Dinosaurs

Riot 23 (it/they/neos and xenos). big fan of paleontology, zoology, and speculative biology. main blog.

[whyflippen]

A pair of kelenken in miocene patagonia

[paleo-bug]

Spinosaurus marshland ❤️❤️ Inspired by the Great Salt Lake.

[myfairynuffstuff]

Erika Toliusis (b.1969) - Pacific Angel. 2022. Oil with palette knife on canvas.

[sunshinetheinspiration]

@teaboot

[teaboot]

Painted with a FUCKING PALETTE KNIFE?

[theweirdwideweb]

[dyke-uncle]

“Poor little parrot, killed by the high temperatures..”

“Ah no, it’s a corn”

[corvidaezero-deactivated2021061]

There’s a pun here, too!  While elote does translate to an “ear of corn”, it’s more specifically used as a term describing a popular street and/or food truck dish of grilled corn with a creamy sauce, chili powder, and maybe some lime, etc, called “street corn”.

A single corn cob in the middle of the road?  Elote.  Street corn.

[hazard-symbols-that-fuck-hard]

it’s so wild to me how common glasses are among all age groups

were 25% of kids just fumbling around half blind for most of human history?

[eartharchives]

Jurassic sea monster was smaller than once thought, but no less formidable

A new study has found that Liopleurodon reached just over 8 meters long, replacing decades of inflated size estimates with the most accurate reconstruction yet. Image credit: Megan Jacobs/University of Portsmouth

https://phys.org/news/2026-07-jurassic-sea-monster-smaller-thought.html

[a-book-of-creatures]

They shrunkodon the Liopleurodon

[krisrisk]

So many times one of my mutuals falls back into a passion of theirs and flood their dash (and mine) with all about it, and it makes me grin like an idiot because it's so sweet. Yes, love, you did it! You found a spark of joy! Yay! Please show me more of the things you care about ❤️!

[just-a-queer-person]

[parakeet]

You will not die at the hands of quicksand. Ask me how I know this

[bearthethirdwheel]

Please, how do you know this?

[parakeet]

quicksand does not have any hands

[frankensteins-mt-dew]

[northirish]

I'm following blogs that haven't posted in like eight years but I don't care I shall never unfollow them because I am a true and loyal knight #loyalknight

[transingthoseformers2]

One has to love the fossils that are somewhat there but visibly super squished, reminds us well the toll the earth has on them

[weirdgirl247]

every year small towns and indigenous communities across canada are burnt to nothing by horrific wildfires and americans go on the internet to complain about it and blame us bc the smoke has spread to their state. i’m so tired.

go yell at mark carney or your own local politicians about climate change and urge them to do more to stop it. the namaygoosisagagun first nation had their community destroyed today. you can find a link to donate to them here. donate to your local food bank. go to the beach next week when the smoke clears and you don’t have to think about it anymore while the people who’s lives have been destroyed will have to pick up the pieces and try to move forward when we are already in a huge cost of living crisis across the country.

[weirdgirl247]

rbing with other places you can donate to to support those impacted by the fires!

true north aid (an organization aimed at providing support to remote/northern indigenous people in canada)

canadian red cross wildfire fund

ontario spca and humane society (links to their donate page specifically aimed at supporting pets and animals in areas impacted by the fires)

and the anishinabek nation’s page where you can donate to support the namaygoosisagagun nation who had their land destroyed by the fires is still accepting donations

[disneyprincessdxminatrix]

being late getting into a piece of media or joining a ‘dead’ fandom is not that bad actually cause even if it seems like the party is over there will always be people still celebrating and the decoration is still up and there’s a piece of cake reserved especially for you in the fridge you just have to come and enjoy it.

[spinosauridae]

hi am back got temporarily nuked

[herpsandbirds]

Pink-eared Duck (Malacorhynchus membranaceus), family Anatidae, order Anseriformes, found in disconnected regions of Australia

photographs: Val S., David Taylor, JJ Harrison

[herpsandbirds]

Peruvian Harlequin Toad (Atelopus peruensis), family Bufonidae, endemic to fast-flowing mountain streams at higher altitudes in the Andes mountains of Peru

CRITICALLY ENDANGERED.

Once thought to be extinct in the wild, they had not been seen since 1998.

The species was rediscovered in 2026 in the Áncash Department or Peru.

photograph via: Vɪʟᴄᴀ-Aʟᴢᴀᴍᴏʀᴀ, C. 𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘭.

[herpsandbirds]

Philippine Pit Viper (Trimeresurus flavomaculatus), juvenile, family Viperidae, endemic to the Philippines

Venomous.

photographs by Kyle Anadeo Tamayo