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Result from the Pleistocene Cuba #paleostream! SO many cool creatures from here, and we JUST missed them, mostly because well, ourselves

Here the labeled version. This one was rather easy to research because i already ad done most of the research for a island size chart years ago.

This one. The only overhaul that was really needed was Antigone cubensis, the flightless crane, for which it is really hard to come by the original description.

Thankfully @albertonykus was able to provide and another friend quickly made this graphic showing some of the proportional differences between it ant its modern relatives.

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On the Trail

From Murren to Gimmelwald, Switzerland

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No, you can’t pet that dog. ✋ Introducing the bush dog (Speothos venaticus)! This rare canid is so elusive that it was once known only from fossils and thought to be long extinct. It inhabits parts of South America from Panama to northern Argentina, where it can be found in packs of up to 12 individuals. With partially webbed feet, this critter is a skilled swimmer and spends much of its time around water. It hunts for a variety of rodents including agoutis, pacas, and capybaras.

Photo: Tambako The Jaguar, CC BY-ND 2.0, flickr

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Olympic National Park, Washington

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Spring along J-Six Ranch Road, looking north toward Rincon Peak, Cochise County, Arizona.

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hiking up from the village - Alpine Haute Route, June 2021

photo by: nature-hiking

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Today's random portfolio artwork is a life-size model of a small Arthropleura (40cm long – they grew to 250cm long), which I built for MUSE – the Science Museum of Trento, in 2014.

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DinApril 2024: The Final Compilation

Hello everyone! I just completed my springtime 30-day dinosaur drawing challenge, DinApril. You can find the prompts here. Enjoy the results!

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isnt the world so beautiful....all the little ways we're immortal...71 million years later they still sleep like you

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Bright Angel Point on the North Rim of the Grand Canyon, Arizona.

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Lake Piburger See, Austria.

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Do you ever think about Doggerland?

Like how fucked up is it that it’s just….. gone.

I tend to forget about it and then when I remember it again I’m like “Oh yeah! There’s like an entire country sized stretch of land that’s just fucking GONE.

well…. “gone”….

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Soaptree Yuccas (Yucca elata) on a ridge near the Dos Cabezas Mountains, Cochise County, Arizona.

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Paleovember 2023, Maiasaura!

Living in Canada and Montana around 76 mya, Maiasaura is particularly famous for being the species that proved that dinosaurs (or at least hadrosaurs) looked after their young, hence the name 'mother lizard'. This is thanks to particularly rich bonebeds preserving nesting grounds with specimens of just about every age, giving us a strong look at the nesting habits and life cycle of the average Maiasaura.