Scratch Cat - drawn for @pokeearthcollab.bsky.social. They're raising money for the American Cancer Society!

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glorious death from the air

I like how its patchwork nature also gives off the impression of a walking reef! it just makes sense, an intertwined fossil community continuing to support each other after death and revival

I can't disagree with your opinion! Very few other aquariums have the chops to experiment with rare species like siphonophores and predatory tunicates, and even fewer so actively exhibit undescribed species as part of the scientific process

now THATs a hampster

really cool, i love how you manage to give the impression of leaves without them all muddling together

that being said I think the space/efficiency constraints are still there as a general "rule" and especially at bigger-than-human-sizes isn't an effective way to go about things

it's unclear if this is *true,* however, because Meganeura-sized griffinflies existed up to the end-Permian, which had *less* oxygen than the Carboniferous!
in addition, there are some ways to improve the efficiency, for example by pumping the abdomen

Atmospheric Oxygen, Giant Paleozoic Insects and the Evolution of Aerial Locomotor Performance

Increase in tracheal investment with beetle size supports hypothesis of oxygen limitation on insect gigantism

the popular consensus was that bc the tracheal system needs more and longer tubes to get oxygen at large sizes, crowding out other stuff (in beetles, that's nerves and hemolymph in the legs 4 example), big bugs are only possible in high oxygen environments

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that's an interesting concept for sure, organs near the insect parts for armor
when i think about it, stacking important stuff in the abdomen might also help against front attacks?
considering the inefficiency of spiracle breathing at large scales her lungs i'd assume might be in her human torso too

W H A T

a non-translucent, non-iridescent ctenophore that *crawls like a slug?*

nature is sure something

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her abdomen is pretty big too, so i definitely think it would be physically possible to double up on organs even if i don’t know what would pressure it…

a billion eggs is wild, imagine a small army of bug-sized Human Nymphs with underdeveloped exoskeletons crawling out of a fucking ootheca

oh that is a squished man alright, my guy looks like an upside-down teardrop

something i've always wondered are where her organs are - I know Ekaitz's snakey bits are basically just a flesh/bone tail, are there any body parts of value in Ashaya's abdomen? is that where her stomach and breathing system are, or is it just all meat inside

banger of a new ref!! it's interesting that her arm anatomy was modified to resemble a mammal arm more than previously, where the tibia was extended like an insect's

gumi-chan........

i love that rotifer-ish jaw combined with the barreleye face, that's inspired

i like how this guy seemingly has a collection of photos of bugs with legos

oooohhhhh excellent, this is a fun guy

bringing this back 4 today

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YouTube video by RodentRealm Gerbils eating a pokemon card.mpg

there's something about this video that gets me

www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIh3...

ohhhhhh what a lil creacher. i like how the fully extended plumicorns make them look like some weird pokemon, like an exaggerated cartoon depiction of an owl

thank you!!! i like to play with art style a lot, and I got really attached to my guys! i wanted to try a stylized lineless so i went for it

huntail and gorebyss perhaps

The team: -Chicxulub (Golurk; Earthquake/Night Shade/Fly/Iron Defense) -Boila (Darmanitan; Flare Blitz/Fire Punch/Hammer Arm/Strength) -Scraw (Archeops; Earthquake/Rock Slide/Acrobatics/U-Turn) -Lillian (Lilligant; Petal Dance/Sleep Powder/Giga Drain/Quiver Dance) -Sherman (Crustle; Shell Smash/Rock Slide/X-Scissor/Substitute) -Naw (Basculin; Aqua Tail/Waterfall/Aqua Jet/Surf)

Pokemon White nuzlocke team going into the champion (from around 2 years back, continued from previous post)! Scraw was the only survivor of Ghetsis, but died at Alder.

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CONGRATULATIONS ON THE OWL!!!!!! what a fastidious little guy

Ohhh this is a really cute way to convey paleontological reconstructions to an audience......i love them....

I feel like it just makes sense for both to be supernatural beings, and I definitely feel both would inevitably kill each other, like it's always a double-death type situation, but then somehow revive and come back for more