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"The Tyrannosaur’s Feathers by @AdamStuartSmith is a fabulous, informative, interesting, engaging & beautifully laid out pic/book about the discovery of new fossils & scientific advances that have changed the understanding of T-Rex’s appearance. Out 3/8/23 for 6+" – Miss Suffield (https://emmasuffield.wordpress.com) on "X"
Thank you for the glowing review!
@JonathanEmmett you weren't tagged so may have missed this.
Happy Friday!
Have you had a toxic week? Consider eating the stinging cells of your enemies and turning them into protective armor, like this Shag-rug #nudibranch
Video explainer on nudibranch dining habits: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLVfWKxtfow
iNaturalist observation: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/173811959
It only just hit me that the reason so many journalists (including, occasionally, me!) still post their work and some of their musings to Twitter is that it remains almost zero effort to do so.
Shows how a place can maintain the illusion of activity when people are only putting in a tiny fraction of the effort they once did.
it's weird how often people blame the technology of Mastodon for the failure of users to stick around instead of the most blindingly obvious, actual reasons:
1. habits are hard to break. people used to twitter or insta or FB are going to instinctually open those apps first
2. network effects are incredibly powerful. switching social networks isn't like trying a new toothpaste. networks move to new services *slowly* even when they're incredibly popular
For the first time, fossils of unquestionable eurypterid origin are documented from the renowned Lower Devonian Hunsrück Slate Lagerstätte in southwestern Germany. The gnathobase of a coxal plate and a body segment can be attributed to pterygotid eurypterids, probably to Jaekelopterus rhenaniae. These body parts from the Hunsrück Slate once more confirm the extraordinary large size that could be attained by this Rhenish eurypterid. Based on the usual occurrence in marine–terrestrial transitional facies elsewhere in the Rhenish Devonian, rareness in the Hunsrück Slate, and poor preservation, the Hunsrück Slate pterygotid remains are most probably allochthonous, and eurypterids are considered nongenuine elements of the ‘Hunsrück Slate biota.
Some corvid drama! I am not quite sure what happened here, but it looks like the adult rook got a bit annoyed by the juvenile trying to steal its food.
Also the Jackdaw in the background just observing and thinking, "Here we go again".
#bird #birds #birding #birdphotography #birdsofmastodon #birdwatching #nature #naturephotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #photography
Here are some (late) #followfriday hints regarding climate & crisis & Science
@ClimateMigration
@parents4future
@Healthforfuture
@S4F
@psy4f
@MichaelEMann
@Snoro
@peterjelinek
@GeraldKutney
@breadandcircuses
@polarportal
@AufstandLastGen
@xrgermany
@DerKlimablog
@VQuaschning @ZLabe
@astrodicticum
@GuidoKuehn
@rahmstorf
@W_Lucht
@SkepticalScience
@ende_gelaende
@ScientistRebellion
@ed_hawkins
@ckemfert
@PIK_climate
@TheConversationClimate
@SheDrivesMobility
@steurer
Adam S. Smith
Sage Sharp
Christopher Mims
Pxl Phile
louis durrant 🌖
Fossil Bonanza
Marvin Johanning
O=C=O