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Published: 2012-04-07 14:06:52 +0000 UTC; Views: 1021; Favourites: 20; Downloads: 12
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Description
Arborosaurus silexodon, a member of the long-surviving lizard family Agamidae, which lives on the island of Scandinavia (Norway, Sweden, Finland, Murmansk and Karelia), some 125 million years from now (Early-Palalom). It has an opposable thumb to be able to climb even better and remove tree-bark to get to the insects and larvae underneath them. Some facts about the creature:Length: roughly 1.5 meters
Number of teeth: 66
Upper jaw: 17 - 17
Lower jaw: 16 - 16
Feeds on: insects, lavae, young birds, small mammals, small amphibians and small reptiles
Enemies: curious simiorats, big predatory birds
Some features:
*Teeth arranged like an anaconda's and extremely sharp.
*Has big jaw muscles and therefore big jawpower relative to its size.
*Has a small sail on its back.
*Has a long tongue.
*Has small spikes on the back of its head.
*Has an opposable thumb.
*Has extremely long and strong toes.
*Has a whip tail, which it uses for defence.
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Comments: 15
deathmango [2012-04-15 18:16:04 +0000 UTC]
Ooo, nice texture and composition in this one! With the size of the back feet, I wonder if he'll be able to run upright on them! Does his length include the tail? (I sort of imagined him as .5 meters from nose to hips when I first saw the drawing.)
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JWArtwork In reply to deathmango [2012-04-15 18:47:27 +0000 UTC]
Thanks a lot! It took a couple of hours to complete!
I guess he won't be able to run upright on them, as his hip-structure doesn't support that. Besides, he rarily comes out of the trees, so that would only be on rare occasions.
Yes, the length includes the tail. It is not that large, although for a lizard it's quite big.
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Dragonthunders [2012-04-07 22:47:23 +0000 UTC]
wow amazing, perhaps agile predators evolve in the distant future.
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JWArtwork In reply to Dragonthunders [2012-04-08 08:21:24 +0000 UTC]
Thanks a lot! Yes, I actually didn't think about that, but now you mention it, yes this one could be quite agile for a reptile.
Although we have to keep in mind that the island of Scandinavia still lies rather northern (like where southern Greenland is now) and this is thus probably one of the few cold-blooded reptiles.
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Dragonthunders [2012-04-07 22:46:18 +0000 UTC]
wow amazing, perhaps agile predators evolve in the distant future.
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electreel [2012-04-07 14:29:44 +0000 UTC]
Oh, itΒ΄s great to see speculative evolution stuff from you! This creature is amazing!
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JWArtwork In reply to electreel [2012-04-07 14:48:56 +0000 UTC]
Thanks a lot! I'm planning to do more of this in the future!
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JWArtwork In reply to PeteriDish [2012-04-07 14:18:28 +0000 UTC]
Thanks a lot! But this is not an extinct animal, it's from the far future!
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PeteriDish In reply to JWArtwork [2012-04-07 14:19:45 +0000 UTC]
Oh shoot! I'm sorry! Still, wonderful work!
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JWArtwork In reply to PeteriDish [2012-04-07 14:21:27 +0000 UTC]
Thanks again! I'm planning to do some more future creatures from Scandinavia and maybe some other places too.
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PeteriDish In reply to JWArtwork [2012-04-07 14:23:23 +0000 UTC]
You're welcome!
I'd like to see what else you come up with!
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JWArtwork In reply to PeteriDish [2012-04-07 14:48:03 +0000 UTC]
I'm glad you like it! I'll upload another one.
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