#tortoise
there’s a tortoise at work and he’s 30 years old and I love that he’s 30 years old because I can look at this animal that is 3 years older than me and go “does the man want his appy slices??” and he hustles over cause the man do want his appy slices
100 year old Galapagos tortoise with a few weeks old Galapagos baby posing for a new family photo, and its own baby photo from 100 years ago.
love that for 100 years people have looked at these beasts and thought “heehee what if the big one wore the little one like a hat”
100 year old Galapagos tortoise with a few weeks old Galapagos baby posing for a new family photo, and its own baby photo from 100 years ago.
love that for 100 years people have looked at these beasts and thought “heehee what if the big one wore the little one like a hat”
100 year old Galapagos tortoise with a few weeks old Galapagos baby posing for a new family photo, and its own baby photo from 100 years ago.
love that for 100 years people have looked at these beasts and thought “heehee what if the big one wore the little one like a hat”
Carrier of the Pearl
I actually start to really like doing art like this
Here is Olivia Miseroy posing a young Desert Tortoise for molding. Olivia uses this technique to make her gorgeous reptile replicas.
You can see where she has clay on the face to rebuild the eyelids and has inserted glass eyes. This is to ensure the eye detail looks good in her final mold.
After this specimen is posed, it is frozen and then molded in silicone.
Molding and casting are a big part of advanced taxidermy and used in many educational displays.
You can see more of Olivia’s work at @terrafaunadesign on Instagram