Since my previous JP poster received a good chunk of attention I decided to continue and turn this into series of posters, using the same frame. So here is Rexy in the iconic scene.
Journal entry of my Ark inspired OC Jamie having a calm moment to enjoy the view on an Obelisk. Base coloring, still needs shading.
Journal Text:
Finally I had found some peace to enjoy the beauty of the island on which I was stranded. As beautiful as it could be here, it was also dangerous and here the carnivorous dinosaurs were still the smallest evil that one could encounter. The real Montser here are as so often humans, sadistic and unscrupulous assholes who wanted to live their lust for power, even here.Finally I had found some peace to enjoy the beauty of the island on which I was stranded. As beautiful as it could be here, it was also dangerous and here the carnivorous dinosaurs were still the smallest evil that one could encounter. The real Montser here are as so often humans, sadistic and unscrupulous assholes who wanted to live their lust for power, even here.
I have met such people, been one of their victims myself, but I was lucky and escaped. Now I owe it to Tavi that I can sit here today. He was the one who found me half dead in the forest, my back battered, covered with wounds that had become infected. Anyone else would have left me lying there, given up on me. But the dark-haired Italian was too stubborn and dragged me all the way to the camp he lived in with Paco and Mira, took care of me and made sure I survived.
Slowly I made friends with the three and Tavi is now like a big brother to me, Paco my best friend. Paco also had an animal friend like me, an Austroraptor named Nox. Nox is quite cheeky and above all annoying. I can't get rid of the feeling that Nox knows this very well and likes to get on our nerves on purpose.
This dinosaur skeleton is incomplete. But, it doesn't look that way to us, because the parts it's missing are parts we don't have.
See how there are ribs on the bottom? Those are called gastralia. That's right, dinosaurs had ribs on their stomachs as well, and modern crocodiles and alligators still have them! (Also, notice that the ribs keep going to the hips instead of stopping above the waist. This is also true of modern birds, and why a bird can't have a concave stomach!)
Next, notice that ring floating in the center of the eye socket? That's called a sclerotic ring! Fish, reptiles, birds--with the exception of mammals (and, oddly enough, crocodilians), pretty much all modern vertebrates still have them! It's literally an eyeball bone. Afaik we haven't found a T-rex specimen with any intact, but since we've found them in other dinosaurs, it's very likely they had them too.
So, keep that in mind next time you see a dinosaur skeleton.
Following in the footsteps of Prehistoric Planet is an upcoming documentary named T-Rex. Which plans to put the most recognizable yet misunderstood dinosaur in a spotlight that allows people to understand it for the animal it was and not the monster it is.
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