#CARRIOn!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[bizarre-disjointed]

this is for my friend @callsign-relic!!

happy birthday bro. keep up. get eaten by a bot. do something silly. go haywire!!!!!!! (i'm never rendering again. the gargantuan effort is only worth it if it's for other people)

[longingforrotkehlchen]

Up on melancholy hill sits a crow just looking out on the day...

Aaskrähe (carrion crow) im Unteren Schlossgarten, Stuttgart-Ost.

[spleenomane]

Currently obsessed with these naturalistic illuminations from a manuscript of De Proprietatibus Rerum (1447, Bibliothèque d'Amiens, ms. 399). I just know that whoever commisioned this must have hired the nearest artist with an insane obsession for birds before proper birdwatching was even a thing. They hired the nearest De arte venandi cum avibus fanboy.

Like, the fact that despite the stylized drawings you can clearly tell that these are a corvus corax, a corvus cornix?! Hello?!?!

I love you, unknown french artist from the 15th century.

[mossymandibles]

More art of my albatross griffins. I’m happier with their design. I CAN’T believe I gave them plain ol’ canine/seal looking teeth before, when spine covered penguin mouths are RIGHT THERE. It makes more sense to me design wise and looks better.

I decided to call them ✨Kymagryphs✨, giant scrounges of the skies over a new endless sea. Careful not to leave your catch out on deck when sailing.

[bloodofelves]

► lovely indie games I played in 2023

[carrion-at-dawn]

stuck on rock

[jenfoundabug]

I thought this feisty little critter was an isopod until I got a closer look. This is a carrion beetle larva, and, as their name suggests, adults and larvae of this insect eat dead animals, maggots that live in carrion, and/or other types of decaying organic matter. I have no idea where this one came from, since there were no dead animals nearby or compost. Perhaps an insectivorous bird dropped it, or maybe this particular species likes chicken manure (there was a chicken tractor nearby vroom vroom). Putting this next part below the cut because it's a little gross. Proceed with caution:

This carrion beetle child seemed somewhat hungry, as it was nibbling at some dead skin around my finger nail. It tickled a bit and reminded me of the shrimp they sometimes have at aquariums that will nibble at your fingers. Yes that's a thing.

unidentified Silphidae larva Northeastern Pennsylvania, US

[mayomkun]

Once I wondered what was holding up the ground But I can see that all along, love it was you all the way down

[corvidaearts]

a series oh photos involving The Incident as told on snapchat

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bonus epilogue sketch from doc under the cut

[rosemarytales]

we'll float away, but if we fall I only pray, don't fall away from me

[thegorgonist]

Happy Halloween! Days 30 and 31 of my October beetle fairy drawing challenge are the Eyed Click Beetle and the American Carrion Beetle! These were so much fun, can't wait to collect them all into another little zine--and now I want to go look at an insect zoo!

[pengold]

More Carrion AU from @polarspaz !!

I was working on this a while ago but was hating my rendering, but now I render differently and I think it looks a lot better now! Also, I added neck scratches cuz I feel like he picks his skin...totally not projecting 👀

(also there is a hidden Batman, see if you can find him)

[carmen-berzattos]

Hozier performs I, Carrion (Icarian) for Amazon City Sessions

[mossymandibles]

A sketch of Lady enjoying a berry, based on one of my favorite cassowary pictures 🍓

[justjensenanddean]

Jensen Ackles as Beau Arlen BIG SKY: Deadly Trails (2022) | 3.04 – “Carrion Comfort”

[demonsandpieohmy]

Extremely cool of neil gaiman to give hozier early access to good omens season 2 so he could write an entire album about it