dino tama!

18+ // multifandom // paleo & tamagotchi enjoyer

[yeesiine]

Making eye contact with you across tumblr.

[ode-on-a-grecian-butt]

[redstonedust]

we all know adult humans dont get enough enrichment but the other day i was walkin home past an empty playground and impulsively ran over to spin myself on this zipline merry-go-round contraption for a few minutes and it really did feel like it unlocked some neglected part of my brain. like damn we really should all go outside and play more. fuck. they werent kidding with this play time thing. have you guys heard about play time. it could be huge.

[samshepard]

The concept of this concept originating somewhere that isnt england

[sauropodatchi]

going on an ocd spiral bc i thought it would be beneficial to research fandom discourse

[sauropodatchi]

advertising my SquidgeWorld since i'm working myself up to writing independently again :3

feel free to read either of these there!

[iam-not-really-here]

src: 🌙

[apocalypsegay]

drawing pokemon from memory exhibit A and B

[anxeious]

[chips1977]

I don’t like getting kicked in the head anymore

[neverwonderneverremember]

sleep is stolen time. don't let them take it from you anymore. tonight. we are staying up. til one billion o clock.

[sauropodatchi]

my azumarill is fucked up bruh

[radroller]

Trunks...Bulma....I do this for you. And yes, even for you, Phil Collins....

[96haiki]

8.22.2025

[ivytherium]

To anyone who follows me, I don't care about nor trust Colossal Biosciences anymore (The people behind the "Wooly Mice"). They have proven themselves to be headline-chasing grifters after this latest stunt. They are claiming to have de-extincted *Aenocyon dirus*, aka the Dire Wolf, by editing just 20 genes from the the DNA of a Grey Wolf (*Canis lupus*) to make this thing:

If it wasn't clear from their scientific names, Grey Wolves and Dire Wolves aren't remotely related to one another aside from being Canids, despite what pop culture like Game of Thrones would have you believe. If they did look like each other, it would have had to be via convergent evolution, as they only shared a common ancestor over 5 million years ago.

This distinction, however, isn't found in the publicized articles about this so-called resurrected Dire Wolf and makes their claim that they brought the Dire Wolf back by simply editing *20* genes from the genome of a Grey Wolf laughable. A Dire Wolf would have shared more in common genetically with a Maned Wolf (*Chrysocyon brachyurus*) or Bush Dog (*Speothos venaticus*) than it would with a Grey Wolf.

Bottom line, don't fall for whatever this company is trying to tell you. If the Dire Wolf were to be brought back, it wouldn't be via something like this, and certainly wouldn't *look* like this. If you want an idea as to how a real Dire Wolf would look like in life, here is some fantastic paleoart by artist Mauricio Antón:

Addendum: I seem to have partially miscalculated Dire Wolf genetics. They were not closer to Maned Wolves or Bush Dogs, but they were still not closely related to Grey Wolves. They were basal members of Canini, related to canids like Jackals (genus Lupulella) but distinct from them. I am sorry for this misinformation in my attempt to correct other misinformation. My main point, however, is still correct.

[bhramarii]

no mondays in the cambrian era

[sauropodatchi]

kinda crazy when you find a new roleplay partner that you really click with. cuz what do you mean we've written like 20k words in like 4 days across 5 different threads

[thickness-protection-program]

No y'know what fuck you I hope your flop post gets 50k overnight

[thickness-protection-program]

To everyone in the notes who tried deflecting my curse back onto me

You missed!

[bace-jeleren]