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btw this is a fully-lipped thylacosmilus propaganda fan blog. i will always believe.

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Result from the Fezouata formation #paleostream!

Behold the emperor of the Ordovician visits its benthic subjects!

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Keiko swims with a pod of Ichthyotitan severnensis, a truly gigantic shastasaurid icthyosaur which lived about 205-202 million years ago at the end of the Triassic of what is now southern England and at 25 meters long is possibly the single largest Mesozoic marine reptile ever discovered, in her mermaid form.

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The one in charge of carrying things

English added by me :)

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Do you have any cool bird facts

female raptors (eagles, hawks, falcons, etc) are larger than male raptors in pretty much all species. this happens even in groups not closely related to each other (ex: hawks and falcons), so its beneficial enough in their niche that its evolved independently a few times, though its unsure exactly what that benefit is atm (bc unlike males being larger in a lot of mammals, female raptors dont make a habit of fighting each other or using size to attract mates as far as we know). ex: heres a male and female Cooper's Hawk

somewhat mentioned above but falcons are more closely related to parrots than they are to hawks

Gray Catbirds and American Robins have been witnessed raising young in the same nest at the same time. In one instance (reported by Mulvihill and Murray), they were recorded caring for the young of both species in the nest, and when the Catbird young fledged, the adult Catbirds continued to provide food for the not-yet-fledged Robins. heres a pic of the nest from the report

the worlds oldest known bird as of 2024 is a wild Laysan Albatross named Wisdom who's 72-73 years old (at minimum, we dont actually know her birth date, just that she was at least 5 years old when she was banded in the 50s) and still raising chicks. here's her with one of her chicks

also Albatrosses have wingspans of up to 3.5m/11.5ft and have been recorded flying 49,700 miles without touching land (they do land in the water to eat tho)

this is from personal experience but if you walk around in a north american grassland for long enough, you Will get jumpscared by a Mourning Dove bc they make their nests on the ground in the grass and like to hang out on the ground in the grass and they also like to wait until youre right overtop of them to freak out and fly away from you

Bald Eagles don't get their fully white heads and tails until theyre about 5 years old

A lot of birds have been observed incorporating cigarette butts into their nests, and a study in Mexico on House Finches found that this actually results in drastic decreases in parasites affecting young compared to nests without them

Cedar Waxwings (and Waxwings in general) just look so smooth. they look like someone airbrushed them. look at this shit

in Jacanas, females lay eggs in multiple males' nests, and then the males raise the young by themself. Also they carry their babies under their wings like this

Horned Guan. Theyre endangered and live in a small area of central america. both the males and females have the little horn fez, the males just have taller ones

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#Hades Game

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ODYSSEUS, Veteran Tactician Hades 2 (TBA) dev. Supergiant Games

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all the new god portraits (so far) in hades 2 !!!

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I'M GONNA BRING A LITTLE HELL, I'M GONNA BRING A LITTLE HEAVEN

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Melinoe from Hades 2 for anon!

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sentenced to a million billion years of jail for being a handsome little guy and also patricide i guess

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People are really starting to forget that Emily Willoughby is a fucking Nazi. Her artistic talent is irrelevant to the fact that she's a eugenicist piece of shit. For reference, her PhD was just "white people are genetically predisposed to having a higher intelligence than people of color". She has never taken accountability and has continued to double down with the classic "sorry but that's just the truth". There are professional paleontologists on Facebook praising her. Why is she still allowed in these circles or anywhere in science? Why are her opinions still valued?

Her continued presence in these spaces puts people's complacency on full display. She throws people of color and Jews under the bus and the fact that she hasn't been fully shut out tells me a lot about our field.

#Paleontology #I hate willoughby. me and all of my homies hate willoughby

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Everybody welcome the newest member of my family .. TRACEY THE RAT

Here's my first sight of her;

She was found as a stray, people had spotted her in their gardens for a couple of weeks and had failed to catch her. Eventually the SSPCA were called out and managed to detain the runaway.

She was at the SSPCA and nobody came forward for her, so when she came up for adoption I saw this young lone rat and knew I had to give her a home. Judging by the pictures she was molting into her adult coat (3-4 months old) and I thought she needed a friend (or three!)!

Following a period of quarantine, vet checkover and a negative test for leptospirosis, she was ready for me to introduce to my girls. I'm so glad to say the introductions have gone swimmingly and they are now cuddled up in bed together!

Tracey is surprisingly confident, slightly nippy when she's in her cage but friendly when she's out. She cheered up so much when she finally was allowed to meet her new friends, and I think she's going to make a great companion to me and my girls.

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Tried to design a character who wears her Health-bar and Mana-bar as stockings <3

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#Delicious in Dungeon

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Illustrations from The German and Viennese Cookbook, 1956

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Ok what the hell is a “flocking paleostream?” Google isn’t helping and I keep seeing it everywhere. It feels like code for something and I’m out of the loop

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Keiko Yamamoto and her friends Robby Hide and Vicky the Raccoon hitch a ride upon one of the world’s smallest titanosaurs.

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