Christopher DiPiazza
@chrisdipiazza.bsky.social
Degree in Animal Science. Paleoartist, Zookeeper, Science Teacher, Birder. I work with dinosaur fossils in Maryland. (He/Him/His)
🦖Creator of Prehistoric Beast of the Week🦕
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🦖Creator of Prehistoric Beast of the Week🦕
http://prehistoricbeastoftheweek.blogspot.com/?m=1
Some of the Christmas gifts. I’m lucky I have a spouse who actually thinks to buy me Jurassic world toys.
December 29, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Some of the Christmas gifts. I’m lucky I have a spouse who actually thinks to buy me Jurassic world toys.
Mall Santa: Who’s your friend there?
Lucia: This dinosaur has teeth when it’s a baby but not when it’s a grown up.
Santa: oh…so interesting.
The toy is meant to be Elaphrosaurus whose close relatives did do that. @davehone.bsky.social thought you’d be amused.
Lucia: This dinosaur has teeth when it’s a baby but not when it’s a grown up.
Santa: oh…so interesting.
The toy is meant to be Elaphrosaurus whose close relatives did do that. @davehone.bsky.social thought you’d be amused.
December 23, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Mall Santa: Who’s your friend there?
Lucia: This dinosaur has teeth when it’s a baby but not when it’s a grown up.
Santa: oh…so interesting.
The toy is meant to be Elaphrosaurus whose close relatives did do that. @davehone.bsky.social thought you’d be amused.
Lucia: This dinosaur has teeth when it’s a baby but not when it’s a grown up.
Santa: oh…so interesting.
The toy is meant to be Elaphrosaurus whose close relatives did do that. @davehone.bsky.social thought you’d be amused.
Christmas socks.
December 23, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Christmas socks.
My fav thing about my dinosaur Christmas sweater is the fact that whomever designed it chose to throw a narwhal in the mix.
December 22, 2025 at 12:50 PM
My fav thing about my dinosaur Christmas sweater is the fact that whomever designed it chose to throw a narwhal in the mix.
I despise the four letter bird codes. But I’ll make an exception for Snowy Owl…which is simply SNOW. 🪶
a man says i 'm going to allow that in a dark room
ALT: a man says i 'm going to allow that in a dark room
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December 21, 2025 at 8:44 PM
I despise the four letter bird codes. But I’ll make an exception for Snowy Owl…which is simply SNOW. 🪶
Newest #watercolor #paleoart is of the armored dinosaur, Peloroplites. As much as i like making colorful dinosaurs, a big gray-brown beast is its own kind of beautiful. 🎨🦖
December 21, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Newest #watercolor #paleoart is of the armored dinosaur, Peloroplites. As much as i like making colorful dinosaurs, a big gray-brown beast is its own kind of beautiful. 🎨🦖
Lambert, our Ackie Monitor, ate his first (small) adult mouse. Bulk of his diet will continue to be roaches, crickets, pinky mice, and eggs, but it’s good to know he can handle a huge meal like this. 🦎🐁
December 21, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Lambert, our Ackie Monitor, ate his first (small) adult mouse. Bulk of his diet will continue to be roaches, crickets, pinky mice, and eggs, but it’s good to know he can handle a huge meal like this. 🦎🐁
Hadrosaurus foulkii in #watercolors. This image is currently used in the New Jersey State Museum’s exhibit with their skeleton of this iconic dinosaur. #paleoart #dinosaur
December 18, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Hadrosaurus foulkii in #watercolors. This image is currently used in the New Jersey State Museum’s exhibit with their skeleton of this iconic dinosaur. #paleoart #dinosaur
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The more I hear about how people interact with genAI and the responses it generates, the more I see it as a soul-sucking detriment to society.
People are willingly social engineering themselves, giving up parts of what makes them human, to a computer trained on the dregs of humanity.
People are willingly social engineering themselves, giving up parts of what makes them human, to a computer trained on the dregs of humanity.
December 18, 2025 at 12:51 AM
The more I hear about how people interact with genAI and the responses it generates, the more I see it as a soul-sucking detriment to society.
People are willingly social engineering themselves, giving up parts of what makes them human, to a computer trained on the dregs of humanity.
People are willingly social engineering themselves, giving up parts of what makes them human, to a computer trained on the dregs of humanity.
Reposted by Christopher DiPiazza
“I know it kills puppies but it’s inevitable and we’ll lose out if we don’t use it!”
Does this sound convincing to you?
Does this sound convincing to you?
December 18, 2025 at 12:38 AM
“I know it kills puppies but it’s inevitable and we’ll lose out if we don’t use it!”
Does this sound convincing to you?
Does this sound convincing to you?
Lambeosaurus in #watercolor from a few years ago. #paleoart
December 17, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Lambeosaurus in #watercolor from a few years ago. #paleoart
Same energy 66 million years removed. I asked Lambert, my Ackie Monitor, his thoughts on his dead cousin being confirmed in the Hell Creek formation. If he did respond it was garbled by him having a mouthful of hardboiled egg. 🦎
December 13, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Same energy 66 million years removed. I asked Lambert, my Ackie Monitor, his thoughts on his dead cousin being confirmed in the Hell Creek formation. If he did respond it was garbled by him having a mouthful of hardboiled egg. 🦎
Can finally share this #watercolor #paleoart I did a few years back of the “King of the Riverside” I did for the new paper by @melanieduring.com which shows that in Hell Creek there were giant Prognathodon mosasaurs that were living in freshwater (not just visiting)
December 12, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Can finally share this #watercolor #paleoart I did a few years back of the “King of the Riverside” I did for the new paper by @melanieduring.com which shows that in Hell Creek there were giant Prognathodon mosasaurs that were living in freshwater (not just visiting)
Newest #paleoart #watercolor is Parasaurolophus. I don’t like using modern animal colors/patterns on paleoart exactly but I do use their palettes sometimes. Extra points if you know what this was from.
December 9, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Newest #paleoart #watercolor is Parasaurolophus. I don’t like using modern animal colors/patterns on paleoart exactly but I do use their palettes sometimes. Extra points if you know what this was from.
See the latest Beast of the Week? Long overdue revisit of Edmontosaurus. prehistoricbeastoftheweek.blogspot.com/2013/08/anat...
Edmontosaurus: Prehistoric Animal of the Week
Today we are checking out one of the largest and most well studied of the duck-billed dinosaurs. Enter Edmontosaurus ! Edmontosaurus anne...
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December 5, 2025 at 10:43 PM
See the latest Beast of the Week? Long overdue revisit of Edmontosaurus. prehistoricbeastoftheweek.blogspot.com/2013/08/anat...
From Henry Sharpe’s new paper on hadrosaur crests. I appreciate this. I’m so sick and tired of artists slapping the exact same crest on every species of Edmontosaurus because one mummified specimen showed it and thinking they’re “more accurate”. If anything it’s less likely.
November 29, 2025 at 10:24 PM
From Henry Sharpe’s new paper on hadrosaur crests. I appreciate this. I’m so sick and tired of artists slapping the exact same crest on every species of Edmontosaurus because one mummified specimen showed it and thinking they’re “more accurate”. If anything it’s less likely.
Newest #watercolor is the “duck titan” Edmontosaurus annectens. I couldn’t wait to depict the newly published sail-like crest. (I didn’t include the rounded head crest, however, since that wasn’t found in this species.) #paleoart
November 29, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Newest #watercolor is the “duck titan” Edmontosaurus annectens. I couldn’t wait to depict the newly published sail-like crest. (I didn’t include the rounded head crest, however, since that wasn’t found in this species.) #paleoart
Annual turkey day cartoon reminding everyone that birds are theropod dinosaurs. 🦃🦖
November 27, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Annual turkey day cartoon reminding everyone that birds are theropod dinosaurs. 🦃🦖
This is what i imagine whenever i see one of those silly turkey hats. 🍗
November 27, 2025 at 5:28 PM
This is what i imagine whenever i see one of those silly turkey hats. 🍗
Watching Charlie Brown for the first time since childhood. As a watercolor painter I adore how they allowed the paint to behave like paint in the background. Using blossoming (normally avoided) for the sky and grass.
November 25, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Watching Charlie Brown for the first time since childhood. As a watercolor painter I adore how they allowed the paint to behave like paint in the background. Using blossoming (normally avoided) for the sky and grass.
My Gargoyle Gecko, Brooklyn, peeling the last of her old skin off her tail like a sock. Lots of animals that shed will eat the old skin. 🦎 #gargoylegecko #reptile #herp
November 22, 2025 at 2:19 PM
My Gargoyle Gecko, Brooklyn, peeling the last of her old skin off her tail like a sock. Lots of animals that shed will eat the old skin. 🦎 #gargoylegecko #reptile #herp
Homologous structure day.
November 20, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Homologous structure day.
Latest Beast of the Week is Nanotyrannus because of course it is.
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Nanotyrannus: Beast of the Week
This week we will be learning about a dinosaur who's identity has been the subject of a lot of debate or decades. Check out Nanotyrannus !...
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November 19, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Latest Beast of the Week is Nanotyrannus because of course it is.
prehistoricbeastoftheweek.blogspot.com/2025/11/nano...
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Nanotyrannus attacking a young Tyrannosaurus is super common in paleoart especially in the last few weeks. Won’t stop me from depicting it too. Enjoy the new #watercolor. #paleoart
November 17, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Nanotyrannus attacking a young Tyrannosaurus is super common in paleoart especially in the last few weeks. Won’t stop me from depicting it too. Enjoy the new #watercolor. #paleoart
Quote with your art with horns! 😈
November 15, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Quote with your art with horns! 😈