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Markus Bühler (Bestiarium-Blog) @markusbuehler.bsky.social · 15/10/2026

In the museum it's labeled as "elephant shrew", what's obviously an erroneous identification for various reasons.

Markus Bühler (Bestiarium-Blog) @markusbuehler.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Es gibt viele faszinierende Aufnahmen welche traditionelle Lebensweise bin Inuit im frühen 20. Jahrhundert zeigen, auch die Herstellung zahlreicher Gegenstände wie ein Kajak, die Errichtung einer Steinhütte für den Sommer, Jagd auf Saiblinge mit der Harpune und vieles mehr.

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Markus Bühler (Bestiarium-Blog) @markusbuehler.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Leider nur noch wenige Tage verfügbar, ein absoluter ethnologischer Schatz mit einzigartigen Aufnahmen grönländischer Inuit, nach einem Drehbuch von Knud Rasmussen. Keine Kulissen, keine Requisiten oder Schauspieler, nur die Story ist nach Drehbuch.- www.ardmediathek.de/video/Y3JpZD...

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Palos Brautfahrt - Palos Brautfahrt - hier anschauen

Zwei männliche Inuit streiten um das Mädchen, das sie beide begehren.

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Markus Bühler (Bestiarium-Blog) @markusbuehler.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Yes, we have to look for diagnostic anatomical traits. An unusual body shape can be simply the result of the limitations of the artistic abilities or the use of tool and material. But features like erect manes and long tails vs no manes and very short tails are usually still easily identifiable.

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Markus Bühler (Bestiarium-Blog) @markusbuehler.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Keep the short tail in mind as well, it was clearly not meant to be a horse. thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/co...

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Markus Bühler (Bestiarium-Blog) @markusbuehler.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Keep in mind those aren't 100% percent naturalistic depictions. Carving small animals with a piece of flint into an uneven piece of bone isn't as easy as drawing on paper. But what you can see are very short tails - just like reindeer have, and fully unlike donkeys.

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Markus Bühler (Bestiarium-Blog) @markusbuehler.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

There were wild horses in Europe until fairly recently.

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Markus Bühler (Bestiarium-Blog) @markusbuehler.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

It has a vertical blade on the tip, so it was clearly meant to work like an axe or hatchet.

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BranArtworks|🐳🐬🦭🎨 @branartworks.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

New (in a sense, original remains were known for over a century) basilosaurid dropped. Bartoncetus wanklyni, a dorudontine from the Bartonian (middle eocene) of England, described from partial skeleton and a skull that is now lost ☠️ adult form would have been as large as Dorudon) #paleoart #sciart

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Armin Reindl @arminreindl.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

It's about damn time. Finally a paper going into the postcranial anatomy of the hoofed-crocodile Boverisuchus vorax from the Eocene of North America onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... you wouldn't believe how long I waited for something like this

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Miguel Clavero @chikichanka.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Natural history on canvas: Brueghel knew about bird-eating noctule bats Just published in @pnas.org, OA for all eyes Led by the one-and-only @romero-vidal.bsky.social, with the amazing @elena-tena.bsky.social and Sonia Sánchez-Navarro @ebdonana.bsky.social LINK: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

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Markus Bühler (Bestiarium-Blog) @markusbuehler.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Wobei gerade Schafe hier eben leider gar nicht geeignet sind.

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Markus Bühler (Bestiarium-Blog) @markusbuehler.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

I've been thinking about those a lot recently (related to a certain future project). This are such extremely underrated animals. I find the fully landlocked forms in that family especially fascinating.

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Markus Bühler (Bestiarium-Blog) @markusbuehler.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Wäre echt gerne mal wieder hin, aber das hat zeitlich dieses Jahr leider gar nicht funktioniert.

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Natee (they/them) @himmapaan.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

I might have called this finished several thousand tiny brushstrokes ago, but as ever, I needled away at inconsequential intricacies probably nobody would notice or care about. It's always the process. Being lost in it is something all artists are keenly familiar with. Botlickers don't get it.

Detail from the same painting of the fairy wren as in the quoted posts, showing the bird's legs and lower portion of its body. The feathers are many shades of intense blues while the legs are a bluish, brownish grey. The piece is very small and very intricate.

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Naturkundemuseum Stuttgart @smnstuttgart.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

#SaveTheDate 24.06.2026 | 18:00 Uhr | Museum am Löwentor Vortrag: Neues vom Waldrapp mit Dipl.-Biol. Markus Unsöld, Zoologische Staatssammlung München. Veranstaltet vom Arbeitskreis für Vogelkunde und Vogelschutz e.V. 📷: Maggifix - Eigenes Werk, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wiki Commons

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The Deep-Sea Podcast @deepseapod.com · 20/06/2026

Have you checked out our latest episode on #deepsea #anglerfish? We talk with a couple of their biggest fans and learn about odd jaws, mysterious corruncles and a sinister anus?! www.youtube.com/watch?v=oU5T...

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The Anglerfish Files | The Deep-Sea Podcast | Episode 69

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Chapps @chapps.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

This #Etruscan terracotta votive portrait head of a man is clearly modeled on a real individual. It was part of a votive deposit associated with the Manganello sanctuary in Caere, where people went to pray for healing or thank the gods for recovery. 🏺 1/ Late 2nd-early 1st c. BCE. 📸 me

A male terracotta head with reddish skin tones and residual light pigment over the hair, giving it a grayish appearance today. While initiated from a workshop press-mold, the facial features were heavily hand-modeled to achieve an intense, personalized verism: a high, deeply wrinkled forehead, an asymmetrical aquiline nose, pronounced cheekbones, and prominent ears. Rather than a generic archetype, the piece functions as an authentic individual portrait, likely offering the specific identity of a worshipper to the gods. This refined image attests to the skills and expertise of its sculptor and painter that could artistically rival any Greek or Roman counterpart.

And, yes, people compare him to former US Vice President Mike Pence all the time.

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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

A stunning crocodile 🐊 mummy mask with traces of its original paint still visible and eyes inlaid with glass, which initially contributed to a lifelike gaze. From Egypt, Roman Period, 1st or 2nd century AD. Crocodile mummies are closely associated with the cult of Sobek, in which...🧵1/2 📷 me 🏺

A crocodile mummy mask in a museum setting, shaped like a crocodile’s head with traces of paint around the inlaid eyes, and jagged teeth along the side.

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Markus Bühler (Bestiarium-Blog) @markusbuehler.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

I absolutely loved that book! Even if some stuff is of course rather outdated now, but still a great book about the natural history of crocs.

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Markus Bühler (Bestiarium-Blog) @markusbuehler.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

I used to have beavers nearly literally in front of my door. It was pretty cool, as this are highly fascinating animals, sometimes they were just a few meters as from me.

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Markus Bühler (Bestiarium-Blog) @markusbuehler.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Just discovered some recent beaver activity and several beaver dams. There are only very few and very fresh bite marks, and a few very old ones, so I suppose this was a rather recently repopulated habitat.

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Markus Bühler (Bestiarium-Blog) @markusbuehler.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

Wir haben das Buch im Stil eines Naturführers aufgebaut, da dies uns erlaubt hat eine sehr große Anzahl von Arten behandeln zu können, und gleichzeitig noch für die einzelnen Spezies möglichst viel Informationen präsentieren zu können.

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Markus Bühler (Bestiarium-Blog) @markusbuehler.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

Wir sind buchstäblich umgeben von Exoten, manche sind spektakulär, andere unauffällig, viele erscheinen uns schon so vertraut dass wir sie gar nicht mehr als nicht-heimische Arten ansehen. Aber alle haben ihre Geschichten, die vielfach auch mit menschlicher Kulturgeschichte zusammen hängen.

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Markus Bühler (Bestiarium-Blog) @markusbuehler.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

Wir haben dabei das mit Abstand umfangreichste Buch über Neozoen, Neophyten und Neomyzeten in Deutschland zusammen getragen das es zur Zeit gibt, mit über 200 besprochenen Arten. Dabei haben wir uns sehr bemüht möglichst viele der besonders interessanten Arten aufzunehmen.

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Markus Bühler (Bestiarium-Blog) @markusbuehler.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

Für alle die vielleicht noch für Weihnachten etwas Besonderes zum Verschenken oder auch für den eigenen Wunschzettel suchen, kürzlich erschien von mir und Tobias Möser "Unsere Exoten Pflanzen, Pilze und Tiere als Neubürger in Deutschland", 398 Seiten über heimische Neobiota youtu.be/Iq67Vpjkc_g?...

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Unsere Exoten, der Blick ins Buch

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Herbert Nickel @herbertnickel.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

Was wenige engagierte Leute in einer BUND-Ortsgruppe alles erreichen können. Anekdote: Von der wiedergekommen Sibirischen Iris traut man sich gar nicht, sie auf die Beweidung zurückzuführen. Dabei ist es typisches, giftiges Weideunkraut. Aufzeichnung in Kürze hier: www.youtube.com/@naturnahewe...

Sibirische Schwertlilie auf einer Wasserbüffelweide

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Markus Bühler (Bestiarium-Blog) @markusbuehler.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Ja, extrem tolle Entdeckung! Wobei ich es hier umso spannender finde, dass wir ja selbst in Mitteleuropa und in Deutschland noch in den letzten Jahren neue entdeckte Arten von Wirbeltieren zu vermelden hatten Nebenbei, falls Du mal Zeit hast wäre es super wenn Du in deinen Messenger schauen könntest

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Markus Bühler (Bestiarium-Blog) @markusbuehler.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Die Geschichte des in nordjapanischen Gewässern entdeckten Beratdius minimus ist auch wirklich faszinierend, ich habe mal vor einigen Jahren darüber auf meinem Blog geschrieben: bestiarium.kryptozoologie.net/artikel/bera...

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Berardius, the bus-sized deep sea predator with barnacle covered battle teeth | Bestiarium

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Markus Bühler (Bestiarium-Blog) @markusbuehler.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

Faszinierende Art von der ich noch niemals gehört habe! Vielen Dank @thoerren.bsky.social

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Markus Bühler (Bestiarium-Blog) @markusbuehler.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

...so it wasn't one beaver. There were at least two, an adult and at least one juvenile. Those beavers are very used to be around people and I can often watch them from a heavily frequented path along the river.

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Markus Bühler (Bestiarium-Blog) @markusbuehler.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Sadly you can't see the beaver which is right at the moment sitting and eating in the grass in front of me.

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John P. Friel, Ph.D. @friel.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

🔬 Phenotypic plasticity drives the development of laterality in the scale-eating cichlid fish 𝑃𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑠𝑜𝑑𝑢𝑠 𝑚𝑖𝑐𝑟𝑜𝑙𝑒𝑝𝑖𝑠.🐟🧪 🔒 academic.oup.com/evolut/advan...

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Phenotypic plasticity drives the development of laterality in the scale-eating cichlid fish Perissodus microlepis

The scale-eating cichlid fish Perissodus microlepis, from Lake Tanganyika in Africa, is an excellent model for studying animal lateralization. However, how

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Markus Bühler (Bestiarium-Blog) @markusbuehler.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

I really love ulus, I always have a look for them in ethnology museums. By far the biggest and most diverse collection I have ever seen was in the National Museum of Denmark in Copenhagen. It's likely one of the biggest collections of Inuit artifacts in the world.

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Markus Bühler (Bestiarium-Blog) @markusbuehler.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

Btw, the one on the original photo is from the Landesmuseum Konstanz and the most famous one of its kind. There are however some other ones on the Pfahlbau-Museum in Unteruhldingen.

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Markus Bühler (Bestiarium-Blog) @markusbuehler.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

Dieser Kommentar wäre jetzt wirklich nicht nötig gewesen. Ich habe einen Fehler gemacht für den ich mich auch gleich entschuldigt habe. Da jetzt gleich zu Beleidigen ist echt nicht angezeigt.

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Markus Bühler (Bestiarium-Blog) @markusbuehler.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

Sorry, that was really a mistake by me, I somehow forgot that this was neolithic. I am very well aware of ulus and have a very big interest in them, including their history. I even made one myself.

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Bill Coulson @devonshirenature.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

Risso's Dolphins from Berry Head this afternoon. May seems to be a good month to see them as they are probably coming in close to shore to feed on adult Cuttlefish which have come into the shallows to lay eggs and die at this time of year.

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Markus Bühler (Bestiarium-Blog) @markusbuehler.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

I find it always so frustrating how people find ignorance totally understandable or are sometimes even proud about it.

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Markus Bühler (Bestiarium-Blog) @markusbuehler.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

Oh yes, this is every time so incredibly annoying.

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Markus Bühler (Bestiarium-Blog) @markusbuehler.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

Yes, but of course they only survived due to the nature of the used materials. Wooden artifacts from that age hardly ever survived.

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