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Evolution Series: An Army of Rhinos

Living rhinos are generally associated with big horns, thick hairless skin and tropical habitats. But their ancestors didn’t always fit that description, with some living far up north and sporting luscious coats.

*The animals represented here are not to scale and don’t represent a direct line of descent, but rather plausible models for how this amazing transition happened.*

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You may have seen my penguin evolution infographic. That one was done for funsies, but it was modeled after a series that I made originally for my Patreonthat I’ll be uploading on here! If you’re interested in stuff like this though, consider supporting me there; there’s a lot of other cool exclusive stuff to see.

Day 24: Extinct
All I knew I wanted from this one was a t-rex. Gave him a little unicorn girlfriend, isnt that nice?

(I know it’s not a dodo)
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inktober day 24: Extinct

had to get this one out quick, the day is mostly filled by hiking and collecting mushrooms <3

While the vaquita is not deliberately hunted by humans, its downfall has been the extensive fishing of the totoaba, a fish whose swim bladder is a delicacy in China.  Gill nets used to catch totoaba have quite literally massacred the vaquita - over 80% of their population disappeared between 2008 and 2015.

Government efforts to preserve the species were perfunctory - “vaquita-safe” nets proved nowhere near as effective as the old gill nets, fishermen rioted when a related fishery was shut down for fear of it being used as a cover for tatoaba poaching (ironic, as that fishery used safer nets), and compensatory monthly checks to men losing their livelihood were meager, sometimes less than a man could make in a single day’s fishing.  The export of tataobas was banned and a marine reserve established, but poaching and smuggling is rampant, and there is little incentive to stop it.  A single tatoaba bladder can bring in $20 000, while the fine for being caught poaching is about $500.  Even now, the controversial Sea Shepherd is one of the few ships patrolling for poachers, and they can do little but film and report them.  In the meantime, dead vaquita continue to be pulled from the waters.

The latest estimates say there may be only 12 vaquita left in the world.  If the vaquita goes extinct, it will be the first extinction of a marine mammal since the loss of the baijiin 2006.

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Inktober Day 24: Extinct

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Looking a plesiosaur in the eye over 160 million years after its death. ☠️
Here is the authentic fossilised skull of Godiva the Plesiosaur (@godiva_the_plesiosaur), a plesiosaur from the Oxford Clay of Britain.
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Beautiful red harpes trilobite from Morocco.
This fossil dates back to the Devonian era, being over 100 million years older than the oldest dinosaur fossils.
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Two red trilobites with exceptional green eyes. These both date back to the Devonian era, over 360 million years ago!
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These jaws date back to the Jurassic!
Here we have the fossilised skull of @godiva_the_plesiosaur, found in the Oxford Clay in Britain.
Plesiosaurs we’re marine reptile that lived in the ocean when #Dinosaurs ruled the Earth!
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The ribs of a plesiosaur dating back to the Jurassic.
These fossils were found at Lyme Regis along the Jurassic Coast of Britain and belong to the same skeleton.
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Plesiosaur vertebrae from the Jurassic Coast of Britain.
These fossils are from church cliffs near the historic town of Lyme Regis.
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A beautiful plesiosaur vertebra from the Jurassic Coast of England. This fossil was found at Church Cliffs near the historic town of Lyme Regis.
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A pile of Jurassic ribs.
These all belong to @mike_the_pliosaur and are just some of the many ribs/gastralia preserved. Mike was found along the Yorkshire Coast of Britain and his skeleton is over 175 million years old!
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Can you see all the bones in the rock? These belong to a Pliosaur, a predatory marine reptile that lived in the Jurassic seas.
These bones belong to: @mike_the_pliosaur, who’s skeleton was found along the Yorkshire Coast of Britain.
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Here we have the femur of a struthiomimus that died over 65 million years ago when the last dinosaurs walked the Earth.
This fossil is from the USA and is part of a partial skeleton that was discovered. ⚒
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This lower jaw dates back to the Jurassic era and belongs to: @mike_the_pliosaur.
This is only a fragment of the jaw, more has been preserved extending the whole length. Mike would have been an incredible predator, with so many teeth to catch and devour his prey.
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Archelon, The  largest species of turtle ever discovered. It measured over 4 metres in length and 5 metres flipper to flipper.

The Pink-Headed Duck is an allegedly extinct species of duck that was found in India. The Pink-Headed Duck is described as having a pink head and a dark brown body. The Pink-Headed Duck has been declared extinct since the 1950′s due to overhunting and habitat destruction however there have been alleged sightings of the Pink-Headed-Duck with the last one being in 2014.