#Ocean Predators

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The Playful Sea Lion: Masters of the Ocean

Discover the incredible world of sea lions! Dive into their playful nature and social structures.

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Tarpon dense school cruising by.

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🦈IT'S SHARK WEEK!🦈

DID YOU KNOW?

Sharks are the only fish that can't swim backwards. Sharks are also, quite literally, silent predators, as they don't have vocal cords!

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Credit: Rodney Fox GWS Expeditions

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Fjord - Hand of the Great Leviathan

Evil AU art of Fjord, had he pledged himself fully to his patron Uk’otoa, unlocked the serpent, and went on an absolute rampage across the Lucidian ocean starting with Darktow.

Finished sword design inspired by a fanart by BlackSalander over on twitter. ♥

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🐡 Tetrodotoxin 🐡

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I felt like doing some more speculative evolution, this time some digital sketches in the same vein as the hand drawn sketches I started out with. I was mainly inspired by an article from Vox about some animals biologist imagine could exist in a million years: https://www.vox.com/down-to-earth/22734772/future-animals-evolution-unexplainable Those examples included a whale-like rat, a flightless, carnivorous pigeon, and a giant mantis. I originally intended to draw each of them by themselves but ended up drawing other organisms that could exist in their respective ecosystems.

The whale-like rat I imagined as filter feeding like crabeater seals while having enlarged incisors for feeding on jellyfish (which have been exploding in population). Along with it I included a predatory marine rat, a large descendant of bristle mouth fish, and an arrowhead shaped squid that can more effectively glide above water to escape predators (yes there are squid that glide).

The carnivorous pigeon I actually imagine being more omnivorous but willing to case down small animals on occasion like the feather tailed descendant of mice shown here. I also included my take on the Rabbuck (deer-like descendants of rabbits) from Dougal Dixon's After Man and a descendant of feral pigs that have become largely predatory.

The giant mantis ranges from 12-14in in body length and evolved stronger limbs from grappling tougher prey as well as a body resembling branches to disguise itself while hunting. One of it's prey is a lizard that has begun to evolved powered flight while another is a tree-frog that can change its skin color and texture akin to cephalopods for camouflage. On of the few predators the mantis itself would have is the gliding cat.

These are just a few of the organisms that would exist in these ecosystems and I might do a sketch dump for other environments.

As always, comments and critiques are welcome.

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The Blue Ringed Octopus Explained

Dive into the mesmerizing world of the Blue Ringed Octopus! Discover its vibrant colors, hunting techniques, and ecological significance.

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knkdz week day 5: Ocean

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Enabling Dads

I was thinking about "Ruthlessness" and I'm not even shocked that Poseidon was that upset over someone not even killing his son for trying to slay them all. It's actually very in-character for him. Poseidon would be the most annoying/troublesome parent in modern day because his kids can literally murder people and he'll be like, "Okay...but that's my son, so I'm gonna take you out for getting mad."

After doing some researching, I saw another one of his kids did some very Zeus-like behavior with one of Ares's daughters. (Posy just raises upstanding members of Grecian society, doesn't he?) Naturally, Ares got pissed and killed him for that. You'd think it would end there. A son assaults someone's daughter, then her dad deals with the problem, and that's it. Nope. Poseidon completely ignored how his son started this problem and accuses Ares of murder. Technically, it is murder, but this is ancient Greece. Since when did they start having traditional laws about stuff like that? Now, there's another version I found where Poseidon's other kids (please stop having them) captured Ares. I can't tell if this was before or after he killed their half-brother, but I'm going to assume it's revenge. Poseidon, let it go. What do you want? If Odysseus spares your kid, you kill his men and call him weak. If Ares kills your son, you go after him. There is only one way to win with Poseidon. Avoid his kids. Good luck, though. He's not much better than his lightning brother if you know what I mean. Just check out why he's considered the god of horses too...it is so genuinely concerning in every single way. The guy has issues. Poor Ody was screwed from the get-go.

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