Pointy creature Brody
#art #furry #furryart #sfw #traditionalart #tenrec #coloredpencil #artistsonmastodon #artistsonfediverse #commsopen
Pointy creature Brody
#art #furry #furryart #sfw #traditionalart #tenrec #coloredpencil #artistsonmastodon #artistsonfediverse #commsopen
What’s that spiky critter? It’s the lowland streaked #tenrec (Hemicentetes semispinosus). This mammal’s yellow and black quills provide protection from predators, but also serve as a means of communication! The lowland streaked tenrec can rattle its quill tips together, producing a high-pitched sound that’s thought to signal others of its kind.
via amnhnyc
@ScienceScholar Since the headline raises a question that is only answered in the paywalled article and the image without alt text, here is the list of 12 myrmecophages that have evolved over the past 66 million years:
mongoose
aardwolf
sloth bear
pangolin
echidna
numbat
anteater
aardvark
golden mole
tenrec
elephant shrew
#science #myrmecophagy #anteater #ConvergentEvolution #evolution #mongoose #aardwolf #SlothBear #pangolin #echidna #numbat #aardvark #GoldenMole #tenrec #ElephantShrew
Il tenrec di pianura del Madagascar, elegante sibilo d’aculei dal contrasto evidente
https://www.jacoporanieri.com/blog/?p=40045
#animali #creature #tenrec #afrosoricida #mammiferi #insettivori #vermivori #carnivori #predatori #prede #aculei #evoluzione #porcospini #biologia #tassonomia #madagascar #africa #pianure #bosco #foresta #tane #riproduzione #ecologia #natura
Una notevole quanto insolita commistione di percorsi evolutivi converge nell'ordine dei mammiferi Afrosoricidi, al tempo stesso simili, ma geneticamente distinti dai comuni roditori dell'Eurasia e del Nuovo Mondo. Creature nate al fine di occupare un ampio ventaglio di nicchie di appartenenza, ecologicamente inclini a richiedere notevoli adattamenti e doti dall'alto grado di specificità. Ed è...
I did a doodle of Adjuro last month and I wanted to actually render it! Adjuro isn't also usually this buff but I wanted to do something different. I normally draw this tenrec as the split forms (Ignis the blue tenrec in image 3, and Fulgar the orange tenrec in image 4) and rarely the actual char
Since making my Granny, I've come across two other lovely elderly ladies! So I drew us a little granny club x3
My Granny Greymuzzle (sheep)
Tempo_Roboson @ FA (Himalayan Cat)
And Pomshkas @ Twitter (Lesser Tenrec / Pygmy Hedgehog)
#Granny #Graymuzzle #Granny-Greymuzzle #Grey #Muzzle #Sheep #Ewe #Tempo_Robinson #Tempo #Robinson #Himalayan #Cat #Feline #Pomshkas #Lesser #Tenrec #Pygmy #Hedgehog #Female #Women #Elderly #Old #Afternoon #Tea #Vintage #Ladies #Grandma #Grandmother #Furry #Anthro
Did you know... The streaked tenrec (relative of the common hedgehog tenrec) communicate by rubbing its unique quills to make high pitched ultrasonic calls to each other? These pale communication quills look like rows of tiny pointed teeth compared to the rest of its darker quills. Native to Madagascar. Fact discovered in the 1960s.
#mammal #nature #animal #fact #science #mastodonian #earth #tenrec #photo #madagascar
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