by Iszi Lawrence and David Hone
Terrible Lizards is a podcast about Dinosaurs with Dr David Hone and Iszi Lawrence.
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March 26, 2025
<p class="p1">This time out we are joined by palaeontologist Andre Rowe to talk about his research into the skulls of giant carnivorous dinosaurs and what this means for their biology. This turns into a debate with Dave about how evidence can be interpreted in different ways and trying to piece together the often limited data we have to work out what these animals might have been doing. Though with her media-trained eye, Iszi wants to badge this as a heated fight over just how awesome Tyrannosaurus was (see previous episode for details). Andre takes us through the process of scanning skulls, restoring the bits and then testing ideas about bite force and skull strength and how the different giant theropod differed in their habits.</p> <p class="p1"><strong>Links:</strong></p> <p class="p1">Support us on patreon and get extra content: <a href= "https://www.patreon.com/terriblelizards" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">www.patreon.com/terriblelizards</a></p> <p class="p1">Here’s an article Andre wrote on his T. rex bite research: https://theconversation.com/tyrannosaurus-rex-didnt-get-its-ferocious-bite-until-it-was-an-adult-new-research-156668</p> <p class="p1">Here is Andre’s Instagram handle: @tyrannosaurrowe</p>
February 26, 2025
<p class="p1">This month’s episode is a sort of follow-up to that from the start of the year, looking at some of the more problematic areas of dinosaurs and palaeontology when it comes to online discussions. There is an online fandom of dinosaurs that treats them like monsters or superheroes, and can fixate on what is and isn’t the biggest / strongest / fastest dinosaur and who could beat up who. Joining us to discuss this is Dr Mike O’Sullivan, a palaeontologist and self-professed member of several fandoms. We talk about how this community works and what it means for scientists talking about research.</p> <p class="p2"> </p> <p class="p1"><strong>Links:</strong></p> <p class="p1"><strong><br /> Support us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/terriblelizards</strong></p> <p class="p2"> </p> <p class="p1">Mike is part of Palaeogames, a company of professional palaeontologists making accurate books and games: <a href="https://palaeogames.com/"><span class= "s1">https://palaeogames.com/</span></a></p> <p class="p2"> </p> <p class="p3"><span class="s2">And here’s their latest Kickstarter, a Dungeons & Dragons companion book: <a href= "https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/palaeogames/professor-primulas-portfolio-of-palaeontology"> <span class= "s1">https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/palaeogames/professor-primulas-portfolio-of-palaeontology</span></a></span></p>
January 29, 2025
<p class="p1">Series 11, eh? We don’t think we, or anyone else reading this, expected that.</p> <p class="p1">Nor did we expect issues with Dave’s microphone (apologies)… Still, here we are and with more dinosaur goodness coming. We say ‘coming’ because this episode is far less about dinosaurs and pterosaurs than usual, but more about the mechanisms of science. In this case it’s really about Dave’s experiences as a science communicator and how things like this are increasingly important for science, but in the UK at least, this can be monitored and measured and so having ways to do that becomes important. And this is the central point of today’s show, a call to arms for all those who are involved in sci comms and delight in sharing new knowledge to understand why it’s important to credit your sources when new discoveries are made.</p> <p class="p2"> </p> <p class="p1"><strong>Links:</strong></p> <p class="p1">For extra content: <a href= "https://www.patreon.com/terriblelizards" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">patreon.com/terriblelizards</a></p> <p class="p1">If you want to know a bit more about REF in the UK, here’s the main pages for it: <span class="s1"><a href= "https://2029.ref.ac.uk/about/what-is-the-ref/"><span class= "s2">https://2029.ref.ac.uk/about/what-is-the-ref/</span></a></span></p> <p class="p1">And if we’re talking communication, it seems a good time to say that Iszi and Dave are both now on BlueSky: <a href= "https://bsky.app/profile/davehone.bsky.social"><span class= "s3">https://bsky.app/profile/davehone.bsky.social</span></a> <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/iszi.com"><span class= "s3">https://bsky.app/profile/iszi.com</span></a></p> <p class="p2"> </p>
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