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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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2022-12-15

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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2022-12-13

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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2022-12-07

Today it’s all about flappy bois!

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2022-12-04

Now we’re talking about lonely frogs

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2022-12-04

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

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2022-12-03

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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2022-11-29

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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2022-10-10

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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2022-09-14

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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2022-07-08

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

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2021-12-10

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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2021-11-20

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

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2021-09-05

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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2021-09-04

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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2021-09-04

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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2021-09-04

THE BEASTS OF GEVAUDAN: UNKNOWN MAN EATERS? François-Louis Pellisier at 2021. Unpacking the mystery, dissecting the evidence. What was it/they that killed people? Probably wolves...🐺?

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2021-09-04