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@ttorroo I post these ones a lot but they are still some of my favourites.
And then there's the Mammoth Cube Beetle. Yes, really. This guy is a large stag beetle that is common on the tepui. It was lucky enough to appear in the Forests piece.
The Sail-Backed Frog is the last surviving member of a (fictional) ghost lineage of frogs with large sails on their backs. This little guy made it into the Sinkholes piece.
Next up are my favourites, the Gardenback Crabs, a group of terrestrial crabs that attach lichen and fungi to their shells for camouflage. Both species can be seen in the Wetlands and Sinkholes pieces.
I realise I never posted my entries for the Lost World challenge here, so now I will fix that. First up, here's the Tepui Dodo, a large primarily ground-dwelling pigeon that inhabits the forests and plains of the tepui. Can be seen in the Forests piece of the final project. https://t.co/MLymGIf8Jz
If you liked seeing Triceratops visit a cave to feed on clay in #PrehistoricPlanet, I actually drew a piece in 2020 depicting a similar concept, with Einiosaurus visiting a cave to obtain salt and minerals unavailable elsewhere. Cool to see such a concept realised on screen now!