YAS GREAT TWEET ALERT

dinosar pic.twitter.com/R629EU9WDh

— Trump Draws (@TrumpDraws) February 1, 2017

YAS OK WHATEVER

cOMiN OUTTA MY CAGE ANF IVE BEEN DOIN JUST FINE pic.twitter.com/scDc0R0Mzg

— rylan (@ileventeen) December 19, 2016

fortnightly boat

oh good, it will have dinosaurs.

small friday

thx g.animalz!

yas.

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AMNH is unveiling their new big-ass dinosaur tomorrow!

it doesn't even fit!

This task—inserting a replica of the biggest creature to ever walk the planet—is made easier by modern manufacturing methods. Because the museum only has around 40 percent of the dinosaur’s bones, they have to make the remaining 60 percent from scratch. Fortunately, dinosaurs are symmetrical; if a bone on one side of the body is missing its complement, paleontologists can replicate its mirror image and use it to fill in the gap. In the old days, curators would create casts and fill them with plaster or fiberglass. Today, they can take surface scans and then digitally flip the bone around, once it’s a file on a computer. The pieces get 3-D printed with a foam milling machine, and then coated in resin or fiberglass, “like a surfboard,” Norell says. The result is a much lighter set of bones, which allows for a more agile rigging method. “This one will appear like it’s floating.” (via)

2PzGifGuide

it's time to start thinking about what you're going to get us for christmas. i'll take one bioluminescent dino pet plz and thx. 

what did i watch on netflix this weekend?

i watched the new netflix documentary from the director of the cove, called mission blue. it tells the life story of marine biologist and ocean-rights activist, dr. sylvia earle, aka my new fave #HBIC. and it's not just a history, she's also got a plan for saving us all. one (not real) word: hopespots.

i give it 11 biscuits!


the next doc i'm planning to watch is a paleontology thriller called dinosaur 13. it's in theaters right now, but it's also available on amazon prime and ondemand. let me know if you want to come over and watch with me.

if you forgot to get me a birthday present...

this'll do

they put a dinosaur statue in front of the mcclung museum on UT's campus

via

twosie tuesdie #2

this time from melissa!


two lizards, one kit kat. she really freaks herself off, too.

what in the world are you?!

(via)

thx paula via hannah!

dinosaur sex

there is a dinosaur sex slideshow at the bottom of this huffpo article for your consideration.

get out of town

"Canada rolls out new dinosaur quarter... and it glows in the (Jurassic) dark!"

 

it IS intentional

via

happy pi day, nerds.

memphis is full of wild animals

 DINOSAURS

 PENGUINS

 BROWN BEARS

GRIZZLY BEARS

 HIPPOS

 RED PANDAS

YELLA BEARS

the 10 days of my birthday zooventure

yesterday, i told you about the bronx zoo's escape artists. today is the last day before we go to the zoo!! so let's make it a good one.

please welcome....

...a DiNoSaUr!!!!!!

RAWR!!!!!!!!!!!!111111

CHOMP CHOMP!!

mooooOOOOoooooo!!!

nom nom nom.

I'M A T-REX!!!

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHhahAHaHa hAHhaha!!!!!!!!

see everyone tOmOrRoW!!!

uhhhh, what?

An American researcher at the Smithsonian Institution says he has found the world’s biggest bug on New Zealand’s Little Barrier Island. The insect, shown here eating a carrot, has a wing span of around 18 centimeters (7 inches) and weighs three times as much as a mouse. It was thought to be extinct after European settlers brought rats to New Zealand.
The giant weta bug was found by 53-year-old entomologist and photojournalist Mark Moffett, who has been called the Indiana Jones of Entomology by the National Geographic Society.

“Three of us walked the trails of this small island for two nights scanning the vegetation for a giant weta. We spent many hours with no luck finding any at all, before we saw her up in a tree,” he said.

However, Moffett did what a responsible explorer would do – he returned the bug right where he found it.

“She would have finished the carrot very quickly, but this is an extremely endangered species and we didn’t want to risk indigestion. After she had chewed a little I took this picture and we put her right back where we found her,” he said.

link!



Thanks Max and Brinley!

"shrimp from hell"

It's called the Anomalocaris, which aptly translates from scientific lingo to the appropriate name: "strange shrimp." While scientists have previously found that this prehistoric shrimp's teeth-things may not have been that sharp, it does, apparently, have excellent vision. Specifically, it's "a gigantic primordial shrimp with pin-sharp vision," New Scientist informs, which complement its "formidable grasping claws, which allowed it to grab its prey and pull it into its mouth." Pretty scary indeed for, as one science press release writer wrote, a glorified "shrimp from hell." (via)