Christopher DiPiazza @ChrisDPiazza Twitter profile

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Christopher DiPiazza

@ChrisDPiazza

7 months

No zoo enclosures actually look like that. But regardless sure let’s release all the zoo animals into the wild like you want. Aaaaaaaand they’re extinct.

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Christopher DiPiazza

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1 year

What if we considered…hear me out…that bobcats and domestic housecats are…different? Then again I’m just a person with an actual background/degree in animals so what do I know?

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1 year

Reminder cats are actually poor rodent control.

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1 year

The distinction between anticipating an opportunity and actively seizing one.

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5 months

I wish I was kidding about this happening in real life. #keepyourcatindoors

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10 months

I’m showing #PrehistoricPlanet to my seventh grade class and they’re calling the pterosaurs “chairs” and Mononykus “opossum” and now I can’t unsee both.

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Christopher DiPiazza

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7 months

Oh screw off. Queer people exist. They’re just trying to live like everyone else. Stop being so hateful.

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@ChrisDPiazza

2 years

Last one for today. Maybe. #wildlife #keepyourcatindoors

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@ChrisDPiazza

3 years

If ya know ya know. #MeanGirls #Tyrannosaurus

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@ChrisDPiazza

1 year

So because the guy with 0 background in ecology simply doesn’t care for a species he’s never heard of therefore it’s not worth preserving?…in favor of more roads? This is why science education is important so we don’t raise more people like him.

Erik Schneider

@erikmschneider

1 year

“Long-eared bats? I hope white-nose syndrome wipes all of them out.”

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Christopher DiPiazza

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4 years

This. Don’t share the Dodo. They wrongfully attack responsible facilities that actually care for wildlife then turn around and celebrate literal wild animals taken as pets.

Jess in the Wild

@Jess_inthewild

4 years

I use the Dodo’s videos in my Wildlife Rehab & Social Media presentation on examples of what NOT to share with the public. Why? Because it encourages others to partake in dangerous & illegal behavior. Dangerous to people (think Disease spread) but also dangerous to the squirrel

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Christopher DiPiazza

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3 years

In every discussion about invasive species somebody will without fail insert this line…and they almost always reveal later they’re feeding feral cat colonies or something.

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7 months

@Schticklord Do people honestly forget the vast majority of godzillas were guys in suits and moved like humans? It’s also funny how a lot of people who are complaining about this also dislike the 1998 Godzilla. (Which actually was designed and moved like an animal)

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Christopher DiPiazza

@ChrisDPiazza

2 years

In light of recent interactions…

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@ChrisDPiazza

1 year

Had to sit on this #paleoart #watercolor for a while. Here’s #Dakotaraptor going along with the hypothesis it may have been an unenlagiine. I even included the not Dakotaraptor parts! (iykyk) #dinosaur

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Christopher DiPiazza

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2 years

Newest #watercolor is of two #Styracosaurus working out a territory dispute. This is actually a redo of a painting I did in 2011 with the same composition and color scheme. #paleoart #dinosaur #canada #ceratopsian #cretaceous #scicomm

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2 years

In #PokemonScarletViolet #Clodsire is based on a real animal called the #SpanishNewt or Pleurodeles waltlii. (Makes sense since the #Paldea region is based off Spain.) Like the #Pok émon, these newts can push their ribs through their skin, coated in poison, as a defense. #scicomm

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Christopher DiPiazza

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4 years

I made a thing! Keep your cats indoors! TNR isn’t a solution! 😃

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Christopher DiPiazza

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3 years

I’d like to remind everyone that my #Spinosaurus #watercolor from 8yrs ago still continues to dodge inaccuracies every new paper that comes out, including the latest one suggesting they walked underwater like hippos which is what I literally made it doing.

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Christopher DiPiazza

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2 years

Been sitting on this #watercolor for a bit. Long overdue #Amargasaurus . Kept the same pattern/colors and frillyfrills as my last two renderings though. 2022 paper suggests the neck spines were covered in ligaments in life. 🦕 #paleoart #scicomm #dinosaur

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2 years

2011 vs 2022 #SkillnotTalent

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2 years

@bedupolker Edward Gorey’s doubtful guest.

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Christopher DiPiazza

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2 years

Magic Schoolbus books didn’t pull punches. #MagicSchoolbus #Allosaurus #Stegosaurus #Maiasaura #Troodon

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Christopher DiPiazza

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4 years

Okay fine I did the #Spinosaurus with it’s new paddle tail. Everyone’s debating on what the purpose of this wonderous tail was. Well I think it’s quite obvious, don’t you? We just observed it in real time. #scicomm #paleontology #theropods

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Christopher DiPiazza

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4 years

PALEOART TIP for depicting predation/violence: When a puncture is made, blood can’t flow from vessels until the tooth/claw is removed. I get lots of “where’s the blood?!” comments about my Spinosaurus painting. That’s why. #paleoart #watchmorenature #protip

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1 year

#Styracosaurus #watercolor

🖌️ Thumbnail artist🖌️

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1 year

ARTISTS you can only use one Art picture to convince people to follow you. Which art piece you using? OK GO UWU

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Christopher DiPiazza

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2 years

Oh boy! Did I just get a “bear could beat a T.rex” guy in the comments section?!?!

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Christopher DiPiazza

@ChrisDPiazza

7 months

Look I try my best to be humble. But if somebody point blank challenges how I know something I’m gonna tell them. That’s the cue to maybe back off and consider changing stance. But this is social media they just dig in and move the goal posts. 🫠

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Christopher DiPiazza

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5 years

My friend texted me “is pterodactyl a dinosaur?” Last night. And followed up with “what the fuck is a dinosaur then?” Can’t be explained without very crude pictures on scrap paper when I should be asleep.

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Christopher DiPiazza

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8 months

To all the “birders” and “animal lovers” who argued to let this human-raised nonnative animal to be allowed to stay as an invasive species in a dangerous to wildlife urban environment, this is what you get. Just listen to the actual experts next time.

Flaco, the Eurasian Eagle Owl, Has Died

New York City, Feb. 23, 2024 – The following statement was released by Central Park Zoo: We are saddened to report that Flaco, the Eurasian eagle owl discovered missing from the Central Park Zoo...

newsroom.wcs.org

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Christopher DiPiazza

@ChrisDPiazza

7 months

Manhattan bird alert does not practice ethical birding and does not care about wildlife. They only care about clout and getting a photo. They were part of the reason Flaco died, participating and promoting disruption of recapture attempts by park and zoo staff. Dont be like them.

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Christopher DiPiazza

@ChrisDPiazza

2 years

Can finally share the watercolor I did for @boydpaleo ’s #2022SVP talk on #Thescelosaurus ! Turns out at least some adults had what appear to be SPURS on their forearms! #paleoart

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Christopher DiPiazza

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2 years

Newest #watercolor is the #Jurassic #ankylosaur , #Gargoyleosaurus , fending off 3 #Allosaurus . #paleoart #dinosaur #scicomm

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@ChrisDPiazza

1 year

Artists, quote tweet your most popular pieces.

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@ChrisDPiazza

9 months

New #watercolor of #Stegosaurus . I refrained from making it green. You’re welcome. #paleoart #dinosaur #jurassic

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@ChrisDPiazza

2 years

Tell me you don’t know anything about apes without telling me you don’t know anything about apes.

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@ChrisDPiazza

3 years

Newest #watercolor of a #Gorgosaurus that pissed off a whole group of #Centrosaurus . Another piece I tried to tell a story with. #paleoart #dinosaurs #dinosaur

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Christopher DiPiazza

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4 years

@mernino2k2 @VicStoddard Fixed.

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1 year

@Jayd3nKnight I will never forget how Happy Feet made female penguins the appearance of breasts.

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3 years

Newest #watercolor of the large troodontid found in #Alaska . I wanted to illustrate variation within a population. Left it open if it’s based on sex, age, or just individual variation. #Troodon #dinosaur #scicomm #paleoart #watercolors

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2 years

My 7th grade class reacting to baby rex getting eaten by a mosasaur on #PrehistoricPlanet

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@ChrisDPiazza

8 months

Another #Spinosaurus paper another reminder my painting from 2014 is still accurate. Yes this is a flex. #paleoart #watercolor

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Christopher DiPiazza

@ChrisDPiazza

2 years

I don’t always go viral but when I do it’s for something silly I scribbled with minimal thought rather than a serious painting. 🦖🦃 #THANKSGIVING #dinosaur #birdsaredinosaurs

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Christopher DiPiazza

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3 years

Newest #watercolor of #Nanuqsaurus watching a family of #Edmontosaurus go by. I imagine it eying the baby and then the massive parents and thinking “…not worth it.” #paleoart #dinosaurs #scicomm #Alaska

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Christopher DiPiazza

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8 months

This is enrichment for the animal’s benefit. They’d do it every day even without the camera. AZA is not a hoax. We genuinely care about the animals. I worked with 3 species of armadillo for over 13 years. This little guy is NOT being mistreated. He’s totally loving this. 😉

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Christopher DiPiazza

@ChrisDPiazza

8 months

In class I mentioned crocodilians are closer to birds than to other living reptiles and a kid just shrugged and said “well birds are dinosaurs and crocodiles are close to dinosaurs so that makes perfect sense”. 🐊 🦖 🦅

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Christopher DiPiazza

@ChrisDPiazza

5 years

In a perfect world zoos wouldn’t need to exist. But now they’re the last chance for many endangered species. They’ve also saved many species from extinction and contribute huge amounts to conservation. #supportazazoosandaquariums #supportzoos #zoo #aza

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Christopher DiPiazza

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1 year

It’s ok to use colors in paleoart that simply look cool sometimes. Insisting colors MUST ALWAYS be strictly based on pure logic ignores the fact that plenty of modern animal colors could never be predicted in a million years if we never saw them.

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Christopher DiPiazza

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1 year

@Bonpland They kill WAY more birds and reptiles than rodents. They are more often afraid of adult rats too. If they do kill rodents it’s not enough to justify them as remotely effective population control.

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Christopher DiPiazza

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11 months

@CarissasNewLife @sewistwrites @gatgergaming No it’s important to know. At least some of the teeth he wore were from slaves.

The Trouble with Teeth

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Christopher DiPiazza

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7 months

And for the record many zoos DO release animals into the wild. Captive breeding programs meant to bolster wild populations of endangered species, as well as rehabbed animals.

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Christopher DiPiazza

@ChrisDPiazza

2 years

This is so irresponsible. Projecting human feelings on a zoo animal and encouraging it to be “free” in a nonnative habitat. This is detrimental to native wildlife regardless if the owl actually wants “freedom” or not. Shame on this account for claiming to care about nature.

Manhattan Bird Alert

@BirdCentralPark

2 years

We have often heard the hoots of a second Eurasian Eagle-Owl in Central Park tonight, recorded or live. Flaco was answering these hoots with his own. The zoo team continues in the area. #FreeFlaco

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2 years

Hey #paleontology researchers getting ready for #2022SVP , I still have a few openings for #paleoart commissions if you want your research poster or presentation to look cooler. Let me know before it’s too late! 🦕🦖

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Christopher DiPiazza

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2 years

Here’s my #Spinosaurus from 2014 in water BUT NOT SWIMMING. In light of a recent paper that lots of people aren’t reading carefully enough. #dinosaur #paleontology #paleoart #watercolor

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Christopher DiPiazza

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5 years

Northern Snakeheads guarding a mass of tiny babies. As cool as this sight is, they are unfortunately an invasive species here in the US and disrupt native ecosystems by eating smaller animals and competing with other large fish. #northernsnakehead #fish #invasive #conservation

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@ChrisDPiazza

8 months

Newest #watercolor of #Allosaurus . #dinosaur #paleoart #jurassic

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3 years

Here’s the #watercolor in more detail commissioned for @MG_Mosasaurus87 and @boydpaleo ’s hot off the press research on a brackish water #Mosasaurus in the Hell Creek formation. Imagine seeing that fluke and feeling the tongue on your feet! #paleoart

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Christopher DiPiazza

@ChrisDPiazza

2 years

Latest #BeastoftheWeek is the giant salamander, Habrosaurus! 🐸 #amphibian #paleoart #watercolor #Habrosaurus #salamander

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Christopher DiPiazza

@ChrisDPiazza

1 year

This week I decided to revisit #Dakotaraptor for #BeastoftheWeek for reasons.

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@ChrisDPiazza

3 years

Newest #watercolor is #Lambeosaurus lambei. The last several dinosaurs I painted happened to all be grayish so I went with something more colorful (but still realistic). #paleoart #dinosaur #art

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Christopher DiPiazza

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3 years

Newest watercolor of #Tianyulong . Appears to be variation within the species of feather arrangement. Rear individual based on verbal description by @Dave_Hone of an unpublished specimen. Inspired by #CrestedNewts for the colors. #paleoart #dinosaur #watercolor #scicomm

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Christopher DiPiazza

@ChrisDPiazza

4 years

Newest #watercolor of a #Tyrannosaurus feeding its babies via regurgitating partially digested gore. I liked the pose of a doodle I did last year enough to eventually make a full painting of it. 🦖 #trex #dinosaur #paleoart #scicomm #JurassicWorldCampCretaceous

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Christopher DiPiazza

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2 years

My family’s currently tight with money. (Childcare is even more expensive on a teacher salary!) So I’m happily offering up original #paintings for sale. If there’s something of mine you’d like to own dm me. I’m also open to commissions. #art #SupportHumanArtists #supportteachers

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2 years

This week’s beast is the recently described #Meraxus . Not only does it posses some weird features like that enlarged toe claw, but it also gives us insight on its group as a whole, like how they aged! #dinosaur #sciconm #beastoftheweek

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Christopher DiPiazza

@ChrisDPiazza

1 year

In light of more than a few folks critiquing of #PrehistoricPlanet2 for not depicting much gore… 🧵

Christopher DiPiazza

@ChrisDPiazza

4 years

PALEOART TIP for depicting predation/violence: When a puncture is made, blood can’t flow from vessels until the tooth/claw is removed. I get lots of “where’s the blood?!” comments about my Spinosaurus painting. That’s why. #paleoart #watchmorenature #protip

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Christopher DiPiazza

@ChrisDPiazza

2 years

If your work is drawing these kinds of people. And these kinds of people are the only ones jumping to your defense when said work is questioned it’s important to seriously reflect on why that is. This is VERY disturbing. 🚩

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@ChrisDPiazza

1 year

Every time. Must be a coincidence.

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@ChrisDPiazza

6 years

Two different kids told me their favorite dinosaur is Indominus rex.

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1 year

Newest #watercolor is the tiny armored #dinosaur from #Chile , #Stegourus , who had a tail like an Aztec maquahuitl. #paleoart #scicomm

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@ChrisDPiazza

2 years

Don’t be this guy. Science has never invalidated trans people.

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@ChrisDPiazza

5 years

COVID-19 is forcing some people to give up their pets. My wife found this at the hospital today. If anyone in the DC Maryland area wants any of these guys they need homes. #COVID2019 #coronavirus

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@ChrisDPiazza

3 years

It’s #TriassicWeek so here’s some #Triassic #watercolors #paleoart

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7 months

Latest #watercolor is #Rhamphorhyncus . #paleoart #scicomm #pterosaur #jurassic

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2 years

Hey everyone. I’m still a teacher (with a teacher salary) and childcare is still expensive so my original art is still for sale. Just dm with any species you’re interested in and I’ll show you what I’ve got available. I’m also doing commissions. #watercolor #paleoart

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3 years

Didn’t even realize I got a shot of a wave perfectly crashing in the background until I examined the photos at home. These #AmericanOystercatchers were practically posing in #NewJersey yesterday! #BirdTwitter #birding #bird

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@ChrisDPiazza

5 months

@Wolpard A lot of folks think animals means mammals. I’ve had people get confused when I refer to birds and fish as animals.

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3 years

Newest #watercolor of a pair of #Gorgosaurus . This slightly smaller, leggier relative of #Tyrannosaurus is the favorite dinosaur of @50cent . #scicomm #dinosaur #paleoart

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@ChrisDPiazza

3 years

@BrianEngh_Art I’ve gotten more than a few “where’s the blood?!” comments on this one even though if you watch real predation in action there’s many instances where this is the case especially on the initial bite.

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@ChrisDPiazza

8 months

Besides how AI is just not ethical towards artists it will also make science immensely more difficult to conduct properly and harm the environment/biodiversity.

Swamp_Ape_Science

@SouthApe

8 months

Here's a list of myths we'll probably see videos of with AI -Snakes chasing people -Coyotes luring dogs -Melanistic Puma -Puma in Appalachia -Thylacine sightings -Bigfoot -Wolves/Predators harassing livestock/people - Agressive not defensive snakes -Rare birds random location

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2 years

This #BeastoftheWeek is #Moros , also made more famous recently by #JurassicWorldDominion . Learn about the real animal here! 🦖 #dinosaur #scicomm

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2 years

So @wizards_magic is going back to #Ixalan ? Don’t know how @MTGSecretLair picks guest artists but it would be a real missed opportunity if they didn’t have a set of #dinosaur cards illustrated by real professional #paleoartists . Maybe reskinned as real species? Just sayin 🤷🏻‍♂️

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3 years

Its #artvsartist2021 again. Here’s some #paleoart #watercolors done in 2021.

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7 months

The “profit” mostly goes towards care for the animals and funding actual wildlife conservation. (Very little goes to worker pockets. Trust me and my lavish 12$ per hour zookeeper salary.)

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3 years

Did you catch the last #PrehistoricBeastoftheWeek ? Learn about #Sinraptor here! #dinosaur #scicomm #watercolor

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4 years

My latest watercolor of Nigersaurus(or a very similar sauropod) wandering too close to a nesting Kaprosuchus. I started this in 2016 but got bored after the croc. Decided to finally finish the day before yesterday. 🦕🐊 #paleoart #watercolor #dinosaur #nigersaurus #kaprosuchus

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2 years

Drawing of a dinosaur has two lines on the skull. Commenters in the paleoart group: SHRINKWRAPPING!!!

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3 years

Newest interview at Prehistoric Beast of the Week is with paleontologist abd artist, Natalia Jagielska! @WryCritic

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8 months

#PaleoAgainstAI AI steals from existing images to make something not only lifeless but limited. The whole point of #paleoart is to show something never seen before. Scientists and artists communicating and working together to share something both informative and inspiring.

Natalia Jagielska

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#PaleoAgainstAI Images created by artificial intelligence, are bound to be... Artificial. Nothing beats results of authentic, real, human intelligence and creativity 💙 I try to make palaeontology welcoming and fun for all demographics 🦕

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The detail | The painting

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@DragonsofWales

5 months

The detail | The painting

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3 years

My Spinosaurus from 2014 still holds up really well. #paleoart #Spinosaurus #watercolors

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@thepaintpaddock

3 years

What’s an older piece (>1 year) that you’re still proud of?

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1 year

My wife is playing #ZeldaTearofthekingdom and there’s #Diplocaulus .

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5 months

@BlueandGray1864 “Primary sources” Slavery is mentioned over 70 times in the articles of secession.

The Declaration of Causes of Seceding States

The Declaration of Causes made by Georgia, Mississippi, South Carolina, and Texas.

www.battlefields.org

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@EmilyAssembly Hi wildlife professional here. 1) He died from a window crash after a stressful year of the wrong habitat and eating poisoned rats. That’s not much of a choice. 2) the Central Park zoo has done more for wildlife than you by a long shot.

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3 years

Because it’s worth sharing again.

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7 months

Without many zoos loads of species would be long gone. Biggest threat to wildlife globally is habitat loss. (There’s literally nowhere wild for them to go) So let’s work together to preserve wild spaces and maybe one day those mean old zoos you hate so much won’t need to exist.

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3 years

Implying that we should just let invasive species run their course because the idea of culling them makes you feel sad is hypocritical since they’re actively driving countless native species to extinction. You’re not the “nature lover” you’re trying to convince us you are.

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2 years

I was depicting this over a decade ago in my #paleoart ! First image is #Microraptor (before the publication suggesting its feather colors came out) Second is of the larger #Changyuraptor . @PalaeoPittman

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4 years

Please don’t feed wildlife. Not only will they start associating humans with food, but what you’re feeding doesn’t meet its needs. Raptors naturally will eat whole prey bones and all. They’re missing out on valuable nutrients here.

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4 years

@TetZoo In my experience it’s usually when it’s about T.rex which shows how biased they are. I ended up getting blocked by one of them when I finally just took gloves off and called them out on it. I’m not sorry about it.

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Amphibians lack diaphragms and have greatly reduced ribs so they rely on thrust muscles to breathe air. But my students insist Smaug, my #TigerSalamander is just “mewing”.

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