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Buitreraptor gonzalezorum, a duck-sized carnivorous dromeosaur from the Late Cretaceous. Their elongated snouts and small, sharp teeth helped them tear it's prey, lizards and small mammals, apart.

The colours were based on Belted kingfishers. Before researching, I thought it is a piscivore because of it's long snout, so I chose a fish-eating bird as a reference, but oh well.. I still think it looks pretty good.

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Collared pratincole in June on Wheldrake Ings, Yorkshire. Painted for the upcoming book 'Birds of the Lower Derwent Valley' by Craig Ralston.

I grew up next to the Lower Derwent Valley and do miss the smell of meadowsweet underfoot and skies full of noisy swifts.

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Unidentified mantisfly, Mantispinae, Neuroptera

Photographed in Indonesia by Nicky Bay // Website // Facebook

Shared with permission; do not remove credit or re-post!

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Early Bird

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Paramecium bursaria

Photo credit: Picturepest on Flickr

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finished my blanket 🤗

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So you maaay recall, a year, or two? (what is time?) I tried sculpting and it was really disappointing. I bit off way more than I could chew.

SO I decided to try again last night and make a cute little loach buddy. It's magical. I'm gonna make 50 clay friends. This guy is in the oven now, can't wait to paint him!!

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This will hugely vary from bow to bow (and historical bows have more drop than modern ones) but your +14 Bow of Slicing Through 3 Enemies With One Arrow is probably going to fairly comfortably shoot past 50m!

Also, I really love the shot at 30m where my arrow left a silhouette of droplets! It was very fun ���

More content on Patreon but for some reason Tumblr won’t let me link it today 🤷

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Trap-jaw ants use their powerful mandibles to launch themselves into the air away from potential predators or intruders. This one was filmed at 3000 frames per second and then played back in slow motion. Patek lab, Duke University.

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the largest stegosaurid is also one of the pointiest

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It's probably not very interesting, but, I was looking through Polish paintings and noticed a trend...

Józef Chełmoński (1849-1914)

Mieczysław Korwin Piotrowski (1869-1930)

Czesław Wasilewski (Ignacy Zygmuntowicz) (1875-1947)

Jan Karmański (1887-1958)

Wiktor Korecki (1890-1980)

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The changing seasons.

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Alpine chamois Rupicapra rupicapra rupicapra

Observed by ornitho_fr, CC BY-NC

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from The Memory Palace, by Nate DiMeo

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NOW YOU CAN SEARCH SPECIFICALLY FOR FREAKS

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the dusky grouse is a grouse species native to the rocky mountains of north america. they were formerly considered conspecific with the sooty grouse; they were referred to as the ‘blue grouse’ as a single species. the dusky grouse thrives in habitats rich with conifers. during harsh winter months, they primarily feed off of fir needles; in summer months, their diet diversifies to include summer perennials, berries, and insects. dusky grouse chicks are insectivorous for the first few weeks of their life. males can easily be distinguished from females by their purple air sacs on the neck, used for breeding displays; during breeding season, they also display a bright wattle over the eye. females are a lighter mottled gray, and males are a darker grayish-brown.

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Wasp-posting-wednesday!!

Ever heard a wasp tantrum before?

She (a great golden digger wasp, sphex ichneumoneus) was trying to dig a hole for her offspring, but the blades of dead grass were getting in her way. So while trying to grip and tear them out, she was buzzing and huffing which made it look as if she was having a tantrum. Pretty funny and cute. Turn up your volume to hear her squeak!