#tranes

yeehaw a character I have all over the place (definitely-not-a-favorite) is a multiclass cleric and sorcerer from the same campaign his name is Tranes Shrakot and he has (by his own curiosity) picked up a god (aka his patron) insane deity

as a result of our little campaign, Tranes can now be like this:

monsterin

Besides dinosaurs, other of my favorite topics are monsters, especially those from mythology

All of these are from different medieval illustrations, manuscripts, bestiaries, etc. I chose the strangest, least known or unusual depictions of known creatures; there are a couple that didn't had names, so I made them up

Photo by Anna Neko, in Bold Park, Perth.  Probably Tranes vigorsii, based on location.

Small weevils that are one of the specialist pollinators of Macrozamia and Lepidozamia cycads, ancient seed-bearing plants with palm-like leaves. Cycad seeds are quite poisonous, thanks to the effort of cyanobacteria in their roots, but that hasn’t stopped people from collecting them as food (after extensive preparation) because if you’re hungry enough you’ll learn how to eat anything (at least once). 

The other specialist pollinator for these Australian plants are thrips in the small three-species genus Cycadothrips. Some of these cycad species utilise only the weevils, or only the thrips, while others use both. The weevils feed on the cones of male plants, and visit the female cones, often in large numbers. There’s some evidence that the female plants use chemical cues to attract the weevils when they’re ready to be pollinated, then drive them off again to avoid damage to the ovules after they’ve been pollinated..