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jopabinia.bsky.social • 651 days ago

Happy Friday from Anomalocaris!

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This seems like a good place to plug this film about the Burgess Shale that the CBC came out with. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNMQNr83fg0

gordon227.bsky.social•133 days ago

Is it just me, or did anyone else hear the NyanCat music when they saw this?

faineg.bsky.social•651 days ago

Omg

annaleen.bsky.social•651 days ago

Love this big weirdy friend from the Cambrian, but my heart is still in the Ordovician

jopabinia.bsky.social•651 days ago

no worries I gotchu too, although these are SMOL BOIS https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-34204-w

annaleen.bsky.social•651 days ago

proboscis evolution!!! love it.

punkrockscience.bsky.social•497 days ago

….we need gifs.

jopabinia.bsky.social•497 days ago

lol

punkrockscience.bsky.social•497 days ago

I found a copy here, in case you or anyone else needs it in all its flappy glory.

https://tenor.com/view/anomalocaris-nyan-cat-gif-24007508

gsjphd.bsky.social•497 days ago

radiodnyant.gif

loren.wiki•133 days ago

Lmao this rules

jopabinia.bsky.social•133 days ago

I posted it before gifs were implemented, but I also used to have a printout of this on paper in my old office, so the still pleases me

loren.wiki•133 days ago

Oh wow I do want to see the gif now too, it’s perfect as a still though

jopabinia.bsky.social•133 days ago

and you can!

loren.wiki•133 days ago

Oh my god the little flapping is so perfect! I’m obsessed

restingdinoface.bsky.social•651 days ago

Off to hug all the smaller creatures with those great appendages

jopabinia.bsky.social•602 days ago

#FossilFriday and 🧪 meme too I guess

jopabinia.bsky.social•602 days ago

Since Anomalo was the unofficial winner of @upulie.bsky.social's Cambrian poll

tenken.bsky.social•588 days ago

This just makes me want gif/video functionality that much more.

jopabinia.bsky.social•588 days ago

it is a gif, unfortunately I do not remember the source. tbh, someone printed it out and put it up in my old office, so we were looking at the still frame anyways

vohlos.bsky.social•497 days ago

Happy weekend anomalocaris!

xanindigo.bsky.social•651 days ago

Glad to see some much needed appreciation for Cambrian superpredators!

jopabinia.bsky.social•651 days ago

Yeah I literally work on this (technically haven't published a radiodont-only paper yet, but have one coming). In the meantime, wanna know EVERYTHING about them?
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feart.2023.1160285/full

annaleen.bsky.social•651 days ago

this is so cool!!

xanindigo.bsky.social•651 days ago

Oh wow. Fantastic! I've always found Cambrian animals fascinating. Opabinia too. It's like evolution just throwing mud at the wall to see what sticks!

jopabinia.bsky.social•651 days ago

notice my username 😉

xanindigo.bsky.social•651 days ago

Heh. I did just after I hit the reply button! 😄

jeffday.bsky.social•651 days ago

this comparison between the cambrian explosion and the creation in the 1950's of many horrifying dishes involving jello + hot dogs and other unholy combinations is never going to leave me

https://twitter.com/Orteil42/status/1308803906076585984?s=20

jopabinia.bsky.social•651 days ago

don't think i'll be clicking that

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