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Amateur palaeoartist. Sometimes blogs about palaeontology, palaeoart, and zoology. Corrections and suggestions more than welcome!
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I don't typically single out bad accounts, but this "science girl" was notorious on twitter for never crediting content, often with erroneous caption, and blocking people who point out the errors.

Even if you're not using my block list, please don't let this account take off.
@franzanth.bsky.social Could you please add @gunsnrosesgirl3.bsky.social to Content Scrapers if it’s not already there?
November 6, 2024 at 8:23 PM
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The first thing to do is check on your people. Reach out to someone you haven’t heard from. They may need it. We have to recommit to caring for each other however we can. I’m spending some time reevaluating my priorities and how best to ground myself to face what’s next. I hope you can do the same.
November 6, 2024 at 3:00 PM
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Whether it’s hope or anger or spite or a dream, use it to live. Live and let’s keep finding each other. We are not the first to face this, and we are not alone. We can hold that certainty together, choose it, even when all else feels unknown.

I’m here. And I’m glad I’m with you.
November 6, 2024 at 2:48 PM
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Do not fall into hopelessness.
November 6, 2024 at 2:37 PM
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This is so cool : environmental DNA of vertebrates was sequenced directly from spider webs, showing native fauna in woodlands and exotic one in a zoo 🧪
Spider webs capture environmental DNA from terrestrial vertebrates
Environmental DNA holds significant promise as a non-invasive tool for tracking terrestrial biodiversity. However, in non-homogenous terrestrial envir…
www.sciencedirect.com
October 20, 2024 at 12:11 PM
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A wonderfully in-depth analysis of Birrin lore from Curious Archive.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRgw... Part 1

www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfZ6... Part 2

The Birrin saga is an entire chapter of my Kickstarter book 'Other Worlds The Art of Alex Ries': sign up for the launch! bit.ly/403C70b

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The Incredible World of the Birrin | Part I
YouTube video by Curious Archive
www.youtube.com
October 19, 2024 at 2:36 PM
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October 18, 2024 at 2:25 PM
Well, I guess I'd better make a proper start on this place. As I said in my first post (a whole year ago, apparently!), I run a palaeontology blog. I've been inactive for a few reasons, but hopefully, I'll be kicking it back into gear soon. I'm HOPING to be more active here than I was on Twitter.
October 19, 2024 at 2:13 PM
Published a new blog post! To celebrate the 200th anniversary of Megalosaurus, I decided to write about it. extinct-and-extant.blogspot.com/2024/02/mega...
February 20, 2024 at 11:07 AM
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White's Tree Frog
8x10" Oil painting, still waiting for it to dry.
Cute little guys, I thought a wet technique was fitting.

Reference photo by Jonathan Kriz
#sciart
February 10, 2024 at 6:09 PM
Just published a new blog post (nowhere near as long this time!) about the few spinosaurids that don't fit neatly into either of the main subfamilies.
extinct-and-extant.blogspot.com/2024/02/spin...
Spinosaurid Odds and Ends (Spinosauridae Revisited: Part Three)
Introduction In my last two blog posts, I wrote about the two major subfamilies within Spinosauridae (Baryonychinae and Spinosaurinae) Tho...
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February 10, 2024 at 10:02 AM
Merry Christmas! To celebrate the occasion, I've finally put out a new blog post. This one's the start of a new series focused on spinosaurids. Not particularly Christmassy, but I've wanted to write about them for a while now.
extinct-and-extant.blogspot.com/2023/02/weal...
Revisiting the Baryonychinae (Spinosauridae Revisited: Part One)
Introduction More than two years ago now, when I was less proficient at almost everything, I published a blog post detailing the anatomy of...
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December 25, 2023 at 10:05 AM
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So ankylosaurs living in harsh habitats could resorb some of their body armor for calcium and other resources their bodies needed, cool!
Ankylosaurian body armor function and evolution with insights from osteohistology and morphometrics ...
Ankylosaurian body armor function and evolution with insights from osteohistology and morphometrics of new specimens from the Late Cretaceous of Antarctica - Volume 49 Issue 4
www.cambridge.org
October 18, 2023 at 9:11 PM
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Hello Bluesky!
We are the social media team of The Coleopterists Society.
Here to share beetle content, primarily freshly published scientific papers about beetles, but also reposting photographs and beetle-related art.
Follow us for #AmazingBeetles!
October 12, 2023 at 5:48 PM
In the name of actually making my first post, hi! I'm an amateur palaeoartist who runs a palaeontology blog. Haven't posted anything for a long while, but I'm hoping to get back into it very soon. Got a few posts in the works (my profile picture's for one of them!).
Extinct and Extant Life on Earth
Extinct and Extant Life on Earth - A blog focusing on palaeontology, extant life, (occasionally) speculative evolution and cryptozoology.
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October 18, 2023 at 12:11 PM