Reptile with a pencil

🌻Vulture - 17 y.o. - Any Pronouns - 🇵🇱🌻 full-time dinosaur wokeatronnn

[vulturescale]

Hello! I go by the name Vulture and any pronouns. I'm an artist and a nerd and so i came here in hopes of getting to know more people that are just as excited to talk about their interests as i am

I draw and talk about whatever i enjoy at the moment but my primary subjects are extinct animals and birds. Paleontology and ornithology are my favorite science fields (special interests even) so expect to see alot of that here :)

Besides Tumblr, i have a DeviantArt if that's more your style!

Here's some doodles, one of a pair of allosauri and one of a baby pukeko. A picture of a common wood pigeon (one of my favorite birdies) that decided to look away at just the right time, and an eurasian tree sparrow going ":3"

[radiocowbooy79]

Happy pride month to these fuckers

[paper-mario-wiki]

do not forget the patron saint of these weeks that we celebrate ourselves proudly and openly in the streets

her name was Marsha P Johnson, and we have her to thank for so much.

remember, the first Pride was a riot, and she was one of the brave souls who endured it to help carve the path which so many of us walk today. she helped found several activist groups regarding LGBT safety and wellbeing. and she was absolutely radiant, too.

thank you, Marsha. we remember you.

[whyflippen]

A courting pair of tylosaurus Rex

[talon-dragonbeast]

i swear people freak out about the tamest shit ever

"they identify as animals" thats nice, sharon

"no but they actually think they are animals" theres a war going on, sharon

"like they wear masks and run around in all fours and even bark at people" sharon the war

[klejdokafli]

Graf cubito

[bags-and-a-beard]

Bestiary WIP post!

The Beast in with the red background is a Plain Raptor, which work in flocks to surround and overwhelm their typically much larger prey. Their long forearms are typically used for loping at higher speeds, but they can manage fine on their hind legs for when they need to attack or carry their food to their dens.

The other 3 images are of my take on dragons for this world. No wings, no fire, just natural weaponry and pure strength.

Green features the Hammerjaw variant, which uses its powerful neck to bludgeon with its chin and punch into larger creatures with its horns to rip or flip.

Purple is the Buckleneck Dragon— which rapidly inflates sacs on the sides of its neck to swing its Bucklers with precision timing and aim to break its attackers swings, weapons, and/or bones.

Blue is the Axehead Dragon, featuring blades on the front of its face as well as along its jawline to enable wild swings

[poszukiwaczbzu]

[poszukiwaczbzu]

[tokytopia]

Just received this badge of Genda so I’m happy

but I still cannot believe they’d forget a stripe and give him a random bottom eyelash for this illustration that was used for multiple merch items

Like isn’t that crazy lmao

[michaelnordeman]

Ruff/brushane. Kauhaneva-Pohjankangas National Park, Finland (19 May 2026).

[vulturescale]

one man's sexual dymorphism slop is another man's butchfemme yuri gem

[vulturescale]

Also, related to my last reblog - while we're on the topic of US-centrism in zoology/zoology-related communities, what i think is quite funny in the paleontology community is how fast some yanks run to correct, or even make fun of your spelling and especially pronounciation of species found in the US, but they're just as quick to make a thousand excuses on why they can't be bothered to properly spell or say "weird" names of species found in literally any other continent besides North America

[vulturescale]

iguanodontians are such peculiarly shaped animals

[dramatic-dolphin]

why do americans think everyone on the internet lives in the same place as them. just saw someone say honeybees are "not native". not native to where????? the entire planet?????

[dramatic-dolphin]

saw a photo of garlic mustard somewhere on the internet once and americans in the comments were like "fun fact this plant is invasive so you should definitely tear out any you see, WITH THE ROOTS so it won't spread!" whole fucking time i'm living in garlic mustard native range. i don't think i will be doing that.

[queerautism]

This drives me absolutely up the wall in r/birdfeeding. Every time there's a picture of a house sparrow, the entire comments are filled with americans talking about them being invasive and how they should be basically killed on sight. But often OP has not provided a location, and house sparrows have a HUGE native range. Here in the UK they're not only native birds, they're on the decline, they need our help and protection.

[robotslenderman]

Me every time I see a post saying that you should destroy your lawn and cram a bunch of native plants as closely together as you can instead. Look, I'm not saying lawns are native to Australia because they're not, but our native plants evolved to burn; they are dry, their leaves are dry, and they're full of oils. If you plant native plants the way Americans tell you to that's a fucking fire hazard and you are endangering yourself and your neighbours next time we have a Black Summer.

[robotslenderman]

My friend @ryttu3k linked me a great PDF on planting a native Australian garden in such a way as to reduce its status as a fire hazard!

[fluffmugger]

tapping onto this, Ry's guide is for a specific part of NSW. Australia is a very very big place and there is a lot of biodiversity. So don't take one guide as The One True Guide because I used to be a ranger and lemme tell you, trying to stuff native plants in terrains they are unsuited for just creates a mess for everyone. Honestly, just google "native planting <your council> " and they will have a guide that is specific to your area.

[palaeoplushies]

I'm still mad that someone told me off for posting a picture taken where I live in the UK of a (UK native) butterfly feeding on (UK native) knapweed because knapweed is horribly invasive (in the US) ... The butterfly went uncommented because that one wasn't found in the US at all.

Also No Mow May is a UK-based initiative to encourage native wildflowers found in lawns here. It doesn't really work in the US because commonly introduced lawn plants are often not native and therefore offer no benefit to being left to flower!

Source: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/article/no-mow-may-dandelions-pollinators

[dramatic-dolphin]

why do americans think everyone on the internet lives in the same place as them. just saw someone say honeybees are "not native". not native to where????? the entire planet?????

[dramatic-dolphin]

saw a photo of garlic mustard somewhere on the internet once and americans in the comments were like "fun fact this plant is invasive so you should definitely tear out any you see, WITH THE ROOTS so it won't spread!" whole fucking time i'm living in garlic mustard native range. i don't think i will be doing that.

[queerautism]

This drives me absolutely up the wall in r/birdfeeding. Every time there's a picture of a house sparrow, the entire comments are filled with americans talking about them being invasive and how they should be basically killed on sight. But often OP has not provided a location, and house sparrows have a HUGE native range. Here in the UK they're not only native birds, they're on the decline, they need our help and protection.

[robotslenderman]

Me every time I see a post saying that you should destroy your lawn and cram a bunch of native plants as closely together as you can instead. Look, I'm not saying lawns are native to Australia because they're not, but our native plants evolved to burn; they are dry, their leaves are dry, and they're full of oils. If you plant native plants the way Americans tell you to that's a fucking fire hazard and you are endangering yourself and your neighbours next time we have a Black Summer.

[robotslenderman]

My friend @ryttu3k linked me a great PDF on planting a native Australian garden in such a way as to reduce its status as a fire hazard!

[fluffmugger]

tapping onto this, Ry's guide is for a specific part of NSW. Australia is a very very big place and there is a lot of biodiversity. So don't take one guide as The One True Guide because I used to be a ranger and lemme tell you, trying to stuff native plants in terrains they are unsuited for just creates a mess for everyone. Honestly, just google "native planting <your council> " and they will have a guide that is specific to your area.

[palaeoplushies]

I'm still mad that someone told me off for posting a picture taken where I live in the UK of a (UK native) butterfly feeding on (UK native) knapweed because knapweed is horribly invasive (in the US) ... The butterfly went uncommented because that one wasn't found in the US at all.

Also No Mow May is a UK-based initiative to encourage native wildflowers found in lawns here. It doesn't really work in the US because commonly introduced lawn plants are often not native and therefore offer no benefit to being left to flower!

Source: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/article/no-mow-may-dandelions-pollinators

[herpsandbirds]

American Purple Gallinule (Porphyrio martinica), family Rallidae, order Gruiformes, SC, USA

photograph by Katrina Mizell Floyd