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method actor this method actor that. toshiro mifune played a guy getting shot at by arrows by getting shot at by arrows

and yeah i believe it. ^ this is the face of a guy getting shot at by arrows

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Alien cat in the flowers ~ 🌸

3D render of a Kotie (fictional fantasy felines from my personal world/story), made in Blender. Flowers are from Plant Library addon.

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on a whim I made a palette game dedicated to…. UNUSUAL color palettes. feel free to participate in any way you’d like

anyways send me some requests and a palette combo and i’ll try to draw stuff for my own challenge lmao (though i might just draw stuff on my own idk)

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Extremely cool new dinosaur: Pulaosaurus qinglong

This absolutely gorgeous fossil ornithischian from the mid-to-late Jurassic of China was just described a couple days ago! And beyond just being a beautiful looking specimen, this fossil includes fossilised elements of the larynx!!!

Specifically it had arytenoids, which are parts of the larynx made of cartilage in us mammals but in birds and now apparently ornithischian dinosaurs they were ossified (turned to bone). The authors described them as looking similar to modern birds', suggesting that Pulaosaurus might have been able to make bird-like vocalisations!

It's particularly exciting because it's a second point of data after laryngeal structures were found in the ankylosaur Pinacosaurus a couple years ago. So it's not just ankylosaurs doing some weird unique thing, but a structure that might have been shared by at least all ornithischians!

As far as I'm aware nobody has attempted to figure out what the actual noises could have been, and I'm guessing it's not possible with the amount of material we have. But it does massively expand the range of sounds that we know could have been possible for them, which is exciting enough!!

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The shape of a fish's caudal tail can tell you a lot about how fast the fish moves! A rounded tail is the slowest and a lunate tail is the fastest! The lunate tail has the most optimal ratio of high thrust and low draw, making it the fastest.

Ichthyology Notes 2/?

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Progress

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web design class assignment to make a bad webpage

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Hey maybe you guys should stop writing for the Addams family cause you don't get them at all.

Imagine my girl Morticia saying that shit in any other portrayal? NO? Because she wouldn't.

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Reblogging this again on my side blog to say ELYTRA GIVE ME THE END BIT ON A TSHIT PLEASE

i love sinosauropteryx so much

song is pop culture by madeon

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I AM SO SERIOUS WHEN I SAY THAT I WILL UNFOLLOW THE FUCK OUT OF YOU IF I SEE YOU REBLOGGING THAT PHOTO-SET OF THE COCKATOO COVERED IN CHOCOLATE

That is not funny

That is not cute

It is animal abuse

BIRDS ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO EAT CHOCOLATE

BIRDS ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE COATED IN CHOCOLATE

Why the fuck do you think birds who get coated in oil die? It’s for the same goddamn reason.

You idiots can have all the chuckles you want over the fact that that poor animal is “living the dream” but I hope you also know that it probably died from that.

And if you still find it funny then I genuinely do not want to associate you and can only wish upon you the most painful and awful death imaginable. 

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Bird abilities I wish I had.

Find my new book here.

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Hello everyone! I will be tabling at DINOCON this August 16th-17th at the University of Exeter in England!!

My tablemate will be the amazing, illustrious plushie creator @thylacines-toybox! Come over and check out our stuff, and maybe snag some books and merch minus shipping costs from the USA, lol! I've never done an international convention before and if it goes well I hope to return!

I will also be painting up a bunch of watercolor originals of prehistoric creatures to sell! Comment with your favorite dead beast, bug, or plant and I will add it to my list of considerations! The weirder and more obscure, the better :^)

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Belgium Chase Tag Compilation

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Chocolate Eclair Cake Recipe

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Generous African Grey Parrot Shares Food Tokens With Another Parrot So They Can Both ‘Buy’ Walnut Treats

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there's been plenty of pushback against youtube's plan to age-check users by using an AI to analyze everyone's watching habits, but amidst that, i spotted this playlist circulating among some teens:

(picture is a reconstruction to protect the kids identity)

interesting! they're trying to trick the AI by watching videos that have a primarily adult viewer demographic? well im a curious fella so naturally i have to take a look-see, and