Christian Flores

What did you think of it? Let me know! (3/3)

Great strengths overall this season yet again, with some notable nitpicks or notable pieces of review (2/3)

Did it get cold in here? ❄️

Because this is my official review of #PrehistoricPlanetIceAge ! 🧊🦣. You can watch the show on AppleTV+ Today! (1/3)

The ackie monitor (Varanus acanthurus) is a small species of monitor lizard native to parts of western, northern, and central Australia. Occupying rock crevices, outcrops, and burrows, these active foragers will hunt insects, small reptiles, and mammals as part of their diet. 🦗🪲

It's #InternationalDinosaurDay! What better way to celebrate and learn more about yourself than answer the question - which APZ dinosaur are you based on your birth month? 🦕🦖

Who did you get? Let us know in the comments! 💬

We. Love. Bugs! And at the Amber Vivarium, you'll meet one of the zoo's predators with personality - Gigatitan 🦟🌱

As solitary animals with enlarged, sharp forelimbs, they enjoy insect prey as our modified contact strategy requires specialists to wear protective gloves while handling the species!

NEW EPISODE! 🦖
Ellen & special guest, paleontology educator @crikeyitschristian.bsky.social review the towering icons of the dinosaur world: Tyrannosaurus rex! Check it out on @maximumfun.org or wherever you get podcasts!

Looking to support the zoo's animals and "exterminate" some memories this Valentine's Day? The #ArtemisPaleozoo will be hosting it's very first Bug-Off Fundraiser, where guests can donate to symbolically name a worm, insect, fruit, or vegetable after an ex as it helps feed our critters. 🪳🥬❤️

As @projectpaleozoo.bsky.social's zoological consultant, we apply many real elements of animal welfare and care of modern animals into the extinct species you'll see. Here's a fun graphic I did for Boris the Stegosaurus! 🌿

Two Paleozoo keepers prepare a group of small, feathered dinosaurs for an educational showcase for guests. One gracefully is landing on the glove of its trainer. Another, sitting patiently. The last is attempting to nibble the hair of its trainer.

Ambassador animals provide opportunities for our guests to create deep, memorable connections to the natural world.

With plenty of personality to show, keepers @teolorenzo.bsky.social and @doodlize.bsky.social prepare a pair of Microraptor and Yi qi for an upcoming ambassador animal showcase! 🪽

Occupying rivers systems, females will clamber onto sandy banks to lay their nest of eggs. As the rainy season approaches, the moisture and environmental change will trigger the young to hatch, emerging to the safety of the water. 🌊 2/2

The fly river turtle (Carettochelys insculpta) is an omnivorous, freshwater turtle species from Northern Australia / Papua New Guinea. Superficially looking like a sea turtle with its flippered arms, are not related at all! Instead being the sole surviving member of the family Carettochelyidae 🐢 1/2

Running a Q&A on my Instagram today! Come on by with any wildlife or paleontology questions! 🐢🦕

You've heard of the #ArtemisPaleozoo, now its time to meet the team behind it! With seventeen people involved in the creation of this artbook, we are pleased to present this new wave of media to you all 🌿🦖 (1/2)

A large, green sauropod dinosaur (Alamosaurus) wandering in a coastal environment.

An #Alamosaurus piece I made for my buddy @crikeyitschristian.bsky.social a little while ago. It remains one of my favorite sauropod works, and this species is slowly climbing up on my favorites list.

This amazing project has been long in the making for my teammates and I. You can follow @projectpaleozoo.bsky.social as an upcoming artbook, where I fill the role of lead writer, social media manager, and zoological consultant! 🦖🦕

For meerkats, keeping your eyes peeled is an everyday task 👀

A social species, meerkats will keep watch as fellow troop members forage for food, tend to their burrows, or rear their young. When a predator like a bird or snake is seen, spotters will alarm that danger is near! ☀️

Picking what to wear every day is never easy, but luckily, nature can be your stylist 🧣

The southern ground hornbill (bucorvus leadbeateri) is a large, carnivorous bird found across Southern Africa. Known to cooperatively hunt in tall grasses, you can #StealTheirLook today!

Birds and crocodilians both perform calls, postures, and even tactile gestures, and paleoart allows us to illustrate that knowledge into life. 🐊🦅 (2/2)

Art by friend and paleoartist @lacerdajulio.bsky.social 🎨

T.rex is often remembered as a fearsome predator, but what about other complex behaviors, like attracting a mate? 🦖

While the fossil record may not easily show us how dinosaurs behaved, we can infer that many animals partake in different forms of courtship to pass their genes. (1/2)

Tyrannosaurus rex is arguably the most famous dinosaur in the world. With large teeth and powerful jaws, have you ever thought to consider its eyes? 👀

Art by friend and paleoartist @lacerdajulio.bsky.social 🎨🦖

Grab your shovels, girlies. New outfit just dropped ✨️⛏️

The aardvark is a medium-sized mammal from Africa, and with capable claws and a strong sense of smell, will forage for termites, ants, and insect larvae. You can do the same as you #StealTheirLook today! 🐜💃

The Shasta ground sloth (Nothrotheriops shastensis) was a medium-sized species with remains uncovered through the Southern United States, including California.

Coprolites, or fossilized dung, have been found with seeds and leaves of the Yucca brevifolia, or Joshua tree! 🦥

Everyone loves ground sloths, now how about a super-sized species? 🦥

Megatherium is genus of ground sloth dispersed across South America from the Pliocene to Late Pleistocene. Living alongside Smilodon and armored Glyptodonts, thank you to @Saltman.arts (on Instagram) for this amazing icon! 🌴

While we picture most monitor lizards as large, carnivorous reptiles, there's one species that may surprise you. 🍏🍌🍇

The Gray's monitor, also known as the Butaan, is native to the humid forests of the Philippines, and its diet comprises primarily of fruit!

New year, new beginnings! And I wanted to introduce myself and #MeetTheCreator

I'm Christian Flores, and I'm a wildlife educator, sci commer, and conservationist. Simply put - I engage with the public about life on our planet, with themes such as ecology, paleontology, and more! 🌿🦍🦕

Elephants are an iconic group of animals that are recognized around the world, though how do you tell them apart? It's time to answer the question: #WhatstheDifference ? 🐘🐘

Elephant Odyssey is one of my favorite sections to visit here at @sandiegozoo.bsky.social . A time capsule and glimpse into the world of the pleistocene, guests have the opportunity to see some unexpected faces of California's past. 🐘🐪🦅

It can be hard to find the right outfit for every occasion, though luckily, nature has you covered. 🦎🌴

Leaf-tailed geckos in the genus Uroplatus use camouflage as a key tactic in escaping predators, and you can do same as you #StealTheirLook today ☀️

I'm always "frilled" to talk about dinosaurs 🌿

Ceratopsians are a group of herbivorous dinosaurs dating back to Jurassic period, and are best-known for the horns, frills, and size of later members. Here are Styracosaurus, Triceratops, and Einiosaurus!