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Jay @kakapojay.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Proud of the DinoCon team for standing up for the community and for celebrating human art and artists ❤️ I was heartbroken and disappointed with that talk specifically, but being part of a community of incredible, creative, kind people who are so supportive of each other - that is special. ❤️

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Orribec @orribec.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Dispersing individuals have already made it there. Source of map: Current Distribution of the Nine-Banded Armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus) in the United States (2025).

Current distribution map of the Nine-Banded Armadillo in the United States.

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Rebecca | Palaeoplushies @palaeoplushies.com · 22/04/2026

I do not use and will never use generative AI to make my plushie patterns or artwork. I enjoy the process too much and learn so much about each animal I make when drawing them, I will never let a machine take away this joy from me.

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Orribec @orribec.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Jaws novel author Peter Benchley later wrote 'The Beast' with a similar scene. The remains of a Sperm Whale on the beach that was killed by the Giant Squid. The book ended with the squid getting defeated by a larger Sperm Whale (mother's revenge) while the TV movie opted for death by explosion.

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Orribec @orribec.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

Need to pull a Lionel Hutz and sneak in a comma: NO, MORE BIRDS!

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Nambroth @nambroth.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

GenAI is absolutely vile for many reasons, and I have no patience for anyone who intentionally uses it.

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Orribec @orribec.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

A response from the publisher on the other site:

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Darren Naish @tetzoo.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Great news on #MesozoicArtII relevant to buyers in the USA -- I'm reliably informed that you can order direct from Bloomsbury's US site, and that the book qualifies for free shipping. I can't test that from here (as in the UK), but I hope it works out :) @sharkbitesteve.bsky.social

Covers of Mesozoic Art and Mesozoic Art II.

Contents page from Mesozoic Art I, showing our selected 25 artists.

Pages from within book, showing selection of images and text.

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Orribec @orribec.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

Received the Ceratopsian skull magnets (19 pcs) from Scaled Beast @rubrennanart.bsky.social as an early b-day present for myself.

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Orribec @orribec.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Received my copy of Mesozoic Art II. It is a genuine honor to have my work be included with so many other talented paleo artists.

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Orribec @orribec.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Borneo: where Saltwater Crocodiles see elephants as fair game.

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Orribec @orribec.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

Yes, the original GOT dragons were designed with a bird-like sternum in the rough skeletal stage. All subsequent dragon designs are built off this base design/rig (even Caraxes).

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Orribec @orribec.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

"like monkey with night visison"

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Orribec @orribec.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

Stock image sites and reddit are especially bad for labeling highland cattle as yak. I have even seen Muskox and Takin posted as yak.

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Orribec @orribec.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

Not a Yak at all. Doesn't even look like a hybrid Dzo.

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Orribec @orribec.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

I know Gary Gygax put a some of these creatures into his Dungeons & Dragons Monster Manual book and gave them names such as Owlbear, Rust Monster, and Bulette.

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Orribec @orribec.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

They are most commonly known as 'chinasaurs'. Very common and cheap toys I think started appearing in the 1960's and produced for decades after.

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Orribec @orribec.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

It would fit in well with these guys.

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Orribec @orribec.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Attenborosaurus. This genus of early Jurassic Pliosaurid is named after Sir David Attenborough, whose 99th birthday is today. Piece from 2023.

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Orribec @orribec.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

"See no evil, hear no evil, smell no evil" Somewhat cursed WIP with some layers off.

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Orribec @orribec.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

Old Ed. Edmontosaurus regalis.

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joshuapaleorojas.bsky.social @joshuapaleorojas.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

The first image is a beautiful illustration by the talented artist @orribec.bsky.social. Long ago in ancient northern China, during the Neogene Period. During the dry season, with no trees in sight, a single amebelodontid proboscidean called Platybelodon grangeri is searching hard for a place to

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Orribec @orribec.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

This paper has a lot of nice data that does seem to indicate an overlooked distinctiveness, but to do taxonomic revisions without any genetic data on living species should not be a thing in 2025. Even if a species is so rare that such data is difficult to obtain it would seem better to wait.

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Orribec @orribec.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

A paper I looked at yesterday suggests the Echidna's spur/gland was similarly venomous as the platypus's in the past. As for what came first that would be difficult to determine. Perhaps the two features already existed and converged to create a more potent fighting spur.

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Orribec @orribec.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Some likely are, but there is a huge variety of mammalian scent glands in many regions of the body that probably have different origins.

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Orribec @orribec.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

It being a modified scent/musk gland seems possible and indeed that is how the Echidna currently uses its gland (its spur is greatly reduced).

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Orribec @orribec.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

I am one of the artists that will be featured in this book. Out September this year. An excellent list of names to be included amongst and if you haven't seen volume 1 it is very much worth getting.

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Darren Naish @tetzoo.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Here's the final cover we're going with on #MesozoicArtII, featuring an image by Anthony Hutchings. The book is already available for preorder online. Out September 2025, and oh boy is it a thing of beauty. #palaeoart #paleoart #books #dinosaurs

Book cover, with title in gold and subtitle and editor names in white. Main image is colour depiction of a Cretaceous forest floor by Anthony Hutchings, showing a psittacosaur group. At right, two individuals are having a face to face altercation of some sort. The animals are warm brown, with yellowish and orange tones on their undersides, black spots on their arms and shoulders, and long quills on the tail.

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Orribec @orribec.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

A bit of this meme going on in the photo except everyone in the room is socially awkward.

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Orribec @orribec.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

“You’ll be visited by three spirits” the three spirits:

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Orribec @orribec.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

-additional records of Acadian, Alder Flycatcher, Least Flycatcher, Yellow-bellied Flycatcher, Eastern Kingbird, Western Kingbird, Eastern Phoebe, Eastern Wood Pewee, and a Fork-tailed Flycatcher in Spain (a South American austral migrant!)

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Orribec @orribec.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

The number of tyrant flycatchers recorded is up to at least 9 species now.

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Orribec @orribec.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

If the bones have been cleaned fully and properly they are basically zero maintenance. Keep them out of direct sunlight which will damage them over time.

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Orribec @orribec.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

The appropriate reaction.

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Orribec @orribec.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

Pliosaurus funkei. From November 2022.

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Orribec @orribec.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

Ambulocetus. Mother and calf, looking out over the future. December 2023.

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