genus ginemenasaurus

Little Wood Satyr

American Giant Millipede

By Domzjuniorwildlife - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0

Photographs by Marcus Westberg

This philosophy is still one a lot of people have in the modern day; fish and insects, which are distant from humans, are treated as "lesser" animals, sometimes not even animals at all, while mammals and birds are valued over reptiles and amphibians. In this philosophy, the idea that apes are monkeys is perceived as a slight; to call an ape a monkey is to treat it as "lesser" (see: every talking cartoon chimp ever), and also, implicitly, an insult to humans (because we connect with the ape and consider it "greater" because it's close to us).

cornetfish fan art

An endangered Greater bilby (Macrotis lagotis) runs happy and free in the feral predator-proof fenced area in Pilliga National Park, northern New South Wales, Australia. (Larger 1, 2).

This is a collection of creatures originally drawn for my sticker club. Learn more and see more of my work here!

the southern hairy-nosed wombat is lowkey growing on me

Image 2 by Stephan Sprinz - Own work, CC BY 4.0

made this into a gif bc i liked it so much. shark Denied

Observed by whale_nerd, CC BY-NC

Mantellisaurus portrait + studies

Herons

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