Dane Pavitt 🦕🌍
@danepavitt.bsky.social
Natural Sciences student, researcher & educator at The Open University & Potteries Museum
Palaeontologist 🦕 Natural Historian 🦈 Museum worker 🏛 Science Communicator 🥼 Conservation & climate 🌍 Metal guitarist 🤘(He/him)
Often speak in GIFs
Palaeontologist 🦕 Natural Historian 🦈 Museum worker 🏛 Science Communicator 🥼 Conservation & climate 🌍 Metal guitarist 🤘(He/him)
Often speak in GIFs
The thing that really took me by surprise in this clip is what a strange-looking animal Homotherium actually was. I don't think previous documentaries have done justice to its odd proportions
Woolly Mammoths fight off attacking Homotherium | Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age | OFFICIAL CLIP
YouTube video by EDGE Science
www.youtube.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:21 PM
The thing that really took me by surprise in this clip is what a strange-looking animal Homotherium actually was. I don't think previous documentaries have done justice to its odd proportions
Counting down the hours, here's my final predicitions / wishlist for as-yet unseen species in #PrehistoricPlanetIceAge . Almost guaranteed there are critters featured that didn't even cross my mind
#PrehistoricPlanet
#PrehistoricPlanet
November 25, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Counting down the hours, here's my final predicitions / wishlist for as-yet unseen species in #PrehistoricPlanetIceAge . Almost guaranteed there are critters featured that didn't even cross my mind
#PrehistoricPlanet
#PrehistoricPlanet
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This is a genuine question: Outside of the UK, does anyone know of another National Park where it is an annual event to release thousands of non-native birds? Or even occasionally? I only ask because the more I think about it, the more barking mad it sounds. #birds #nationalparks
New report on gamebird releases in Cairngorms National Park doesn't tell even half the story.
Study included less than half (45%) of estates rearing & releasing non-native gamebirds. MSPs need to interpret results cautiously & appropriately.
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/11/21/n...
Study included less than half (45%) of estates rearing & releasing non-native gamebirds. MSPs need to interpret results cautiously & appropriately.
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/11/21/n...
New report on gamebird releases in Cairngorms National Park doesn’t tell even half the story
In spring 2025, news emerged that the GWCT (Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust) was going to be conducting a pilot study to look at the number of non-native gamebirds (Pheasants & Red-legge…
raptorpersecutionuk.org
November 22, 2025 at 8:29 PM
This is a genuine question: Outside of the UK, does anyone know of another National Park where it is an annual event to release thousands of non-native birds? Or even occasionally? I only ask because the more I think about it, the more barking mad it sounds. #birds #nationalparks
I decided that if I was going to encourage my soon-to-be-born child to follow their dreams, I had to lead by example & do it myself
November 22, 2025 at 9:50 PM
I decided that if I was going to encourage my soon-to-be-born child to follow their dreams, I had to lead by example & do it myself
I love that the Smilodon doesn't just look like a lion with big teeth. It's got a wierd, thick face which is totally true to the skull structure
"Saber Tooth Ache" | Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age | Official Clip
YouTube video by EDGE Science
www.youtube.com
November 19, 2025 at 10:43 PM
I love that the Smilodon doesn't just look like a lion with big teeth. It's got a wierd, thick face which is totally true to the skull structure
Babe, wake-up. Long-necked nothosaur just got published
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
Earliest long-necked sauropterygian Lijiangosaurus yongshengensis and plasticity of vertebral evolution in sauropterygian marine reptiles - Communications Biology
A newly discovered Triassic fossil marine reptile, Lijiangosaurus yongshengensis, reveals that an exceptionally long neck developing more than 40 cervical vertebrae evolved in nothosaurs before the ri...
www.nature.com
November 19, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Babe, wake-up. Long-necked nothosaur just got published
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
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November 19, 2025 at 9:39 AM
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I'm so glad we're burning the energy of a small city & depriving neighbourhoods of their water supply for utterly useless results
November 18, 2025 at 8:48 PM
I'm so glad we're burning the energy of a small city & depriving neighbourhoods of their water supply for utterly useless results
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say it with me, cat owners:
BIG STRETCH! #prehistoricplanet
BIG STRETCH! #prehistoricplanet
November 17, 2025 at 2:35 PM
say it with me, cat owners:
BIG STRETCH! #prehistoricplanet
BIG STRETCH! #prehistoricplanet
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Video of woolly mammoth leg discovered in the Siberian permafrost!
Researchers from #CpgSthlm and SciLifeLab have now, for the first time ever, identified signatures of gene activity in frozen mammoth remains!
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
Video of woolly mammoth leg discovered in the Siberian permafrost!
Researchers from #CpgSthlm and SciLifeLab have now, for the first time ever, identified signatures of gene activity in frozen mammoth remains!
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
November 16, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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Video of woolly mammoth leg discovered in the Siberian permafrost!
Researchers from #CpgSthlm and SciLifeLab have now, for the first time ever, identified signatures of gene activity in frozen mammoth remains!
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
Video of woolly mammoth leg discovered in the Siberian permafrost!
Researchers from #CpgSthlm and SciLifeLab have now, for the first time ever, identified signatures of gene activity in frozen mammoth remains!
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
Missing SVP already
a cartoon of spongebob squarepants sitting at a table in a diner
ALT: a cartoon of spongebob squarepants sitting at a table in a diner
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November 17, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Missing SVP already
(1/2)
So ends #2025svp . What an amazing experience! So many wonderful people doing incredible work. Plenty of inspiration for my own science & outreach projects. Plus it's always nice to spend quality time in my home city.
Until next time, whenever that may be ❤️🐋🦕🦣❤️
@societyofvertpaleo.bsky.social
So ends #2025svp . What an amazing experience! So many wonderful people doing incredible work. Plenty of inspiration for my own science & outreach projects. Plus it's always nice to spend quality time in my home city.
Until next time, whenever that may be ❤️🐋🦕🦣❤️
@societyofvertpaleo.bsky.social
November 16, 2025 at 6:18 AM
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So ends #2025svp . What an amazing experience! So many wonderful people doing incredible work. Plenty of inspiration for my own science & outreach projects. Plus it's always nice to spend quality time in my home city.
Until next time, whenever that may be ❤️🐋🦕🦣❤️
@societyofvertpaleo.bsky.social
So ends #2025svp . What an amazing experience! So many wonderful people doing incredible work. Plenty of inspiration for my own science & outreach projects. Plus it's always nice to spend quality time in my home city.
Until next time, whenever that may be ❤️🐋🦕🦣❤️
@societyofvertpaleo.bsky.social
Day 2 of #2025SVP is go! Lots of mammal talks & posters today, lovely stuff 🦣🐋🐅 @societyofvertpaleo.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Day 2 of #2025SVP is go! Lots of mammal talks & posters today, lovely stuff 🦣🐋🐅 @societyofvertpaleo.bsky.social
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I’m at the annual paleontology conference. Here’s how people today have described their work:
“I basically study swamp monsters”
“I’m a dinosaur orthodontist”
“Dead bird bird watcher”
#2025SVP
“I basically study swamp monsters”
“I’m a dinosaur orthodontist”
“Dead bird bird watcher”
#2025SVP
November 12, 2025 at 10:26 PM
I’m at the annual paleontology conference. Here’s how people today have described their work:
“I basically study swamp monsters”
“I’m a dinosaur orthodontist”
“Dead bird bird watcher”
#2025SVP
“I basically study swamp monsters”
“I’m a dinosaur orthodontist”
“Dead bird bird watcher”
#2025SVP
One day to go to #2025svp ! Plenty of presentations to check out, but I'm also on a mission to meet new friends & colleagues, foster research & outreach collaboration, set up field work & lay the foundations for postgrad endeavours. Say hi if you spot me! ❤️🦖🦕🦣 @societyofvertpaleo.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 7:08 AM
One day to go to #2025svp ! Plenty of presentations to check out, but I'm also on a mission to meet new friends & colleagues, foster research & outreach collaboration, set up field work & lay the foundations for postgrad endeavours. Say hi if you spot me! ❤️🦖🦕🦣 @societyofvertpaleo.bsky.social
The inspiration for the black fur of the giant fossa featured in #PrehistoricPlanet has me wondering how many other animals in the show have been influenced by indigenous wisdom & cryptid sightings. Article by @tetzoo.bsky.social share.google/kJ5HeqfsCyed...
The Amazing Giant Black Fossa — Tetrapod Zoology
Is there a bigger, badder, blacker fossa alive in Madagascar?
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November 10, 2025 at 5:26 AM
The inspiration for the black fur of the giant fossa featured in #PrehistoricPlanet has me wondering how many other animals in the show have been influenced by indigenous wisdom & cryptid sightings. Article by @tetzoo.bsky.social share.google/kJ5HeqfsCyed...
Shattered my phone screen 3 days before SVP. Nicely done, butterfingers
November 9, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Shattered my phone screen 3 days before SVP. Nicely done, butterfingers
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Years of work and collab with an incredible team at #BBCStudios #AppleTV @framestore.bsky.social ... involving so many camera operators, writers, producers, effects people, artists and others, #PrehistoricPlanetaIceAge is out on #AppleTV Nov 26th. A definitive vision of Ice Age wildlife worldwide.
November 7, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Years of work and collab with an incredible team at #BBCStudios #AppleTV @framestore.bsky.social ... involving so many camera operators, writers, producers, effects people, artists and others, #PrehistoricPlanetaIceAge is out on #AppleTV Nov 26th. A definitive vision of Ice Age wildlife worldwide.
Fully double-checked & updated #PrehistoricPlanet list thanks to the trailer & promo images. A few predictions come true, a few surprises too
November 6, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Fully double-checked & updated #PrehistoricPlanet list thanks to the trailer & promo images. A few predictions come true, a few surprises too
My jaw genuinely dropped when I saw this image. It is literally, 100% my mental image of what Homotherium looked like. Absolutely perfect. 10/10. No notes.
November 6, 2025 at 5:45 PM
My jaw genuinely dropped when I saw this image. It is literally, 100% my mental image of what Homotherium looked like. Absolutely perfect. 10/10. No notes.
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the #prehistoricplanet: ice age trailer is here, and not a moment too soon! but you won't have seen the following four animals in the trailer:
psilopterus 🪶
arctotherium angustidens 🐻
gigantopithecus blacki 🐵
aenocyon dirus 🐺
psilopterus 🪶
arctotherium angustidens 🐻
gigantopithecus blacki 🐵
aenocyon dirus 🐺
November 6, 2025 at 5:07 PM
the #prehistoricplanet: ice age trailer is here, and not a moment too soon! but you won't have seen the following four animals in the trailer:
psilopterus 🪶
arctotherium angustidens 🐻
gigantopithecus blacki 🐵
aenocyon dirus 🐺
psilopterus 🪶
arctotherium angustidens 🐻
gigantopithecus blacki 🐵
aenocyon dirus 🐺
Hell yeah
Prehistoric Planet: Ice Age — Season 3 Official Trailer | Apple TV
YouTube video by Apple TV
www.youtube.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Hell yeah
Since it's now confirmed the Dwarf elephants are Stegodons, I've added Megalochelys & Leptoptilos r. to the wildcard category
I have an itchy feeling the Prehistoric Planet Ice Age trailer will drop any moment, so here's my largely vibes-based predicitons / wishlist.
November 2, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Since it's now confirmed the Dwarf elephants are Stegodons, I've added Megalochelys & Leptoptilos r. to the wildcard category
New image of the Prehistoric Planet Snow Sloths from the AppleTV website. Image text also confirms these are Megalonyx
November 1, 2025 at 8:33 PM
New image of the Prehistoric Planet Snow Sloths from the AppleTV website. Image text also confirms these are Megalonyx
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🦕We’re delighted to announce that DinoCon 2026 will be held at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole on Sat 25th & Sun 26th July, 2026!🦖
Tickets will be on sale in January but you can book your room with a massive discount NOW!
More details can be found on our website www.dinocon.co.uk
Tickets will be on sale in January but you can book your room with a massive discount NOW!
More details can be found on our website www.dinocon.co.uk
November 1, 2025 at 9:16 AM
🦕We’re delighted to announce that DinoCon 2026 will be held at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole on Sat 25th & Sun 26th July, 2026!🦖
Tickets will be on sale in January but you can book your room with a massive discount NOW!
More details can be found on our website www.dinocon.co.uk
Tickets will be on sale in January but you can book your room with a massive discount NOW!
More details can be found on our website www.dinocon.co.uk