Danny Anduza
@paleontologizing.bsky.social
Dinosaur paleontologist and full-time science communicator, streaming LIVE at twitch.tv/paleontologizing
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Hiya, #Bluesky! For my 600+ new followers, let me introduce myself...
I'm Danny Anduza — dinosaur worker, field paleontologist, and full-time science communicator. I'll be posting all kinds of fossil-related content, from field photos to livestream clips to 3D prints. It's so great to be here!
I'm Danny Anduza — dinosaur worker, field paleontologist, and full-time science communicator. I'll be posting all kinds of fossil-related content, from field photos to livestream clips to 3D prints. It's so great to be here!
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you’ve seen in the wild:
Gray whale
Pygmy faded rattlesnake
Green sea turtle
Puerto Rican woodpecker
Prairie dog
Gray whale
Pygmy faded rattlesnake
Green sea turtle
Puerto Rican woodpecker
Prairie dog
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you’ve seen in the wild:
Steller’s sea lion
Sandhill crane
Heaviside’s dolphin
Humboldt penguin
Laysan albatross
Steller’s sea lion
Sandhill crane
Heaviside’s dolphin
Humboldt penguin
Laysan albatross
I worry this is just travel flexing but…introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
Brazilian tapir
Greater kudu
African wild dog
Texas horned lizard
Marine iguana
Brazilian tapir
Greater kudu
African wild dog
Texas horned lizard
Marine iguana
November 28, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you’ve seen in the wild:
Gray whale
Pygmy faded rattlesnake
Green sea turtle
Puerto Rican woodpecker
Prairie dog
Gray whale
Pygmy faded rattlesnake
Green sea turtle
Puerto Rican woodpecker
Prairie dog
For this week's #FossilFriday, here's a specimen which brought tears to my eyes —
the original Megalosaurus dentary, first dinosaur fossil ever scientifically described, way back in 1824
the original Megalosaurus dentary, first dinosaur fossil ever scientifically described, way back in 1824
November 28, 2025 at 5:35 PM
For this week's #FossilFriday, here's a specimen which brought tears to my eyes —
the original Megalosaurus dentary, first dinosaur fossil ever scientifically described, way back in 1824
the original Megalosaurus dentary, first dinosaur fossil ever scientifically described, way back in 1824
Post something random or you'll have an awful December
November 27, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Post something random or you'll have an awful December
Reposted by Danny Anduza
@paleontologizing.bsky.social makes science so much fun! We will be coloring this with our two kiddos this year ❤️🦃
If you're fond of telling your fellow Thanksgiving diners that the turkey is indeed a dinosaur, then I've got an infographic for you
From the hips to the wishbone to the wrist joint, a turkey features SCADS of dinosaurian traits visible right there on your Thanksgiving table. Print and share!
From the hips to the wishbone to the wrist joint, a turkey features SCADS of dinosaurian traits visible right there on your Thanksgiving table. Print and share!
November 27, 2025 at 6:32 PM
@paleontologizing.bsky.social makes science so much fun! We will be coloring this with our two kiddos this year ❤️🦃
Reposted by Danny Anduza
Happy Theropodsgiving
November 28, 2024 at 9:01 PM
Happy Theropodsgiving
Holiday gift idea 🧐
Support the Badlands Dinosaur Museum and get some superb paleo merch you can't get anywhere else
Support the Badlands Dinosaur Museum and get some superb paleo merch you can't get anywhere else
NEW MAGNETS: Our shop now stocks magnets of Liberty the Lambeosaurus, & Daspletosaurus wilsoni, all in glorious shades of gold, silver & copper (only US$12 each!). Lambeo based on 3D scan of our skull (the only USA specimen); Dasp by Andrey Atuchin. Link in comments #dinosaurs #fossilfriday
November 27, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Holiday gift idea 🧐
Support the Badlands Dinosaur Museum and get some superb paleo merch you can't get anywhere else
Support the Badlands Dinosaur Museum and get some superb paleo merch you can't get anywhere else
Thwarted by the conspicuous absence of some key subclades, but still pretty good 💪🏽
🦚 Animal #850 🦔
I figured it out in 4 guesses!
🟨🟨🟩🟩
🔥 2 | Avg. Guesses: 5.3
metazooa.com
#metazooa
🦚 Animal #850 🦔
I figured it out in 4 guesses!
🟨🟨🟩🟩
🔥 2 | Avg. Guesses: 5.3
metazooa.com
#metazooa
Metazooa
Become an evolutionary detective to find the Mystery Animal!
metazooa.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Thwarted by the conspicuous absence of some key subclades, but still pretty good 💪🏽
🦚 Animal #850 🦔
I figured it out in 4 guesses!
🟨🟨🟩🟩
🔥 2 | Avg. Guesses: 5.3
metazooa.com
#metazooa
🦚 Animal #850 🦔
I figured it out in 4 guesses!
🟨🟨🟩🟩
🔥 2 | Avg. Guesses: 5.3
metazooa.com
#metazooa
With #Theropodsgiving tomorrow, we're talking all about the dinosaurian origin of avian features like feathers, wishbones, the avian respiratory system, and birds themselves!
Tune in now for theropod-bird discussion and paleo camaraderie @ twitch.tv/paleontologizing
Tune in now for theropod-bird discussion and paleo camaraderie @ twitch.tv/paleontologizing
November 26, 2025 at 9:36 PM
With #Theropodsgiving tomorrow, we're talking all about the dinosaurian origin of avian features like feathers, wishbones, the avian respiratory system, and birds themselves!
Tune in now for theropod-bird discussion and paleo camaraderie @ twitch.tv/paleontologizing
Tune in now for theropod-bird discussion and paleo camaraderie @ twitch.tv/paleontologizing
Reposted by Danny Anduza
me drunk off my tits Wednesday night at 11 pm with the deviled eggs my wife made for Thanksgiving
November 26, 2025 at 2:18 AM
me drunk off my tits Wednesday night at 11 pm with the deviled eggs my wife made for Thanksgiving
If you're fond of telling your fellow Thanksgiving diners that the turkey is indeed a dinosaur, then I've got an infographic for you
From the hips to the wishbone to the wrist joint, a turkey features SCADS of dinosaurian traits visible right there on your Thanksgiving table. Print and share!
From the hips to the wishbone to the wrist joint, a turkey features SCADS of dinosaurian traits visible right there on your Thanksgiving table. Print and share!
November 26, 2025 at 5:36 PM
If you're fond of telling your fellow Thanksgiving diners that the turkey is indeed a dinosaur, then I've got an infographic for you
From the hips to the wishbone to the wrist joint, a turkey features SCADS of dinosaurian traits visible right there on your Thanksgiving table. Print and share!
From the hips to the wishbone to the wrist joint, a turkey features SCADS of dinosaurian traits visible right there on your Thanksgiving table. Print and share!
Reposted by Danny Anduza
My recommendation to my students tomorrow is that if they get stuck in an uncomfortable Thanksgiving conversation with family, just start manually tearing apart the turkey to show off the theropod synapomorphies. I promise that will derail whatever the previous topic was.
a turkey is standing in a grassy field with other birds .
Alt: a turkey running awkwardly in a grassy field with other birds
media.tenor.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:34 PM
My recommendation to my students tomorrow is that if they get stuck in an uncomfortable Thanksgiving conversation with family, just start manually tearing apart the turkey to show off the theropod synapomorphies. I promise that will derail whatever the previous topic was.
It's good to be home.
November 25, 2025 at 5:07 PM
It's good to be home.
Not again
Some rich dolt is going to pay *millions* for this thing, and how much of it is even real?
I dearly wish the people who bid on these things would realize how much further that money would go in funding actual science. I'd name a new dinosaur after a donor
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ol6s...
Some rich dolt is going to pay *millions* for this thing, and how much of it is even real?
I dearly wish the people who bid on these things would realize how much further that money would go in funding actual science. I'd name a new dinosaur after a donor
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ol6s...
A Dinosaur Named Spike - "Not quite like anything we’ve seen before"
YouTube video by Christie's
www.youtube.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Not again
Some rich dolt is going to pay *millions* for this thing, and how much of it is even real?
I dearly wish the people who bid on these things would realize how much further that money would go in funding actual science. I'd name a new dinosaur after a donor
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ol6s...
Some rich dolt is going to pay *millions* for this thing, and how much of it is even real?
I dearly wish the people who bid on these things would realize how much further that money would go in funding actual science. I'd name a new dinosaur after a donor
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ol6s...
I've certainly done worse
🐍 Animal #847 🦙
I figured it out in 4 guesses!
🟥🟨🟨🟩
🔥 1 | Avg. Guesses: 5.2
metazooa.com
#metazooa
🐍 Animal #847 🦙
I figured it out in 4 guesses!
🟥🟨🟨🟩
🔥 1 | Avg. Guesses: 5.2
metazooa.com
#metazooa
Metazooa
Become an evolutionary detective to find the Mystery Animal!
metazooa.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:30 PM
I've certainly done worse
🐍 Animal #847 🦙
I figured it out in 4 guesses!
🟥🟨🟨🟩
🔥 1 | Avg. Guesses: 5.2
metazooa.com
#metazooa
🐍 Animal #847 🦙
I figured it out in 4 guesses!
🟥🟨🟨🟩
🔥 1 | Avg. Guesses: 5.2
metazooa.com
#metazooa
It's a casual Q&A stream today as we start to get into the Theropodsgiving spirit. Join us for paleontological discussion and fossil science camaraderie @ twitch.tv/paleontologizing
November 24, 2025 at 9:24 PM
It's a casual Q&A stream today as we start to get into the Theropodsgiving spirit. Join us for paleontological discussion and fossil science camaraderie @ twitch.tv/paleontologizing
Facts
“I asked ChatGPT” “I asked Claude” I asked this horseshoe crab and he said your ass wouldn’t have lasted two seconds in the Triassic
November 24, 2025 at 5:20 AM
Facts
Honestly, same
Every conversation I have with my family ends with me predicting some disaster happening soon and then admitting I’m talking about it happening in geologic time.
November 23, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Honestly, same
🚨 "If the proposal goes ahead, many staff will lose their jobs, crucial research will be shut down, and the future of undergraduate degrees is in jeopardy" 🚨
If they can gut paleo there, it can happen where you live, too
📣 SAVE PALEONTOLOGY AT LEICESTER 📣 SIGN THE PETITION! 📣
If they can gut paleo there, it can happen where you live, too
📣 SAVE PALEONTOLOGY AT LEICESTER 📣 SIGN THE PETITION! 📣
Leicester has long been one of the leading universities nationally for palaeontology & geology - this would be a terrible loss, as would the loss of other subjects such as modern languages:
www.change.org/p/save-geolo...
www.change.org/p/save-geolo...
Sign the Petition
Save Geology at the University of Leicester
www.change.org
November 20, 2025 at 8:31 PM
🚨 "If the proposal goes ahead, many staff will lose their jobs, crucial research will be shut down, and the future of undergraduate degrees is in jeopardy" 🚨
If they can gut paleo there, it can happen where you live, too
📣 SAVE PALEONTOLOGY AT LEICESTER 📣 SIGN THE PETITION! 📣
If they can gut paleo there, it can happen where you live, too
📣 SAVE PALEONTOLOGY AT LEICESTER 📣 SIGN THE PETITION! 📣
Reposted by Danny Anduza
Hey folks! The Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology is now here on BlueSky!
🚨New Pub!🚨Australia’s oldest crocodylian eggshell: insights into the reproductive paleoecology of mekosuchines🐊🥚by Blas et al.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Australia’s oldest crocodylian eggshell: insights into the reproductive paleoecology of mekosuchines
Alongside large madtsoiid snakes, the largest known lizards, thylacoleonid marsupials and a range of other terrestrial carnivores, the now extinct mekosuchine crocodylians were significant predator...
www.tandfonline.com
November 15, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Hey folks! The Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology is now here on BlueSky!
Reposted by Danny Anduza
November 12, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Scarcely have I arrived at the airport that I ran into two other paleontologists on their way to #SVP2025
At the risk of sounding goofy, this almost feels like a religious pilgrimmage. I'm stoked
At the risk of sounding goofy, this almost feels like a religious pilgrimmage. I'm stoked
November 8, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Scarcely have I arrived at the airport that I ran into two other paleontologists on their way to #SVP2025
At the risk of sounding goofy, this almost feels like a religious pilgrimmage. I'm stoked
At the risk of sounding goofy, this almost feels like a religious pilgrimmage. I'm stoked
Happy #FossilFriday! Here's an *enormous* ichthyosaur skull from the Triassic of Nevada, USA. This one might be a new species?
I was lucky enough to see this at an awesome temporary ichthyosaur exhibit at the Nevada Museum of Art in Reno a couple months ago. Highly recommended
I was lucky enough to see this at an awesome temporary ichthyosaur exhibit at the Nevada Museum of Art in Reno a couple months ago. Highly recommended
November 7, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Happy #FossilFriday! Here's an *enormous* ichthyosaur skull from the Triassic of Nevada, USA. This one might be a new species?
I was lucky enough to see this at an awesome temporary ichthyosaur exhibit at the Nevada Museum of Art in Reno a couple months ago. Highly recommended
I was lucky enough to see this at an awesome temporary ichthyosaur exhibit at the Nevada Museum of Art in Reno a couple months ago. Highly recommended
I would have gotten it in like four fewer guesses, but Metazooa was ❌WRONG❌ about our animal being in a certain subfamily when it actually isn't 🤷🏽♂️
🦫 Animal #829 🐦
I figured it out in 7 guesses!
🟧🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
🔥 1 | Avg. Guesses: 5.2
metazooa.com
#metazooa
🦫 Animal #829 🐦
I figured it out in 7 guesses!
🟧🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
🔥 1 | Avg. Guesses: 5.2
metazooa.com
#metazooa
Metazooa
Become an evolutionary detective to find the Mystery Animal!
metazooa.com
November 6, 2025 at 10:45 PM
I would have gotten it in like four fewer guesses, but Metazooa was ❌WRONG❌ about our animal being in a certain subfamily when it actually isn't 🤷🏽♂️
🦫 Animal #829 🐦
I figured it out in 7 guesses!
🟧🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
🔥 1 | Avg. Guesses: 5.2
metazooa.com
#metazooa
🦫 Animal #829 🐦
I figured it out in 7 guesses!
🟧🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
🔥 1 | Avg. Guesses: 5.2
metazooa.com
#metazooa