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The Graceful weasel, Leptictidium (1962)

Phylum : Chordata Class : Mammalia Subclass : Theria Order : Leptictida Family : Pseudorhyncocyonidae Genus : Leptictidium Species : L. auderiense, L. ginsburgi, L. nasutum, L. sigie, L. tobieni

Middle Eocene (50 - 35 Ma)

90 cm long and 2 kg (size)

Europe (map)

Leptictidium is a special animal because of the way its anatomy combines quite primitive elements with elements which prove a high degree of specialization. It had small fore legs and large hind legs, especially at the distal side (that further from the body). The lateral phalanges of its forelegs (fingers I and V) were very short and weak, finger III was longer and fingers II and IV were roughly equal in size, and slightly shorter than finger III. The tips of the phalanges were elongated and tapered.

The ankles and the sacroiliac joint were quite loosely fixed, while the pelvis had a flexible joint with only one coccygeal vertebra. The anteorbital muscle fenestrae in their crania suggest they probably had a long and mobile snout, similar to that of elephant shrews.

Leptictidium had wide diastemata in the antemolar row, its upper molar teeth were more transverse than those of the North American leptictids and its fourth premolars were molariform. Its C1 canines were incisiviform. Its dentition was quite small in comparison to the size of the mandible and the animal as a whole.

It varied between 60 and 90 cm in length (more than half of which belonged to the bald tail), and 20 cm in height. It weighed a couple of kilograms. These sizes could vary from one specimen to another.

One of the mysteries about Leptictidium is whether it moved by running or by jumping. Because there are very few completely bipedal mammals, it is difficult to find an appropriate living model to compare it with. If the kangaroo is used, it is probable that Leptictidium hopped along with its body tilted forward, using its tail as a counterweight. On the other hand, elephant shrews combine both types of locomotion; they usually move on four legs, but they can run on two legs to flee from a predator.Studies of the bone structure of Leptictidium have yielded contradicting information: its leg articulations appear too weak to have supported the shock of repeated jumps, but its long feet were obviously adapted for jumping rather than running.

Kenneth D. Rose compared the species L. nasutum with the leptictid Leptictis dakotensis. L. dakotensis had a series of traits which show it was a running animal which sometimes moved by jumping. Despite the marked similarities between Leptictis and Leptictidium, there are certain differences in their skeletons which prevent the example of Leptictis from being used to determine with certainty the way Leptictidium moved: the most important being that, unlike Leptictis, the tibia and the fibula of Leptictidium were not fused together.

Perfectly preserved fossils of three different species of Leptictidium have been found in the Messel pit in Germany. The marks on their fur have been preserved, as well as their stomach contents, which reveal Leptictidium were omnivores which fed on insects, lizards and small mammals. The holotype of L. tobieni also had pieces of leaves and notable amounts of sand in its abdomen, but it cannot be determined with certainty if the animal swallowed it.

Since Leptictidium young were very vulnerable to attacks of predators, it is probable that they were born quite developed and that they became independent when they were still quite young. From the behavior of today’s elephant shrew, the possibility can be suggested that Leptictidium young went out to hunt with their mother, and that they learned to distinguish prey by licking their mother’s mouth when she had just caught an animal, in order to know the flavor of food.

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They will always be the best robots for me. ❤️😭❤️😭💔

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re diseñe mis humanizaciones de los mecanimales que había echo hace como 2 años, la neta si me quedaron mejor.

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Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III

Left is 15 years old Hiccup (which is pretty obvious) Right is 20 yrs old Hiccup………………………. I……… give up Orz…. I can’t make him being more hiccup Orz Hiccup @ How To Train Your Dragon @ Dreamwork

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Antagonists + getting what they deserve

Madagascar Week 2016: Movie Day

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*Fornite dances with Annie* Hey fuckos I have designed human ID mask versions of the Andromeda 5 based entirely on what shapes they are and what human equivalent proportions can best suit their natural shape. When thinking about shapes, I accidentally put Ra’ad in a niqab and thought ‘hey yo this actually kinda works’ and just went the fuck off.

So, ID masks- do you think the plumbers provide them to aliens that choose to live on Earth (before OV got Earth aware of them being real) so that they can blend in? Do you think that there’s a customisation option to ‘fit’ the shape of someone and match it with an accurate size to human proportion ID? Do you think that folks without a face can just choose to go ‘so there are cultures that hide your face’ or ‘i’m gonna make myself look like my prison’ and just go off?

I think about that a little bit.

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Team Teen Inspired by a fanfic

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Fern was actually the original Finn. The Finn we could see in the first 6 seasons of Adventure Time. Until in episode S06E19 “Is That You”. Jake and Finn had to safe Prismo the wishmaster. But their plan had consequences. Original Finn transformed into Finnsword.

It is much later in episode S07e38,39  “Preboot & Reboot“ Finnsword and grassword merged together and this is how we got the Fern we all love.

But Fern stil has the same emotions from the first 6 seasons. because he was a sword since that time.

It was a few episodes, before Finn became the Finnsword S06E06 “Breezy“ .He had to deal with some pretty emotional stuff. After  his breakup with Flame Princess he realized, he’s still in love with Princess Bubblegum.

In last episode “three buckets” Fern can be, and want to be Finn again. He has a bouquet of flowers in his hands, and it looks like he wants to deal with his emotions.

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It's amazing how Code Lyoko, a show that has a LITERAL Reset button, still progresses more then Miraculous Ladybug.

That show also had an episode that revealed every time the reset button which essentially allowed time to be rewound back actually explained it was making the villain stronger, so the heroes had to use it more sparingly afterwards.

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Ladybug already starts to go down the path of Winx club after season 3, the plot is getting more nonsensical, new lore and rules that has never been established before, previous rules that have been broken or ignored, new power ups done for the sake of merchandise, a lot of forced drama in the characters love life. the main character is the only one that gets attention and everything that happens in the plot connects to her while others are pushed aside.

I’m not that familiar with Winx Club, so I can’t really say that’s accurate. Can anyone confirm this?

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haha what? Sceptile is not a gecko, it’s obvs a Dilophosaurus

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Haven’t done a background in a while

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Sand-surfing is the life for me. All you need is lots of belly!

Florida Sand Skink (Plestiodon reynoldsi)

Central Florida, USA

Status: Threatened

Lives mostly underground and loves bugs. Their front feet only have one toe. Threatened by appropriation of land for development and citrus farms.

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i can always count on sam and max to bring back my love for drawing.......

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Iku Z!!

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ZWEITES Video dazu. Die Dateien ließen sich nicht verbinden und es kam ein Fehler im Programm dann. Schade, aber egal.

Aber auch paar coole VS. Das letzte mit Bonnie ist sogar anders als die bei deren vorigen Kämpfen

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ZWEI VS Sequenzen hier. Beide hatten die selben Visuals. Sehen wie immer schön aus, besonderes das zweite mit den Regenbögen da in der Mitte.