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Crystal Palace Dinosaurs: Megaceros, the Isish Elk (obviously not an actual dinosaur). London, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿, United Kingdom 🇬🇧, 11th August 2022.

https://wp.me/p2yJaA-2eR

#England #London #LondonEngland #UK #UnitedKingdom #GreatBritain
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Bob Nicholls Art Aug 4, 2025

My 25 years of palaeoart chronology...

In 2024 I designed the Ice Age Giants coin series, for The Royal Mint and the Natural History Museum, London. The coloured silver coins came with acrylic presentation blocks, here's my giant deer block artwork.

#SciArt #SciComm #PaleoArt #PalaeoArt #IceAge #GiantDeer #Megaloceros #GiantIrishElk #IrishElk #Deer #Palaeontology #Paleontology #Coins #CoinCollecting

Critterzoology Feb 3, 2024

A watercolour painting of the giant deer Megaloceros giganteus. The colouration is based on a taxidermy by Ken Walker, who probably figured out the most likely real life pattern that the cave paintings represent.

#megaloceros #iceage #pleistocene #cenozoic #deer #zoology #palaeontology #mammals #animalart #sciart #scientificillustration #fossil #ungulate #artiodactyl #antlers #megafauna #wildlifeart #irishelk #riesenhirsch

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Stan Carey Jul 15, 2023

This kicker in the last paragraph: "Extinction is the fate of most species, usually because they fail to adapt rapidly enough to changing conditions of climate or competition.…The Irish Elk was probably a victim of its own previous success."

#evolution #extinction #science #zoology #IrishElk #climate #ClimateChange