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This baby zebra (named Tira) has an extremely rare genetic mutation, giving her polka dots on her body rather than stripes! This particular mutation has never been seen before.
(Photos Frank Liu)
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The bunny harvestman (Metagryne bicolumnata) from Ecuador.
(Photos Andreas Kay)
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The fossa is a large, cat-like predator from Madagascar, but it's more closely related to the mongoose family.
(Photos Bertal)
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The Patagonian mara from Argentina looks like a rabbit or small deer, but it's actually a large rodent.
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The whale shark is the largest fish in the world. The longest individual was 12.7 metres & weighed 21.3 tonnes!
(Photos Matthew Potenski)
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Smilodon fatalis canine tooth (on the left) compared to a tyrannosaurus rex tooth (right).
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Say hello to Tamarro, a small, fast-growing troodontid theropod and close bird relative from the Late Cretaceous of Catalonia/Spain. A rare European clue from the very end of the Age of Dinosaurs!
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A new study challenges the hypothesis that spinosaurus pursued its prey in the currents of prehistoric rivers.
@TomHoltzPaleo, a predatory dinosaur specialist at @umdgeology @UMDscience and a co-author of the new paper discusses in: go.umd.edu/SXd via @nytimes
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I just realized that I did not have any #Temnospondyls in my library of illustrations for licensing, so I decided to add one of my favorites. This is the sail-backed Platyhystrix from the Early Permian of North America, with speculative fleshy horns #paleoart #sciart Still a WIP.
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That would make it an aye-aye-aye-aye at least, or even an aye-aye-aye-aye-aye
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There's a concept known as Cope's rule that states most animal species tend to grow larger over time, if given the chance. Larger animals may have more success finding food or travelling long distances. But they're also much more suceptible to die off in mass extinctions.
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Sometimes I just smoke a bowl and peruse the @Extinct_AnimaIs twitter page bc it’s so goddamn fascinating