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BRIBERY.

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Kleptoparasitism. Pteranodon, Nyctosaurus, Enchodus

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This is “Big Mama”, a fossilised Citipati (a type of oviraptorid dinosaur) She was fossilised, still brooding her nest of eggs, likely protecting them from a sandstorm 💗

Big Mama protected her eggs until the very end. Some fossils of Oviraptorids were found with eggs, leading palaeontologists to believe they were egg stealers! It was then discovered that they were their own eggs; they were just looking after them. But they had already been given the name “Oviraptor” or “Egg Thief”…😭

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semiaquatic secret agent

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Lateral raises

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Holy shit, they got Voyager 1 working again!

15 billion miles away and NASA was able to tweak code packages on one of the onboard computers and it worked and Voyager 1 is sending signals back to earth for the first time since November.

Incredible!

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My 25 years of palaeoart chronology…

In 2004 I played with a book idea but never took it to a publisher. I did 100 draft drawings for the proposal (never completed), I'll post a few throughout today. First one is Tanystropheus.

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Mammoth Cube Mammoth Cube Mammoth Cube

Known as the Jarkov Mammoth, this specimen was found in Siberia. The 23 tonne block of mud and ice was lifted to an ice cave where the mammoth inside was recovered and studied.

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Result from the Fezouata formation #paleostream!

Behold the emperor of the Ordovician visits its benthic subjects!

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My 25 years of palaeoart chronology...

An acrylic painting on card, from 2004. Titled "The Wreck," it depicts a submerged sauropod carcass and a collection of small marine reptiles. I painted it for my friend and marine reptile expert Richard Forrest.

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She’s spotted you.

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Nanuqsaurus hoglundi

here’s a drawing i did as a quick experiment to see if i could make a drawing blend in with an image i took. turns out, yes i can! using the grain tool on a photo editing app really sells it.

i love horror in paleoart, it’s my favorite thing to draw tbh.

here’s the speedpaint (references used in there are from Dino and Dog Sculptures and Gabriel Ugueto!)

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Just a pachy having a stroll