Jay
@kakapojay.bsky.social
Assistant producer for factual TV (Earth, Walking with Dinosaurs 2025, Evolution), science communicator, paleoartist, paleontology enthusiast (she/they) 🏳️⚧️
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Jay
@kakapojay.bsky.social
· Oct 18
One of my favourite memories of working on WWD was having my weekly chats with @arctomet.bsky.social - and on Tuesday we finally got to meet in person!
November 13, 2025 at 11:21 AM
One of my favourite memories of working on WWD was having my weekly chats with @arctomet.bsky.social - and on Tuesday we finally got to meet in person!
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🚨New paper alert!🚨🤩
🧪⚒️Welcome the first filter-feeding pterosaur from Brazil: Bakiribu waridza, from the Araripe Basin!! 🥳
The new species is AWESOME and was discoverd inside a regurgitalite 😱🤍
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
🧪⚒️Welcome the first filter-feeding pterosaur from Brazil: Bakiribu waridza, from the Araripe Basin!! 🥳
The new species is AWESOME and was discoverd inside a regurgitalite 😱🤍
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A regurgitalite reveals a new filter-feeding pterosaur from the Santana Group - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - A regurgitalite reveals a new filter-feeding pterosaur from the Santana Group
www.nature.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:23 AM
🚨New paper alert!🚨🤩
🧪⚒️Welcome the first filter-feeding pterosaur from Brazil: Bakiribu waridza, from the Araripe Basin!! 🥳
The new species is AWESOME and was discoverd inside a regurgitalite 😱🤍
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
🧪⚒️Welcome the first filter-feeding pterosaur from Brazil: Bakiribu waridza, from the Araripe Basin!! 🥳
The new species is AWESOME and was discoverd inside a regurgitalite 😱🤍
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Back to the skies of the Kem Kem, we find one of the many toothed pterosaurs of the region, Siroccopteryx! This critter has somewhat modestly sized teeth compared to it's cousins, and I've illustrated it here with a speculative crest.
Size comparison below ⬇️
#sciart #paleoart
Size comparison below ⬇️
#sciart #paleoart
November 9, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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My students have set up a petition to persuade the University of Nottingham not to close our Plant Biology BSc course
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Reconsider the potential suspension of Plant Biology Courses at UoN
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November 9, 2025 at 11:55 AM
My students have set up a petition to persuade the University of Nottingham not to close our Plant Biology BSc course
c.org/VPhzVVrHPS
Please consider signing
c.org/VPhzVVrHPS
Please consider signing
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November 8, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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November 8, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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They bolt together in the final episode to form a megamachairodont
November 7, 2025 at 9:46 PM
They bolt together in the final episode to form a megamachairodont
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Years of work and collab with an incredible team at #BBCStudios #AppleTV @framestore.bsky.social ... involving so many camera operators, writers, producers, effects people, artists and others, #PrehistoricPlanetaIceAge is out on #AppleTV Nov 26th. A definitive vision of Ice Age wildlife worldwide.
November 7, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Years of work and collab with an incredible team at #BBCStudios #AppleTV @framestore.bsky.social ... involving so many camera operators, writers, producers, effects people, artists and others, #PrehistoricPlanetaIceAge is out on #AppleTV Nov 26th. A definitive vision of Ice Age wildlife worldwide.
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Just a reminder, that possibly the oldest piece of palaeoart dates to the Neolithic. The petroglyphs of horned characters with trumpets, recorded on the same rock as a ornithischian footprints (Zagaje Formation) in Poland, might be an early reconstruction of the Jurassic tracemaker.
November 7, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Just a reminder, that possibly the oldest piece of palaeoart dates to the Neolithic. The petroglyphs of horned characters with trumpets, recorded on the same rock as a ornithischian footprints (Zagaje Formation) in Poland, might be an early reconstruction of the Jurassic tracemaker.
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IT’s HERE! The trailer from Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age!
I cannot wait for you to watch it! Once again, I’m so proud to be part of the amazing and talented group of people who help put this series together!
#PrehistoricPlanet
youtu.be/f7kvwp9aIyM?...
I cannot wait for you to watch it! Once again, I’m so proud to be part of the amazing and talented group of people who help put this series together!
#PrehistoricPlanet
youtu.be/f7kvwp9aIyM?...
Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age — Season 3 Official Trailer | Apple TV
YouTube video by Apple TV
youtu.be
November 6, 2025 at 5:36 PM
IT’s HERE! The trailer from Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age!
I cannot wait for you to watch it! Once again, I’m so proud to be part of the amazing and talented group of people who help put this series together!
#PrehistoricPlanet
youtu.be/f7kvwp9aIyM?...
I cannot wait for you to watch it! Once again, I’m so proud to be part of the amazing and talented group of people who help put this series together!
#PrehistoricPlanet
youtu.be/f7kvwp9aIyM?...
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Yes, the #PrehistoricPlanetIceAge trailer is out today...
Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age — Season 3 Official Trailer | Apple TV
YouTube video by Apple TV
www.youtube.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Yes, the #PrehistoricPlanetIceAge trailer is out today...
Help! I can't decide which critter to illustrate next for the Kem Kem series - suggestions welcome!
November 6, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Help! I can't decide which critter to illustrate next for the Kem Kem series - suggestions welcome!
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Of course the big paper on Azhdarchoid phylogeny comes out while I'm at a museum on a research visit (looking at Azhdarchoid cervicals, obviously) but now I'm back at the hotel so it's time to write a proper thread! 1/28
November 5, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Of course the big paper on Azhdarchoid phylogeny comes out while I'm at a museum on a research visit (looking at Azhdarchoid cervicals, obviously) but now I'm back at the hotel so it's time to write a proper thread! 1/28
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IT'S FINALLY HERE!
@zhejiang0pterus.bsky.social and @skyemcdavid.com's paper on azhdarchoid phylogeny and pterosaur gigantism is officially out, with some very intriguing results in the phylogenetic analysis 👀
short 🧵
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
(art by @kiracuriee.bsky.social)
@zhejiang0pterus.bsky.social and @skyemcdavid.com's paper on azhdarchoid phylogeny and pterosaur gigantism is officially out, with some very intriguing results in the phylogenetic analysis 👀
short 🧵
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
(art by @kiracuriee.bsky.social)
November 5, 2025 at 1:57 PM
IT'S FINALLY HERE!
@zhejiang0pterus.bsky.social and @skyemcdavid.com's paper on azhdarchoid phylogeny and pterosaur gigantism is officially out, with some very intriguing results in the phylogenetic analysis 👀
short 🧵
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
(art by @kiracuriee.bsky.social)
@zhejiang0pterus.bsky.social and @skyemcdavid.com's paper on azhdarchoid phylogeny and pterosaur gigantism is officially out, with some very intriguing results in the phylogenetic analysis 👀
short 🧵
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
(art by @kiracuriee.bsky.social)
The Drag Path white-spotted pufferfish edit has been on repeat 24/7 in my brain for the past week
November 5, 2025 at 1:37 PM
The Drag Path white-spotted pufferfish edit has been on repeat 24/7 in my brain for the past week
Friends who will be at SVP - I'll be around on Tuesday for the WWD panel if anyone wants to say hi!
November 4, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Friends who will be at SVP - I'll be around on Tuesday for the WWD panel if anyone wants to say hi!
After a month or so, we return to the Kem Kem with this adorable critter - the metre-long Araripesuchus! There are many species of Araripesuchus, but the one here is A. rattoides, which sports protruding teeth on the front of the lower jaw.
Size comparison below ⬇️
#sciart #paleoart
Size comparison below ⬇️
#sciart #paleoart
November 2, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Lovely afternoon looking at jars of taxidermy with @skyemcdavid.com !
November 1, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Lovely afternoon looking at jars of taxidermy with @skyemcdavid.com !
The Kem Kem series continues soon with a Little Guy™
November 1, 2025 at 8:16 PM
The Kem Kem series continues soon with a Little Guy™
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Our inaugural #DinoConUK, held 2025 at the University of Exeter, was a massive success, with over 860 attendees. We're thrilled to announce that DinoConUK 2026 will be at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole in late July, an excellent central venue. Tickets are not yet on sale but hotel places are.
November 1, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Our inaugural #DinoConUK, held 2025 at the University of Exeter, was a massive success, with over 860 attendees. We're thrilled to announce that DinoConUK 2026 will be at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole in late July, an excellent central venue. Tickets are not yet on sale but hotel places are.