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Harry Bridger @harrybridger.bsky.social · 15h

Autumn fieldwork 🍁

Harry Bridger @harrybridger.bsky.social · Aug 21

That makes sense, I knew Deinotherium is huge but I had a moment of panic of ‘wait, surely it can’t be that much larger than a mastodon?’ 😅

Harry Bridger @harrybridger.bsky.social · Aug 13

Both amazing sketches - are they to scale with each other?

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Harry Bridger @harrybridger.bsky.social · Aug 6

Freshwater sandstones from the Tonbridge Wells Sand Formation exposed in an old quarry near Fairlight, Sussex.

#wealdenwednesday

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Harry Bridger @harrybridger.bsky.social · Jul 13

I did a Plateosaurus this afternoon.

I think I’m increasingly getting to grips with depicting dinosaur anatomy, though admittedly I still find drawing scales this way to be a little tedious.

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Chester Zoo Science @chesterzoosci.bsky.social · Jul 8

The first speed talk session covered jellyfish lightning, wild dog visitor effects (with Bayesian stats!), baboon contraception and cassowary calls. A great showcase of the variety of research that goes on in BIAZA Zoos #BIAZARC2025

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Harry Bridger @harrybridger.bsky.social · Jun 30

Probably the Wealden Supergroup 😉

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Richard Butler @richardjbutler.bsky.social · Jun 18

Have you seen the Band of Brothers episode of Walking With Dinosaurs yet? Last year it was an absolute pleasure to dig at the site with our University of Birmingham undergraduates - thanks so much to @jlivelypaleo.bsky.social & @prehistoricmuseum.bsky.social for an amazing experience!

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Thomas R. Holtz, Jr. @arctomet.bsky.social · Jun 17

Conspiracy believers tend to overrate their cognitive abilities and think most others agree with them www.psypost.org/conspiracy-b...

Conspiracy believers tend to overrate their cognitive abilities and think most others agree with them

People who believe in conspiracy theories tend to overestimate their own abilities and wrongly assume that others share their views, according to a new study. The findings highlight overconfidence as ...

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Harry Bridger @harrybridger.bsky.social · Jun 16

What a wonderful weekend at Lyme Regis Fossil Festival!

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Harry Bridger @harrybridger.bsky.social · Jun 9

Love this piece! I wonder, are the Isengard vibes intentional?

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Harry Bridger @harrybridger.bsky.social · Jun 4

After a lot of work, I’ve finally finished my shield! I’ll be using it for medieval battle reenactment, though most of the action it’ll see will be during training.

It’s an Angevin-style flat-topped kite shield. The design comes from the personal heraldry of Sir John de Radynden (1274-1350).

A flat-topped kite shield featuring six golden martlets on a field of blue.

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Harry Bridger @harrybridger.bsky.social · Jun 4

It was lovely getting to see the painted dogs again at Chester Zoo with @eleanorpinkney.bsky.social now that they’re back on display in the Heart of Africa area.

#wilddogwednesday

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Harry Bridger @harrybridger.bsky.social · Jun 1

Damn autocorrect, I mean to say Carnian *Pluvial* Episode.

Harry Bridger @harrybridger.bsky.social · May 30

The fissure fill deposits of Bristol and South Wales - including Pant-y-Ffynnon Quarry, from which Pendraig was discovered - may date to the Carnian alluvial Episode (234-232 Ma), making the dinosaurs therein some of the oldest we know of.

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Harry Bridger @harrybridger.bsky.social · May 30

For #fossilfriday, here’s an older piece I did a couple of years back, a speculative study of the head of Pendraig milnerae, alongside some sketches of it’s described material.

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Harry Bridger @harrybridger.bsky.social · May 3

A little late to #fossilfriday, but this week I finally managed to get up to the Manchester Museum, and what a museum it is! The fossil galleries were, of course, a highlight, but the other areas on living species, Asian cultures and the ‘Wild’ temporary exhibition were all incredible as well.

The case skeleton of a Tyrannosaurus rex is the centrepiece of the fossil gallery.

Taxidermy specimens of several recently-extinct birds, including the Carolina parakeet and ivory-billed woodpecker.

The skeleton of a sperm whale is suspended from the ceiling in the 3-story gallery of living species.

A life-sized model of Velociraptor mongoliensis, covered in orange feathers.

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Harry Bridger @harrybridger.bsky.social · Apr 26

Can Colossal get any more shameful? Trying to shed doubt on one of the world’s most well-respected science communicators when he correctly points out that switching a handful of genes doesn’t resurrect an extinct species is, quite frankly, embarrassing.

Harry Bridger @harrybridger.bsky.social · Apr 20

Did you see the tiger cubs?

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Eleanor @eleanorpinkney.bsky.social · Apr 20

Happy Easter - please enjoy this selection of reptile photos from some recent visits to Dudley Zoo (the link with Easter was meant to be that they lay eggs, but it turns out that prehensile tailed skinks are viviparous)

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Harry Bridger @harrybridger.bsky.social · Apr 19

Crossover of the century!

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Harry Bridger @harrybridger.bsky.social · Apr 18

I always try and do a spot of fossil hunting in the Hastings Beds (lower Wealden Group) down at Rock-A-Nore, Hastings, whenever I’m back down south. Not much from this trip, and I’m not yet sure exactly what I’ve found, but lovely nonetheless.

#fossilfriday

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PaleoJim @paleojim.bsky.social · Apr 17

Looks like all 6 episodes of Walking With Dinosaurs will air 7- 9 PM Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, June 16-18, on PBS in the US as 2 episodes a night so buckle up for a 3 day dino marathon. Betting our Utah episode is on June 16! issuu.com/nine_magazin... @paleontologizing.bsky.social

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Paul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.bsky.social · Apr 7

Close-up of an outcrop.

Nothing particularly notable.

Except this outcrop is on another planet.

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Harry Bridger @harrybridger.bsky.social · Mar 28

To give a sense of the animal, here it is portrayed by @markwitton.bsky.social.

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