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jconway — Dissecting Rhamphorhynchus
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Published: 2009-03-25 20:36:16 +0000 UTC; Views: 11722; Favourites: 249; Downloads: 173
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Okay, so my cat drags in this weird looking bird and I'm all like WTF?? So I decided to cut it up and see what's in its insides. Unfortunately, my camera jammed, so I had to paint the whole thing.Related content
Comments: 40
I can see this happening in "Animal Autopsy" on NatGeo
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Perfect! It is so real and believable that I can even feel sorry for the pterosaur.
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Wouldn't that be perfect?
(Great job by the way)
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Awesome!
Poor thing. After escaping extinction for 150 million years and successfully impersonating a Ropen to dozens of crazy eyewitnesses, it ends up as a cat's meal. And even that fails.
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How I would love to really dissect a pterosaur! Love it!
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OMG! I'm telling PETA on you. They'll sue your cat GOOD!
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I love the webbed fingers!
You're like the John James Audubon of pterosaurs. Brilliant.
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You seem to have good skills with a scalpel, to get the skin of it's wingmembrane
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There was; it was removed during the Dissection.
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So which paleontology journal is this destined for?
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You should make this into one of those interactive dissection things!
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Sorry about the double-wise-crack, not-so-wise after all.
This is a very cool concept, nice to see your work again.
Spike.
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My dogs bring in stuff like this all the time.
Yesterday it was a sub-adult Quetzalcoatlus, took ages to bury it...
Spike.
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My dogs bring in stuff like this all the time.
Yesterday it was a sub-adult Quetzalcoatlus, took ages burying it...
Spike.
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Back from the dead!
Although I'm afraid that your "cute cat school, phD." cat cannot even hurt or kill a tiny mouse, let alone a flapping, squawking, biting pterosaur like this.
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I used to fantasize about things like this in middle school biology class.
I was a fucked up kid.
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This is the most striking piece of paleo-art I've seen in a long while. Very well done.
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This is gorgeous! Your anatomy is just wonderful, and the colors and patterns you used are beatiful. I love how you show the step-by-step process so you can see all the layers of tissue.
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The only thing I'd suggest is that there should be some evidence of the cause of death, especially if your cat was said cause.
But a fantastic idea and brilliant execution!
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Well, I frequently find birds in pretty much a pristine state. Or I find a beak and a pair of feet.
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....I..... I don't know if I should praise such display of skills and artistic inspiration, or if I should freak out at the thought that you took a poor little dead bird (the animals I obsess at!!) and actually dissectioned it.....
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Every time I see your work, I just get ridiculously jealous at how you use colours. This is just beautiful, man.
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Wow, this just gives off all sorts of weird/unsettling vibes...nice... You've really out-done yourself...
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