So... Basically, Easter food preparations got me thinking: "What if... stained Dimetrodon eggs?" So obviously, I had to paint this. Mama Dimetrodon accidentaly built her nest with something that stained her eggs green. It didn't harm them in any way, and the babies are healthy and hatching right on time, but it could be a bit of a surprise if she cared at all about stuff like the colour the eggs are. But she doesn't. This is a quick-ish painting, though it took way longer than I intended. I always underestimate just how much time painting takes. This isn't a very likely scenario, but I guess it's not an impossible one. Also, we have no evidence, as far as I know, for parental care (or lack thereof) in Dimetrodon but considering that it's present in reptiles, amphibians, fish, and insect, I'd say it entirely possible that they cared for their offspring to some extent. Babies are completely speculative, because while juvenile dimetrodons have been found, finding any descriptions online proved impossible. Not to mention any figures that'd show the skeletons. So I based the baby's sail loosely on D. natalis for no other reason than the fact that Bakker seems to think natalis is a juvenile of limbatus (others disagree). I also shortened the snout somewhat, and made the eye bigger. I also decided to have the neural spines quite soft, and not completely ossified. Absolutely for no other reason than: "but how come sail... in an egg?"
