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Ville Sinkkonen @villesinkkonen.bsky.social · 4h

Cave hyaena #sciart

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 9h

21 October 1902 | Eddy Hamel was born in New York. As a teenager, he moved to #Amsterdam. 1st Jewish player in Ajax Amsterdam. He scored 8 goals in 125 league games.

After his arrest in October 1942, he was deported to Auschwitz, where he perished on 30 April 1943.

Black and white portrait of Eddy Hamel smiling.

Black and white historical photograph of an early 20th-century soccer team posing on a field, with players in uniforms and some individuals in overcoats and hats, surrounded by spectators in the background.

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Claude ✡️🦖🦕 @cascoclauda.bsky.social · 4d

happy #fossilfriday! bonus: this is sarcosuchus, a neosuchian from early cretaceous africa and south america. nicknamed the ‘super croc’, sarcosuchus is not closely related to crocodilians, instead belonging to the clade pholidosauridae
(art by @literallymiguel.bsky.social)

viewed from above, sarcosuchus prepares to lunge out of the water at an unwary ornithopod

a mounted sarcosuchus skeleton at the national museum of natural history in paris, france

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Claude ✡️🦖🦕 @cascoclauda.bsky.social · 4d

while its longirostrine snout is most similar to primarily piscivorous crocodilians like gavialids and the extinct euthecodon, the sheer size of sarcosuchus imperator – estimated at over 9 metres in length – would likely have allowed it to prey on dinosaurs as well
(art by mark witton)

sarcosuchus attacks a very young and smol suchomimus

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Claude ✡️🦖🦕 @cascoclauda.bsky.social · 4d

the african s. imperator is the larger and more famous of the two species, and was found in the elrhaz formation of niger, where it coexisted with the spinosaurid suchomimus and the hadrosauriform ouranosaurus, among others
(art by raphtor)

sarcosuchus lunges out of the water at a herd of ouranosaurus, a scene not dissimilar to nile crocodiles attacking wildebeest today

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Alex Tomlinson @alextomlinson.com · Jan 2

Happy New Year!! Just a few of my favorite works from 2024...

Flat illustration of a Long-billed Curlew and Willet in pursuit of a Sanderling with a mole crab in their beak

Painted stone cast decoy of an Eastern Whip-poor-will in flat shapes and colors of brown, gray, and warm white.

Flat illustration of a Northern Gannet in flight with a healthy portion of seaweed in their beak

Flat illustration of an Eastern Whip-poor-will framed by moon phases. The full moon is replaced by two eggs, as their mating is timed with the moon. More light means more foraging time and more food for their nestlings!

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Alex Tomlinson @alextomlinson.com · Mar 22

Flat illustration of a Common Murre looking skyward on the edge of rock above the sea. Another Murre flies overhead kicking up sea thrift (pink flowers) the two are almost beak-to-beak.

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Liam Elward Paleoart 🇵🇸 @paleobyliam.bsky.social · 1d

A portrait sketch a portrait of Diplodocus hallorum based on the skeletal mount at the NMNH. As pointed out by Tess Gallagher, studies like this are a good reminder of how bizarre sauropods probably looked at certain angles.
#paleoart

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Chris Fisher @fisherspeaks.bsky.social · 1d

Bighorn Sheep rams are nearing their peak - look for a thick muscular neck that will serve them well in the head bashing days ahead. #mammals

A male Bighorn Sheep standing in tall dry grasses with aspen trees in the background.

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Ville Sinkkonen @villesinkkonen.bsky.social · Jun 26

Once more some mammoths

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Samantha Mash @samanthamash.bsky.social · 1d

If you leave quietly maybe the werewolf won’t notice you🐺

An illustration of a werewolf crouched on all fours. It is all black with bright red eyes and an open mouth with large teeth and a dropping tongue. I that a thin body with long fur along its back and tail, its feet have large claws. The background is a plain light peachy pink

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Ivan Kay @ivan23.bsky.social · 1d

This is stunning!

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Natee (they/them) @himmapaan.bsky.social · 1d

Some recent hens. They do look good together like this. 🐔

Friendly reminder that I have a Ko-fi by way of a tip jar, if you enjoy my work and would like to send a little material support. Thank you so much to everyone who contributes. ☺️🥲🙏💙

Link also in profile.
ko-fi.com/himmapaan

Four small silhouette drawings in black ink, each about the size of a business card, of a hen encountering another small animal in each one: a dragonfly, a frog, a wren, and a squirrel.

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Ville Sinkkonen @villesinkkonen.bsky.social · 4d

Sea dragons dont like gulls

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Rebecca | Palaeoplushies @palaeoplushies.com · 4d

Been painting scales again!!!

This time my favourite domestic carp: goldfish! (Sorry Koi)

Been working on these prototypes at home. Hopefully will have a few up for grabs next week! Then more colours in future...

A realistic plush toy goldfish in a traditional orange shade

This plushie goldfish is being held up, it's canary yellow!

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Stavros Svensson Kundromichalis @stavrossk.bsky.social · 4d

Three Scutellosaurus lawleri waiting out the rain under an old cycadeoid (Early #Jurassic Arizona, US)
From my #book ”När dinosaurierna tog över”
#dinosaur #paleoart #sciart

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Sarcastic Shark Art @sarcasticsharkart.bsky.social · 5d

Inktober Day 15: "Ragged."

The Sand Tiger Shark (Carcharias taurus) is also known as a Ragged Tooth Shark in many areas of the world. Typically a chillaxed species, they do well in aquariums.

#Inktober #inktober2025 #Shark #marinelife #fishart #sciart #nature #fish #fishart #animalart #ArtYear

Illustration of a Sand Tiger Shark (Carcharias taurus) also known as a Ragged Tooth Shark.

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Jen Cross @jencross.bsky.social · 4d

Xylethrus superbus is a fabulous species of orb weaving spider from the Amazon rainforest. While she looks a bit like a strawberry, eating her is not recommended. #Arachtober
Cuyabeno Reserve, Ecuador 2022

A spider with a large shield shaped abdomen that is edged in blue with red splotches across the top. He legs are red and she is standing on a leaf.

A spider with a red cephalothorax, legs, and a large abdomen edged in blue with red blotches. She is standing on a leaf facing the camera.

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Gabriel Ugueto @serpenillus.bsky.social · 6d

A trio of Caviramus (considering Raeticodactylus synonymous) soaring the skies of Late Triassic Europe

This is an illustration from my library of work available for non exclusive licensing

#paleoart #sciart #pterosaurs

Illustration of three Caviramus soaring on an early morning

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Brennan Stokkermans @brennanstokkermans.bsky.social · 6d

“The Bull”

This piece was done over the last year as a commission for the new card game “Zoic”

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Ivan Kay @ivan23.bsky.social · 7d

Oh thank you!

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Ivan Kay @ivan23.bsky.social · 7d

Hi #PortfolioDay, I am a palaeo / wildlife traditional artist and use stippling / pointillism for ink drawings. Here are a few recent drawings: @palaeoart 'dinosaur @fish

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Ron McIntyre @ronmac11.bsky.social · 9d

Guillemot and puffin scatter as a white-tailed eagle glides along a rock face.
#superseabirdsunday

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Sarcastic Shark Art @sarcasticsharkart.bsky.social · 9d

One of the main components of Great Hammerheads (Sphyrna mokarran) diet is stingrays. Sometimes they even keep a souvenir. 🤣🦈 Therefore, I submit to you my illustration for #Inktober Day 11: "Sting."

#shark #marinelife #sciart #hammerhead #sting #stingray #fish #fishart #animalart #nature #ArtYear

Great Hammerhead (Sphyrna mokarran) with a stingray barb stuck in its cephalofoil (head).

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WitmerLab at Ohio University @witmerlab.bsky.social · 9d

If you haven't read—or re-read in a while—Bakker's 1986 classic The Dinosaur Heresies, it's well worth doing. I read it in 1986 & again on my recent trip to Japan. Got a pb copy for $10 for the long trip (1st photo) rather than take my signed 1st ed (got John Gurche to sign his cover art, too!). 🦖

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