In which I conduct an artistic exercise and discover why cartoon arthropods have human faces.

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The people in the Paleontology Shitposting group I created (Paleontology Coproliteposting) took the Cambrian stem-Arthropod Opabinia, which became famous as a meme where it collects "Bepis and Dorit", and turned it into A FUCKING ANIME GIRL

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Friend for Skappbeetles, 8th illustration.
Young Silas and his friends-arthropods... They can't eat corn porridge, but they clearly appreciate his attention.
In the background situation is much more tense.((

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Sanctacaris was a marine arthropod from the Middle Cambrian. It grew to almost a metre long.

(Credit: shikhar09)

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With the excess of viral materials overflowing from the Incineration Disposal Plant, creatures in the ground around Raccoon City became secondary infectants. This includes the Grave Digger, which started off life as an unknown arthropod.

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1930 Arthropodes antique print butterflies bugs lobsters Larousse antique french book scrapbooking https://t.co/rdHIwzHC1r

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I favor the Eurypterids! They were giant fresh water Arthropoda that ruled the streams and listed with the antediluvian might of their terrible pincers!

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One of my biggest "paleoart pet peeves" is when trilobites are reconstructed as if someone just dropped their chocolate-brown fossils right onto the seafloor. If living arthropods are any indication, they were likely very diverse in color and patterning!

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Don't forget to stop & smell the Chocolate Lilies this They smell divine - like chocolate! Pic: Australia's Goldfields Chocolate-Lily (Arthropodium strictum) from Curtis's Botanical Magazine (1884) https://t.co/FRaMjnMKsa Via

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Pterygotus was a gigantic arthropod that could grow to 2.3 metres long! They lived during the early Silurian-Devonian period. They had a pair of large eyes & a smaller pair in the centre of their head.

(Credit: Olof Helje)

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The beautiful structures made by Australian case moths. From "Australian Insects" by Walter Wilson Froggatt, 1907. https://t.co/QAF6p2aKL9 via

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Acutiramus is an extinct sea scorpion that emerged in the Late Silurian. These gigantic arthropods reached 2 metres in length & had pincers that were 5 centimetres long!

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Hyphalosaurus was a freshwater aquatic reptile from the Early Cretaceous. They were 80 cm long & had a small head with needle-like teeth. Its diet consisted of small fish & arthropods.

(Credit: hyrotrioskjan)

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new prints ! 💖 'ARTHROPOD', shuri, from 'black panther', & a lil sonic & knuckles fanart https://t.co/GBhax0wZC9

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A whole bunch of bugs based of of other people's characters! Sadly, the list is far too long to fit in a tweet.

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