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Fantasy Biology: Hurrok
You folks all know how much I ‘love’ horses, especially killer horses with carnivore mouths and seem determined to tag me in the relevant posts at every opportunity, but one we haven’t touched on so far is the Hurrok from @tamorapierce ’s Tortall.
The hurrok, or horse-hawk, is a flying, carnivorous hexapod that superficially resembles a pegasus, but with bat wings, clawed feet, a carnivore head. Other than that, completely normal horse.
Great.
So let’s start with the Pegasus from this post, with required modifications to turn that creature plan into a Hurrok. A lot of that post is still relevant, but with some modifications.
Fantasy Biology: The Pegasus
The next long awaited post in the Fantasy Biology series, finally looking at the popular pegasus thanks to popular opinion on my Patreon.
Long time followers of this blog have been waiting for this one for a while. You all seem very keen for my take on how to make a six-limbed creature work, get airborne, and ideally be ridden.
There is a lot to talk about with these flying horses. In the interest of narrowing the topic, I’m only going to discuss pegasus with bird wings, not with bat/dragon wings or any other magical flying horses.
Key features of a pegasus:
- Horse body
- Bird wings
- Can fly
- Ridden by heroes
The biggest difficulty with making a pegasus ‘work’ is that you have two different types of forelimbs, that both use very different shoulder joints to function. A horse shoulder moves forward to back when running….
But a bird shoulder moves up and down with some rotation when flapping…
Bird Anatomy for Artists by Dr Natalia Balo - review by Dr Trevor Weekes, The University of Newcastle, Australia
“For many years bird artists have been searching for an informative textbook on Bird Anatomy. Until now there have been very few books focusing on Bird Anatomy and drawing birds available, but now the search is over. Bird Anatomy for Artists has arrived! Bird Anatomy for Artists is a beautifully presented comprehensive survey of the complete bird from head to tail. The book is full of masterly illustrations that are clear and easy to understand, including black and white working drawings, examples of the artist’s field studies and exquisite colour illustrations. Every part of the bird’s body is outlined in detail with informative text and helpful drawing instructions. Bird Anatomy for Artists is perhaps the most complete textbook available on this subject. I highly recommend this reference book not only for Artists, but for anyone interested in Birds.”
Available from:
Ohhhh I need this book!
OMG, want!
I’ve been looking for something like this for years!
You might also want to have a look at this one: Capturing the Essence. He’s by far and away my favorite bird artist out there, he actually worked with David Attenborough illustrating the birds of paradise.
Source: bfineart.com.au
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Just an FYI for those in the US with insurance issues
Important information! Insurance coverage decisions are made by medically ignorant bean-counters. Until we can dismantle the whole shitty system, know how to scare them into submission.
This is like that procedure Mr. Incredible told that old lady
Reblogging for visibility
[Image Description: Text: Medical Hack: So, your doctor ordered a test or treatment and your insurance company denied it. That is a typical cost saving method. Okay, here is what you do:
- Call the insurance company and tell them you want to speak with the “HIPPA Compliance/Privacy Officer” (By federal law, they have to have one)
- Then ask them for Names as well as Credentials of every person Accessing Your Record to make that decision of denial. By law you have a Right to that informantion.
- They will almost always Reverse the Decision very shortly rather than admit that the committee is made of low paid H.S. Graduates, looking at all “criteria words,” making the decision to deny your care. Even in the rare case it is made by medical personel, it is unlikely that it is made by a board cerified doctor in that specialty and they Do Not Want You to Know This!
- Any refusal should be reported to the U.S. Office of Civil Rights (OCR.gov) as a HIPPA violation. Description ends]
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I wonder if anyone has made a list like this regarding Medicare (federal run health insurance) and Medicaid (state run health insurance) because the process for challenging denials is absolutely different, but I’ve never known how to do it myself nor found a guide on how to.
Photographer Mark Smith captures an amazing moment where an osprey emerges from the ocean clawed onto its prey
Source: reddit.com
One thing about me is that I did not live a sterile childhood. I ate dirt and sand as a toddler. My parents did not stop me. I was covered in ticks all the time. So was the dog, who it was my chore to pick them off of. I was outside and covered in dirt and mud and touching bugs and mollusks and things 24/7. I lived in the exact opposite of a sterile environment and I developed an autoimmune disorder anyway.
Changeover🔊
First, you think the bird is a fool.
They you realize the bird is smarter than you and actually checked first.
notajerusalemcricket
Source: Mehdi Alibeygi
huh, the full video is almost two minutes long, and what got cut was entirely title and credits:
@animangacreators Challenge #17: Cafe AMC
Make an edit of an animanga that has a christmas (or festive) episode.
Today we succeeded something very important and Brom needs a goddamn nap
Aboleths are the worst creatures in existence
The newly discovered ice is amorphous—that is, its molecules are in a disorganized form, not neatly ordered as they are in ordinary, crystalline ice. Amorphous ice, although rare on Earth, is the main type of ice found in space. That is because in the colder environment of space, ice does not have enough thermal energy to form crystals.
For the study, published in the journal Science, the research team used a process called ball milling, vigorously shaking ordinary ice together with steel balls in a jar cooled to -200 degrees Celsius.
They found that, rather than ending up with small bits of ordinary ice, the process yielded a novel amorphous form of ice that, unlike all other known ices, had the same density as liquid water and whose state resembled water in solid form. They named the new ice “medium-density amorphous ice” (MDA).
Source: phys.org
Did I daydream this, or was there a website for writers with like. A ridiculous quantity of descriptive aid. Like I remember clicking on " inside a cinema " or something like that. Then, BAM. Here's a list of smell and sounds. I can't remember it for the life of me, but if someone else can, help a bitch out <3
This is going to save me so much trouble in the future.
if you like crafting and also free things, might i suggest the antique pattern library?
it’s a not for profit that’s gathering books, patterns, and other materials related to crafting that are out of copyright (or getting permission from copyright holders in some cases) in order to share them online. they scan items, clean them up, then make everything available for free!
free things are great, especially when you’re just starting to get into something. like oh, i’m supposed to spend money on this hobby i just picked up 20 minutes ago???
the first time i ended up on the site, i seriously spent hours just trawling through everything. there’s the usual suspects like knitting, crochet, embroidery, but there’s also woodwork, calligraphy, and books on things like how to mount and frame pictures. with cross stitch patterns, they also make modern charts with the dmc colour codes available.
links to their webbed site and instagram:
behold, a glorious cat cross stitch pattern (link goes to antique pattern library page):
[image id: Multicolour charted cross stitch design of a cat sitting on a red pillow with tassels, holding a green ball]
