A lil introduction as I've met lots of people since TetZooCon! I'm Jay - I'm a science communicator with a passion for all things biology, paleontology and zoology! Currently I work as a researcher for science documentaries, doing my best to blend science and storytelling.🔬🎥

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I forgot! I wanted to post here the alien I mentioned during They caused quite a bit of confusion the first time they were encountered but quickly turned out to be harmless herbivores that use their torso keel to saw through branches of the local flora.

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Inspired by a conversation with at the after-convention pub jaunt, here’s a (rather chonky) Tenontosaurus tilletti who’s fortuitously come upon tasty, unguarded Deinonychus antirrhopus hatchlings.

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Gutted to have missed this weekend thanks to a raging chest infection which landed me in Urgent Care on Friday night 🤒

If you'd like to grab some of the merch I would've had on sale, it's all available at clearance prices here

https://t.co/ANSc5te1DP

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Today it’s all about flappy bois!

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Now we’re talking about lonely frogs

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First talk at about the most wonderful mammal that ever evolved (don’t tell my ferrets).

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Wrapping up talk - join the pterosaur panel to learn about publishing on fossils (which should be useful even for the small number of people NOT into pterosaurs)

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Breaking 2022 news: it's been 10 years since the Conway-Kosemen-Naish book saw print, so TetZooCon 2022 features an on-stage event where we discuss the book's history and impact. Join us 3rd & 4th Dec in London, more info ... https://t.co/GzEtinhcGn

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I'll be attending TetZooCon as a speaker. But might sell some merch - prints, postcards, stickers. Any of you have preferences / request of particular prints?

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It's taken a few decades to get here but... FINALLY: the monograph (the bulk of my 2006 PhD thesis) is out and in print at . I've published lengthy thoughts at (https://t.co/Jaa7ABXtvD) but here's a thread...

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The Quetz Monograph Lives and Other News on Azhdarchid Pterosaurs -- a new roundup of news at .... https://t.co/YHFf2P9npV

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arms. I made a whole sequence showing reconstruction of the bones/muscles/feathers for my talk at just realised I've never shared any of it.

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Results from the post-#Tetzoomcon
Erjiecaris, Patriofelis, Kurupi and Tupandactylus.

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Huge thanks to everyone who participated in -- stressful from my end but mostly a success, and what amazing talks! Write-up to follow at when time allows. Thanks again to all attendees!

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Well, it's 10-13am the day after and it FINALLY looks at if the afterparty has finished. Well played, well played, all, but you didn't beat last year's record :) See you next year!

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big thanks to & , not just for planning & running another great but also for sorting me out... Zoology, ecology, palaeontology, speculative biology, conservation & evolution with fantastic sciart & palaeoart (& aliens) thrown in.

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