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© jem barratt
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yep. attenborough agrees.
he eloquently agrees i should say.
but i didn't. but then i did.
xj
Showing posts with label attenborough. Show all posts
Showing posts with label attenborough. Show all posts
April 16, 2012
day three-hundred-and-fifty - superb bird-of-paradise
birds o paradise are cuh-razy
yep. attenborough agrees.
he eloquently agrees i should say.
but i didn't. but then i did.
xj
yep. attenborough agrees.
he eloquently agrees i should say.
but i didn't. but then i did.
xj
January 18, 2012
day two-hundred-and-sixty-one - amur leopard
david attenborough once told me (via a tv show not in real life unfortunately) that there were only 35 amur leopards left in the wild. THIRTY-FIVE!
and that was at least five years ago, so hopefully this species is not extinct. i'm glad the one i drew looks quite sad because it's more evocative that way.
also his body is vanishing which is just so deep.
i got accepted into a science degree today, so hopefully i can eventually help save some species. the amur leopard will no doubt be extinct by then (aside: can you believe black rhinos are actually extinct in the wild!? humans are the worst), but maybe we'll discover some new species that i can then proceed to save
either that or i'll do absolutely nothing with it just like my other two degrees...
xj
and that was at least five years ago, so hopefully this species is not extinct. i'm glad the one i drew looks quite sad because it's more evocative that way.
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also his body is vanishing which is just so deep.
i got accepted into a science degree today, so hopefully i can eventually help save some species. the amur leopard will no doubt be extinct by then (aside: can you believe black rhinos are actually extinct in the wild!? humans are the worst), but maybe we'll discover some new species that i can then proceed to save
either that or i'll do absolutely nothing with it just like my other two degrees...
xj
August 5, 2011
day ninety-five - sifaka
they have a cool and exotic name, they cling to impossibly narrow, rocky pinnacles, they look awesome and they apparently whisper their own name as they go about their business (still not sure if this is true). they are sifakas:
although i only drew one. a fat one at that. he's pretty cute, but not nearly as amazing as they look in real life. hmm poor choice jemma, for that merely highlights how saggy YOUR sifaka's cheeks are.
it's a jemma sifaka...
they are truly beautiful animals, and quite majestic looking - that is until you see them in motion (or even a still of them in motion). giggle. animals be funny.
xj
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although i only drew one. a fat one at that. he's pretty cute, but not nearly as amazing as they look in real life. hmm poor choice jemma, for that merely highlights how saggy YOUR sifaka's cheeks are.
it's a jemma sifaka...
they are truly beautiful animals, and quite majestic looking - that is until you see them in motion (or even a still of them in motion). giggle. animals be funny.
xj
July 3, 2011
day sixty-two - komodo dragon
i spent ages looking through a primate book of mine before randomly deciding to instead draw this guy:
or this lady perhaps? it does have some purty eyelashes.
komodo dragons are scary cool. as in they are scary, but also scary amounts of cool. a three-metre lizard cannot be safe. and in fact they even have a toxic bite (previously thought to be due to bacteria, but now known to be caused by actual venom), which slowly kills their prey.
please please go watch the reptile episode of 'life' right now because they filmed a komodo dragon biting a water buffalo, and then stalking it for three weeks as it slowly succumbed to the poison. sad, yes. but there aint much food for dragons these days, so necessary too. and more importantly AMAZING. such dedication.
xj
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or this lady perhaps? it does have some purty eyelashes.
komodo dragons are scary cool. as in they are scary, but also scary amounts of cool. a three-metre lizard cannot be safe. and in fact they even have a toxic bite (previously thought to be due to bacteria, but now known to be caused by actual venom), which slowly kills their prey.
please please go watch the reptile episode of 'life' right now because they filmed a komodo dragon biting a water buffalo, and then stalking it for three weeks as it slowly succumbed to the poison. sad, yes. but there aint much food for dragons these days, so necessary too. and more importantly AMAZING. such dedication.
xj
June 20, 2011
day forty-nine - two-toed sloth
i actually think the three-toed sloth is cuter (don't tell this guy) but i'm considering depicting one of those via face paint.
these two-toed guys are the ones you see in zoos, for the three-toed variety cannot survive in captivity due to their picky diet.
sloths are slow and seemingly useless but they are capable of living in your toilet. that fact combined with their moss-covered coats makes them seem pretty gross, but really you should admire them - they are ALWAYS smiling.
and now to quote from one of my favourite books about one of my favourite people (THE sir): "they blink at you with a distant but permanent smile, and an air of having just been woken up." and when he's not loving sloths so much: "when they do wake they lack charm, having wet snuffly noses and shaggy uniformly brown fur."
totes jeals that he got to see a newly born baby sloth and take it home to england. different times.
xj
p.s. i can't wait until i draw the three-toed sloth so i can show you attenborough saying 'boo!' to sloth
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these two-toed guys are the ones you see in zoos, for the three-toed variety cannot survive in captivity due to their picky diet.
sloths are slow and seemingly useless but they are capable of living in your toilet. that fact combined with their moss-covered coats makes them seem pretty gross, but really you should admire them - they are ALWAYS smiling.
and now to quote from one of my favourite books about one of my favourite people (THE sir): "they blink at you with a distant but permanent smile, and an air of having just been woken up." and when he's not loving sloths so much: "when they do wake they lack charm, having wet snuffly noses and shaggy uniformly brown fur."
totes jeals that he got to see a newly born baby sloth and take it home to england. different times.
xj
p.s. i can't wait until i draw the three-toed sloth so i can show you attenborough saying 'boo!' to sloth
June 16, 2011
day forty-five - attenborough's long-beaked echidna
that's right. attenborough invented an animal.
not really, but he sure got his name in one. (huh?)
there are so many interesting things to learn about this guy. go here to learn proper, but in the meantime here are some highlights: myrmecophagous, reddish-brown, terrestrial, montane.
but really. they are known from only one specimen and were thought to be extinct until signs of the echidna were found by EDGE (a conservation initiative aiming to get evolutionarily distinct threatened species on our maps so we can save them already). that's some AMAZING survival!
more quick facts:
- one of only five surviving monotreme species
- spiky tongues
- considered a delicacy
- sad-looking (in my picture at least)
their dire circumstance reminds me of adelaide's own pygmy blue tongue lizard, which were thought to be extinct for 40 years until one was discovered in the stomach of a dead snake. COMEBACK KID!
xj
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not really, but he sure got his name in one. (huh?)
there are so many interesting things to learn about this guy. go here to learn proper, but in the meantime here are some highlights: myrmecophagous, reddish-brown, terrestrial, montane.
but really. they are known from only one specimen and were thought to be extinct until signs of the echidna were found by EDGE (a conservation initiative aiming to get evolutionarily distinct threatened species on our maps so we can save them already). that's some AMAZING survival!
more quick facts:
- one of only five surviving monotreme species
- spiky tongues
- considered a delicacy
- sad-looking (in my picture at least)
their dire circumstance reminds me of adelaide's own pygmy blue tongue lizard, which were thought to be extinct for 40 years until one was discovered in the stomach of a dead snake. COMEBACK KID!
xj
June 5, 2011
day thirty-four - sengi
or elephant shrew.
you should look them up because they are very cute, and most have more trunk-ish noses than mine. more than anything though you should go buy 'life of mammals' and watch the insectivore ep, because sir attenborough messes with one.
in a scientific way.
xj
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you should look them up because they are very cute, and most have more trunk-ish noses than mine. more than anything though you should go buy 'life of mammals' and watch the insectivore ep, because sir attenborough messes with one.
in a scientific way.
xj
June 2, 2011
day thirty-one - sun bear
sun bears are (actually) one of my favourite animals. so much so that one of my loveliest friends adopted one at the adelaide zoo as a present for me. unfortunately they're one of my least favourite animals to see at the zoo. so what a terrible present that was.
(not really, but the sun bears pace. a lot. and as their official [i have a certificate] mother that makes me uncomfortable)
i just have so much to say about sun bears! they are the smallest bears in the world, they wiggle when they walk (well when they climb - check 'life of mammals' if you don't believe me), they actually eat honey, they have incredibly long tongues, and they're so so sleepy.
i love that their sunny patch can also be viewed as the mess left over from all that honey they eat. sticky, sleepy, super-cute sun bears.
xj
(not really, but the sun bears pace. a lot. and as their official [i have a certificate] mother that makes me uncomfortable)
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i just have so much to say about sun bears! they are the smallest bears in the world, they wiggle when they walk (well when they climb - check 'life of mammals' if you don't believe me), they actually eat honey, they have incredibly long tongues, and they're so so sleepy.
i love that their sunny patch can also be viewed as the mess left over from all that honey they eat. sticky, sleepy, super-cute sun bears.
xj
June 1, 2011
day thirty - great white shark
mentioning exciting animals like sharks yesterday gave me an idea.
don't you worry that's a dummy seal. but they're real blue scanner lines. lucky they somewhat blend in with blue paint.
strangely enough, i've never really been scared of sharks. that is, until i saw this (if you're scared of sharks when they're just in water, you probably shouldn't watch that). they're terrifying and i don't understand why they're not running the world.
if they learn how to fly or use weapons i'm bailing.
xj
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don't you worry that's a dummy seal. but they're real blue scanner lines. lucky they somewhat blend in with blue paint.
strangely enough, i've never really been scared of sharks. that is, until i saw this (if you're scared of sharks when they're just in water, you probably shouldn't watch that). they're terrifying and i don't understand why they're not running the world.
if they learn how to fly or use weapons i'm bailing.
xj
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