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Equine Dental Aging Left to right, top to bottom:  1 Year Old 2 Year Old 6 Year old 6 year old starting a 7 year hook 8 year old horse clearly showing a 7 year hook 15 year old horse 

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You guys check this out! In Norse mythology, Slepnir is the eight legged horse of Odin. Here is a real life eight hoofed horse.

Most people are familiar with Polydactyly. It’s when you have additional fingers or toes. It’s very common in cats. But Polydactyly can occur in all vertebrates. In the horses, their hoof is actually a single finger. Through the course of evolution they have lost all of their fingers and toes except one on each foot.

So when Polydactyly develops in horses, they gain additional hooves.

These pictures were taken by Ferrucio Blengio who the farrier in Italy. It is unknown whether this horse got eight shoes or four. Other places to see my stuff: INSTAGRAM / FACEBOOK / ETSY

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Fantasy Biology Masterlist

It was about time I made a simple list of all the Fantasy Biology posts I’ve done so far, collected in one place. Some of the oldest ones are a different format, before I started doing them regularly, but I’ve included them anyway.

The species for these posts have been chosen by my wonderful Patreon supporters, from as little as $1 a month.

Mermaid Biology

Octopus Mermaid

Stingray Mermaid

Jellyfish Mermaid

Amphibious Mermaid

Monotreme Mermaid

Pegasus

Wyvern

Werewolf

Infectious Vampirism

Phoenix

Pixies

Unicorn

Cerberus

Naga

Griffin

Centaur

Satyr & Glastig Ecology

Manticore

Winged Humanoid (feathers)

Kelpie (water horse)

Cockatrice

Chinese Dragon

Winged Dogs & Cats

Banshee

Disembodied Hand Monster

Hurrok

Gorgons & Medusa

Porcine Orc

Owlbear

Dryad

Drider

Chimera

Hydra

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”He’s no good to me dead” Fett said as he performed an emergency cardiovascular surgery on the frail dog

Star Wars: The Fur Awakens

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Wellness goals. This is how I’m getting through vet school.

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Advanced Restraint Techniques

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I’m pretty obsessed with curly haired animals. Imagine a farm with nothing but these curly creatures!

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Wow...these are really good lol

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A newborn cobra! 

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This angry pipistrelle was brought in to the centre after being found with a torn wing.

Although an injury like this looks bad, bat wings are very good at healing and, with cage rest and a course of antibiotics, this one should be back in the wild soon!

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WARNING - Graphic content!

This poor hedgehog was rushed into our veterinary team with an horrific wound to its side. We are not sure how the injury happened, but the hog needed urgent treatment if it was to survive.

Luckily, hedgehogs have loose, stretchy skin and Maru was able to clean and close the wound and muscle with ease. The hedgehog is now recovering from its ordeal in one of our pens - all the signs are positive at this stage.

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HECK YEH

Both available here:

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Society6

TeePublic

INPRNT

I wanted to make myself a visual reminder of the types of dragons there are. The glasses one started a joke that people liked… A LOT :|

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Arguably, one of the deadliest creatures on the planet ☠️

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You’ve probably heard of Akita Inus: 

And Shiba Inus:

Which  are really cool and cute Japanese dog breeds. Let me introduce you to these other cool and cute Japanese dogs, which I think deserve equal attention.

The Kishu Inu:

The Hokkaido Ken:

The Kai Ken:

The Shikoku Inu:

I just really love dogs, and look how cool they are! Dogs!!!

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Wildlife Photography: When Animals Interrupt --Wildlife photography can be a hairy business. Swimming with sharks? Trailing tigers? Stalking rattlesnakes? Oh my! Other times, however, the biggest complication in getting the shot is simply a too-friendly beast. 

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Getting ready to head back to school 🐶