#fyling

[elvinkarda]

I still can't believe I'll never fly like a bird - taken with Canon 500D, 2023.

[aut2imagineart]

My first post of 2025 and it's some good old speculative biology, specifically from my Pangea Ultima project. A quick recap, the project imagines life 250 million years from now and the current biome I've been exploring is the mountain regions. This post focuses on the birds of this biome and I'll probably move on to the deserts after this. Here's the quick rundown of the animals shown.

Sky God: The Sky Gods are the apex predators of the mountains, hunting anything smaller than itself and only rare falling prey to Death Swarmers if caught in their webs. Roughly around the same size as a modern Eurasian Griffon Vulture, they are also the largest flying organisms of their time. They re-evolved claws on their wings to scale steep mountain cliffs with the assistants of their woodpecker-like feet. When hunting, Sky Gods can attack from the sky as well as peruse prey on the ground.

Hillburrow: The Hillburrows are so named due to the burrows they dig with their strong claws. However, their most striking feature is their emerald plumage that helps them blend in with the mosses and lichens on which they graze.

Spearbill: These small and incredibly fast insectivores developed a symbiotic relationship with the Hillburrows. Being fast and agile along with being more agressive, the Spearbills help fend of predators such as the Sky Gods using their sharp bills to irritate the would be attackers. In return, the Hillburrows share their underground nests with the Spearbills.

A common characteristic all these birds have are natural lenses over their eyes the block harmful out UV light that they would be exposed to at such high elevation.

Happy New Year everyone!

As always comments and critiques are welcome.

[genshin0-0pics]

Flying boy 🤩

[wildangelavengersimagine]

[llehcx]

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Damit wir lernen zu fliegen.