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25 . Following from KISVKI

[vintagewildlife]

Great blue heron landing in the Atchafalaya Basin By: C. C. Lockwood From: Natural History Magazine 1985

[ymutate]

Herman Menzel (American, 1904-1988)

[redlipstickresurrected]

Maksym Gordiyenko (Ukrainian, b. Kyiv, Ukraine, based Mississauga, ON, Canada) - The Night Sea, 2013, Paintings: Oil on Canvas

[angie-massei]

Book of Esther in fish-like case, Eastern Europe,

19th century

[massarrah-deactivated20240905]

Recumbent Calf from Uruk

Made of limestone and lapis-lazuli, this small model of a recumbent calf may have been a votive object, intended as an offering to Inanna, the Sumerian goddess of love, fertility, and war. 

Uruk, c. 3300-2900 BCE.

Vorderasiatische Museum, Berlin.

[platypu]

Australasian Darter (Anhinga novaehollandiae)

[nobrashfestivity]

Tsukioka Kōgyo, Fireflies, c. 1910

[psikonauti]

Will Wilson (American,b.1957)

Sookie, 1986

Oil on linen

[sturgeonposting]

Some scutes for you today!

Sturgeons evolved their armor over millions of years. Sturgeons all over the world grew and changed in relative isolation from each other, scales slowly adapting to their local environments over the generations. Over 20 individual subspecies now display a striking variety of scutes in all shapes, sizes, and colors.

[inatungulates]

Kiang Equus kiang

Observed by stanzin, CC BY-NC

[relatetorocks]

Photo: N. Geshi, H.Seo / Geological Survey of Japan

[dato-georgia-caucasus]

Ushguli, Mestia, Georgia

[polkadotmotmot]

Philip Govedare - Anthropocene #4, 2024 - Oil on canvas

[vintagewildlife]

Gravid scorpion By: Tom McHugh From: Wild, Wild World of Animals: Insects & Spiders 1977

[antiqueanimals]

Under the Sea. Written by Maurice Burton, illustrated by Maurice Wilson, and published in 1960.

[memories-of-ancients]

Obsidian spear point, Hopewell Culture, Ohio River Valley, 100 BC - 500 AD

from The Hopewell Culture National Historic Park

[yama-bato]

Shibata Zeshin, White Heron and Raven Flying, circa 1880