#Scar Tail

[moxiepoxart]

Day 4 Scars/PDA

[pnfc]

these are thoughts id like to express in sketches sometime, but: i really don't think it's a stretch that pnf depicts perry with a beaverlike tail design, and the implicit furlessness it conveys.

because platypus tails do actually go bald! i mean, any furred animal will lose fur in places that undergo stress, physical or otherwise. plats lose fur in particular around their mammary zone when they're nursing, and also on their tail -- which gets used in the processes of nestbuilding and den digging.

in fact tail pattern baldness is an established phenomenon in platypuses! i haven't found a focused study on it but it shows up in several individuals: whether it's caused by seasonal changes or age or physical stress, or a combo, is still unclear.

it mostly occurs at the tip. but if yknow we're talking about all the physical demands of being a cartoon karate platypus who hits people with his tail then yeah, man, i think that could really wear on your fur.

^a male rescued from a quarry with a balding tail - you can see both a puncture wound from a rival male and blotchy coloration of the bare skin, which shows how plat skin varies from light pink to leathery-black colors across their body. it tends to darken wherever they are furless and exposed to sun (hands, top of the bill).

tail undersides are mostly bare and fleshy. fur grows in cyclically each year, at the end of summer (in preparation for winter) so they start with fresh short fuzz under their tail that wears away over the course of the year. and the skin there scars up quite a lot, as does the skin of their bills.

so: no, platypuses do not have beaver tails, they have platypus tails. but there's a reason we compare the two, right? no other aquatic mammals have tails shaped like this, broad flat paddles that balance them at the water's surface. it's a really cool case of convergent evolution.

and obviously platypus tails are superior. they're furred and soft/buoyant/warm and prehensile so they can carry stuff around with them and wrap up in them when they're sleeping. but we don't need these two queens to fight. i mean beavers reinvented cloacas when they transitioned from land to water, that's just insane. well done.

[siesporamor]

Me: I've seen this scene multiple times. I'm not going to cry.

"It was the colour of your hair."

Me:

[moxiepoxart]

A continuation of Natsu stealing and serving in Lucy’s PJs

[nexahexagon]

Ough. This started as a couple of warmups and I ended up falling in love with tiny drawings on big canvas. Also for mini context, the Tanguish stretching is like if you could balance fully on the tip of ur toes with no bending whatsoever. So he’s. Not as tall as Helsknight. Also it was inspired by my first time picking up a cat yesterday and she was pure fluid, like her toes did not leave the floor it was insane.

Characters belong to @silverskye13

[leopardusk]

Maybe it's been years

Since I genuinely smiled

And maybe it's been years

Since I wanted to be a part of anything

But lately l've been good

You know, I've actually been great

Man, I even laughed a little today

Oh, so strange, it's so strange

Tell me it's okay to be happy now

Because I'm happy now

Tell me it’s okay — Paramore

Today’s update reminded me I had a sketch of these two I never finished. Wasn’t feeling like art today but screw it. Lesbians.

It was only when I started shading that I realized it kind of looks like they’re being buried together, so… hope that’s not foreshadowing! :)

Characters are Hopechase and Iciclepool from @forestclan-clangen

[tantalizing-toblerone]

can you draw dog man and petey being friends (not forcing)

yeah ofc!! I barely get dog man requests so I liked doing this

[fallenclan]

(distant sounds of Nick and Toro beating the shit out of a twoleg)

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