John Meszaros
@dilophosaurusbard.bsky.social
Writer and artist of things prehistoric, aquatic and sometimes mythological. Cranky bio-wizard (he/him/they/them) 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
my art: https://johnmeszarosart.com
State Cryptids blog: http://statecryptids.blogspot.com
my art: https://johnmeszarosart.com
State Cryptids blog: http://statecryptids.blogspot.com
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The Bruce Museum in Greenwich, CT, has a new exhibit: Ants - Tiny Creatures, Big Lives. We went today, and here are some impressions. It’s not a massive exhibit, but well done and certainly worth checking out if you’re in the area. The exhibit runs through May 17.
November 16, 2025 at 10:31 PM
The Bruce Museum in Greenwich, CT, has a new exhibit: Ants - Tiny Creatures, Big Lives. We went today, and here are some impressions. It’s not a massive exhibit, but well done and certainly worth checking out if you’re in the area. The exhibit runs through May 17.
The Predator using their mandibles to delicately eat a whole bag of cheese cubes.
November 16, 2025 at 8:21 PM
The Predator using their mandibles to delicately eat a whole bag of cheese cubes.
Got so busy with work stuff in October that I didn’t have time to do any Halloween-related drawings. So I’m doing them now.
Here’s an Anatomically Implausible Skeleton of the Skeleton Panda Sea Squirt, Clavelina ossipandae, from the waters around Okinawa.
Here’s an Anatomically Implausible Skeleton of the Skeleton Panda Sea Squirt, Clavelina ossipandae, from the waters around Okinawa.
November 16, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Got so busy with work stuff in October that I didn’t have time to do any Halloween-related drawings. So I’m doing them now.
Here’s an Anatomically Implausible Skeleton of the Skeleton Panda Sea Squirt, Clavelina ossipandae, from the waters around Okinawa.
Here’s an Anatomically Implausible Skeleton of the Skeleton Panda Sea Squirt, Clavelina ossipandae, from the waters around Okinawa.
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#Dinovember2025 Day 10: Burgess Shale
Pictured here are Metaspriggina (top) and Pikaia (bottom), they might look like worms but they're actually more closely related to vertebrates! Animals that looked similar to these would eventually give rise to fish and tetrapods!
#paleoart
Pictured here are Metaspriggina (top) and Pikaia (bottom), they might look like worms but they're actually more closely related to vertebrates! Animals that looked similar to these would eventually give rise to fish and tetrapods!
#paleoart
November 11, 2025 at 1:39 AM
#Dinovember2025 Day 10: Burgess Shale
Pictured here are Metaspriggina (top) and Pikaia (bottom), they might look like worms but they're actually more closely related to vertebrates! Animals that looked similar to these would eventually give rise to fish and tetrapods!
#paleoart
Pictured here are Metaspriggina (top) and Pikaia (bottom), they might look like worms but they're actually more closely related to vertebrates! Animals that looked similar to these would eventually give rise to fish and tetrapods!
#paleoart
Some astronomy for Native American Heritage month
ARROKOTH
In 2014 NASA’s New Horizons mission photographed an unusual object in the Kuiper Belt. Called a contact binary, the object was formed by two icy planetesimals that collided and stuck together.
ARROKOTH
In 2014 NASA’s New Horizons mission photographed an unusual object in the Kuiper Belt. Called a contact binary, the object was formed by two icy planetesimals that collided and stuck together.
November 11, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Some astronomy for Native American Heritage month
ARROKOTH
In 2014 NASA’s New Horizons mission photographed an unusual object in the Kuiper Belt. Called a contact binary, the object was formed by two icy planetesimals that collided and stuck together.
ARROKOTH
In 2014 NASA’s New Horizons mission photographed an unusual object in the Kuiper Belt. Called a contact binary, the object was formed by two icy planetesimals that collided and stuck together.
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Found an old piece of plywood in the basement and used a jigsaw and paint to give it a glow up. #painting #Halloween #birds
October 27, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Found an old piece of plywood in the basement and used a jigsaw and paint to give it a glow up. #painting #Halloween #birds
Just wanted to share this little display I made for my museum’s Halloween festivities. I thought it was kinda cool.
October 24, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Just wanted to share this little display I made for my museum’s Halloween festivities. I thought it was kinda cool.
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Who was the first VERIFIABLE LGBTQ resident of the White House? Rose Cleveland, sister of Grover Cleveland and acting first Lady from 1885-1886.
October 7, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Who was the first VERIFIABLE LGBTQ resident of the White House? Rose Cleveland, sister of Grover Cleveland and acting first Lady from 1885-1886.
Made a creepy paper bag puppet craft for my trolley museum!
October 3, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Made a creepy paper bag puppet craft for my trolley museum!
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Day 30 - Dream. The final day of #sciartseptember. My long-term dream has always been to create a series of illustrated guides that would help identify the various jellies and jellyfish of the would. Creating illustrations like the ones below to accurately ID species.
September 30, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Day 30 - Dream. The final day of #sciartseptember. My long-term dream has always been to create a series of illustrated guides that would help identify the various jellies and jellyfish of the would. Creating illustrations like the ones below to accurately ID species.
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News @ Urwelt-Museum Oberfranken (UMO) in Bayreuth: new ichthyosaur, Eurhinosaurus mistelgauensis, named today after UMO's prime excavation site, the Jurassic clay pit Mistelgau. @olorotitan.bsky.social beautifully reconstructed the to-be fossil on a belemnite battleground typical for the locality.
September 25, 2025 at 2:36 PM
News @ Urwelt-Museum Oberfranken (UMO) in Bayreuth: new ichthyosaur, Eurhinosaurus mistelgauensis, named today after UMO's prime excavation site, the Jurassic clay pit Mistelgau. @olorotitan.bsky.social beautifully reconstructed the to-be fossil on a belemnite battleground typical for the locality.
Photos from a program I taught at my library job about Slime and how animals and plants use mucus and mucilage for defense, movement, hunting, filter-feeding and other fun stuff.
We also made slime from school glue, baking soda, and contact lens solution, but I didn’t get any photos of that.
We also made slime from school glue, baking soda, and contact lens solution, but I didn’t get any photos of that.
September 26, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Photos from a program I taught at my library job about Slime and how animals and plants use mucus and mucilage for defense, movement, hunting, filter-feeding and other fun stuff.
We also made slime from school glue, baking soda, and contact lens solution, but I didn’t get any photos of that.
We also made slime from school glue, baking soda, and contact lens solution, but I didn’t get any photos of that.
Refreshing the stickers on my car
September 23, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Refreshing the stickers on my car
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White people can move the needle if they want. Y'all got Jimmy Kimmel back on the air boycotting, you can throw some of that expendable income to support the vulnerable through mutual aid, you can make some moves against fascism instead of performatively bemoaning what you think doesn't affect you.
September 23, 2025 at 12:48 PM
White people can move the needle if they want. Y'all got Jimmy Kimmel back on the air boycotting, you can throw some of that expendable income to support the vulnerable through mutual aid, you can make some moves against fascism instead of performatively bemoaning what you think doesn't affect you.
Happy Labor Daybor!
September 1, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Happy Labor Daybor!
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Salinella salve - an #invertebrate cryptid, lost to time.
For more details about this strange organism, see:
www.deviantart.com/the-episiarc...
#SciArt 🧪
For more details about this strange organism, see:
www.deviantart.com/the-episiarc...
#SciArt 🧪
August 31, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Salinella salve - an #invertebrate cryptid, lost to time.
For more details about this strange organism, see:
www.deviantart.com/the-episiarc...
#SciArt 🧪
For more details about this strange organism, see:
www.deviantart.com/the-episiarc...
#SciArt 🧪
A cool wooden Anchisaurus skeleton at the Eli Whitney Museum & Workshop in Hamden, Connecticut.
August 17, 2025 at 2:40 PM
A cool wooden Anchisaurus skeleton at the Eli Whitney Museum & Workshop in Hamden, Connecticut.
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I've written a post about Myxobolus medusae - a myxozoan parasite that lives in the eyes of red-bellied piranhas.
Beauty might be in the eye of the beholder, but this microscopic medusa is in the eye of a piranha
#Invertebrate 🧪
dailyparasite.blogspot.com/2025/08/myxo...
Beauty might be in the eye of the beholder, but this microscopic medusa is in the eye of a piranha
#Invertebrate 🧪
dailyparasite.blogspot.com/2025/08/myxo...
<i>Myxobolus medusae</i>
Myxozoans are a group of single-celled parasites which had evolved from jellyfish-like ancestors, thus making them a type of single-celled ...
dailyparasite.blogspot.com
August 13, 2025 at 3:29 AM
I've written a post about Myxobolus medusae - a myxozoan parasite that lives in the eyes of red-bellied piranhas.
Beauty might be in the eye of the beholder, but this microscopic medusa is in the eye of a piranha
#Invertebrate 🧪
dailyparasite.blogspot.com/2025/08/myxo...
Beauty might be in the eye of the beholder, but this microscopic medusa is in the eye of a piranha
#Invertebrate 🧪
dailyparasite.blogspot.com/2025/08/myxo...
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¡La famosa batata! During #TaludContinental_IV, the largely Argentine science team nicknamed sea cucumbers batata, which means sweet potato in Spanish. While we have no authority to change animal names, we believe that batata is an excellent upgrade for the oh-so-important but humble sea cucumber.
August 14, 2025 at 12:04 AM
¡La famosa batata! During #TaludContinental_IV, the largely Argentine science team nicknamed sea cucumbers batata, which means sweet potato in Spanish. While we have no authority to change animal names, we believe that batata is an excellent upgrade for the oh-so-important but humble sea cucumber.
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PBS needs you, y'all. Become a member. Get Passport. mainline documentaries until your eyes bulge cuz your brain is too stuffed.
August 9, 2025 at 9:32 AM
PBS needs you, y'all. Become a member. Get Passport. mainline documentaries until your eyes bulge cuz your brain is too stuffed.
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www.inprnt.com/gallery/tamv...
I haven't shared my Inprnt page for some time now! Prints of this and my other art is available 💀🦑
#artists #inkdrawing #supportartists
I haven't shared my Inprnt page for some time now! Prints of this and my other art is available 💀🦑
#artists #inkdrawing #supportartists
August 8, 2025 at 10:44 AM
www.inprnt.com/gallery/tamv...
I haven't shared my Inprnt page for some time now! Prints of this and my other art is available 💀🦑
#artists #inkdrawing #supportartists
I haven't shared my Inprnt page for some time now! Prints of this and my other art is available 💀🦑
#artists #inkdrawing #supportartists
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I think scary monster designs need to look more at herbivores for examples of creepy weir shit. Example: the muntjac’s fucked up gaping scent glands on their face and how springboks having a flap of skin on their back that they can unfurl to show off the white fur on the inside??? Of their back??
August 8, 2025 at 7:14 AM
I think scary monster designs need to look more at herbivores for examples of creepy weir shit. Example: the muntjac’s fucked up gaping scent glands on their face and how springboks having a flap of skin on their back that they can unfurl to show off the white fur on the inside??? Of their back??
Some Space Jockey designs for an Alien RPG campaign I’m developing
July 31, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Some Space Jockey designs for an Alien RPG campaign I’m developing
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