Danny Anduza

SUPER cool! I'm printing the specimen out now as I type this. Thank you for making it freely available!

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My mission of science outreach & education is (slowly!) gaining a wider audience

Twitch screenshot of me in my office, with a 3D-printed Tiktaalik lurking in the background, along with framed prints of other basal tetrapods, cladograms, homology diagrams, and other paleontological miscellanea

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!

twitch.tv/paleontologizing

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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

Imprint of a leaf on a rain-slick sidewalk

I’ll remember you were here

A cartoon from the 1950’s that’s more relevant than ever 💔

This may be the oldest ‘butthole’ imprint on Earth Fossils show exceptionally rare evidence of a cloacal vent—the slit that most vertebrates use to excrete, have sex and lay egg—which could shed light on the evolution of the orifice

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.

Metazooa Become an evolutionary detective to find the Mystery Animal!

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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Twitch screenshot of me in my office. Behind me are a life-sized 3D print of a gigantic Archelon rear flipper, plus a 1/3 size leatherback turtle, some ammonites, and some framed figures related to marine turtle evolution

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

Metazooa Become an evolutionary detective to find the Mystery Animal!

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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Twitch screenshot of me in my office, surrounded by various stop motion dinosaur film posters, framed photos of Willis O'Brien, and a 3D-printed Brontosaurus à la King Kong

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!

Photo of four books in a stack: Your Inner Fish by Neil Shubin; "Young Illustrated Classics" adaptation of Moby-Dick by Herman Melville; My Beloved Brontosaurus by Riley Black; and The Human Evolution Coloring Book by Adrian L Zihlman

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.

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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.

I went to Crissy Field this morning in hopes of seeing some marine mammals — and while I didn't encounter any this huge, I spotted a bunch of harbor porpoises, several common dolphins, and the largest harbor seal I've ever seen.

This place is such a gem

(To be clear though, I literally *can* wait, patiently, and I hope you're taking all the time you need. Bradley's illustrations were a big part of my childhood too, and I'm thrilled that you're working on this. Good things take time!)

I'd say "don't let the bastards get you down," but that might sound trite. Find solace where you can, take your time, and know that other folks are there too, feeling the same way you are.

We're excited to see your article when you're done — I know I can't wait to admire the JPI art in high res!

Photo of me, wearing a leather jacket and some binocular straps, next to a replica of a large fossil sea turtle. The skull is large compared to the body, much like in a loggerhead turtle, but the upper shell (carapace) has large open spaces between the ribs, calling to mind the hyper-reduced carapace of Dermochelys coriacea, the modern leatherback turtle. Opinions are still divided as to whether these Cretaceous protostegids are related to today's leatherback turtles, or whether they represent an entirely separate family of marine turtles.

For this week's #FossilFriday, here's me and a fossil protostegid cast at @oaklandzoo.bsky.social

Protostegids (such as the famously gigantic Archelon) are a group of sea turtles from the Cretaceous which *might* be close relatives of the modern leatherback turtle.

Note the reduced carapace 👀

Metazooa Become an evolutionary detective to find the Mystery Animal!

Well, well, well... pretty good today!

🐲 Animal #941 🐬
I figured it out in 4 guesses!
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🔥 4 | Avg. Guesses: 5.2

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Twitch screenshot of the "CAT CAM," with longhair domestic cat Sweetie Pie glowering into the lens as I brush her. There's various theropod dinosaur (including bird) miscellanea on the wall behind us

We're talkin' early dinosaur jumping ability, oceanic amphibians (!) and more on today's #paleontology #Twitch stream -- and you're free to join us @ twitch.tv/paleontologizing

We'll likely be having LOTS of feline interruptions as well, so don't worry about being disruptive with your own questions

The Cambrian Identity
The Cambrian Supremacy
The Cambrian Ultimatum

THANK YOU! I hadn't seen the email yet

a procession of glowing golden plesiosaurs drift across a road through a conifer forest

pictures I painted at 3 am

3/4 „Procession“

Down to an average of 5.2 guesses, though! 💪🏽