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De-extinction Company Aims to Resurrect the Tasmanian Tiger

The scientists who want to bring back mammoths now hope to revive the marsupial carnivore thylacine

The thylacine has long been an icon of human-caused extinction. In the 1800s and early 1900s, European colonizers in Tasmania wrongly blamed the dog-sized, tiger-striped, carnivorous marsupial for killing their sheep and chickens. The settlers slaughtered thylacines by the thousands, exchanging the animals’ skins for a government bounty. The last known thylacine spent its days pacing a zoo cage in Hobart, Tasmania, and died of neglect in 1936.

Now the wolflike creature—also known as the Tasmanian tiger—is poised to become an emblem of de-extinction, an initiative that seeks to create new versions of lost species. Colossal Biosciences, a Texas-based de-extinction company that made headlines last September when it revealed that it planned to bring back the woolly mammoth, announced today that its second project will be resurrecting the thylacine.

Australian scientists have been hoping since 1999 to use emerging genetic technologies to try to bring the thylacine back from the dead. When the species went extinct, Tasmania lost its top predator. In theory, reintroducing proxy thylacines could help restore balance to Tasmania’s remaining forests by picking off sick or weak animals and controlling overabundant herbivores such as wallabies and kangaroos, some researchers say. But early attempts at cloning the animal from museum specimens’ DNA failed, and the effort has not attracted significant funding—until this year.

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i am going to create an environment that is so toxic

any cute nurse shark or whale shark facts?

yes and hiii! thanks for the ask <3

nurse sharks first,

- they spend most of their time laying around reefs or underwater, cuddling together in groups or 2 to 40 (which is how they got their title of laziest shark, but i think its cute)

- younger nurse sharks can change color depending on how much sunlight they’ve been exposed to. pups that were kept in the sun and moved to the shade changed from a dark to light coloration within minutes.

- some nurse shark pups have polka dots!

- they can be trained (using positive reinforcement) to pick up hoops and bring them back to trainers, similarly to dolphins

- their known as the “couch potato of the shark world”

- they have two little knobs on their face called barbels, which contain taste buds that they drag across the ocean floor to find prey

and, not a fact but here’s a picture of the rare dalmatian nurse shark!

and onto whale sharks!

- whale sharks are referred to as “gentle giants”

- they can live up to 150 years

- they may be the world’s biggest fish, but their swimming speed is only 3mph

- whale sharks are filter feeders, which means they can’t bite or chew

- every whale shark has a completely unique pattern, just like fingerprints

hope you enjoyed them!!!!

I got asked by a super nice dude to make a tutorial on how I do duck beaks and faces in perspective (not like I'm great at it but I'm happy to share some knowledge!)

So here ya are! Hopefully this finds anyone who may need it :0

Give him some affection!!!

I attempted that mystery color palette challenge, and I must say I do enjoy the lad

the more things change…

Sorry i’ve been dead. Here’s some dwdxrottmnt crossover shenanigans.

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Fishes in Colour: Marine and Freshwater. Written by Gwynne Vevers. Illustrated by Henning Anthon. 1978.

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~ Perra con Mazorca entre los Dientes. (Dog with cob in her teeth)

Culture: Tumbas de tiro

Style: Comala

Place of origin: Colima

Period: Late Preclassic-Early Classic

Date: 300 B.C.- A.D. 600

Medium: Modeled, incised and burnished clay.

Morgana has that Lady Dimitrescu look going on.

Julie Curtiss (French, 1982) - Limule (2021)

me every few minutes

Count Duckula reimagined

Hey, so it’s been a while, I hardly use tumblr anymore, I’m mainly using twitter nowadays. 

Anyway, here’s something I’ve been making since late January. It’s just a little homage to the original Cosgrove hall series from the late 80s/ early 90s. I Hope you all enjoy! And good night out there…. whatever you are!

Illustration drawn for Swim On vol.6: Coastal Waters. Swim On is an annual charity zine dedicated to supporting some of our most misunderstood creatures. All proceeds are donated on a yearly basis to Shark Savers, a program of Wild Aid working on shark conservation.

Part one

rabid rabies man

ive been kind of dead here, so have this old ass drawing from that negatron guy

Lp in B3 and Baloo in A1 for anon!!! :D

SEND ME A CHARACTER + EMOTION/COLOR PALETTE (OR BOTH)

feel free to reblog and use them yourself :)

I laughed so loud.

You made this so well I love it

I made a thing...

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Bud Flood: sir can I interest you-

Drake: absolutely fucking not

You know, Bud was probably a door to door sales person before he was the CEO of his water bottle company. Because after getting bombarded by one today, it takes a mix of charisma and manipulation to get into people’s houses and take up 2 hours of their time just to talk about their product. Like, I can imagine Bud doing that so easily. Maybe not about water– maybe he sold washing machines. But imagine him swooping in on more timid people and walking away with a bunch of money for a product he knows will break just a little after warrenty runs out.

I'm not dead, have a yakko looking proud of himself

other disney/warner crackship

Happy Autumn everyone!  The Warners are dressed and ready for the fall season!  A very special collab done with my beautiful cheezy friend, @cheezydraws They did the sketch and I lined and colored it!  I had so so much fun with this piece, and can’t wait for our next project together! ✨