sneef snorf

the one I was looking for originally also has a summer variant. (artist is Frederick Charles Herrick: 'it is warmer below' is from 1927, 'it is cooler below' is 1926)

Also do you know why they have that unusual white patterning?

Always thinking about longhorns sorry

english longhorns (right) do have shorter horns compared to texas longhorns (left) but having horns the same length as your head is still quite a feat! id definitely consider their horns long, especially if i was standing right next to one!

and as for their coloring, all english longhorns have a coloration pattern called linebacking! meaning finching (a white strip over their spine) and other white splotches around the tummy and legs! i think the coloration is sooooooo cute... irish moiled cattle (below) share the lineback coloration too!

One group that has perfectly adapted to ensure these winters are the Karanis (Crassopectiniformes). This ancient order of birds was amongst the first to colonize the continent when it first started to thaw, and has found great success through a very unique adaptation. Although they have completely lost their wings, they still retain a fairly robust breastbone that they use not to support large flying muscles. They take advantage of the short growth period of plants on the continent and eat as much as they can, storing all the extra energy in the form of fat that they slowly burn through the winter to supplement the meagre amounts of food they can acquire during it.