Nov 18, 2022
Arctic unicorns in colored pencils. I’ve been meaning to do more of these.
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Arctic unicorns in colored pencils. I’ve been meaning to do more of these.
Arctic Unicorn - each 8 x 10" - coloured pencil & acrylic
No love to the scanner!! >:(
Design based on pronghorn, cheetah, caribou, greyhound & horse anatomy. The skeleton and muscular system have a number of subtle non-ungulate adjustments that lend it an alien quality without compromising the familiar silhouette.
Cursorial tundra mammal; no sexual dimorphism; horn grows continuously throughout life; gathers in large breeding/wintering herds but sexes segregate during spring & summer; omnivorous; crepuscular; poor jumper but excellent swimmer; hooves lengthen during late summer/early fall & act as snowshoes; circumpolar distribution; extremely wary of humans.
I want to do a fake taxonomic monograph. Head-canon says they were originally classified as Antilocaprids due to the characteristics of their feet until a complete skull was found...
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The narwhals go marching on
via magblog.audubon.org
This narwhal migration may seem benign, but they have bigger plans than just fishing. And we'll be ready for them.
Join us this summer for Arctic Horn Joust 2011!
Now, you can follow narwhals, and not just on Twitter!
The frigid waters of the Arctic are home to near-mythical creatures, sometimes called the "unicorns of the sea" for the long, ivory tusk that spirals several feet out of the top of their heads.
Worldwide there are only about 50,000 to 80,000 narwhals, as they are more commonly known, with about two-thirds of these whales summering in the fjords and inlets of Nunavut in northern Canada.
Scientists are hoping to learn more about narwhals through a new effort to track them as they move around the icy waters of northern Canada, as well as more about how declining amounts of sea ice are affecting the creatures.
via news.yahoo.com
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Tracking narwhals is a lot better use of time than tracking other animals. These include: Sedated sheep Petrified butterfly Dead pigeon
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