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I think my favourite thing about these weirdo is that they look like they've all been caught doing something...

From 'Die saugthiere in abbildungen nach der natur' by Schreber (1774-1846)

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2018-12-14

Good news: I now have a folder on my computer called 'effed up animals' and it is filling up fast

This file is called 'muscular bat' (seriously, how did this get so buff?!)

From 'Die saugthiere in abbildungen nach der natur' by Schreber (1774-1846)

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2018-12-07

Some terrifying from the supplement to Schreber's 'Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur' (1840)

Thankfully not human, these are skulls!



https://t.co/vkYyzwOi5f

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2018-10-31

Die Schmetterlinge in Abbildungen nach der Natur. By Esper, Eugen Johann Christoph, et. all. Leipzig: T.O. Weigel, [1829-1839]. https://t.co/0aeq61HMq6

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2018-02-27

Really love this sloth image from Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur (1855) via

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2017-10-20

しゃりうさ「今日お勧めの本は1774年の書籍『Die Säugthiere in Abbildungen nach der Natur』！
250年近く前に描かれた、少し奇妙な動物たちの姿をご覧あれ！イルカが特に…（ｶﾞｸﾘ）」

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2016-08-26