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anomalocaris @utaurora.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

putting him in the snowglobe soon

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anomalocaris @utaurora.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

i should do trades while i dont have any comms 🤔

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anomalocaris @utaurora.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

new character concept + claudio

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anomalocaris @utaurora.bsky.social · 26/10/2024

COMMISSIONS 2025 Reopening after a year hiatus 🎉 🪲DM with any Q’s ☘️Look in thread for more examples! 🦎Please RT/Share 🧪My Ko-fi: ko-fi.com/dalesy

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Jo Wolfe, PhD @jopabinia.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

Misunderstandings of carcinization (and therefore what meaning we extract from evolution) are everywhere right now. Those ideas need to die because there is no ultimate form. Not crabs, not anyone. With eugenics on the rise (understatement), it bears repeating!

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anomalocaris @utaurora.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

#invertefest some finds from my last tidepools visit

purple shore crab Hemigrapsus nudus (with a smiley face on his back!)

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Susannah 🍁 @wweeta.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

Nose, taste buds, ears, immune system, map: the antennule. It detects smell, taste, and vibrations (like sound), recognizes pathogens and produces meds. Like the eyes, each antennule moves independently. #VancouverIsland #HermitCrabs #IntertidalInvertebrates #Invertebrates #MarineLife #DailyHermit

A close view of a Hairy hermit's antennules, the small pair of antennae between the hermit's eyes. Where the antennae are a simple dotted line, the antennules are a complex organ. Seen here, the stalk has two sections, the first olive green ending in a white ring, the second green and brown with a thin yellowish line at the joint. Then comes the working apparatus; a conical projection, ringed, blue-green fading to olive green, ending in a hairy spike. Below that, the "flag" a clump of fine, sensitive hairs; these vary in colour with the light, often looking like a candle flame. And below that, again, another dotted-line spike. What information the hermit receives from all this, we're only beginning to discover.
On either side of the antennules are the eyes, these (the light changes the apparent colour) on green stalks with touches of blue; the eyes have two dark stripes; here the main colour looks yellow.
This is an older hermit, and it's a long time since the last molt; the cephalothorax is cluttered wtih diatom fuzz and bits of sand.

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Gwen!!! @poodlewool.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

o-oh.. opabinia!! Are those for me? you shouldn't have!

small watercolor on a pink background of opabinia proffering a bunch of corals as a bouquet in it's mouth claw

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anomalocaris @utaurora.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

here is some spiders ive found also 🥰🥰 #myspiders

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anomalocaris @utaurora.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

tall coin..

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Natee (they/them) @himmapaan.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

An older piece but a perennial favourite. 'La même histoire' Ink on Moleskine sketchbook paper, approximately 127 × 208 mm, 2018. #MerMay

Ink drawing of a mermaid sitting atop a perpendicular, tree trunk-like rock in the water. Her long hair trails right down to her seat and obscures her face entirely. Her head is bowed, and there is a strong suggestion that she may be weeping.

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anomalocaris @utaurora.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

i never post here sorry you may be wondering whats up with dales well. i graduated uni moved to the west coast and im considering trade school bc theres no jobs that pay well for what i wanna do. Quarter life crisis

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anomalocaris @utaurora.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

dnd doodling

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Heba Gowayed هبة جويد @hebagowayed.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

Do not let the world look away. Keep fighting, keep telling our stories—until Palestine is free." - For the last time, Hossam Shabat, from northern Gaza. 23 and he knew to leave a death note.

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This is Hossam's team, and we are sharing his final message :
"If you're reading this, it means I have been killed
-most likely targeted-by the Israeli occupation forces. When this all began, I was only 21 years old-a college student with dreams like anyone else. For past 18 months, I have dedicated every moment of my life to my people. I documented the horrors in northern Gaza minute by minute, determined to show the world the truth they tried to bury. I slept on pavements, in schools, in tents
-anywhere I could. Each day was a battle for survival. I endured hunger for months, yet I never left my people's side.
By God, I fulfilled my duty as a journalist. I risked everything to report the truth, and now, I am finally at rest-something I haven't known in the past 18 months. I did all this because I believe in the Palestinian cause. I believe this land is ours, and it has been the highest honor of my life to die defending it and serving its people.
I ask you now: do not stop speaking about Gaza.
Do not let the world look away. Keep fighting, keep telling our stories—until Palestine is free."
- For the last time, Hossam Shabat, from northern Gaza.

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sharon zhang @sharonzhang.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

This was Hossam's last post on Instagram. Demanding accountability for Israel's attacks.

Instagram reel from Hossam Shabat:

On October 17th, 2023, Israel bombed Al-Ahli Hospital in Gaza. Everyone was shocked! Governments were outraged and demanded investigations.

Israel denied it. Western media believed it. And the bombing continued as 'Israel investigated itself.'

UN and NGO investigations proved that Israel indeed did it. No government acted. No condemnations.

So Israel continued bombing, besieging and targeting EVERY SINGLE HOSPITAL in Gaza. They still denied it as Wester governments rushed to excuse it.

But Israel feels emboldened now. Eighteen months of genocide and impunity meant that they didn't have to deny bombing hospitals anymore. No one cares...

They say the magic H word and war crimes are justified.

They killed Patients today in the hospital including children and unarmed men.

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Gwen!!! @poodlewool.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Party tip: When throwing a deep sea tea party, it's generally recommended that you invite the colossal squid.

a painting of a pelican eel, giant isopod, sea pig, and vampire squid enjoying a tea party, while a colossal squid looks on; so large it nearly obscures the entire background.

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lindsay k 🍁 @krausserlk.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

It’s a sea slug kinda day. Please enjoy these Painted Elysia from our recent trip to Cozumel! 🤿🦑🐌 #underwaterphotography #macro #tg5 #scuba

Underwater pic of a tiny colourful sea slug - a blueish body with red orange folds on its back and y-shaped antennae with red orange tips. Travelling across white sand and Munching on some sea grass

Another underwater pic of a tiny colourful sea slug - a blueish body with red orange folds on its back and y-shaped antennae with red orange tips.

Another underwater pic of a tiny colourful sea slug - a blueish body with red orange folds on its back and y-shaped antennae with red orange tips. Against a white sand background and clearly looking for its next snack

Another underwater pic of three tiny colourful sea slugs - each with a blueish body with red orange folds on its back and y-shaped antennae with red orange tips. They appear to be competing for their lunch (sea grass)

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Jo Wolfe, PhD @jopabinia.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

New writing! For @sciam.bsky.social, I talk about misleading memes. If you understand evolution enough to know this already, great! But memes/youtubes/etc reach folks with no biology background. Science has been twisted to justify bad things, such as eugenics, before. NOT IN CRABS' NAME. 🦀🧪🦑⚒️

scientificamerican.com

Crab Memes Amplify Mistaken Ideas about Evolution

Memes about repeated evolution of crabs have been co-opted to joke about technology and “ultimate forms.” They’re hilarious, but they oversimplify natural variation, giving bad arguments a scientific ...

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anomalocaris @utaurora.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

the mhan refs i drew 🥰 (it/they)

An OC, a young centaur with the body and horns of a reindeer.

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Stieven @stievenvdp.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Sleepy Suminia

a suminia resting on a moss covered branch

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Isopod Fan Account @bedupolker.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Happy Valentine’s Day- Show your friends that your feelings will NEVER go extinct with some cambrian critters.

Two opabinia, prehistoric shrimp-like creatures with long trunks, share a bouquet made of sea creatures. Text: we're two peas in a lobo-pod.

A marella, a creature that resembles a horseshoe crab or trilobite, carries an engagement ring. Text: will you marry-ella me?

An ayshea, a prehistoric creature with a round mouth, multiple legs, and wormlike body, holding a pair of sunglasses. Text: ayyyyyyyyyyyy girl

An anomalocaris, an arthropod with fins and two prominent front claws, holding a heart-shaped box of valentines chocolate. Text: I anomalo-care about you

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SassyMetisChick @sassymetischick.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

The Indigenous People of North America have decided to go back to calling the Gulf of Mexico, “Chalchiuhtlicueyecatl”. It is what the Nahuatl People originally called it as it is the domain of the goddess Chalchiuhtlicue, who is assoc w/water bodies, including the Gulf of Mexico.

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았 @acenth.bsky.social · 18/06/2024

2024 Updated Coven OCs lineup (1/2)

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Charley Eiseman @ceiseman.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

Thought this was a nice scene: an orbweaver (probably Araniella displicata) has spun its web across the gap in a scrub oak leaf produced by a caterpillar's feeding, and there are some Coptodisca leaf mines at upper right (one aborted, one with feeding larva, and one with pupal case already cut out).

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Stieven @stievenvdp.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

Hi there, it's #PortfolioDay (again, do not ask me why...) ! I'm Stieven and I mostly make these “slices of prehistoric life”

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Lumen ✨️ comms open! @lumenizampel.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

nothing like starting the new year off with some new yuri... #lanamia yuri lawyers anyone.... any takers... #lumenizampel_art #art

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Caxela @caxela.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

Dinocember Day 13 (the final day!): Tyrannosaurus

A Tyrannosaurus mcraeensis walks along a beach in search of food. A small wave comes in from the top of the scene. The Tyrannosaurus casts a large shadow on the sand.
Tyrannosaurus mcraeensis is a new species of Tyrannosaurus that was described earlier this year.

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juuni @juunipupu.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

I've been asked to show how I draw body hair - well, here's how! [ #art | #arttutorial | #oc ]

think about flow! 1. wet = down 2. towards nipples & belly button 3. ok, ready to work!

Make guidehair! Soft/airbrush or lower opacity

I use pencil or whatever sharp brush. Make V, C, S shapes within guidehair. 1. tips are darkest 2. interlock shapes. For example c becomes like half of a crescent moon and v becomes a stack of wonky v's

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Ele Willoughby @minouette.bsky.social · 30/09/2024

For a wildcard #InsertAnInvert2024 week we’re going back in time all the way to the Cambrian for the Opabinia! 🐡🧪 The fossils of this soft-bodied 7 cm long animal are found in the Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale Lagerstätte (505 million years ago) of British Columbia. Opabinia likely caught 🧵1/n

Linocut print of an Opabinia in indigo ink on speckled, white, Japanese paper, with each segment in a different collaged Japanese paper in different colours and patterns, including some marbled with suminagashi ink.

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anomalocaris @utaurora.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

and some other little dnd doodles hehe

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anomalocaris @utaurora.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

the mhan refs i drew 🥰 (it/they)

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Kieran @toadally.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

I will always stand by every word

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anomalocaris @utaurora.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

i was gone for a week and a bit (had my aunt visit her) so now shes super clingy. unfortunately this means her claws also haven't been clipped in over a week so she's also like velcro on me #misu

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Gen Conway @trigonotarbida.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

#Phreatoicopsis raffae is a strange #isopod in the suborder Phreatoicidea. These isopods mostly live in groundwater, but Phreatoicopsis is semi terrestrial. They are endemic to #Gariwerd, or the #Grampians, and unfortunately the place I saw it just burnt in a bushfire :( #InverteFest #ArthropodArt

A drawing of Phreatoicopsis raffae, a strange isopod. It is walking through damp moss, and there are purple Utricularia grampiana floerts in the foreground

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franz @franzanth.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

Want to learn to draw bugs for #InverteFest? I curate "Bug Pics for Art Refs"—a collection of photos that show invertebrates from angles that are hard to find elsewhere online, hand-picked to specifically help people who draw bugs *like me*. www.inaturalist.org/observations... My latest addition:

close up of a red dragonfly, 3/4 angle, focusing on the face and thorax

close up of a red dragonfly, from the bottom, showing how the legs are attached to the body and the mouth area

close up of the dragonfly's wings clearly showing venation pattern

two dragonfly legs detached from the body against white background for clarity

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miomancer @miomancer.bsky.social · 26/12/2024

“i’m learning blender” that’s great! i’ve been practicing microwave for a while and i think i’ve gotten pretty good at it. might tackle toaster next

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franz @franzanth.bsky.social · 27/12/2024

species key, for the approx 3 nerds who care

the same artwork with annotations of the animals depicted. the names are:

generic spiral
tridacna shell margin

3 large insects: dragonfly, butterfly, beetle

vague spider web or ediacaran fronds

macracantha
maratus volans
daldorfia “dorito crab”
vague millipede

man o’ war
stalked crinoid
strombus conch
sea anemone
stygiomedusa
venus flower basket
acropora table coral
pencil urchin
brain coral
pen shell
gorgonian coral
anoxiderma sponge
mussels
christmas tree worm
tube worm
cephalopod-inspired border

various floaters: diacria, clione, copepod, baby forms of jellies, snails, sea urchin, etc

benthic graptolite
sea butterfly

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franz @franzanth.bsky.social · 27/12/2024

Here's the #InverteFest art book December 2024 cover posted in full - how many species can you identify in this piece? Prints and stuff: www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/1674...

an ornate vertical design with a jumble of various marine life messily stacked on top of each other in the middle, surrounded by a wavy border. on top and below the middle design are geometric patterns showing various land arthropods. the entire design is in contrasting red, dark blue, with bright yellow outlines.

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Megan 🌟 @megnut.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

Merry almost Christmas! Reposting this in honor of this special day 🎄 #aceattorney #mkart #art #phoenixwright (2020)

A redraw of the famous Phoenix Wright line "'Almost Christmas' means it wasn't Christmas!"

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