# onthisday histsci furry monikermonday rtmpcollections insects naturalhistoryillustration bioart museumsunlocked collectors furriesinstem markbrooks joanmiquelbennasar vintageillustrations biologicalclassifications charlesdawin

five and six (rotting wallpaper, wet specimens)

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2021-01-13

Wahoo(Acanthocybium solandri) is a scombrid fish found worldwide in tropical and subtropical seas. Specimens have been recorded at up to 2.5m(8'2") in length, and weighing up to 83 kg(183 lb). Growth can be rapid.

A razor-fanged saltwater fish known to migrate throughout the wa-

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2021-01-12

i wish i can gain 100 followers just for drawing extra thick female homosapien specimens all day

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2021-01-10

Legendary naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace was born He co-discovered evolution through natural selection during an 8-year journey through Southeast Asia, a journey of over 14,000 miles, during which time he collected over 125,000 specimens.

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2021-01-08

Eldonia

A misterious animal of which over 500 specimens have been found, it was suggested to be an echinoderm or jellyfish but its affinity remains unknown

ALT: one of the specimens discovered that was once believed to be a jellyfish but turned out a synonym of eldonia

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2021-01-08

The Owyhee mountain range straddles the Idaho and Oregon Border and contrary to the eastern side of the treasure valley, these mountains see far less rain. The vast canyons and rock formations hold important dig sites that have yielded specimens like Thundercats. (8hr study)

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2021-01-07

Anyone want to make my roadie an updated ref?!? I want him to look more like a real opossum! He also have new glasses and he needs his beanie he wears also.
I have some characters, closed species, and oddities (skulls, wet specimens, witchy things, I would trade! For it)

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2021-01-03

This is my guy! I do wet specimens/oddities work so I’m totally cool with gore. They’re a slow loris and I added some recent sketches of a more realistic way of drawing them that’s more disturbing lmao

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2021-01-02

After her aunt/mother-in-law purchased the island of Niʻihau to rule over its people, Isabella McHutcheson Sinclair wrote "Indigenous Flowers of the Hawaiian Islands", sending specimens to . She warned against habitat loss and invasives, and died yesterday in 1900.

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2020-12-31

i may be a /little/ obsessed w my spooky protag. the second image is her with some of my friends' versions of the specimens !!

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2020-12-30

This post features two ornithomimid specimens found in Alberta. The bird-like appearance of both led to nicknames inspired by Looney Tunes © Warner Bros. characters. Illustration by Julius Csotonyi © Royal Tyrrell Museum.

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2020-12-29

Mussaurus specimens have been found in association with nests, believed to contain multiple eggs, with the infants measuring 7 to 14 inches long. Artwork by Davide Bonadonna.

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2020-12-25

Insects in the park: Natural history of the insects of China : the figures drawn from specimens of the insects, by E Donovan and JO Westwood, BHL/NCSU, 1838....https://t.co/PfKI0blanD

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2020-12-16

Bizarre Hybrid Creatures via 'Study of the Creative Specimens' illustrated series by Mark Brooks + Joanmiquel Bennasar —"Full of extraordinary creatures, the illustrated series seamlessly combines species into unusual hybrids." Check it out: https://t.co/eiTi4THkvq

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2020-12-12

Maria Sibylla Merian began collecting and studying insects at age 13. Working from live specimens, she depicted the stages of caterpillar metamorphosis. Her illustrations are held by among others https://t.co/g8AvhuovDG

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2020-12-08

and yes
this is just "Joel"
😏
but its not~

basically an explanation is that the specimens are Alphabetically stored and Warlord is in the J category and the 37th specimen 😏👈

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2020-12-08

Confuciusornis was a rather common bird during its time; hundreds of specimens have been found! It also currently is the earliest bird known to have a beak.

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2020-12-05


I'm a medical technologist currently working in the molecular department testing patient specimens for COVID.

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2020-12-03

Been fighting a migraine all day, wanted to work, but couldn’t focus so I just decided to mess with entelodont and make them not have a knobby face and stop with the “pig” when their closest relative a hippo.
I’ll have to do an open mouth one day.
The two specimens I referenced

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2020-11-30

Sharing the illustrated series 'The Creative Specimens' by and These specimens seamlessly combine species into hybrids. The illustrations have been inspired, and reference of by

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2020-11-21