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minus-squaremuhyb@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up34arrow-down4·21 hours agoJust looking at the skeleton, we would reconstruct a lot of thing wrong. Camel: Platypus: Seal: Elephant:
minus-squareMeron35@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 hours agoThis was already done in “All Todays,” which features depictions of modern animals as distant-future paleontologists might reconstruct them, given just skeletal remains. Example of Elephant, Zebra, and Rhino: ‘All Todays’ Explained - https://obscuredinosaurfacts.com/blog/post/2020/09/16/all-todays.html
minus-squareTheSambassador@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·14 hours agoThis seems like a fun way to create new creatures. Take existing skeletons and just try to plop on flesh in unique ways.
Just looking at the skeleton, we would reconstruct a lot of thing wrong.
Camel:
Platypus:
Seal:
Elephant:
This was already done in “All Todays,” which features depictions of modern animals as distant-future paleontologists might reconstruct them, given just skeletal remains.
Example of Elephant, Zebra, and Rhino:
‘All Todays’ Explained - https://obscuredinosaurfacts.com/blog/post/2020/09/16/all-todays.html
This seems like a fun way to create new creatures. Take existing skeletons and just try to plop on flesh in unique ways.