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On todays #paleostream MONKEY CRUISE RETURNS
With Ekembo and Pachylemur
For those who don't know, #MonkeyCruise is a series of paintings in which I turn classic positions from art history into paleoart pieces with extinct primates.
The Ekembo piece, as you probably have guesses already, is a homage to Leonardo da Vinci's "Last supper". One of his most famous works. I had my eyes on this for a while but only recently had an idea what to depict it with.
Ekembo is a great ape from the Miocene that was found on Rusinga island, Kenya. There wer volcanoes in the area which they also snuck into this piece. The apes here are gathering on this log because a migrating ant colony is crossing it, a welcome snack bar.
The second piece is based on a painting by Finnish painter Eero Järnefelt, called "Under the Yoke".
Pachylemur was a large lemur from the Holocene of Madagascar, it#s extinction is most likely human caused. Two causes are shown here: habitat loss, thanks to slash and burn agriculture and bush meat hunting.
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Ok what the hell is a “flocking paleostream?” Google isn’t helping and I keep seeing it everywhere. It feels like code for something and I’m out of the loop
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Ok what the hell is a “flocking paleostream?” Google isn’t helping and I keep seeing it everywhere. It feels like code for something and I’m out of the loop
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Ok what the hell is a “flocking paleostream?” Google isn’t helping and I keep seeing it everywhere. It feels like code for something and I’m out of the loop
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Transient Titan
Apatosaurus & Ornitholestes
Patreon • Ko-fi • Facebook • Twitter • Prints & Merch
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Princes Jacaerys and Joffrey Velaryon & Queen Rhaenyra Targaryen
House of the Dragon: Season 2 Official Stills
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I'm gonna do it, I'm gonna start posting to tumblr!!!!
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Ringed Caecilian (Siphonops annulatus), family Siphonopidae, found in tropical South America, east of the Andes
IN RECENT NEWS (March, 2024): This species has been found to be the only known amphibian to create a nutrient rich "milk" fromt heir skins to feed the young.
The young go through the larval stage in the eggs, and hatch out as fully formed tiny caecilians.
The young of this species feed on their mother’s outer skin layer (which she sheds), which has a high nutrient content.
Like many caecilians, their skin exudes a thick slime, which aids in burrowing, but also has toxic components (presumably to protect from predation).
Caecilians are amphibians, like salamanders and frogs.
They are not worms, nor are they snakes.
They were also recently found to have venomous components to their saliva, making it the only known amphibian with a venomous bite!
photograph by Carlos Jared
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Kleptoparasitism. Pteranodon, Nyctosaurus, Enchodus
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OTWD vs ITPN: Who got the better glow up and why was it Eret and Bjorn
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I love the idea of Hiccup accidentally speaking the first thing that comes to mind which leads to him awkwardly proposing to Astrid. He really meant to say that to himself.
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HTTYD but Hiccup inherited Stoick's hair (aka the hair colour he has in the books)
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Storyboard Toothless is the best thing I've seen today...! LOOK AT 'IM!!!!
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