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The Horrendous Hexapod

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Australian biology and geology enthusiast, interested in creatures real and imagined.

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Kevin Sievers @diplotomodon.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
JOB'S NOT DONE Surprise Drexel board meeting in Old City tonight. The Academy of Natural Sciences is following them there. Constitution Center, 525 Arch St, Philadelphia PA, TODAY (Sept. 29) at 4:30pm @savetheacademy.bsky.social
EMERGENCY PROTEST TODAY
DEMAND DREXEL DISAFFILIATE
Constitution Center
525 Arch St
Tuesday Sept. 29
4:30pm-6:30pm

ft. Chris DiPiazza's excellent Pachycephalosaurus
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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
This is one those headlines that aren't entirely WRONG, but mostly miss the point of the research. Chihuahuas DO show evidence of past interbreeding with coyotes, but that's not the =story=. The story: Basenji & Chihuahua are separated by almost 17,000 years of ancestry. Let's talk about it.
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JayTheCachalot 🐳 @bigbadwhale.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Aight...sooo, a man of my word...let's tell our story of love, cave people, and new beginnings.
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Sophie M. @sophiesaurus98.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Today's four random pieces of palaeoart: Johan Egerkrans' Anurognathus, Maurice Wilson's Cynognathus, Charles Knight's Megaloceras, and @rebdart.bsky.social's Triceratops!
A white-furred Anurognathus zooms through a forest in pursuit of a red-eyed insect. Moonlight from a crescent moon filters through the barren tree limbs, casting the scene in a off-white glow.A pair of smooth-skinned, ink-coloured Cynognathus in an arid landscape. One stands over the carcass of a smaller therapsid, blood staining its fangs and claws.A Megaloceras stag stands behind a grassy hill, head held high despite the great spread of its enormous antlers. The ground is covered in a mix of foliage, dotted with patches of snow.A close-up of a pastel blue Triceratops resting its heavy head on the ground. It has several prominent, greyish scales decorating its skin, and the point of its upper beak rests directly upon the earth below.
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Julianne Zelda Kiely 🌿Commissions open🌿 @palaeojules.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
I'm making a series of infographics at the moment for some school groups, and, honestly, I'm really enjoying it!!! They're learning about paleontology, and I was asked if I could provide some images of extinct plants and animals! Here are the first few: #paleoart #scicomm #education #paleontology
An infographic of heterodontosaurus, with a lateral view I the centre surrounded by labels, and a close up of the head on the right, next to a geological time scaleAn infogrwphic of dimorphodon with in in lateral view, flying, in the centre, with a block of text top right and a geological timescale to the rightAnd infograpgic of Anchiornis in lateral view, with labels surrounding it, and a block of text I  the top right, next to a geological timescale.
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The Horrendous Hexapod @horrendoushexapod.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Strange Beasts - Monotremes
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Strange Beasts - Ornithopods
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Strange Beasts - Theropods
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aberrantologist @aberrantologist.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
five years ago today i posted the first aberrantologist doodle ever. thank you for sticking around over five hundred doodles later!
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Joschua Knüppe @joschuaknuppe.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
And this poster is meant to illustrate some of the most interesting of the bunch. Like the pterosaur cranial diversity poster you can get this on 252MYA! 252mya.com/products/gly...
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Joschua Knüppe @joschuaknuppe.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Oh BOY, what is this?! Well, something that I did on the side for a while now and that is finally available. I have been fascinated with glyptodont diversity for a long time, which goes beyond the shape of the carapace and tail weapons. These animals had bizarre faces...
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Mark Witton @markwitton.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Major announcement posted at #Patreon yesterday: I'm producing a big #specevo #dinosaur book devoted to a "no K/Pg impact" scenario over the next 18 months. I'll be sharing updates on the project at Patreon throughout development, so sign up if you want previews! www.patreon.com/markwitton #sciart
A montage of speculative dinosaurs produced thus far for my "Dinosaurs Evolved" project. Clockwise from top left: the green crookedbill; the magnificent fissurefrill; the berk; the grand field titan; the short-faced olymposaur; the steppe fissurefrill, and the ferocious slaughter king. Want to know more about these guys? Set your controls for the heart of Patreon!
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NPR @npr.org · 21/06/2026
Mona Khalil died Friday after an Israeli airstrike hit her beachside home two weeks ago. She's credited with creating a conservation movement in southern Lebanon to protect sea turtle nesting grounds. n.pr/4oJ4Npy
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Leading Lebanese conservationist dies after Israeli airstrike on her home
Mona Khalil died Friday after an Israeli airstrike hit her beachside home two weeks ago. She's credited with creating a conservation movement in southern Lebanon to protect sea turtle nesting grounds.
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Ausarchosaur @ausarchosaur.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
If an apex predator that not only lived with Tyrannosaurus rex but also equaled it in size is ever discovered, I would want it to be named after Enkidu.
"The Epic of Gilgamesh" (1996). Art by Wael Tarabieh.
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Dr. Todd L. Green @thecassowarykid.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Sad news today. Liberace, the northern #cassowary I have studied since 2013 passed away this weekend. Liberace was a curious, dynamic, and wonderful bird. I am quite saddened by his death, but feel fortunate to have spent time in his presence and experience his unique personality. He will be missed.
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Heitoresco @heitoresco.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Kentrosaurus - Beasts of the Mesozoic
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Vergolophus, truly. @vergolophus.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Birth of (Pory)Caine(-Z) #theamazingdigitalcircus #pokemon #porygon #caine
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Sophie M. @sophiesaurus98.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
I don’t think I love anything as much as the surreal, alien palaeoart of the 70s into the early 90s. These compositions are all naturalistic, but they’re strange and hypernatural in a way that transcends realism. It’s a bizarre but profoundly moving approach to reconstructing the past.
A quilled Velociraptor with tightly folded arms stands atop a pile of loose stones, backed by an intensive purple and orange sunset.A leathery-winged, white-furred Dimorphodon with red legs soars above rough waves. In the distance, jutting stones pierce a sulphurous sky. A red-headed Albertosaurus moves alongside a herd of Lambeosaurus, splashing through a shallow woodland stream. The sky is a smoky blue with wisps of clouds strewn about. The massive form of a colossal asteroid hovers menacingly above it all.An emaciated Triceratops with ragged skin sits in a low squat, shown in stark white against an almost entirely black composition. A cutaway view shows a tangle of roots piercing deep into the ground, a visual representation of the sickness penetrating the dinosaurs body.
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Emma LeRae @emmalerae.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
I did it!!!! I finished this illustration just in time for ECCC. If you can't make it to the show and want to snag a copy for yourself it's in my store: www.emmalerae.com/store.html Sadly because I injured my arm due to being middle aged, I didn't finish the stargazer piece. :( But soon...
An Illustration of a juvenile Triceratops frolicking after fireflies that have begun to flit around in the dark cretaceous forest. Looming above in the shadows is a Tyrannosaurus watching with its eyes aglow. The colors are greens and blues.
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Literally Miguel 🇻🇪 @literallymiguel.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
EVERY CURRENT ART OF THIS ANIMAL IS WRONG!!!!!!! for this to have the normal tail its usually depicted with, it would need a string of like 150 caudal vertebrae, instead of the expected 30-40 it had big manual claws and a big bone support for a MEAN angry brow over the eye
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Mortimer @webvein.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Drew the new spinosaurus! And the old one while I was at it! #spinosaurusaegyptiacus #spinosaurusmirabilis #sciart #paleoart
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Christopher DiPiazza @chrisdipiazza.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Lately I’ve been slowly going through and updating older PrehistoricBeastoftheWeek posts with diagrams when there are diff species.
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Joschua Knüppe @joschuaknuppe.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Endless forms most beautiful...
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BirdGuides @birdguides.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Uganda's only known nesting colony of the Critically Endangered Rüppell's Vulture is under mounting threat from human activities:
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Rüppell's Vulture faces extinction threat at Uganda's only nesting site
Uganda's only nesting colony of the Critically Endangered Rüppell's Vulture is facing destruction as charcoal burning, farming and hunting threaten Luku Central Forest Reserve in Arua District. The colony's breeding success has plummeted amid habitat loss and disturbance, with conservationists warning that without urgent protection and community support, Uganda may soon lose its final breeding population of the world's highest-flying bird.
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The Horrendous Hexapod @horrendoushexapod.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
Edmontosaurus and Pachycephalosaurus
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PaleoJim @paleojim.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Good reviews on my Morrison Ankylosaur manuscript, so I'm dealing with comments and moving forward on #FossilFriday So for all 14 Morrison ankylosaur sites, which pertain to Mymoorapelta and which to Gargoyleosaurus? Stay tuned... The new basal Cretaceous polacanthids are next.
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Pablo Rivera @pablonotpicasso.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Happy portfolio day! I’m an artist with experience on projects for companies ranging from Wizards of the Coast to Walt Disney Animation, though my constant passion in art is always depicting glimpses of prehistoric worlds 🦖 #portfolioday #paleoart #paleosky #dinosaurart
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Sarah McAnulty, Ph.D. @sarahmackattack.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
I wanted to get a video of this ghost crab but every time I got close to their hole they scuttled back in, so I tried getting clever with it. I made a little sandcastle and shoved my phone into it, hit record, and walked away. Crab was VERY suspicious of this addition to their environment.
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The Horrendous Hexapod @horrendoushexapod.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
If you see this, post a shark that isn’t from Jaws.
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JunkboxJim @junkboxjim.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
Prothonotary warbler collecting bugs in a swampy area. Shiawassee NWR
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The Horrendous Hexapod @horrendoushexapod.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
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The Horrendous Hexapod @horrendoushexapod.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
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The Horrendous Hexapod @horrendoushexapod.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
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Can you spare a minute to help Hamish Stewart?
Reform the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
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The Horrendous Hexapod @horrendoushexapod.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
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Stop Lily's Severe Pain! Donate Now. Thank You.
Lily is in severe pain with EB Blistering Skin Disease. Please donate so she has enough pain medicines, clean bandages, antibiotics and wound-healing nutrition to survive until a full-body inside and ...
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Nadine, Hunter of Rocks @nadwgab.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
1 of #365Minerals 🧪⚒️ Quetzalcoatlite: - Named after Quetzalcoatl, an Aztec and Toltec god of the sea, due to its sea-blue colour - Forms in the oxidised zone of tellurium-bearing hydrothermal deposits #minerals - This below is a co-type specimen (one of the specimens used to define the species)
Tiny blue-green crystals (there's a green coloured arrow stuck on the specimen to point these out) with some leaf-green illite and blue azurite on a matrix. From Bambollita Mine, Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico.

Specimen from the Natural History Museum, London's collections.
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The Horrendous Hexapod @horrendoushexapod.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
If you see this, post a skeleton #Diprotodon on display at the Queensland Museum in Brisbane, Australia
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✦ COOPS ✦ @jasbiskus.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
This is the hardest post I've ever made (and hopefully the only one I'll ever have to). I wish it never came to this but I must put my pride and ego aside and ask for help. I need help to move out of an emotionally manipulative and abusive house. ko-fi.com/jasbiskus/go... Thread below ↓ 🧵
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The Horrendous Hexapod @horrendoushexapod.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
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Eleanor Bick | B4 - 121 at POLARIS @elbdot.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
What if tiny dragons lived in your garden? "The secret world of Gardendragons" is a unique guidebook teaching kids about the vital role of bees, introducing them to 7 flowers inhabited by dragons who live with bees in a symbiotic relationship - Fantasy meets Gardening tips for beginners! 🐉🌺 #BluePit
Book illustration of a lavender dragon peacefully resting in blooming english lavender. Honeybees are surrounding the sleeping dragon, who is mostly nocturnal, hunting grubs and snails on the ground at night.Gardendragons are able to sprout flowers through their altered magical green flames, growing a blooming territory to attract both pollinators and potential prey. Here a Sunflower dragon grows his host plant in the territory of another dragon, a Pot-marigold dragon, challenging him by sprouting a much larger sunflower in his field of marigolds.All seven Gardendragon-species feautured in the guidebook, from top to bottom: Red clover dragon, Snowdrop dragon, Marigold dragon, Borage dragon, Lavender Dragon, Nasturtium dragon and Sunflower dragon.
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The Horrendous Hexapod @horrendoushexapod.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
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Crislen suffers with a terrible tumor growing on her face making it hard to eat, speak, and breathe. She’s in desperate need of immediate surgery and chemotherapy.Your donation will literally help sav...
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The Horrendous Hexapod @horrendoushexapod.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
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The Horrendous Hexapod @horrendoushexapod.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
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The Horrendous Hexapod @horrendoushexapod.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
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1 year old Raj is running out of time
Raj was born with a spine defect. His parents are laborers and cannot afford his surgery.
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The Horrendous Hexapod @horrendoushexapod.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
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Randy suffers with a terrible cancer growing in his eye making it hard to survive. He's in desperate need of immediate chemotherapy, radiation therapy and surgery.Your donation will literally help sav...
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The Horrendous Hexapod @horrendoushexapod.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
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Vexanna suffers with terrible Hydrocephalus rapidly growing her head larger than a basketball making it hard to survive. She's in desperate need of immediate brain surgery.Your donation will literally...
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The Horrendous Hexapod @horrendoushexapod.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
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