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yxungdean [2019-07-08 20:13:09 +0000 UTC]
hes huger than i thought 😳
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TheGamingKaiju2003 [2019-07-05 19:42:51 +0000 UTC]
I personally think the Llanocetus is playing around with the diver in a similar way to pilot whales and other toothed whales do. Like the way you see it with Orca in captivity or Beluga Whales in captivity.
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ThalassoAtrox [2019-05-11 19:14:03 +0000 UTC]
Giant penguins in the place of little penguins.
Giant pseudo-tooth birds in the places of the little skuas.
I assume this cetacean would have been the orca equivalent of late Eocene Antarctica.
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Touch-Not-This-Cat In reply to ThalassoAtrox [2019-11-28 07:11:07 +0000 UTC]
Harder to catch them in one sense, as there was a lot less ice for them to launch sneak attacks, but at the same time a lot less ice provided fewer islands of escape. The Isthmus Of Tasmania still endured at that time, channeling a tropical stream from the barrier reef into Antarctic waters. I doubt it was safe to cross on foot for most beasts, however, as only the western side was warm. By the time the current had circled the continent, the water on the EAST side of the Isthmus would have been almost as cold as today. You had tropically warm water and ice cold water separated by just a mile or less sliver of rock on both sides. Hot and cold air would have been mixing CONSTANTLY, causing endless water spouts and tornadoes up and down and across the bridge. Conditions might have come together such that It might have been safe to cross once every 10,000 years. Most animals would have been too wary to take advantage of that chance.
So long before the bridge suddenly collapsed 19 million years ago, starting the current Deep deep freeze, Antarctica and Australia had been effectively cut off from each other.
...on land.
But, penguins and the whales that hunted them probably crossed back and forth all the time.
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APJ1930 In reply to ThalassoAtrox [2019-06-05 23:53:08 +0000 UTC]
They even coexisted with Meridiungulates relatives of the South Americans like Victorlemoinea.
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RareAksu [2019-05-04 01:37:41 +0000 UTC]
These "Diving with-" pictures you make are so amazing and fun! Love them all!
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Sparky-Lurkdragon [2019-04-07 07:58:34 +0000 UTC]
What great colours on the whale! The markings are so lovely!
Wouldn't want to mess with her though, haha!
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Tarturus [2019-04-04 22:17:54 +0000 UTC]
That time traveling diver does seem to get into a lot of life threatening situations.
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Libra1010 [2019-04-04 13:55:07 +0000 UTC]
Please allow me to compliment you on the very elegant composition of this piece Hodari-san; I really love the way this great beast curves towards its prey, leading the eye very naturally from top to bottom (or vice versa!).
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Libra1010 In reply to HodariNundu [2019-04-05 21:55:36 +0000 UTC]
Thank You, as ever, for sharing your Good Work.
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Libra1010 [2019-04-04 13:53:38 +0000 UTC]
Dunk the Diver: "My week was going SO well too ..."
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vasix [2019-04-04 08:52:03 +0000 UTC]
This is actually my favorite prehistoric cetacean
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HodariNundu In reply to vasix [2019-04-04 17:21:30 +0000 UTC]
It is pretty cool!
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PerfectChaos22 [2019-04-04 01:10:59 +0000 UTC]
How does the Diver survive these encounters?
He must have some guardian angel
That or God's trying to kill him
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geneticmonster03 In reply to PerfectChaos22 [2019-04-04 01:18:33 +0000 UTC]
he is like Conor from confinement ( scp animated ) where he dies but then comes back XD
actually with the context
its like scp 1836
the women in the ice berg who has a bunch of whales around it.
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ElSqiubbonator In reply to geneticmonster03 [2019-04-04 01:55:19 +0000 UTC]
No, he's more like Kenny from South Park. Keeps dying, keeps coming back.
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Elerio115 In reply to ElSqiubbonator [2019-04-04 02:45:37 +0000 UTC]
that's Edgar, if you know hodari's old work
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