my main goal in life is to have the same energy as power metal album covers. bisexual/cis/ mixed/black guy. born in '98.
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[ID: a tabby cat which has torn through the backrest of a chair and is lying inside. It’s head, one front paw and one hind leg are sticking out. The foam within the chair is shredded and is starting to fall out. /End ID]
PHYSICAL INSTRUMENT: Ten meters of polished steel, baby. Imagine the speed. Your mind races at the thought of conquering this children’s play equipment. Take the plunge. Go down that slide.
It’s not that you should feel obligated to portray every part of an animal correctly, but in some cases these are very unique, interesting features that very few artists are ever utilizing creatively!
You inspired me….
Pure and perfect!!! Here I was revisiting the post only to consider adding even more facts about each. I will anyway!
*Some toads do have a *forked* tongue that works like a set of tongs.
*The sperm whale’s thin shape is how it can dive so deep so fast, cutting through the water.
*The whale’s weird jaw is for hooking squid tentacled. Its small throat is only for slurping those up.
*The blue ringed octopus can kill you, but the bite of other octopuses is merely a painful burn, which may be why it’s not common knowledge.
*Rabbits are freaks
*There are also jawless leeches that swallow whole prey such as earthworms, and leeches with a drilling proboscis that often specialize in hosts like turtles and crocodilians.
*Few arthropods have limbs ending in only a “point” other than certain crustaceans! In many spiders, the foot is simply very tiny.
*Some ticks are eyeless, relying entirely on the chemosensitive “hallers organs” in their legs. Ticks are the only animal group to jave these.
*Different leech species have different numbers and sometimes different arrangements if eyes, much like spiders, and there are some with eyes on their tail ends as well.
*Sea star abd leech eyes are both quite simple, mostly only detecting light.
*Only the box jellyfish have eyes, but they are actually complex ones with lenses that can make out shapes! Box jellies navigate catefully instead of drifting with the current. They are also the deadliest jellies :)
Bringin all this back (including the cute leech drawings) also I should have added that goats don’t have any upper front teeth either
One last thing about the mantises, though–they can actually fold their front feet when not in use, so then their front legs actually *do* end in the sickle claws!
Yeah like a reverse switchblade, the harmless part folds in!
The Tarsus in this photo is folded up on the left, unfolded on the right! (Our left and our right)
