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OWEN'S NEXT TOP BEASTIE: EXTINCT ANIMALS WILD CARD ROUND 1
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information + propaganda under the cut!!
Spinosaurus
Bio: Spinosaurus were river-dwelling carnivores that lived during the Cretaceous period. Their name comes from the distinctive 'sail' on their back, made up of seven-foot tall spines. Spinosaurus was a strong swimmer and a fierce predator, hunting almost exclusively in the water. Its skull was long and crocodile-like, with greater bone density for more control over its buoyancy, and it's currently the largest known carnivorous dinosaur at ~46-59 feet in length.
Propaganda: these dudes are fuckin sick. my favorite dinosaur by a long shot and i shouldnt have to explain why. also every new discovery seems to steer them away from being a sick ass carnivore to a duck billed weirdo and im so here for ittttt
Anomalocaris
Bio: Anomalocaris were the greatest thing to happen to the Cambrian period. These funky little bastards had a body structure so unconventional it defied classification for years. They were apex predators of the Cambrian ocean, and one of the key species in defining the predator-prey relationships we recognize today. Giant compound eyes for visual hunting, huge grasping tendrils out front, and a segmented body- what's not to love?
Propaganda: just go here ok?
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odetoscavengers · 4 months
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Something that could have been
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azuremist · 2 years
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Probably the most depressing example of a modernization change in Tokyo Mew Mew New…
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awkwardbirdsdaily · 3 months
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Its 2024!!! Happy new year, or happy new year's eve depending on where in the world you are.
And a great time to begin a new art challenge. I have a list of extinct birds for january, starting (ofc) with the passenger pigeon. These are such a great representative species for extinct birds imo - they used to be one of the most numerous birds on Earth, numbering in the billions, yet they vanished within a century. So gorgeous too!
As a communally roosting bird, their sheer numbers used to snap even large branches and they often piled on top of each other to roost. And then. Poof. None left.
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sylvanticus · 1 month
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a Dimetrodon!!!
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kiabugboy · 8 months
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drew this back in June, Eryon is ready to throw hands (claws)
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makenna-made-this · 2 months
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Feel like shit just want them back
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brothermoth · 2 months
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i miss them
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theyshapedlikefriends · 2 months
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Sunlemon - LOST ANIMALS
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extinctionstories · 11 months
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This 36x48” oil on canvas diptych is part of a series I’ve been working on based on the thylacine, also known as the “Tasmanian Tiger” or marsupial wolf.
One of my biggest interests has always been animals, and in particular the ones that humans have destroyed. Every lost or vanishing species is its own story, and as an illustrator theirs are the stories that I am the most invested in telling (hence the blog).
The thylacine is one of the classic examples of human-caused extinction: an utterly unique creature, deliberately exterminated due to a combination of greed, ignorance, hubris, and fear.
Scared or anxious marsupials have a habit of stretching their jaws in a display known as a yawn (you’ve probably seen memes of opossums that look like they’re yelling—it’s the same thing). This display was especially striking in the thylacine, which could open its jaw to over 90°. Some of the most famous photos of thylacines capture them in this attitude of fear.
Unfortunately for the thylacine, humans have more direct methods of dealing with the things that scare them.
The title of this pair of paintings is ‘When They Are Frightened, They Show Their Teeth’.
The overall series is called ‘Here Be Monsters’, as a nod to both the far-flung environs of the thylacine, and the behavior of those who intruded upon it.
Stay tuned for more.
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bluedaddysgirl · 2 years
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Cutiepie — Velociraptor is out, Mononykus is in!
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sixth-extinction · 2 years
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A reconstruction of a female coastal moa (Euryapteryx curtus), also called the broad-billed or stout-legged moa, built for the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa in 2006. [x]
Adult females of this species could be over twice the size of adult males. Individuals from the southern part of the country were larger and more robust than those from the north.
This moa species also had an elongated windpipe similar to some modern-day swans and cranes, suggesting it could make loud, resonating calls: "The windpipe included a loop up to one metre long that ran downwards inside the left side of the body, and across to the other side before it doubled back on itself to the breast and into the lungs." [x]
Simulated call of a coastal moa:
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theantiazdarcho · 4 months
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Some irl animal lore:
Spotted hyenas once had ranges that stretched far outside of Africa and into more northerly latitudes across Europe and into Russia. It’s possible they could have reached the British Islands via the land bridge that formed due to lowered sea levels (it is referred to as “Doggerland”).
Art by Julian Friers
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awkwardbirdsdaily · 2 months
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Day 18 of extinct birds - the Carolina parakeet or Carolina conure
The Carolina parakeet was one of only three species of parrot native to the US. They were very social birds, found in large flocks, and multiple females will lay eggs in a single nest. Interestingly, they were known to eat a lot of cocklebur seeds which are toxic (at least to mammals). Another interesting thing is that the last captive parakeet died in the same cage that the last passenger pigeon died, 4 years after.
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sylvanticus · 2 months
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💗🪷 a Hadrosaur who had a long nap under the camellias and a bonus on my base :]
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