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Kieran 🦘🇨🇦 @hellbendermuseum.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Proud to present my lifesize T. rex head, affectionately named Hannibal. I created this myself from start to finish- digital sculpture, resin 3D printing, painting, etc. Huge thanks to my friend @rj-palmer.com for instrumental crits and redlines during the sculpting process.

Life-size t rex head model from front 3/4 view. I am also in frame

Life size t-rex model, from front and staring directly down the barrel of the camera

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Jay @kakapojay.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

So today I spotted this little pigeon stuck on the platform at Oxford Circus tube station. I didn't think he'd find his way out so...

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Jay @kakapojay.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

This is something that I have been long fascinated with - behavioural chaos is so prevalent in the natural world and we don't discuss it nearly enough in the context of animal ethology, and *especially* animal paleoethology. Really good article worth a read!

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Jay @kakapojay.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Two of my most anticipated games in years (Planet Zoo 2 and Control: Resonant) are releasing around now and my computer is nowhere near powerful enough to handle them 😭

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Jay @kakapojay.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Oh man Resident Evil was so good There was also a trailer for Whalefall at the start. Directors really look at Austin Abrams and say "put this white boy in a situation"

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Jay @kakapojay.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Teaser image for my short film, Ichor. In the early Cretaceous, this young dinosaur has encountered something... old.

A little dinosaur in a canyon. Something enormous is obscured by a black bar.

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

Why are these 2 different guys

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Jay @kakapojay.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Finally watched Camp Miasma - what a WILD movie. The main character being a 29-year-old she/they who desperately wants to make films and has Issues™ hits a little close to home though 😳

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Jay @kakapojay.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Quick 1-hour illustration of the newly described Kayrasaurus! Therizinosaurs are super interesting and I don't spend enough time drawing them. #sciart #paleoart

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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 · 11/09/2026

Very cool new critter!! Will illustrate soon !

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Darren Naish @tetzoo.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Deep Time Cultures, Current Crises currently happening at #PopPalaeo. Jay @kakapojay.bsky.social has just given a ringing endorsement for The Paw Patrol movie.

Panel event at a conference, display screen in the background.

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Jay @kakapojay.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

I stand by this!! Paw Patrol: The Dino Movie is a well crafted movie that treats dinosaurs with appropriate respect and care as animals!

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Jay @kakapojay.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

At the #PopPalaeo event today! Really informative and engaging talks - lots to think about re: how we tackle the various crises and challenges in the field of deep time science communication.

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Tess Gallagher @tessasaurus.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

I am excited to announce that I am collaborating with the NDGS to investigate Dakota the dino mummy for color patterning and cellular preservation! but we need your help to continue this research🫵. Check the link in replies 🦕🔬

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Jay @kakapojay.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Yes!! This is a fantastic first step - every governing body everywhere should take note and begin work to get genAI out of schools (and out of our lives in general) ASAP.

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Jay @kakapojay.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

My favourite photo I took at the zoo yesterday

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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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Chris Manias @chrismanias.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Sign-ups for this event closing at 13:00 tomorrow (1 September), so just under 24 hours to register if you would like to come along

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Jay @kakapojay.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

If you've ever watched Hereditary (2018), and thought to yourself, 'This is great, but it could really use an emo exorcist anime boy named after a Matrix character to join the plot about halfway through' then Cult (2013) by Koji Shiraishi is the movie for you.

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Jay @kakapojay.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Taking a break from my various projects to return to the Los Colorados formation, where we meet the strange ornithosuchid Riojasuchus! Ornithosuchids have very pronounced overbites, but this is not super visible when covered by lips. Size comparison below ⬇️ #sciart #paleoart

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Jay @kakapojay.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Scott is out here casually dropping incredibly useful resources!

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Dr. Scott Hartman - but not THAT kind of doctor @skeletaldrawing.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Have you ever wanted to visually compare the size of your favorite extinct animals? Now you can, as I'm launching an interactive size comparison tool on my website. Give it a try and let me know what you think: www.skeletaldrawing.com/compare/

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Jay @kakapojay.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

The very first frame of my short film, Ichor, out later this year. Strange things wander these Devonian terraces.

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Chris Manias @chrismanias.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

And for people in striking distance of London, a related in-person panel will be next week on Thursday 3 September 18:00-20:00 on "Deep Time & Global Challenges" Featuring Jay Balamurugan, Emy Moss, Elsa Panciroli, Jamie Perera & Mark Witton More info here: www.poppalaeo.com/deep-time-cu...

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Deep Time Cultures, Current Crises — Popularizing Palaeontology

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Natalia (娜塔莉) @wrycritic.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

A thread of abolsutely fantastic woman and enby pterosaur palaeoartists (you should follow, platform and shower with compliments) 🧵 Like, look at avi🌧️ over here, baller:

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Natalia (娜塔莉) @wrycritic.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Pterosaur palaeontology suffers from a high rate of early-career attrition of women. With many leaving the field around completion of their doctorate, or, despite good track record, struggle with future topical employment. Please, collaborate with & platform the young women remaining in this niche.

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Jay @kakapojay.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

As a Southeast Asian person, I always have a moment of excitement when I see a food/drink item that is green, because I immediately assume it is pandan flavoured. Then I am hit with the grassy, painful reality that it is almost always matcha instead.

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Jay @kakapojay.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

A still from my upcoming short film, Ichor. A sphenacodontid trundles home - but what lurks in the fog?

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Natalia (娜塔莉) @wrycritic.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

He So Small Only Need One Popcon

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Natalia (娜塔莉) @wrycritic.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

✨Charity doodles✨ I'm opening artwork slots: doodles of prehistoric 🐥 birds and reptiles🦎 of your choice. Supporting community charities in Hong Kong and Palestine 🇭🇰🇵🇸 Just donate to charity below 👇 for a free palaeo-doodle of choice

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Jay @kakapojay.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

A dryptosaur drags a baculitid ammonite shell down the beach - it is a long way to his bower, but a centrepiece like this will be worth the hassle. Trying out different styles for a book proposal I am working on!

A dryptosaur in grayscale, dragging a giant half-crescent cone ammonite with its mouth

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Jay @kakapojay.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

I am very excited to be on this panel with such a lovely cohort - really looking forward to our discussion! Please do come along.

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Jay @kakapojay.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

I'm on People are Fish again! Come listen to me yap about all the weird and wonderful critters that we got to bring to life in Evolution!! www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RHe...

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How Do Documentaries Bring Fossil Species Back to Life? — BBC Evolution

YouTube video by People Are Fish

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Jay @kakapojay.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Eclipse moments from around the neighbourhood

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Jay @kakapojay.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Requesting assistance from any palaeobotany or palaeomycology friends! I came across these fossils in the work archives and I'm struggling to identify them! (1/2)

Two fossil slabs, one small one and one large one with scale impressions

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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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Jay @kakapojay.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

WIP little guy that is susceptible to cult indoctrination

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Jay @kakapojay.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

According to my peers, the way I hold a wine glass is "bizarre", "unholy" and "eldritch beyond words" Further thoughts welcome 🤔

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franz @franzanth.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Eons: Life and Death on Pangaea thread The Eons team trusted @lacerdajulio.bsky.social @kiabugboy.bsky.social and myself to help with the reconstructions for the series. I'm consolidating my posts to this thread so that they're easier to find. #Art #SciArt #PaleoArt Watch link:

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Eons

Take a journey through the history of life on Earth.

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