“They took the dick vein out of the mars bars, you can’t do that!!”

Mummy of a juvenile sabre-toothed cat Homotherium latidens from the Upper Pleistocene of Siberia - Scientific Reports Scientific Reports - Mummy of a juvenile sabre-toothed cat Homotherium latidens from the Upper Pleistocene of Siberia

This is not a drill, a mummified sabretooth cat has been published from the #Pleistocene permafrost of Russia. It's a Homotherium cub! The team (Lopatin et al.) reckon it's Homotherium latidens. It's too young to have enlarged upper canines. Paper is OA ... www.nature.com/articles/s41... cont...

Lost Serenade

What do you think the adults looked like? Is the isturitz figure still viable? Cave lion cubs don't even have spots so I doubt the adults did like is often suggested as an explanation for the figurine

Happy #hyena Friday (AKA #FisiFriday)! 🍪

Did you know that hyenas live in social groups called clans and that they can vary wildly in size depending on the local ecology of where they are -- from less than 10 to over 100?! 🤯

#mammals

A group of large aquatic frogs. They are mottled greyish brown.

🐸Lake Titicaca frogs (Telmatobius culeus) in Omaha Zoo.

An aquatic species only found in and around Lake Titicaca.

Max. body length 20 cm (8"), max. total length 60cm (2').

Endangered due to pollution, human consumption, chytridiomycosis and introduced trout.

Photo by @thegaminghyena.bsky.social

I am having trouble lol, a large amount of my moots haven't moved over yet, but you and a few others have, so imma mainly use discord so I can talk with all of yall!

uh yes

Brown and black pencil drawing of Fujianvenator, a long-legged feathered dinosaur.

Fujianvenator.

This was to have been a sketch, but it got away from me, which was when I should have stopped. It spiralled into series of attempts to salvage the previous misstep. A stupid time sink for an indifferent result. 😐

Indian star tortoise (Geochelone elegans). Photo by plesnercph.

A large specimen of the Indian star tortoise (Geochelone elegans) at the Copenhagen zoo.

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Honestly, I may move my entire account here, if I get the chance.

Hello everyone! Since Twitter sucks, I'd like to start posting more here

YES

Thanks!

Sure!

Awesome! Yeah