"Lioness"
"Lioness"
2021
Lion (Panthera leo)
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"The Witch-king of Angmar"
2020
The lord of that land was known as the Witch-king, but it was not known until later that he was indeed the chief of the Ringwraiths, who came north with the purpose of destroying the Dúnedain in Arnor, seeing hope in their disunion, while Gondor was strong.
-"The Lord of the Rings: Appendices", by J.R.R. Tolkien
"Elephantidae"
2020
Phylogenetic tree of the three extant elephant species
African Bush Elephant (Loxodonta africana)
African Forest Elephant (Loxodonta cyclotis)
Asian Elephant (Elephas maximus)
In popular knowledge, elephants are commonly separated into two kinds, African and Asian (that is, when a distinction is made at all). In actuality, there are three very distinct, very different, very unique species of elephant alive today:
-The African Bush Elephant (Loxodonta africana)
-The African Forest Elephant (Loxodonta cyclotis)
-The Asian Elephant (Elephas maximus)
The two species of African Elephants are as distinct from each other as Asian Elephants are from Woolly Mammoths. The African Forest Elephant is actually more closely related to the extinct, massive Straight-tusked Elephant (Palaeoloxodon antiquus) than it is to its contemporary African cousin.
All three elephant species are endangered.
"Male Nude"
2021
Study inspired by Vincenzo Galdi's photography.
"The Real Baloo"
2019
Sloth Bear (Melursus ursinus)
The Sloth Bear is most assuredly the bear that inspired Kipling's Baloo, yet he is not accurately depicted as such in any of the Jungle Book's screen adaptations (at least not that I know of). A shame, since that fur and those ears would make for quite a character.
"West Indian Manatees"
2020
West Indian Manatee (Trichechus manatus)