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Rexxi @rexxitheanimetrex.bsky.social · 3m

And here’s the full comic for anyone who wants to read it in order

Rexxi @rexxitheanimetrex.bsky.social · 14h

Another for #inktober , Day 4; Cactus Cacti only evolved 30 MYA, so have the closest thing I could think of, a spiky desert Gobisaurus. Close enough, right? #dinosaur #dinosaurart #paleosky #paleoart #oc #ocart #ocsky #gijinka #gobisaurus

Gobisaurus
Gobi
Lizard from the Gobi Desert

[Desert ankylo]

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Rexxi @rexxitheanimetrex.bsky.social · 17h

I wish to meet her one day.

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Rexxi @rexxitheanimetrex.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

As a bonus for yesterdays #inktober , I decided to do one more girlie that could fit “Miniature”. Have the shortest sauropod neck ever, Brachytrachelopan #paleoart #paleosky #oc #ocart #ocsky #dinosaur #dinosaurart #gijinka #brachytrachelopan #sauropod

Brachytrachelopan
Trachi
Short Neck of Pan

[I wanna pull her head and see if it works like an accordion]

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Rexxi @rexxitheanimetrex.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

One day eventually I’ll get a scanner… and or spend like a month straight digitizing all 200+ drawings

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Rexxi @rexxitheanimetrex.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

For #inktober Day 3; Miniature, I was definitely cutting it a little close with this one.. have miniature mammals from an island off of Italy! The Cyprus Dwarf Elephant and Cypriot Pygmy Hippo #paleoart #paleosky #gijinka #oc #ocart #ocsky #elephant

Palaeoloxodon Cypriotes
Cypri
Cyprus Dwarf Elephant

[Smol elephant, but not the smollest]

Hippopotamus Minor
Pippo
Cypriot Pygmy Hippo

[Smol hippo but not the smallest either]

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Rexxi @rexxitheanimetrex.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Does she see what I’ve done? Can she see the beauty I preserve? Does she understand those around her? Does she see the gifts I give to her? Her journal. She documents what I’ve made, she allows me to see what I cannot from up here.

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Rexxi @rexxitheanimetrex.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

#inktober Day 2; Relic I chose to choose something that’s a relic to us (although admittedly any fossil would’ve worked). Have the namesake of the living fossil, the Permian Coelacanthus #paleoart #paleosky #gijinka #oc #ocart #ocsky #coelacanthus

Coelacanthus
Coelan
Hollow Spine

Coelacanths as a group have been around for ages, with Coelacanthus being the first one found, way before the one was fished up off the coast of Africa. Coelacanthus is from the Permian, and as such is one of the lucky few marine clades to survive past the great dying and the two hundred million years or so into the modern day. A true survivor.

I only see Coelan’s at night. I suspect they spend most of their time during the day asleep at the bottom of the ocean or in caves. They’re slow moving, and often have a bit of a derpy smile to them, but I think it’s quite cute to see. Sometimes they’ll come out too early and I’ll see them stumbling about in the water, struggling to see in the evening light. I’ve even had a few bump into me when I’m at the surface watching, and I always just very gently push them back to deeper water.

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Rexxi @rexxitheanimetrex.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Just a sliver, looking over my sanctuary. Can my creatures see me? Do the souls understand what I’ve done? Can they? The scavenger keeps finding them.

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Rexxi @rexxitheanimetrex.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

After a day of deliberation, I gotta interrupt the comic to bring you #inktober day 1, Gastornis, a terror bird relative who enjoyed fruit rather than flesh. #paleoart #paleosky #oc #ocsky #dinosaur #dinosaurart #gijinka

Gastornis
Gastoni
Gaston’s Bird

Despite what many people think, Gastornis was not a terror bird, although closely related. Terror birds are commonly understood as Phorusrachidae, which Gastornis is not a part of. It lived several million years before the first true terror bird, as most of them popped up in the neogene and recently have been found to possibly having lived until 25,000 years ago. Gastornis also is known for being a frugivore, eating fruits and seeds instead of small animals like its descendants would.

Gastoni's are actually surprisingly nice to run into. They aren't territorial, they won't chase you, they just want their fruits. They'll use their beaks to break branches they can reach and cause the fruit to drop, often then sitting down and enjoying their harvest. With the abundance of fruit, they aren't very defensive of it, though they do pack a mean kick and peck if you really do piss them off. Like all animals, they still should only be viewed from a distance... but I cannot lie, the occasional free fruit break when exploring is VERY nice to have in an environment as unforgiving as these islands.

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Rexxi @rexxitheanimetrex.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Lately I’ve seen my sky open.

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Rexxi @rexxitheanimetrex.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

The sky shreds like fabric, torn with ease. And it just watches. Is this what keeps me here? Caused my ship to crash? Kept me alive all this time? Does she even see me?

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Rexxi @rexxitheanimetrex.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Lately I’ve been dreaming of the sky tearing open.

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Rexxi @rexxitheanimetrex.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

I’m a day or so late, but it’s officially the 2 year anniversary since I started the dinosaur book with Trixie. However, I think there’s someone important you all haven’t met! This is Zoey, the survivor that’s been drawing all these journal entries! #oc #ocsky

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Rexxi @rexxitheanimetrex.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

So recently I’ve been on a bit of an invertebrate kick, that isn’t ending any time soon with the amount of cephalopods in my sights, so have an extinct giant honey bee! Not to be confused with the extant giant honey bee. #paleoart #invertebrate #oc #ocsky #gijinka #paleosky

Apis Lithohermaea (Giant Honey Bee)
Honey
Stone Messenger Bee

The giant honey bee, (this one at least, there are two. Apis Lithohermaea, the extinct, and Apis Dorsata, the living one) is a fossil specimen first discovered in Japan. Not much is known about these bees other than their impressive size (for bees), and their relative likeness to modern bees. The fossils are impressions in stone, preserving the entire body and wings. It’s also the first bee in the Dorsata species group to be found in the fossil record, and one of the most far north.

Honey’s are very friendly surprisingly. There’s a reason that the Neogene island is one of the most flowering. It’s the abundance of insects like her that buzz around. Often times however, their wings are too small to keep their bodies up, and they’ll accidentally make other creatures into pollinators. They’ll often find a nearby large, furry mammal who won’t swat them away, and just rest on them. All the while, their fuzz is leaking pollen. If they particularly like an animal in their territory, they’ll decorate her in flowers. No, I have not had the chance to find a saxophone to see if they like jazz, shut up.

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Rexxi @rexxitheanimetrex.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

This guy lived so close to humans, that he could’ve been Cave-FC. It’s Unga-Bungin good.

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Rexxi @rexxitheanimetrex.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Considering it it’s extremely extremely unlikely that raptorrex will ever get added to JWE3, or any JWE game for that matter, I suppose baby taro is the closest I can get (especially considering raptorrex might be just junior taxa of tarbo-)

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Rexxi @rexxitheanimetrex.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Criminal negligence, reckless endangerment, child endangerment, numerous OSHA violations, Unethical animal experimentation, destruction of a limited natural resource, overpriced drinks

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Rexxi @rexxitheanimetrex.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Been a little while since I posted because I’ve been slacking on the descriptions, but hey! Have Uintacrinus, probably the weirdest animal I’ve done so far! #paleoart #paleosky #crinoid #ocsky #ocart #gijinka

Uintacrinus
Utacri
Crinoid from the Uinta Mountains

Crinoids are a very interesting animal order. They're echinoderms, so related to sea sponges, starfish, and urchins. Crinoids opted for the sedentary lifestyle, anchoring themselves to stone or rock or coral and catching whatever algae or other food passed by.. except for one. Uintacrinus is a crinoid from the cretaceous, but more strangely, is found fossilized in these massive sheets of just it, tangled within itself and other organisms. Ultimately, this turned into a discovery.. Uintacrinus was a free-swimming crinoid, floating around in massive groups like floating coral reefs.

Utacri reefs are very rare, I will admit. They aren't that large, maybe a few feet long at the biggest, but there's always tons of them. They float around like jellyfish, occasionally randomly reaching for whatever prey catches their eye. They'll grab onto anything if they think its interesting, though that sometimes causes giant predators to get caught up in them like nets. That.. doesn't end well for the Utacri's.

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Rexxi @rexxitheanimetrex.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

One of the best things about rewatching all the JP movies is that I get to review them. Tomorrow I watch JP3. Tomorrow I find out if Letterboxd has a character limit.

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Rexxi @rexxitheanimetrex.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Stellar's Sea Cow, Hydrodamalis Gigas I'm actually very very proud of the way this girlie turned out, so I wanted to share her here! #paleoart #paleosky #oc #ocsky #ocart #gijinka

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Rexxi @rexxitheanimetrex.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

It’s 8/31, which means it’s @eight3one.bsky.social ‘s birthday! Wish my girlie a happy birthday or I bite you.

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Rexxi @rexxitheanimetrex.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Rare non-dinosaur post but oh my god doomsweepers. I’ve been getting that ad and it’s itching my brain in such a way. Also hear me out.

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Rexxi @rexxitheanimetrex.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

So recently internal vote declared ‘Zanzibar Leopard’ as ‘Panthera Pardus Pardus’, so I no longer have a Z… meaning Zhejiangopterus coming soon

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Rexxi @rexxitheanimetrex.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Now that all the JW animals are done, I think I’m gonna go back in and fill out clades that need it. I think I’ve got every major clade with at least one animal, so I guess it’s time to give all those clades more members, and then touch on more specific clades.

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Rexxi @rexxitheanimetrex.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

I may start just posting an animal a day. I’ve got 182 apparently that I gotta clear through.

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Rexxi @rexxitheanimetrex.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

I have an idea swirling in my head for a video game, I just need to find like a game jam and the motivation to spend eighty hours in two weeks to get it made

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Rexxi @rexxitheanimetrex.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

I occasionally like to flashbang my followers with shitty jokes, I am a mom after all.

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Rexxi @rexxitheanimetrex.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

I tried dating a girl who was allergic to the gym. Needless to say, we didn’t really workout.

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Rexxi @rexxitheanimetrex.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

I've unfortunately come to the part of doing all the canon JW animals that the ones left just.. don't interest me or are ugly as sin. So instead, I decided to reference something else with this one, have Altispinax. #dinosaurart #paleoart #paleosky #oc #ocsky #gijinka #fossilfighters

Altispinax
Altix
With high spines

Altispinax is a carnosaurid theropod from the very very early Cretaceous. Admittedly it’s a very fragmentary animal, and there isn’t much to write about. It was confused for megalosaurus like five times? Arguably its claim to fame comes from the fact that Jurassic world knowingly used its junior taxa, becklespinax. When asked, the artists didn’t even know why they picked it, just that it was always the Junior synonym.

Altix are.. not that common. I actually see their young ones far more, but I decided to find an adult to document. The adults turn gray and green, while the little ones are brown and yellow. That pattern does stay with the Altix. The young ones are boisterous, aggressive, and just.. kinda mean. However they mellow out in their age, often digging around in the dirt for entertainment. I’ve seen them even pick fights over finding bones, and many times itll end with bloodshed. Not necessarily death, but these guys are certainly *FOSSIL FIGHTERS*.
...I’ll see myself out.

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Rexxi @rexxitheanimetrex.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

I finally remembered I was doing these collections. Here's all three new species from Jurassic World. Yep. Only three. There are no other animals in that movie. (oh and Brachi cameo) #jurassicworld #paleoart #paleosky #dinosaur #dinosaurart #oc #ocsky #gijinka

Brachiosaurus
Bracchi
Arm Lizard

Brachiosaurus is a very well understood sauropod, and often said to be the most famous, in no doubt to John Williams. While not the tallest, longest, or even the most interesting, Brachiosaurus will always hold a place in many’s hearts.

Bracchi’s are sweet, soft spoken, and gentle giants. They’re the only prey no predator dare even touch. For some reason, if a single scratch is ever laid on a Bracchi, every Rexxi on the island will descend on whatever dared hurt it.

Apatosaurus
Apatta
Deceptive Lizard

Apatosaurus held their heads, necks, and tails significantly more parallel to the ground. While still sauropods, they’re the flagship of these longer necks, apart from maybe Diplodocus.

Appatta’s are an unfortunate victim of dinosaur women height scaling. Due to their height being exactly with how the animal way, Appatta’s are often given the short end of the stick. Instead, they pair up with larger sauropods and become practically impenetrable herds of massive giants. In return to taking the front spots, the taller sauropods will help the Appatta’s reach branches they might not be able to otherwise.

Dimorphodon
Dimorpha
Two-form teeth

Dimorphodon is an early Jurassic pterosaur, back when they had much longer tails. Its jaw has two types of teeth, long sharp front teeth and smaller, needle teeth towards the back. In pterosaurs, teeth were already fairly uncommon, but having two types was even more so. Dimorphodon itself is fairly “primitive” but late Cretaceous standards, and don’t get me started on the pug-rex-block-face that Jurassic World gave it.

Dimorpha are stand-offish. They’re loud, boisterous, and often try to seem a lot bigger than they are. They’re small, but considering there’s not many other pterosaurs on the Jurassic island, she can get away with it. Dimorpha’s are also fairly like raccoons, eating anything they can catch. They’re fairly easily to scare away though, after all.. they’re barely a meter tall.

Mosasaurus
Mosa
Meuse Lizard

The mosasaurus is the most defining apex predator of the aquatic cretaceous seas. Evolving from jurassic monitor lizards, it became one of the first lizards to give live birth. Mosasaurus and other aquatic reptiles are not dinosaurs, they are aquatic reptiles in their own order. In fact, they branch before dinosaurs, since Dinosauria and Reptilia are different Classes. The Mosa pictured is actually the oldest designed creature here, due to being from a previous story and world, and transferred here. As such, her design may feel out of place due to having the hood down a majority of the time.

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Rexxi @rexxitheanimetrex.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

End of Oak Street is absolutely fantastic

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Rexxi @rexxitheanimetrex.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

One day I’m gonna take all these designs and throw them into a umamusume style card battler game. I’d make bank.

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Rexxi @rexxitheanimetrex.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Oh a meteor shower? OH GOD NOT AGAIN AAAAAAAAAA-

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Rexxi @rexxitheanimetrex.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Started making an ammonite, ended up with a really badass shell. Still not sure how I did this, have a Hoplites. #ammonite #oc #ocsky #paleoart #plaeosky #gijinka

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Rexxi @rexxitheanimetrex.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

I think I’m about to break my rules. (Ignore that I did it with trilobite)

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Rexxi @rexxitheanimetrex.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

In celebration of JWE3’s crocodilia Coast tomorrow, here’s the entire collection of art for it! #paleoart #paleosky #jurassicworldevolution #oc #ocsky #gijinka

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Rexxi @rexxitheanimetrex.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

End of Oak Street, more like end of Smoke Street because what the fuck are they thinking with that slop ad???? The only reason I’m still seeing it is because I already bought the tickets.

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Rexxi @rexxitheanimetrex.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

There’s a bunch of animals I have that I haven’t written descriptions for.. I might post them, but I’m not sold. The descriptions do take quite a bit of time and research for.

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Rexxi @rexxitheanimetrex.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

I need to get better about posting these, have an Amargasaurus. #dinosaur #dinosaurart #paleosky #paleoart #oc #ocsky #gijinka

Amargasaurus
Mara
La Amarga Lizard

Amargasaurus is a sauropod from… you guessed it, Argentina. I’d be rich if I had a dollar for each species from Argentina. Anyway, it’s from the Cretaceous and actually has a very interesting debate going on. Amargasaurus had massive neural spines that jutted out from the back of its neck, and there’s two leading theories. Either they were just exposed, or they were covered by a sail like on Dimetrodon and spinosaurus. As you can see, I went with the sail variation, even though it seems the current majority are in favor of just exposed spines.

Mara’s are peaceful, although they’re some of the only sauropods I’ve really seen stand up and fight. Most other sauropods will kick and walk away, often times actually leading to them bleeding out. I’ve not seen a Mara that hasn’t taken its attacker down. Their sails are a very good deterrent from attackers, but those who try end up with this girl slamming the back of her head as hard as possible into whatever’s trying to kill her. If they’re lucky, they can even survive, although it’s extremely painful. This also mangles their sails, so the smaller Mara’s tend to center around any Mara without a sail. They even take care of each other to try and make sure the Mara that was attacked isn’t killed by the broken spines.

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Rexxi @rexxitheanimetrex.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

So now that I found out that surviving earth is available to me (and watching it), decided to visit a part of the islands that not many people do.. Scutosaurus, and the Northern Rift #paleoart #paleosky #oc #ocsky #gijinka

Scutosaurus
Scuti
Shield Lizard

Scutosaurus is a heavily armored herbivore from the late Permian, and was likely the largest animal to walk on land thus far. It’s likely to have been heavier than a tonne, and also likely lived in large groups that would travel. It had heavy plating along its back with strong osteoderms being preserved along its back and head.

The northern rift is a range that’s extremely dangerous. The air is dense with carbon dioxide, the oxygen thin up high, and the heat impossible to survive below. There’s a crater that just spews lava. Not even the plant life survives. If you’re ever here, run. This place is inhospitable to everything but the smallest burrowers. The rift causes the oceans to turn to acid and the rain to burn. Nothing should be here, but when the wind blows right, it scares the animals that live inland to retreat from the heat. Their instincts are to climb, and unfortunately that sometimes brings them up to the northern rift. The ground is lined with fallen gorgonopsids, and sometimes a herd of scuto’s. I try to not interfere, especially on islands I don’t live, but I couldn’t watch this girl die alone. I took her back down the mountain, away from the smoke, I hope she’ll be okay.

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Rexxi @rexxitheanimetrex.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Granted I only checked recently, but after two years, I finally completed the alphabet. And for some reason, the last letter was J. Have a Juxia. #Paleoart #paleosky #oc #ocsky #gijinka

Juxia
Juxi
Gigantic Rhinoceros

Juxia is a relative small paraceratheriid, a group of large mammals closely related to modern rhinoceros. Juxia is about the size of a horse, which while still large, is nowhere near the sizes later paraceratheriids got, including paraceratherium itself being in contention for the largest land mammal ever. Admittedly, Juxia is interesting as the small start to a massive lineage, but I chose it purely so I could have an animal that’s name began with J-

Juxi’s act like horses, which is kind of funny considering other horses are on these islands. I suppose then, Juxi acts more like a donkey or a rhino. While the horses run at the slightest bit of danger, Juxi’s stand their ground. They’re surprisingly strong, although they’re also not opposed to running and finding a larger paraceratheriid to hide behind (boy am I tired of writing that word)

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Rexxi @rexxitheanimetrex.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

I still have a bunch of clades I need to do, so in the next while, variety is going to explode! Prepare for not many dinosaurs (although I still need dicraesaurids and megaraptorans and alvarezsaurs) It’s mainly mammal and insects.

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Rexxi @rexxitheanimetrex.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Coming back and trying to face some fears. It didn’t work. Have the Hell Ants! (Or at least 6/10 of them) #paleoart #paleosky #gijinka #oc #ocsky #originalart

Hell Ants
Hellan
Haidomyrmecinae

Hell ants are a diverse set of ants made up of 10 extinct genuses all from the middle Cretaceous. Most fossils of these guys are encased in amber, leading to pretty perfect preservation. The one downside is I am scared of bugs, especially up close, so this was a terrifying art session. The genuses represented here are Haidomyrmex, Chonidris, Aquilomyrmex, Haitoderminus, Dhagnathus, and Linguamyrmex. The rest of the genus either were only preserved in one fossil, were too similar to the already represented genus, I straight up could not understand what I was looking at, or a mix of those.

Hellan’s act like ants for the most part. They’re by far some of the smallest girls I’ve seen, maybe only an inch or two tall each, blowing the previous smallest out of the water.. ironic considering it was Haikouichthys. They’re somewhat territorial, and I’ve seen quite a lot of cross-genus collaboration between them. The one issue is that because of this, they keep creeping onto the shore and trying to steal my food supply. The good news is that the Kyua’s LOVE them, so I don’t have to worry as much about sharing my rations.

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Rexxi @rexxitheanimetrex.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

I’ve seen so much about it so I’m making a callout. #paleostream How do I participate? It looks really fun..

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