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Anthony Tackles Dead Cows

@mosasaurologist.bsky.social

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Glutton for paleontology fieldwork punishment. Discovering new ancient sea life all over Western Kansas. Curator. Also home to random rescue Golden Retriever pics and the occasional dinosaur.

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Anthony Tackles Dead Cows @mosasaurologist.bsky.social · 14h

I think we should email the entire editorial team in their entirety about this... What a joke.

The journal only has a one man editorial team. And their "About the Journal" page they try to direct prospective authors to is completely blank.

Anthony Tackles Dead Cows @mosasaurologist.bsky.social · 16h

1062 is such a little cutie.

Side view of MOR 1062 during the digital registration process

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Anthony Tackles Dead Cows @mosasaurologist.bsky.social · 18h

For Spooky Season, here's us raising the dead mosasaur Plioplatecarpus peckensis for the Cretaceous Crossroads exhibit at @museumoftherockies.bsky.social over the past 2 years. Lots of work goes into getting these specimens ready for their big public moments rmdrc.blogspot.com/2025/10/plio...

Plioplatecarpus Necromancy: Reconstructing MOR 1062

People familiar with news in paleontology have no doubt seen that the Cretaceous Crossroads exhibit at the Museum of the Rockies recently o...

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Anthony Tackles Dead Cows @mosasaurologist.bsky.social · 22h

I mean why the hell would you not? And don't even get me started with those freaks that close their shades for takeoff and landing.

Arizona as seen from the left side of a 737-824

Anthony Tackles Dead Cows @mosasaurologist.bsky.social · 22h

I'm not sure if it's the concept of "turns", or just the oxygen deprivation that gets them the worst

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Anthony Tackles Dead Cows @mosasaurologist.bsky.social · 1d

Sometimes the Dutch are just... Right.

A guitar in a cellar bar in Haarlem with "No Wonderwall!" underlined and scrawled across it. They seem pretty serious about this

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Anthony Tackles Dead Cows @mosasaurologist.bsky.social · 1d

Same. We could also go with Buena (as in Vista)

Anthony Tackles Dead Cows @mosasaurologist.bsky.social · 1d

I don't think I could sit through 4 movies about a band I even liked. Certainly not anything more than 5 minutes long involving the Beatles

Anthony Tackles Dead Cows @mosasaurologist.bsky.social · 1d

It was likely there since hatching and this is from a pretty old animal, so it didn't cause any major issues. But then again my degree is in limestone and im definitely not a doctor, so take that with many grains of salt

Anthony Tackles Dead Cows @mosasaurologist.bsky.social · 1d

I'm busy updating our exhibits with real, pathological specimens that ive found through the years.

The Triceratops chin beak to the left has a unique cleft in it, deep enough to make Bruce Campbell blush. The one on the right is normal for comparison

2 arrowhead shaped predentary beaks from Triceratops. Curatorial finger pointing out the cleft pathology in the left

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Anthony Tackles Dead Cows @mosasaurologist.bsky.social · 1d

I'm sad at the shade thrown at fish.

Anthony Tackles Dead Cows @mosasaurologist.bsky.social · 1d

Who the hell even asked him?

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · Mar 20

Every time I talk about how scientists make mistakes when talking to journalists that could have been easily avoided if they learned how journalism works, some scientist gets angry with me.

Instead of getting angry with me for pointing out an error, you could learn and do better next time.

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · Mar 19

Here's part two of my series with @brettfavaro.bsky.social on tips for speaking to journalists as a scientist, this week focusing on things every scientist should know about how interviews work (and do not work). Please read and share!

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Advice for talking to the media as a conservation scientist: Part 2, mechanics of the interview

By David Shiffman and Brett Favaro. Many environmental scientists understand that there is value in communicating about their work through the media, as publicity can help raise public awareness o…

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Anthony Tackles Dead Cows @mosasaurologist.bsky.social · 2d

Just don’t get on the bus with them or they’ll drag you straight to a mega church in the morning

Anthony Tackles Dead Cows @mosasaurologist.bsky.social · 2d

Stryper, clearly

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Anthony Tackles Dead Cows @mosasaurologist.bsky.social · 2d

Dangit EPISQUAMOSALS I think my fingers are too bulky to type on this silly phone

Anthony Tackles Dead Cows @mosasaurologist.bsky.social · 2d

I'm putting the new weird horned dinosaur that I found in Montana away, but wanted to compare it with the same bones from Princess Lumpybumps.

I am surprised at how different they are, especially the fused frill lumps (episquamodals) in overall size and proportions. Can't wait to dig more ! 🧪