#saber toothed cats

[rebeccathenaturalist]

I took time out today to go to the OMSI Science Festival; last year I was a presenter, but this time around I just went for the fun of it since I was so impressed by the 2023 event. This year had an equally great mix of informational booths featuring everything from science camps for kids to a chance to see live reptiles up close and personal.

I got to say hi to my friend Simran Gleason, a very talented oil painter specializing in plein aire work. Each year of the festival he's captured moments from the event on his canvases, and it never ceases to amaze me how well he uses color to portray the energy of a given vignette as it happens. I also dropped in at the Rewild Portland table to say hey and check out all the cool handmade bone and stone tools, woven baskets, and other neat artifacts they've created. They're one of the organizations I recommend to my foraging students who want more opportunities to explore the outdoors and what it has to offer.

I think the highlight of my day was getting to meet paleoartist Mark Hallett in person. I was first introduced to his work in the 1980s that he did for Zoobooks (Dinosaurs and Wild Dogs) and National Geographic, but this was my first time getting to see originals in person, including a VERY cool 3-D, mixed media sculpture of a saber toothed cat head with fur on one side and the musculature exposed on the other.

I just had to have a copy of his book On the Prowl: In Search of Big Cat Origins. It's the right combination of crunchy factual goodness getting into the evolution of feline megafauna, but written with an inviting voice--and, of course, accompanied by those incredibly rich illustrations Hallett is known for. I was very excited to get my copy signed, and I mourned the fact that my childhood Zoobooks were long gone as I'd love to have those signed as well.

The OMSI Science Festival will be happening tomorrow (9/15) too; highly recommend it for anyone in the Portland, OR area.

[brimstone-cowboy]

Little baby

[thetidemice]

timewindow beast

[gwydpolls]

Time Travel Question 61: Middle Ages and Much Earlier

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[harpagornis]

The Homotherium cub mummy has upper lips that are "twice as long" as a lion's. Bulldog lipped Smilodon anyone?

[palaeosinensis]

Testing out some small block print square ideas. I’ve got some rubber scraps to either use up or make stamps with.

[mammoth-clangen]

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LORE TIME LORE TIME!!! (Also my favourite art so far in that last panel yay)

Someone ages ago asked about their afterlife and the answer is! Well! This isn't Starclan that's for sure!

Also meet Snakespots, they seem nice and not suspicious c:

Good job to that Anon who guessed that Ice Fangs were another sabercat! Smilodon is present at this time and I'd be lying if i said I wasn't super excited to finally draw them >:3

Who is that getting bodied by an Ice Fang, you ask? Well, that would be telling uvu

*squints* did tumblr eat the quality or are we ok??

I'm sure everything said this page is totally valid information that should be taken at face value and nothing should be questioned bc Snake and Burnet are very reliable narrators who would never go into the story and tell lies uwu-b

[sallysurisue]

Quick sketch of Homotherium cubs messing with their grandpa.

[cellulosaurus]

Homotherium cub, because it's just so cute

[skavcat]

adore your designs so much, the colors and shapes are great :3 could i please request a tigerclawstar? tysm!!

Tigerclaw > DF Tigerstar

[autistic-fool-with-ideas]

Drawing of that saber tooth kitten they found :<<<

[cedarspiced]

homotherium girl... she's been living in a prehistoric world.....

(she's up for adopt! asking $15 OBO :3)

[stereosatyr]

feeling really connected to ancient theriotypes is really weird.

yes, i am a saber-toothed cat. i am meant to have canine teeth built like knives, smilodon translates to "knife toothed," i was made to be a ferocious predator and run through sheets of ice like they are nothing.

yes, i am the achillobator. i am a raptor, my name translates to "hero of achilles," but i am made to rip up flesh and run through cretaceous forests.

i am not meant to be here, i was made for another time and another place in what feels like another world but never was, but i am here anyway. the ancient lineages that broke off and went extinct still live on within me.

[invaderfuzzytalon]

littlest paleo shop

(click to view higher quality!)

[melonlthawne]

prehistoric kitty cuddles with flint’s favorite furry predator

[matoitech]

self portrait