#MEGAfauna

[why-animals-do-the-thing]

If there was one animal literacy thing I could change with a wave of a wand, it would be increasing people's understanding of how dangerous megafauna are. I think that in the US (and probably other Western countries too), we're so removed from wildlife and even large domesticated animals that people really have no perspective on how much a big animal can fuck you up. Even if they're "gentle."

This is a discussion going on on Twitter, too, the last few days: there was a thing where an Iditarod musher shot a moose to protect their team, and a lot of people are confused as to why that needed to happen. Apparently this moose had been hanging around the course for quite a while and was becoming quite dangerous to the sled dog teams. Moose are territorial and not to be fucked with. Everyone from Alaska or areas with moose are like "yup, that's just reality."

Same thing with the bison birth I watched last year. Folk really thought the staff should be in the habitat on the ground with the bison herd, helping with the birth. Sure, that's what we do with cows if we have to, but... bison are definitely not cows and, again, will squish you.

People tend to get it more with the predators. Few people will argue that a cougar or an alligator or a bear isn't dangerous. I think people kinda go both ways on wild pigs / boars depending on their experience. But herbivores or things that don't look traditionally pointy... it just kinda doesn't click.

Any large animal is probably stronger than you think and more likely to hurt you than you realize. Be it a dolphin, an elk, a sea lion, or even an emperor penguin... just don't go near them, buds.

#megafauna #animal safety #thinking about how we think about animals

[ode-on-a-grecian-butt]

Illustrations Show Size Difference Between Prehistoric Animals and Modern Descendants

#megafauna #prehistoric animals #animals #neat

[amnhnyc]

We’re celebrating Saint Patrick’s Day in a big way, with one of the largest known deer: the Irish Elk (Megaloceros giganteus)! It was originally discovered in bog deposits in Ireland. This megafauna could weigh up to 1,500 pounds (680 kg) and its antlers could reach an incredible 13-ft- (4-m-) spread. Once ranging from western Europe to China, this animal died out some 10,000 years ago. However, at least one population, living in Russia’s Ural Mountains, managed to survive until about 7,770 years ago, long after the end of the Pleistocene. 

See the Irish Elk up close in the Museum’s Hall of Advanced Mammals! We’re open daily from 10 am-5:30 pm. Plan your visit.

Photo: © AMNH 

#science #amnh #museum #fossil #natural history #nature #paleontology #megafauna #did you know #fact of the day #fun fact #saint patricks day #st patricks day #luck of the irish #deer #mammals

[morggo]

Artwork made exclusively for my enamel pin set Kickstarter, launching July 20th. Follow the project here to be the first to know when it launches!

#art #illustration #artists on tumblr #my art #skull #irish elk #megaloceros #megafauna #prehistoric #kickstarter #green #gold #blue

[northernworms]

subnautica, wings of fire, and marine biology fandom (except marine bio real science and not fandom) may i propose:

the seawings from wings of fire (dragon book series for those who don't know) redesigned and resculpted as leviathans AKA the megafauna from subnautica (video game about deep sea alien life, most of which wants to kill you)

i am frothing at the mouth if no one concepts this and draws it I WILL

#wings of fire #seawings #subnautica #subnautica spoilers #marine biology #megafauna #leviathans #seawing art from guide to the dragon world #subnautica below zero #subnautica below zero spoilers #sub art from Geroditus on reddit

[darksilvania]

The Hybrid Fossils

This "fossils" pokemon are not revived from bones, but rather they are cloned from prehistoric blood samples, recovered from another fossil pokemon

This ancient Bug/Rock pokemon can be found and revived, to extract blood samples with which you can re-create the ancient pokemons, however, the blood samples recovered from the mosquito are usually deteriorated and to create a complete DNA sequence you will need to mix 2 samples. There are 4 diferente Blood samples: Mammal (Ice), Reptile (dragon), Bird (Rock) and Fish (Water)

Mammal/Reptile becomes Ice/Dragon, it is based on the inostrancevia alexandri the largest species of Gorgonopsid

Mammal/Bird becomes Ice/Rock, it is based on the Aepyornis maximus known as the "Elephant Bird", the largest terrestrial bird that ever existed

Fish/Reptile becomes Water/Dragon, it is basd on the shastasaurus sikanniensis, the largestest species of Ichtyosaurus

Fish/Bird becomes Water/Rock, it is based on the Palaeeudyptes klekowskii, the largest penguin to ever live

The man in charge of this experiment of prehistoric splicing is Professor Marrow, an expert on "Paleogenetic" and the one who discovered the whole process

Professor Marrow is based on a mix of John Hammond from "Jurassic Park" and Dr. Moreau from "The island of Dr. Moreau"

#Pokemon #fakemon #fake pokemon #prehistoric fakemon #fossils #fossil fakemon #amber #mutants #hybrid #pokemon professor #megafauna #dragon pokemon #dragon type #dragon fakemon #ice pokemon #ice type #ice fakemon #water pokemon #water type #water fakemon #rock type #rock pokemon #rock fakemon #bug pokemon #bug fakemon #bug type

[ordheist]

mammoth mount

#illustration #art #character design #artists on tumblr #sketch #comic #concept art #my art #fantasy #ttrpg #rpg #winter #mammoth #megafauna #undead #skeleton #soldier #ice #snow #frozen #prehistoric #dnd

[cosmopoliturtle]

God of Sleepy Mountain

#dinosaurs #megafauna #prehistoric #unga bunga #cute #artists on tumblr

[palaeosinensis]

Two cave art inspired Megaloceros bucks creating their own thunder in the grass. This is a subsection of something bigger I was trying, but this is lovely on its own.

The noise and swirling faint patterns are anti-AI measures and are not present on the actual art print.

#art #palaeo #drawing #palaeosinensis #paleopanthera #illustration #digital art #painting #cave art #pleistocene #stone age #ice age #fossil #fossils #megaloceros #irish elk #megafauna #deer #buck #antlers #rut #fighting #paleo art #reconstruction #paleontology #cave painting

[hawkpartys]

never forget what they took from you

#hawk noises #megafauna #argentavis magnificens #pelagornis #ornimegalonyx #bird #birds #birdblr #prehistoric #i miss them...

[rebeccathenaturalist]

The American bison (Bison bison), once numbering 60 million strong, was very nearly wiped out by disease and hunting in the late 1800s, and by 1889 fewer than 550 individuals remained. Their native range, which once stretched from Alaska to the Gulf of Mexico, west to Oregon and east just shy of the Atlantic, was reduced to a few pockets here and there. This was a deliberate move on the part of both the U.S. government and the railroad companies to disempower Native American communities on the Great Plains, as the bison was the backbone of their food security as well as being culturally important.

The past couple of decades have seen an increase in bison herds being managed by indigenous people. While the Yakama Nation, based in Washington, was not one of the Great Plains communities, they would travel to where these animals could be found in great herds to hunt them and bring them home. They also received bison from other indigenous communities as part of massive trade networks spanning across the continent.

The Yakama have maintained a herd of bison since 1991, and a couple of years ago they added over two dozen bison from the Yellowstone herd, which lacks the large infusion of cattle genes most other surviving bison have. This crossbreeding will strengthen the Yakama herd's genetic diversity. And it helps the Yakama themselves maintain healthier diets based on leaner bison meat as opposed to beef.

We're a far cry from the 60 million bison that once roamed freely across the continent. But the Yakama's bison herd is just one example of where indigenous management of the land and its wildlife is making changes for the better.

#Bison #Buffalo #megafauna #charismatic megafauna #Yakama #Yakama Nation #Native American #indigenous #indigenous people #indigenous sovereignty #ecology #environment #conservation #endangered species

[ancientfrozenglaciershark]

I just think they go to a lot of planets with megafauna :]

#sooo not done here😈 #Thasmin and Giant ‘Aliens’ #my doodles #13th doctor #yasmin khan #thasmin #doctor who #dw #nuwho #thirteenth doctor #the doctor #chibnall era #doctor who fanart #dw fanart #megafauna

[undead-knick-knack]

How to Get Gored 101

#they're both /really/ showing their intelligence scores #bison can toss grown men like 10ft in the air #critical role #cr3 #cr c3 #critrole #critrole memes #bells hells #bell's hells #fcg #cr fresh cut grass #fearne calloway #ruidus #megafauna #cr spoilers #cr memes #cr shitpost #courtesy of me #cr campaign three #crit role #critrole meme

[piratedllama-art]

Pit Stop [prints here]

[Done in procreate]

#piratedllama art #art #procreate #digital art #drawing #realism #painting #animals in weird places #liminal space #horror #horror art #liminal horror #moose #megafauna #cryptic #liminal art #creepy #creepy art #dark art #gas station #hes making sure u dont pump ur own gas in oregon

[mindblowingscience]

For years, scientists have debated whether humans or the climate have caused the population of large mammals to decline dramatically over the past several thousand years. A new study from Aarhus University confirms that climate cannot be the explanation. About 100,000 years ago, the first modern humans migrated out of Africa in large numbers. They were eminent at adapting to new habitats, and they settled in virtually every kind of landscape—from deserts to jungles to the icy taiga in the far north. Part of the success was human's ability to hunt large animals. With clever hunting techniques and specially built weapons, they perfected the art of killing even the most dangerous mammals.

Continue Reading.

#Science #Paleontology #Fossils #DNA #Climate #Megafauna

[darksilvania]

ORNITUSK (Ice/Ground)

The second of the six fossil hybrids, obtained from mixing the Mammalian and Avian samples you get from PALEOLITO

It is based on the Elephant Bird, a member of the Aepyornithidae family, the largest flightless bird to ever lived

#pokemon #fakemon #fakepokemon #fakemonfossil #pokemonfossil #megafauna #elephantbird #flightlessbird #icetype #icepokemon #Icefakemon #groundpokemon #groundfakemon #groundtype #bird #giantbird #prehistoricbird #prehistoricanimal #fakemonart #fakemonartist