Hey! If you don't know already, I co-host a natural history-themed YouTube series called Through Time and Clades with my good friend @albertonykus! We cover all sorts of topics from biology to anthropology, but in about a week we're going to be hosting an interview with our friend and paleontologist @zygodactylus (of the amazing blog you know and love @a-dinosaur-a-day).
If you have any questions for Meig, feel free to leave a comment or DM me or Albert, and we'll be sure to get it! Many thanks and see you there!
New episode of Through Time and Clades! We interview paleontologist and science communicator @a-dinosaur-a-day, who discusses with us eir science outreach blog A Dinosaur A Day, eir conversion to Judaism and its connections to paleontology, the new fossil birds ey helped name, and more.
Days since our last “if you think pornography with characters simulating child is dangerous then you think horror movies make people wanna ax murder” nonsense: 0
At this point I have a feeling this person is going to get exposed for having a lolicon side blog. Or a warrior cat snuff twitter.
This has potential for a reaction image or a “SEE HERE” meme template, I’m just not sure what for.
Wait. I know.
@a-dinosaur-a-day this is you whenever someone comes onto your blog and tries to argue about whether or not birds are dinosaurs. (They are DINOSAURS, gosh darn it!)
Anyway: please use this template responsibly, thanks
First off, it's a weird and enormous swan, which is pretty cool on its own, but more importantly, Vorombe is sadly not in the spirit of Dinosaur March Madness: Rising Stars. When it was most likely its own genus, Vorombe would have been a worthy contender, but given the paper indicating it may not be distinct from Aepyornis, this is no longer the case. This year's contest is meant to celebrate recent discoveries, and while a new and informative fossil of a preexisting bird is exciting, it just wouldn't be right for that to win the bird bracket over something truly distinct. I'd hate to have the top bird (or even DMM winner) need to have an asterisk by its name. I have hope that Heracles or Cryptogyps has a chance to defeat Vorombe in the next round, but it's not a guarantee. This is a humble request to consider this factor if you haven't already voted this round.
P.S.: If your reason to vote for Vorombe is that it reminds you of Harambe, I'm sorry, but I don't care for that joke in general and it's hardly a reason for a DMM vote
It's national velociraptor awareness day! What is there that we need to be aware of regarding velociraptors? No idea! We're just here to enjoy renditions of these swift plunderers from 73ish million years ago (the raptors, not the art).
And before you get up in arms about the specification of some of these little guys, we've broadened the scope to include all types of dromaeosaurs...because the art was pretty, and frankly, mistakes were already made before we got here (we're looking at you, Jurassic Park).
So, please enjoy this raptor and raptor-adjacent art. (And, while we have you, can the paleo plushie experts please take a look and see if they can help this user find another Hammer?)
gonna be the last art of this year. it was a tough one, but with a glimpse of hope for the future, for which i'm really grateful.
i've done a lot of art this year, personal and for the studio too.
manifesting next year to be a dream come true (please let me be happy and free)
happy new year everyone! 💙