnivorous reptiles, there's one species that may surprise you. 🍏🍌🍇 The Gray's monitor, also known as the Butaan, is native to the humid forests of the Philippines, and its diet comprises primarily of fruit!

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Christian Flores @crikeyitschristian.bsky.social · 05/01/2024

New year, new beginnings! And I wanted to introduce myself and #MeetTheCreator I'm Christian Flores, and I'm a wildlife educator, sci commer, and conservationist. Simply put - I engage with the public about life on our planet, with themes such as ecology, paleontology, and more! 🌿🦍🦕

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Christian Flores @crikeyitschristian.bsky.social · 27/12/2023

Elephants are an iconic group of animals that are recognized around the world, though how do you tell them apart? It's time to answer the question: #WhatstheDifference ? 🐘🐘

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Christian Flores @crikeyitschristian.bsky.social · 20/12/2023

Elephant Odyssey is one of my favorite sections to visit here at @sandiegozoo.bsky.social . A time capsule and glimpse into the world of the pleistocene, guests have the opportunity to see some unexpected faces of California's past. 🐘🐪🦅

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Christian Flores @crikeyitschristian.bsky.social · 15/12/2023

It can be hard to find the right outfit for every occasion, though luckily, nature has you covered. 🦎🌴 Leaf-tailed geckos in the genus Uroplatus use camouflage as a key tactic in escaping predators, and you can do same as you #StealTheirLook today ☀️

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Christian Flores @crikeyitschristian.bsky.social · 13/12/2023

I'm always "frilled" to talk about dinosaurs 🌿 Ceratopsians are a group of herbivorous dinosaurs dating back to Jurassic period, and are best-known for the horns, frills, and size of later members. Here are Styracosaurus, Triceratops, and Einiosaurus!

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Christian Flores @crikeyitschristian.bsky.social · 08/12/2023

Ready to learn something new in a pinch? 🦀🥥 The largest species of terrestrial arthropod on the planet, coconut crabs have powerful claws and other awesome adaptations that bring them into today's species profile. 🌏

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Christian Flores @crikeyitschristian.bsky.social · 06/10/2023

Charles Nye (@thepaintpaddock.bsky.social) is a PHD candidate with Oregon state university in conservation genetics and marine biology. Growing a love for the ocean and life on our planet, both past and present, check out today's interview of #CaughtInTheWild ! 🐋🦕🎨 (1/2)

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Christian Flores @crikeyitschristian.bsky.social · 29/09/2023

Kangaroos and wallabies are often confused for one another, so it's time to answer the question: #WhatstheDifference ? 🦘 Belonging to the family known as macropods, It's important to note that these differences apply across most species, with potential outliers! 🌿

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Christian Flores @crikeyitschristian.bsky.social · 26/09/2023

It's #WorldCassowaryDay ! And there's no way I couldn't celebrate an animal who's so close to my heart. Cassowaries in media have often been portrayed as "The world's most dangerous bird that will slice you open", and here are some facts: (1/5)

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Christian Flores @crikeyitschristian.bsky.social · 22/09/2023

Today is #WorldRhinoDay! 🌿🦏 Rhinos are odd-toed ungulates (hoofed mammals) recognized for their size and iconic horns. Becoming a poster species for wildlife conservation, all rhino species face the same common threat of illegal poaching for wildlife trade (1/2)

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Christian Flores @crikeyitschristian.bsky.social · 16/09/2023

It's #InternationalRedPandaDay ! ⭐️ Celebrating this iconic species, red pandas are not only the topic of focus, but also their conservation! (1/3)

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Christian Flores @crikeyitschristian.bsky.social · 15/09/2023

Alamosaurus 🦕 A long-necked sauropod of North America, Alamosaurus sanjuanensis stands as one of the last surviving, non-avian dinosaurs during the late Cretaceous period. 🌿🌎 Special thanks to friend and paleoartist @thepaintpaddock.bsky.social for collaborating together on this species!

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Jutyrannus 🇫🇮🇲🇽 @jutyrannus.bsky.social · 14/09/2023

“Updated” WWB Andrewsarchus!

“Updated” Walking With Beasts Andrewsarchus

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Christian Flores @crikeyitschristian.bsky.social · 14/09/2023

Hey BlueSky! Time for a formal introduction 🐘🦖 I'm Christian Flores, and I'm a wildlife educator, paleo educator, sci commer, and conservationist. Discussing elements of biology, zoology, and paleontology through fact, fun, and (on occasion) narrative writing, I'm happy to meet you all here! 🌎

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