He/Him. Palaeontologist and climate change/sustainability expert working on Sci-Comm. I no longer monitor this account.
Joined May 2015
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Ben Francischelli retweeted
18 Aug 2024
A thread of rare media of animals that are now extinct
1. Footage from 1933 of the last known surviving Thylacine, commonly called the Tasmanian Tiger. It died in 1936 in captivity in Tasmania.
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Ben Francischelli retweeted
7 Aug 2024
Imagine if we cared about science?
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Ben Francischelli retweeted
The idea of whales using echolocation to effectively 'see' a skeleton so male beaked whales can have internal display structures without compromising their hydrodynamic efficiency is rad: academic.oup.com/biolinnean/…
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Ben Francischelli retweeted
17 Jun 2024
🦴🦕 Bringing 5 million years of history to life for all ages is no easy feat! At our next show, @BFrancischelli will discuss how he showcases fossils from bone-crunching sharks, killer sperm whales, and giant pseudo-toothed birds! 🐋🦅
Get your tickets! moshtix.com.au/v2/event/nerd…
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Ben Francischelli retweeted
12 Jun 2024
Introducing Australia's newest pterosaur Haliskia peterseni, or Petersen's sea phantom!! Based on a 22% complete skeleton. Open access paper:
go.nature.com/3KElLSH
Spectacular palaeoart by @SerpenIllus
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Ben Francischelli retweeted
7 Jun 2024
WOW, what a lineup we have for our next show!! We have @DrAlexDav, @BFrancischelli and @fantomime_music who will speak on the 9th of July- Tickets will sell out quickly to this one, so get in quick!
Tickets: moshtix.com.au/v2/event/nerd…
@LIMSLTU @HowlerHQ
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Ben Francischelli retweeted
8 Jan 2024
Don't Forget This Sound.
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Ben Francischelli retweeted
12 Sep 2023
Marine sloths were awesome. Period
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ab.co/47KYlVm When Mike Cleeland came across a dinosaur fossil on a quiet beach in Eastern Victoria, he had no idea how significant his discovery was.
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Ben Francischelli retweeted
2 Aug 2023
PLEASE WELCOME THE MONSTER ITSELF: Perucetus colossus, a colossal super heavy-weighted cetacean! This has been a giganormous work of titanic proportions and we are extremely happy to see it published in @Nature
IT IS OUT! As long as we have started studying animals, the simple question “what’s the heaviest animal that ever lived?” had a simple answer: the blue whale…well, not any more E.
Celebratory thread 👇 for our paper just out @Nature
nature.com/articles/s41586-0…
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Ben Francischelli retweeted
31 Jul 2023
2 days to go! 🤩
Something MASSIVE is coming Wednesday next week...stay tuned, as the kids say
#FossilFriday
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Ben Francischelli retweeted
7 Jun 2023
latest episode of the podcast is on #Ferrodraco, the #pterosaur species I named a few years ago
open.spotify.com/episode/0Xk…
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Ben Francischelli retweeted
24 May 2023
Curious about croc evolution in Australasia, but don't know where to begin learning more about the topic? No problem, just check out our new #OpenAccess publication. Everything you wanted to know about Australasian crocs is now summarized in one paper!
tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
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Ben Francischelli retweeted
23 May 2023
1/2 The Megalodon (15-m shark!) is no longer roaming our oceans. @BFrancischelli took us on a fascinating journey to explore possible ancestors (btw NOT great whites!) and reasons why the beast went extinct 2.6 million years ago. #PintAu23 @pintofscienceAU @pintsworld
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Ben Francischelli retweeted
7 May 2023
Melbourne, meet your #PintAU23 speakers!
These science-savvy presenters are from @Deakin, @MonashUni, @CSIRO, @MCRI_for_kids, @RMIT, @latrobe, @UniMelb and more!
Grab your tickets here: pintofscience.com.au/events/…
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Ben Francischelli retweeted
20 Apr 2023
Have you ever wondered how seals sleep at sea?
The last chapter of my dissertation, now published in Science, illustrates the intricate sleep-spiraling behavior of northern elephant seals.
science.org/doi/10.1126/scie…
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Ben Francischelli retweeted
8 Apr 2023
"Bullying is a means for mediocre scientists to rise to the top. Some star academics reached their position because they are bullies, not in spite of it." - Excellent piece about bullying in academia (and really any other professional environment). nature.com/articles/s41562-0…
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Ben Francischelli retweeted
16 Mar 2023
The largest #Eagle in #Australia today is the Wedge-tailed eagle; but fifty thousand years ago, a much larger #fossil species flew the skies. Introducing Dynatoaetus gaffae, the largest Australian eagle that ever lived. Read the paper at the link below:
link.springer.com/article/10…
ALT Comparison of the tarsometatarsus (foot bone) of Dynatoaetus and a Wedge-tail eagle, with estimated scaled silhouettes of the live animals above.
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Ben Francischelli retweeted
16 Mar 2023
Australia's largest #eagle has just been described by SAM volunteer @Ellenaetus, SAM scientist @michael_s_y_lee & colleagues. Dynatoaetus gaffae lived over 50 000 years ago & was twice the size of a wedge-tailed eagle. Read about it in @ConversationEDU. tinyurl.com/2vs2u4dd
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