It's funny because it's TRUE.
The game took *forever* to load today (with multiple 504 errors) but I got it 💪🏽
🐸 Animal #954 🦊
I figured it out in 4 guesses!
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🔥 2 | Avg. Guesses: 5.2
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We're talking more about the new Netflix series "The Dinosaurs" on today's #paleontology stream — and apparently it's my 5-year 'Partner'-versary on #Twitch as well!
Join us, type into the chat window, or just listen in and hang out @ twitch.tv/paleontologizing
That could have gone a LOT worse 😅
🦗 Animal #953 🐼
I figured it out in 5 guesses!
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🔥 1 | Avg. Guesses: 5.2
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We'll be discussing the new Netflix series "The Dinosaurs" today (I was pleasantly surprised by the first two episodes!) as well as anything else Chat is curious about
I'm still feeling a little under the weather, but I promise not to sneeze directly into the camera
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There are a lot of scientific illustrators and graphic designers who are building their portfolios and will take on work for less than you might imagine. It's not out of reach.
...as brand-new research is pointing to another gigantic bolide strike at the Jurassic-Cretaceous boundary, it just speaks to how resilient a clade the dinosaurs were.
(And I say "were," but there's still over 10K species of dinosaurs around today — after all, birds outnumber mammal species 2-to-1)
I mean, the dinosaurs had a 170mil+ year run, so it kinda makes sense that it would take a giant rock from outer space, hitting in *just* the absolute worst spot, to knock 'em out.
And when you consider that there may have been *several* devastating impacts throughout the Mesozoic...
It's Thursday BIRDSday, but before we dive into the various bird photos that chatters submitted this week, we'll be talking about some more #paleontology news and doin' some of our usual fossil science Q&A.
Feel free to drop in and join us now @ twitch.tv/paleontologizing
Here it is — pretty decent detail, with the 0.25mm nozzle on my printer. I'll be using this as a teaching aid in my online outreach. Thanks again for making the file available!
SUPER cool! I'm printing the specimen out now as I type this. Thank you for making it freely available!
2,000 followers!
My mission of science outreach & education is (slowly!) gaining a wider audience
We're chatting about phylogeny, weird relic stem tetrapods in the Permian, baby pachycephalosaurs, and so much more on today's #paleontology #Twitch stream -- and you're welcome to join us!
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Getting better all the time
🕷️ Animal #947 🐹
I figured it out in 5 guesses!
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🔥 5 | Avg. Guesses: 5.2
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Stem tetrapod before and after they were called beautiful
I’ll remember you were here
A cartoon from the 1950’s that’s more relevant than ever 💔
Please enjoy the single most amazing quote from a paleontologist I have ever read: “The animal literally cemented itself—and its nether regions—into eternal history like the movie stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.” 🧪 www.scientificamerican.com/article/see-...
If you ever want to read a paper for free and can't find it otherwise, email the lead author and politely ask for a copy. You will not be bothering the person. You will in fact make their whole entire day. I have had scientists get so excited I asked they sent me everything they ever published.
Keepin' that average down 💪🏽
🦟 Animal #946 🐬
I figured it out in 5 guesses!
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🔥 4 | Avg. Guesses: 5.2
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It's a #TurtleTuesday stream today on #Twitch, wherein we'll be discussing the evolution of sea turtles (including my beloved LEATHERBACK) as well as whatever else the good folks in the chat are curious about.
Join us in paleontological camaraderie @ twitch.tv/paleontologizing
When you're clever about these things, it makes it easier to get lucky 😉
🐹 Animal #945 🪿
I figured it out in 3 guesses!
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🔥 3 | Avg. Guesses: 5.2
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140 years ago today, stop motion animation pioneer WILLIS O'BRIEN was born right here in Oakland, California.
We'll be talking all about his work & legacy on today's #paleontology stream on #Twitch — and how he introduced dinosaurs to a wide audience through his films
🦕 twitch.tv/paleontologizing
I'll be there!
THE NEIGHBORHOOD'S HUNGER FOR NATURAL HISTORY IS INSIATIABLE
"PLEASE!" they say, "GIVE US MORE! WE MUST FEED OUR SENSE OF WONDER WITH MUSINGS ON HUMANKIND'S PLACE IN NATURE!"
Spot on, @bobkopp.net.
“…saving American climate science—and American science in general—requires that the community discard the myth of political neutrality, engage in a concerted defense of liberal democracy, and stand in solidarity with this administration’s other targets.”
I am specifically decrying *American* imperialism and you're trying to distract with whataboutism. Please don't come into my mentions and derail. It's rude and unhelpful.
Modern Russian imperialism is a byproduct of American imperialism.
macmillan.yale.edu/reees/events...
Not voicing it feels cowardly, so I'll say it:
American imperialism is a death cult.
Greed, exploitation, and WAR — like we're seeing now — are its sacraments. It's driven multiple species to extinction already, with more to follow. If current trends continue, it will doom the human species too.
