Annik Gmel, PhD
titannik.bsky.social
Annik Gmel, PhD
@titannik.bsky.social
Equine geneticist, big data analyst, saxophone player, avid reader, animal enthusiast
My big herbivore girl is snowed in 😭🥹 don’t worry she has a hut to shelter in but she wanted to cuddle for a little while 🥰

It’s snowing quite badly in Switzerland for the rest of the week 🧊❄️🌨️☃️

#horse #switzerland #snow
November 21, 2025 at 7:40 AM
The cats had their annual vet check/vaccine and they are both fine 🤩 what a relief!

Last year, we had to extract a lot of teeth due to plaque and gingivitis which is apparently common for this breed of cat

#cats
November 18, 2025 at 5:02 PM
They look like they are planing something 😍

#cat #bunny
November 15, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Hihi I’ve got something to read this weekend 🤩 @deanrlomax.bsky.social @bobnichollsart.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 9:52 AM
I’m finally watching the first two seasons of #prehistoricplanet (we got apple tv for a short period to watch #TedLasso) and I’m in looooove with the baby isisaurs from S2E2 😍🥹
November 12, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Here is a book by a Swiss author and illustrator @marcelbarelli.bsky.social on the sixth extinction. It’s depressing but some of the pictures are darkly funny so I liked it a lot. My boyfriend got it for me because dodos are “our” bird 🥰🦤

#extinction #holocene #climate
November 5, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Mate by Ali Hazelwood was kind of a logical follow up during spooky season #booksky #vampire #werewolf
November 4, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Reading these again for comfort 🥰 while my upper back is killing me 😬

#dinosaurs #manga
November 4, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Finally finished this book. I loved the illustrations and it was easy to read, although you can’t really breeze through it or you won’t take anything in. It’s an incredibly complex subject and this book is a good first approach, but as the author himself says, there is a lot more detail out there
October 11, 2025 at 2:43 PM
The dinos did an auditory deep dive into the men and women who discovered the first dinosaurs 🦕 🦖

I enjoyed it but I am more interested in the biology of it all and less in the scientists themselves. Still a good book!

#paleontology #history #science
Lower plushies by @edwinaenvy.bsky.social
October 9, 2025 at 8:33 AM
on kindle this time, loving a vampire is total chaos by Aura Hayes was a fun uncomplicated read for spooky season

#booksky #spooky #vampire #romance
October 6, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Finally regrouped all my spooky books for spooky season 🤩👻🎃

#booksky #spooky #classics #bourbonkid #blackwater #vampires #ghosts #monsters #werewolves
October 5, 2025 at 5:37 PM
The bunny sleeping at my feet while I work is tooo adorable 🥹🥰😍

#bunnies
September 29, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Saw this gorgeous little lizard on a statue in front of the Museo Nazionale di Roma 😍

#roma #lizard
September 24, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Loved this book from Michael J. Benton on all life on earth since life started. It had a few dinos 🦖🦕 but specifically my favourites, dodos 🦤

I think I need to start a new thread or rather a new book shelve on the big extinctions related books 🥹

#booksky #science #popsci #paleo
September 20, 2025 at 12:08 PM
A bit of joy in the Timeline: a bee 🐝
In a mountain field

#nature #bee #alps #biodiversity
September 19, 2025 at 6:54 AM
I’ve just finished #StoneAndSky and I just want to say where is my pet fox? 🦊 😍

Always love a good Pete Grant Story and this was no exception. Already looking forward to the next one ☺️

#booksky #riversoflondon #thefolly
September 14, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Starting my journey into understanding why I am never really healthy. I have now been sick for four weeks straight but always different stuff. I believe my immune system sucks, but I have to understand how it works first 😬

#immune #immunity #chronic #disease #books #science
September 10, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Stack the pets 😂

#bunny #cats
September 2, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Currently reading Michael J Benton’s excellent book on extinctions but lacking imagination I check out the Cambrian creatures looking at @palaeoplushies.com

🦐🐚🐙🌊🪸🪼🦑

#books #extinction #palaeo #booksky
September 2, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Another great dino book from @restingdinoface.bsky.social. I was expecting an introduction, but ended up learning much more about eggs, growing up in different ecological niches and teeth than I expected. Always love what she does 🦖🦕🥚🪺

signed book 😍

Plushies on the left by @edwinaenvy.bsky.social
August 30, 2025 at 8:47 AM
He’s always here for snuggles and story time 🫠
August 10, 2025 at 9:37 AM
My horse is pregnant 🤩 I’m going to be a horsi mama next spring! I’m soooo excited 🦄😍

#horse #breeding #equestrian
August 7, 2025 at 5:50 PM
At the moment I’m reading the shortest history of dinosaurs by @restingdinoface.bsky.social and as all of her books are bangers I can only recommend it even though I haven’t finished it yet
August 7, 2025 at 5:39 PM
When the cats squat your reading space 😂

Looking forward to reading the shortest history of the dinosaurs by @restingdinoface.bsky.social

#booksky #catsofblueskye #dinosaurbooks
August 7, 2025 at 6:23 AM