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A Lion in the Snow. Géza Vastagh (1866-1919)
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Barbary Lions
A lion walks alone in the desert.
This is a 1925 photo of possibly the last Barbary lion in the wild before its extinction. It was taken by French photographer Marcelin Flandrin while he was onboard a flight on the Casablanca-Dakar air route.
Barbary lions once roamed the vast deserts and mountains of the Barbary coast in North Africa from present day Morocco to Egypt. They were thought to have been one of the largest lion species to have ever existed and were noted for having distinctly dark manes. These were the same lions that were regularly captured by hunters for their games in the Roman colosseum. Damnatio ad bestias (Latin for “condemnation to beasts”) was a form of capital punishment practiced by the Romans in which the condemned prisoner was executed by Barbary lions or other big cats.
The population of Barbary lions continued to decline with the expansion of the Arab empire from 632 to 1258—when the Islamic Golden Age came to an end after the Siege of Baghdad by the Mongols. Survivors claimed that “the waters of the Tigris ran black with ink from the enormous quantities of books flung into the river and red from the blood of the scientists and philosophers killed.” Amidst the turmoil in the region and as empires crumbled and fell, the Barbary lions continued to survive until the arrival of European colonists in the 19th century. Big-game hunting rose in popularity during this time and effectively killed off the few that were left. Not a single Barbary lion was seen from 1901 to 1910, and by the 1920s, most scientists believed that they had become extinct.
There was a reported sighting in Morrocco in 1948 and in a heavily forested area in Algeria (near the city of Sétif) as late as 1958. The forest, however, was destroyed during the Algerian War in the same year.
Today, there are approximately 100 captive lions that possess the genes of the Barbary lions, however, none of them are pure.
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As far as I can tell the one great distinguishing feature of the Barbary lion was Much Fluff.
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Lion king: north africa DLC
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Atlas walking in the sun and on the snow by Tambako The Jaguar
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Barbacub - The Playful Pokemon
Type: Dark
Ability: Intimidate/Defiant
Barbacub love to tussle with each other. These Pokemon extend this love of play to their trainers, who often wind up covered in scratches.
Barbarynx - The Trickery Pokemon
Type: Dark/Flying
Ability: Intimidate/Defiant
With a mischievous spirit, Barbarynx has a love of tricks, and it mercilessly toys with its prey until it gets bored. It uses its speed to confound its opponents.
Barbaricore - The Brutal Pokemon
Type: Dark/Poison
Ability: Intimidate/Defiant
Barbaricore is a savage and ruthless Pokemon. It will stop at nothing to take down its prey with its potent venom. Even experienced trainers have difficulty with its aggressive behavior.
These guys are based on the barbary lion, the sphinx, and the manticore! They're part of a big Fakemon region project I'm doing with my best friend, based on ancient Greece and Rome.
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#Art#Digital art#Pokemon#Fakemon#Barbary lion#Manticore#Sphinx#Barbacub#Barbarynx#Barbaricore#Amirisqueer
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Playing toys
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#mine yoshizaki#keroro gunso#kemono friends#giroro#lion#white lion#cape lion#barbary lion#illustration#art
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what extinct animal would you guys bring back to life if you were guaranteed that they wouldn't face extinction again and they wouldn't pose a threat to modern species
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Here are collected the best lions I've encountered in my research to date.
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Febroary day 20 - Barbary lion
The Barbary lion is an extinct population of the lion species.
Here is my take on them.
Hope you like the lion family!
#febroary#febroary2023#wildlife#wildcat#lion#lioness#lion cub#big cats#animal art#animal artist#barbary lion#art#artists on tumblr#illustration
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Vanished Species, written by David Day, published in 1989. Illustration by Maurice Wilson.
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“A lion walks alone in the desert.
This is a 1925 photo of possibly the last Barbary lion in the wild before its extinction. It was taken by French photographer Marcelin Flandrin while he was onboard a flight on the Casablanca-Dakar air route.
Barbary lions once roamed the vast deserts and mountains of the Barbary coast in North Africa from present day Morocco to Egypt. They were thought to have been one of the largest lion species to have ever existed and were noted for having distinctly dark manes. These were the same lions that were regularly captured by hunters for their games in the Roman colosseum. Damnatio ad bestias (Latin for “condemnation to beasts”) was a form of capital punishment practiced by the Romans in which the condemned prisoner was executed by Barbary lions or other big cats.
The population of Barbary lions continued to decline with the expansion of the Arab empire from 632 to 1258—when the Islamic Golden Age came to an end after the Siege of Baghdad by the Mongols. Survivors claimed that “the waters of the Tigris ran black with ink from the enormous quantities of books flung into the river and red from the blood of the scientists and philosophers killed.” Amidst the turmoil in the region and as empires crumbled and fell, the Barbary lions continued to survive until the arrival of European colonists in the 19th century. Big-game hunting rose in popularity during this time and effectively killed off the few that were left. Not a single Barbary lion was seen from 1901 to 1910, and by the 1920s, most scientists believed that they had become extinct.
There was a reported sighting in Morrocco in 1948 and in a heavily forested area in Algeria (near the city of Sétif) as late as 1958. The forest, however, was destroyed during the Algerian War in the same year.
Today, there are approximately 100 captive lions that possess the genes of the Barbary lions, however, none of them are pure.”
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Título: Icon Rhóhnʌ GameBoy 💚 PixelArt
Saludos a todos xD/!
En esta ocasión regreso con otro dibujo experimental, en este caso un pixelart de 52 x 52 píxeles. Es la primera vez que hago uno como tal, uno en un software enfocado en PixelArt, pues los anteriores los he hecho en IbisPaint 💫.
En este dibujo, quise hacer a Rhóhnʌ con la paleta de colores de la Game Boy, a modo de ganar experiencia en simplificar mi fursona a la hora de hacerla en PixelArt, tanto en colores como en diseño 💚.
Para el tema de las proporciones y estilo, me inspiré en el de Susie de Deltarune 🌌.
En conclusión, creo que aquí hay todo un terreno por explorar y desarrollar (muy bueno para proyectos), por consiguiente, no dudo que más adelante esté subiendo trabajitos en PixelArt. Hasta entonces, ¡Muchas gracias por su atención ^w^ 💛!
Con cariño, Viajero Indómito 猫 🐆💫.
Redes de Arte 🧡🍂:
La Obra fue concluida el día 4 de Abril del 2024 🍉.
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A captive Barbary lion, referred to here as a “Nubian lion”, photographed at the San Francisco Zoo, then known as the Herbert Fleishhacker Zoo, in the early 1900s. [ x ]
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Atlas pretty and proud by Tambako The Jaguar
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The beautiful Atlas posing on the snow, looking at the camera
#animal#barbary lion#big#big cat#cat#cold#cute#d6#feline#gossau#hay#ice#lion#looking#mammal#nikon#posing#pretty#proud#serious#snow#straw#switzerland#tree#walter zoo#wild#winter#flickr
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