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day 16 cetaceans (whales/dolphins). I picked an Orca, now classified as dolphins orcas are now known to be the smartest animal next humans. They even have different languages between pods.

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2021-05-17

COM: Cetaceans on display!


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*Drawn up in CSP

Characters ©

Lionheart & Shunnini © Wolfrider
Salina ©
Felimercer ©

Artwork by Erika V, April 2021

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2021-05-04

Normally used to just move the humerus, in cetaceans, the shoulder muscles are MASSIVE and the scapula is enormous - all because they've been co-opted to move the entire, stiffened flipper skeleton. [fetal Sei whale flipper, Schulte, 1916]

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2021-04-21

Vintage Megalosaur depictions unintenionally predicted the look of primitive cetaceans, which were discovered much later.
It's because at the time they used mammals, such as hippos as their best references for large terrestrial animals.

Art by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins.

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2021-04-18

(art by @.tunneIsnakes, @.countandra, @.schizocetacean, and @.pypixy

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2021-04-17

It's hard to believe this magnificent animal evolved from Pakicetus, a goat-sized, four-legged creature that scientists recognise as one of the first cetaceans (the group of marine animals that includes dolphins and whales). https://t.co/MBZM83R2J8

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2021-04-14

A soft spoken yet sassy variety streamer who is awful at video games and drawing but decent at ASMR. Also education about cetaceans as well.

..... Oh! And of course big booba! How could I have forgotten?

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2021-04-09

28 years ago today, I joined the Ceará Study Group (GECC) & 1 year later I co-founded w/ colleagues & friend (https://t.co/bGkqzwLE5E), a now renowned created to protect endangered species & important habitats in the state of

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2021-04-08

Designing Cetacean Characters is honestly super fun. Including little things that differentiate them from others of the same species, or coming up with ways to mash species together, is very fun. Strongly recommend giving it a go if you're into ceta art.

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2021-04-05

We bring our first to the this week. It's the Common Bottlenose

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2021-03-24

If I’m not painting minis I’m most likely drawing/painting some cetaceans. My desk is covered in doodles.... 🐬

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2021-03-18

The Oogons are an aquatic builder race from Sirius B and are closely related to the Nommo who visited earth millions of years ago.

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2021-03-04

''The sky is the limit'' this afternoon painting, an Acrophyseter breaching in the tropical seas.

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2021-03-01

Happy North Atlantic right whales are one of the most endangered cetacean species after they were almost hunted to extinction. There are now about 400 individuals in the world.

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2021-02-21

Next up is the Balearic Shearwater! A Mediterranean pseudo-cetacean that preys on ocean mammals and sea birds

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2021-02-01

Finished the Physeteroidae superfamily, here they are to scale.

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2021-01-31

With the Dwarf sperm whale (𝘒𝘰𝘨𝘪𝘢 𝘴𝘪𝘮𝘢), we are done with the Physeteroidea superfamily !

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2021-01-30

I'm gonna challenge myself to draw the 86 species of cetacean in pixel art. Starting with the striped dolphin (𝘚𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘢 𝘤𝘰𝘦𝘳𝘶𝘭𝘦𝘰𝘢𝘭𝘣𝘢).

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2021-01-26