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cenofreak88.bsky.social @cenofreak88.bsky.social · 2h

#museummonday life in a salt marsh at several times life size. On display at the San Diego Natural History Museum, California.

#sandiegonaturalhistorymuseum #thenat #saltmarsh #estuary #crab #fish #clam

cenofreak88.bsky.social @cenofreak88.bsky.social · 3d

Second installment of #gomphtober2025 skeleton of gomphotherium from Mt. Diablo, California. Was on display at UC Berkeley, don't know if it still is.

#fossilfriday #prehistoriccalifornia #gomphotherium #cenozoic #miocene #elephant #fossil

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cenofreak88.bsky.social @cenofreak88.bsky.social · 3d

#throwbackthursday sunset at Salt Creek, Death Valley National Park, California, 2007.

#deathvalleynationalpark #deathvalley #saltcreek #desert #desertlife #sunset #california

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cenofreak88.bsky.social @cenofreak88.bsky.social · 7d

#museummonday gray wolves hanging around Gates of the Arctic National Park, Alaska. On display at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, Colorado.

#denvermuseumofnatureandscience #denver #colorado #wolf #graywolf #gatesofthearctic #nationalpark #wildlife #nature

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cenofreak88.bsky.social @cenofreak88.bsky.social · 10d

Welcome to the first instalment of #gomphtober2025 where we spotlight gomohotheres and their relatives. Kicking things off is Stegomastodon Arizona from the pliocene of Arizona.

#fossilfriday #smithsonian #nationalmuseumofnaturalhistory #elephant #fossil #prehistoricarizona #paleontology

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cenofreak88.bsky.social @cenofreak88.bsky.social · 11d

#throwbackthursday old steam engine used to haul ore buckets in and out of mines. Bodie Historical State Park, California, 2013.

#bodiehistoricalstatepark #bodiehistoricpark #california #history #steamengine #mining

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cenofreak88.bsky.social @cenofreak88.bsky.social · 11d

Edie getting face to face with the latest batch of feral kittens.

#doggo #doge #kitties #kittens

cenofreak88.bsky.social @cenofreak88.bsky.social · 14d

#museummonday living swamp. Mississippi Museum of Natural Sciences, Jackson.

#mississippimuseumofnaturalscience #mississippi #museum #naturalsciences #jackson #alligator #turtle #swamp

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cenofreak88.bsky.social @cenofreak88.bsky.social · 17d

#fossilfriday skull and lower jaw of the fox-like dog Archaeocyon. On display at the Ben Reifel Visitor Center, Badlands National Park, South Dakota.

#badlandsnationalpark #badlands #dog #doge #doggo #oligocene #fossil #paleontology

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cenofreak88.bsky.social @cenofreak88.bsky.social · 18d

#throwbackthursday desert bighorn ram. Los Angeles Zoo, 2010.

#losangeleszoo #losangeles #california #zoo #bighornsheep

cenofreak88.bsky.social @cenofreak88.bsky.social · 19d

Happy World Gorilla Day!

#worldgorilladay #worldgorilladay2025 #gorilla #ape #primate #sanfranciscozoo

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cenofreak88.bsky.social @cenofreak88.bsky.social · 24d

#fossilfriday American lion upper jaw. On display at the Natural History Museum of Utah, Salt Lake City.

#naturalhistorymuseumofutah #universityofutah #saltlakecity #lion #bigcat #fossil #paleontology

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cenofreak88.bsky.social @cenofreak88.bsky.social · 25d

#throwbackthursday the Matterhorn against the moon. Disneyland, 2010.

#disneyland #anaheim #california #matterhorn #mountain

cenofreak88.bsky.social @cenofreak88.bsky.social · Sep 12

#fossilfriday skull and half-neck ring of the armored dinosaur Edmontonia. On display at the Royal Tyrrell Museum, Alberta, Canada.

#royaltyrrellmuseum #alberta #canada #prehistoriccanada #nodosaur #armoreddinosaur #dinosaur #cretaceous

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cenofreak88.bsky.social @cenofreak88.bsky.social · Sep 8

#museummonday California grizzly bear. Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History.

#santabarbaramuseumofnaturalhistory #santabarbara #museum #naturalhistory #california #grizzly #bear #wildlife

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cenofreak88.bsky.social @cenofreak88.bsky.social · Sep 5

#fossilfriday skull of the sheep-sized oreodont Mesoreodon. On display in the Thomas Condon Paleontology Center, John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, Oregon

#johndayfossilbedsnationalmonument #johndayfossilbeds #nationalmonument #prehistoricoregon #oregon #cenozoic #oligocene #paleontology

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cenofreak88.bsky.social @cenofreak88.bsky.social · Sep 4

#throwbackthursday When we first got Sophie. So hard to believe that fuzzy little puppy is now 15 years old.

#dog #doggo #puppy

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cenofreak88.bsky.social @cenofreak88.bsky.social · Aug 29

#fossilfriday The Onion Creek Mosasaur. On display at the Texas Science and Natural History Museum, Austin.

#texasscienceandnaturalhistorymuseum #prehistorictexas #universityoftexas #austintx #mosasaur #marinereptile

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cenofreak88.bsky.social @cenofreak88.bsky.social · Aug 28

#throwbackthursday The Painted Hills. John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, Oregon, 2014.

#johndayfossilbedsnationalmonument #johndayfossilbeds #nationalmonument #oregon #geology #paleontology #paintedhills

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cenofreak88.bsky.social @cenofreak88.bsky.social · Aug 25

#museummonday a herd of pronghorn tear across the prairie near Pawnee Butte, Colorado. Denver Museum of Nature and Science.

#denvermuseumofnatureandscience #denver #colorado #pronghorn #wildlife

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cenofreak88.bsky.social @cenofreak88.bsky.social · Aug 22

I'm just going off what the label said

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cenofreak88.bsky.social @cenofreak88.bsky.social · Aug 22

#fossilfriday a partial tusk from an extinct sea lion that lived on California's Central Coast 3-4 million years ago. On display at the Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History.

#santacruzmuseumofnaturalhistory #santacruz #museum #california #prehistoriccalifornia #sealion #marinemammal #paleontology

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cenofreak88.bsky.social @cenofreak88.bsky.social · Aug 21

#throwbackthursday The Subway, Zion National Park, Utah (July 2011)

#zionnationalpark #subway #utah #nationalparks #geology

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cenofreak88.bsky.social @cenofreak88.bsky.social · Aug 16

#fossilfriday : impressions of whale baleen. Found in the Palos Verdes area, Los Angeles County. On display at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, California.

#naturalhistorymuseumoflosangelescounty #naturalhistorymuseum #losangeles #prehistoriccalifornia #fossil #whale #baleen

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cenofreak88.bsky.social @cenofreak88.bsky.social · Jul 25

#fossilfriday Dimetrodon grandis skull. On display at the Whiteside Museum of Natural History, Seymour, Texas.

#whitesidemuseum #naturalhistory #seymour #texas #dimetrodon #permian #prehistorictexas

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