Taylor McCoy 🦖
@TM9380 · Pennsylvania · joined 14 Jan 2021
Paleo volunteer at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History. Field/lab experience, research, and scicomm. Fahlo Affiliate, NAGT Digman Award Recipient
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A recent study on megaraptora suggests that these theropods were somewhere around 40-70% lighter than other theropods of similar size. For instance Maip is dimensionally similar to Allosaurus fragilis but only weighed around 1.3 tons(Allosaurus is generally estimated around 2-3).
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“We have come as far as we have because we are the cleverest creatures to have ever lived on Earth. But if we are to continue to exist, we will require more than intelligence. We will require wisdom.”- David Attenborough https://t.co/hRcpepMokf
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The first dinosaur skeleton to be mounted and put on display anywhere in the world was the Academy of Natural Sciences. While the collections will likely be fine, museums help to educate the public and make science accessible to all. A huge loss for scientific outreach. https://t
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You know what, tagging @JoshShapiroPA in the chance the state can step in and do something. Clearly the reception to this news is largely disappointment. We need places for then public to learn!
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Not what I wouldn’t wanted to see here but for record keeping…
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Support your local museum https://t.co/pCAz6SVLXN
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I’m appreciate that most of the responses to this unfortunate news are largely positive. Hoping the collection is maintained and research continues, it’s just a shame the main public outlet for the last 200 years will be gone.
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@TM9380 This one is hard to hear. It's always been on my list to visit, and I even just checked to see the probability of doing a last minute pilgrimage and it's just not doable. So disappointing
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I deeply saddened to hear the Academy of Natural Sciences museum, the oldest natural history museum in America, will be shutting its doors for good at the end of the month. A massive loss to both the scientific and local communities https://t.co/2e5KRUr9Cb
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Those familiar with paleo memes will recognize this face. This is Daeodon at the door in the “flesh” https://t.co/zYTJz0Q5fk
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150 million years apart, but family all the same https://t.co/Uxk9SWWYzV
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Didn’t expect this one to make the cut but here we are…
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This is one of my new favorite ways to display a plesiosaur. Often you’ll see them suspended from ceilings but this take in Nebraska is really cool and unique. #FossilFriday https://t.co/0U1S0wX3bd
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If you’re cold, they’re cold. Bring them inside https://t.co/wmeLMh5xcg
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So this one is interesting because it really shows how different deer and sheep are in their combat style. The ram has a distinct advantage when charging, but deer make for better grapplers when they get close…
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I can’t believe this is going in the 10K plus collection
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Let’s just say last night my stomach wasn’t very happy and it made me think of this… https://t.co/5e9VG3BGKy
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I love scale
(Not my image, seen on insta) https://t.co/wWVVyctTQ1
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Just using this to keep track of my tweets that break 10K, lol
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Inside you there are two nightjars https://t.co/bdVgmPkYDd
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Pinning this since it’s my most liked tweet(previous record holder linked here). If you like my content, hope you stick around and consider supporting my efforts to add more pieces to my outreach collection!
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@TM9380 Two beings, two different classifications, two different eras, two different biologies, two different proportions, two unique stories, one single origin.
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“Two Earthlings,” by John Brosio https://t.co/2HOlhrZwUY
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“No one’s ever really gone.” https://t.co/JOghN7eGd3
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Against accounts of the same size
10 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 10K–100K follower range. shown far beyond its own audience, and the audience reacts.
Median views43 286this account924median for 10K–100K
Reach, %309.51%this account3.62%median for 10K–100K
Engagement, %2.10%this account1.52%median for 10K–100K
| Metric | This account | Median for 10K–100K | Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median views per post | 43 286 | 924 | 46.9× |
| Reach (views ÷ followers) | 3.1× audience | 3.62% | 85.5× |
| Engagement rate | 2.10% | 1.52% | 1.38× |
Others in this range → Compare with another account → How these benchmarks are built →
Growth & engagement
How the posts we collected actually performed: views and reaction rate post by post, what the audience did with them, and where the follower count goes.
Views per post
565.4K17 Apr
1.2K
447.3K8 May
7399 May
3.9M1 Sep
312.5K
165.3K
169.2K2 Sep
32.5K
152
54.1K
8.8K
5.5K
2.2K3 Sep
Last 14 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.
Engagement rate per post
5.24%17 Apr
0.43%
4.92%8 May
0.68%9 May
2.03%1 Sep
0.88%
2.17%
1.81%2 Sep
12.39%
0.66%
1.89%
14.82%
16.98%
9.62%3 Sep
Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.52%.
What the audience does
Likes88.1%359 151 in total
Reposts8.6%35 168 in total
Replies0.3%1 363 in total
Quotes0.7%2 739 in total
Bookmarks2.2%9 139 in total
Share of every reaction we collected for this account. Replies mean argument, reposts mean endorsement, bookmarks mean the post was worth keeping.
The follower curve appears once this account has two daily snapshots — we take one a day, and this one is on its first.
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