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Lianne
@knithacker42.bsky.social
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Biology / science / nature enthusiast. Software / firmware engineer who loves knitting and doing dog sports with Sadie, my pup. An amateur artist / pixel artist. Huge fan of all things animals especially marine animals / sharks.
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kerstinsailer.bsky.social
Day 8 of #birbfest2026 - time for a pair!
The Andean cock-of-the-rock is the National bird of Peru and truly spectacular.
I love the little bump on the head and the colouring of both females and males

#ArtSky #bird #SciArt #birbfest
Drawing of a female and male Andean cock-of-the-rock looking into each others eyes - hers are bright blue and his white. Her plumage is brownish red, while his is a bright red, white, grey and black. The birds are tessellated into triangles so that no two adjacent areas are coloured in the same hues. Polychromos coloured pencils and black fine liner on white paper, 10x15cm.
January 8, 2026 at 3:53 PM
knithacker42.bsky.social
Finally setting up my dog fitness room. #dogsofbluesky #dogtraining
Room with dog fitness equipment leaned against the walls and matting on the floor with a dog with its feet up in the center looking at the camera
January 12, 2026 at 1:07 PM
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juliespriddleart.bsky.social
Birbfest Day 8 - an Andean Cock-of-the-rock.

As I suspected, spare time has evaporated as life returns to normal after the festive season. Hence I've switched to the shortlist and may go back to draw some of the other birbs later.

#BirbFest2026 #MixedMediaIllustration #BirdIllustration
Bird with orange head and shoulders, and grey and black wings. The bird is perched on a stick against a blue background. Illustration created by Julie Spriddle, @JulieSpriddleArt, ©2026 All Rights Reserved.
January 10, 2026 at 2:44 PM
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rvbdrm.com
BIG FIGHT AT POLAND’S WROCLAW ZOO!!!
January 9, 2026 at 8:02 PM
knithacker42.bsky.social
Happy 5th Birthday Sadie!!! #dogsofbluesky
Dog in a pink stuffed party hat
January 9, 2026 at 3:45 PM
knithacker42.bsky.social
Happy birthday Sadie! Stop getting older now.
January 9, 2026 at 1:27 PM
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mesabree.bsky.social
#ProjectAnimalia 772: Coral catshark (Atelomycterus marmoratus)

An Indo-Pacific catshark. Daytime hider, nighttime hunter.

#sciart #dailyart #animalart #scientificillustration #medart #illustration #animalart #coralcatshark #catshark #sharks
Realistic illustration of a Coral catshark (Atelomycterus marmoratus), a slender, marbled shark on a white background.
January 8, 2026 at 4:54 AM
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steveve.bsky.social
January 6, 2026 at 7:19 PM
knithacker42.bsky.social
Feeling pretty terrible
January 4, 2026 at 4:55 AM
knithacker42.bsky.social
Another shark down for my #indie #gamedev project. Loving working on this #pixelart #shark! #art #sciart
Pixel art drawing of a sandbar shark swimming near a rocky bottom
January 1, 2026 at 6:43 AM
knithacker42.bsky.social
I get to see Sadieeeeeee today. Can't wait to get home! #dogsofbluesky
Dog in a sweater in the snow holding up a toy to the person taking the photo
December 29, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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pikaole.bsky.social
How to draw eyes
December 28, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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tuexplorer1.bsky.social
If you are squeamish skip this one. If not, keep watching to the end for a wild predation event! Down in the deep if it fits it sits... in your mouth. #OkeanosExplorer #MarineLife
youtu.be/lwuWHMmOpNY?...
Oh My Grouper, Look at that Shark: Windows to the Deep 2019
YouTube video by oceanexplorergov
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December 27, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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surlyamy.bsky.social
I made a chocolate cheesecake swirl Bundt cake that looks like a forest of trees for brunch tomorrow.
One of my dogs next to a cake with edible green glitter in the shape of a forest of trees.
December 26, 2025 at 2:52 AM
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tuexplorer1.bsky.social
Oh my word, 2 really young Graneledone!! Adorable big headed youngsters. @Schmidt Ocean 🌊 dive 887 #argentiniandeepseeps #CONICET #MarineLife
December 25, 2025 at 6:59 PM
knithacker42.bsky.social
It's a Christmas Miracle!!! Our @fieldschoolers.bsky.social trip pictures are available!!! Best Christmas present I've gotten 🎄
Me holding a tape measure at the end of a shark's tail that is on a cooler on a shark research vessel surrounded with other shark nerds and researchers.
December 25, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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tuexplorer1.bsky.social
Skate. @schmidtocean.bsky.social dive 884 #argentiniandeepseeps #MarineLife #CONICET
December 22, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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drwildlife.bsky.social
I haven’t stopped thinking about this frog since learning about it a few days ago, so now this knowledge is your problem too.

Meet the turtle frog (Myobatrachus gouldii) – a round burrow gremlin from Australia. It gets its name from looking like a turtle that lost its shell.

📸 Stephen Zozaya
Photo of a turtle frog. Attribution: By Stephen Zozaya - Vertucci S, Pepper M, Edwards DL, Roberts JD, Mitchell N, Keogh JS (2017) Evolutionary and natural history of the turtle frog, Myobatrachus gouldii, a bizarre myobatrachid frog in the southwestern Australian biodiversity hotspot. PLoS ONE 12(3): e0173348.doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0173348.g001., CC BY 2.5, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=58023200
December 23, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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mikez.bsky.social
On the first night of winter, St. Nautilus flies through the air, pelting good children with candy and dousing the naughty ones in ink.
A drawing of a cephalopod in a Santa hat hovering over a town, dropping candy.
December 21, 2025 at 9:30 PM
knithacker42.bsky.social
I felt like the home page needed some pizazz so I added an animation of a wave. I am pretty happy with how it came out now that they aren't syncrhonized #gamedev #indiegame #pixelart #art #shark #ishouldbedoingmyhomework
December 21, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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iwriteok.bsky.social
say what you will about Andrew Tate, but his decision to not have a chin likely saved his life in that fight. Just one of those uppercuts would've killed Bruce Campbell.
December 21, 2025 at 9:00 PM
knithacker42.bsky.social
How is she able to breathe?!? #dogsofbluesky
Dog sleeping with her nose pressed into the floor
December 20, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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natclarke.bsky.social
Felt a little festive at the microscope this morning for #FluorescenceFriday 🎄

Here’s the nervous system of a juvenile sea star ⭐️

Green = acetylated tubulin, red = nuclei

Happy holidays!
Confocal microscopy image of a juvenile sea star (Patiria miniata) viewed from the oral side. The animal has a five-armed, star-shaped body with a central nerve ring. The nervous system is labeled in green, forming radial nerve cords extending into each arm, and cell nuclei are labeled in red throughout the animal. The image appears against a black background and has a holiday-ornament-like appearance.
December 19, 2025 at 5:32 PM
knithacker42.bsky.social
More #shark #art!!! Here is my #blacktip for my Shark Game... still need to work on the name. #pixelart #sciart
Pixel art drawing of a blacktip shark in variable blue background.
December 20, 2025 at 12:00 AM