Maryam Moshiri’s playful countdown gesture sparked social media frenzy before her apology clarified it as a private joke gone public, and has shared the full video to demonstrate that it was supposed to be a joke shared with her crew.

The fossil of a massive, 150-million-year-old pliosaur has been discovered in the cliffs of the UK. The pliosaur, nicknamed the “underwater T. Rex,” is estimated to be up to 39 feet long and could possibly be a new species.