Strange Biology

Love seeing how pieces match up in individuals! Love seeing how pieces match up in individuals!

I’m in Colorado! Look at these elk I filmed from inside the cabin’s bedroom! The reason I’m in CO: I had to drive from KS to UT, and the most options for booking on HostShare are around the Denver/Boulder/Colorado Springs area. I have 2 weeks to kill before the next thing I’m doing on my trip, which is Bryce Canyon with Wild Creative (Basically free to join ! BYO park pass, gear etc. IDK if it he…

Here’s a conversation topic I see going around the oddities communities: “ We don’t say ‘ethical’ anymore because ethics varies from person to person. Just say ‘sustainably sourced’ instead.” To me, this just trades one problem for another. Imagine if I tried to sell you a skull, and you asked if the product was ethical. Understandably, I might say “everyone’s ethics are different, so I can’t ans…

And of course someone nearby is trying and succeeding selling AI-generated tattoos. He’s not even prompting them, just grabbing them from Pinterest and refusing to look hard at them before inking them. So many letters on that compass… I just added some edits to the first image on my phone but if I was inking it on someone’s body forever, you can bet I’d actually put effort into it!

Strange Biology’s albums | Flickr I have LOTS more photos on Flickr and they’re grouped into albums. They’re free to use as art references and such with credit! If you take a look and click on some, I can see the most popular ones and use them in photo program applications. Note that there can be blood in lots of albums! Strange Biology on Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/138318928@N02/album…

What a great program! I feel so privileged to have been one of the Artists in Residence at Badlands National Park. I’m writing this review in case anyone else wants to know what they’re getting into. Perhaps this will be a search result. What’s the verdict? Love it! How do I apply? Here! (Put this in your calendar for when applications open.) How much does it cost? Nothing! To apply or to attend!…

Weird paleontology conundrum. Happy to hear your respectful thoughts/recommended reading/viewing. As I’m working on this project, “The Bone Hunter’s Guide and Workbook,” I’m considering adding a chapter on how to find fossils. Since I’m in fossil heaven at Badlands National Park now! And I finally know how to find fossils, at least in this context. However: I’m currently at a residency run by a p…

My neighbor and I both think we might have seen a golden coyote around here in Badlands National Park, South Dakota! (Or two? Or three? At least three instances of us suspecting we saw a gold coyote.) I finally got some pictures, and I have pretty good zoom (300mm) but these are still not the greatest photos. Coyotes can have a lot of variation, and the light and camera changes stuff… I took all …

Bone question! Here are some domestic sheep skulls I found. Possibly Rambouillet breed. I recently saw some Bighorn sheep skulls and there was much more fusion between the bones in the skull. The nasal bones were completely fused to the maxilla, like you can see in the photo here. (I’ll get some of the ones here in Badlands NP in a day or two.) Why are they more fused in the bighorn than the dome…

Looking back on this article, who wants to learn some behind-the-scenes journalism? I’m not sure this article is of much value to the reader since 90% of it is skepticism for the linked paper. Like “OK, it says this, and it references legitimate journal articles, but they were selected by an org with a certain animal agenda. And other experts expressed concern about publishing something with such…

I guess I should be thankful that some people are learning to use search bars instead of just making stuff up and insisting it’s true. But AI search results are not “smarter than a human,” and it’s not a legitimate source by itself. It is not even a source at all, like Google isn’t a source. It can only pull from what is already written, or it can hallucinate. Anyway. I’m trying to bring lessons …

Most American bison in the world are privately owned, and therefore the ranchers can breed them with cattle if they want. In fact, you can increase your odds of getting a white beefalo, or creatures of any other color, if you mix them with the appropriate domestic cattle. However, conservation herds such as the ones in Yellowstone and here in Evanston, Wyoming, are meant to preserve some of the b…

My vid on (an interpretation of) the anatomy of seraphim angels. Check the reblog for notes and links. See more posts like this on Tumblr #fish #extinct #illustration #Pteraspis #cephalaspis #Drepanaspis #GroenlandaspisMore you might like My edit of this skeleton by 17th-Century Anatomist Govert Bindloo. It’s just some wings and scapulas without a lot of interesting detail. Luckily scapula kind o…

See more posts like this on Tumblr #Fossils #Extinct Animals #La Brea Tar Pits #Smilodon #Megatherium #Giant Ground Sloth #saber-toothed cat #Science #Prehistoric Animals #Museums #TravelMore you might like Paleontology Job Opening! If anyone is looking for a paleontology job, this one in the Green River Formation in Wyoming is hiring! It’s a lot of 52-MYA fish. TONS of fish. Very occasionally, t…

Pronghorns don't jump fences -- so they say... See more posts like this on Tumblr #kickstarter #Velociraptor #Dinosaurs #Prehistoric Animals #Animals #Plush #ToysMore you might like sometimes it makes me happy to think about all the good times dinosaurs had think about some young parasaurolophus siblings who played together in the water a velociraptor who had a satisfying meal and fell asleep in …

waxinggibbousmoons asked: I think a lot of the people in my life who have expressed disgust or disapproval of my interest in/collection of animal remains have come at it first from the perspective of "but diseases!" like regular uncleanliness stigma. the second most common reaction is that interest in/collection of/comfort with animal remains (to be clear, i collect bones and sometimes preserved …

See more posts like this on Tumblr #hoax #zebroid #zorse #appaloosa #photoshopMore you might like how did you know i love carousels. fun fact: the side of a carousel horse facing the outside is called the “romance side” and is sometimes more ornately carved than the side facing the center. nobody asked but here’s a tutorial so you can make these things fast: 1. Gather a big batch of your fave pho…

As a thank-you for following, and to try to entice anyone else to buy the book, here is a free chapter of Strange Biology: On Anomalous Animals, Mutants, and Mad Science! Feel free to reblog and repost anywhere for free, so long as you’ve got the kickstarter link. You can also share it very easily, with buttons at the end of this permalink. Click here to tweet it! Thanks again, and enjoy the chap…

teaanddisfigurementsplease-deac asked: See more posts like this on Tumblr #Mutter Museum #Philadelphia #Mutants #Teratology #Pathological disorders #deformities #mutations #Pennsylvania #Humans #Bones #Medicine #Mütter Museum #bestMore you might like Hi! I go to Google Scholar when I’m looking for papers on something in particular. And then I’m a big fan of the book Mutants: On Genetic Variety an…

Welcome to CarcassAfterlives! ⚠️THIS BLOG IS RATED N FOR NASTY ⚠️THIS BLOG MAY OR MAY NOT CONTAIN SUFFICIENT WARNINGS ⚠️THE WHOLE POINT IS DEAD ANIMALS Here I will document animal remains and information about them. I am interested in all sorts of animal remains, from the process of decay, to human use, to cultural meaning and art. I am currently working with an agent to publish a book titled Car…