This month's animal art group prompt: Unloved Critters 💔
I chose the Star Nosed Mole (Condylura cristata). They have super nerve-y appendages all over their nose that help balance poor eyesight when theyre looking for something good to eat.
They love to dig, leading many lawn lovers to consider them pests, but I think they're cute little guys and i like them.
See also (!!):
@stormer65013 - huntsman spider
@beanables - mosquito
@bluetide_project - jelly fish
@ramen_meow_art - skunk
@velociraptor.doodles - pigeons
Feeling very encouraged and energized after presenting at the AABA annual meeting!
Being on my own so much of the time also made it especially nice to meet with project collaborators and umn buds, and to make new anthro friends. I'm excited for the next things, as always 🦷🦍
#aaba2026 #umnanthropology #biologicalanthropology #miocenepaleontology
This month's animal art group prompt was animals that mate for life 💕
I chose dik diks because they've been my favorite, skittish little guys since I first saw them at Olduvai Gorge in 2013.
@arteimea - Northern Gannets
@beanables - Shingleback Skink
@urielpeguerra - Laysan Albatross
@stormer65013 - Mandarin Duck
bouyboyart - red tailed fox
@plushies_and_nerds - California mouse
@velociraptor.doodles - red-crowned crane
So happy to have my arty things for sale at another awesome gift shop!!
Espacio 3628 hosts regular workshops, sells art and gifts by tons of local artists, and fosters a super safe and welcoming community space. Im so so excited to be included 💖
Some recent colder weather outside things to manifest more hiking and mushroom finding this year 🍂🍄
LaBagh Woods, Chicago
Loyola Beach, Chicago
Indiana Dunes NP, IN
Deer Grove Forest Preserve, Palatine
🍃 This month's animal art collaboration 🍃
The theme was animals affected by the revocation of protections in the Endangered species act. I picked the Uakari (Cacajao calvus), a less widely-loved monkey that lives in the Amazon rainforest.
I found them listed as endangered in some places, and vulnerable in others, but at the end of the day their populations are decreasing as the climate changes and protections and regulations are removed.
Here's the rest of the list!
@beanables - Coastal Marten
@gutloaded.studios - Florida Panther
@bluetide_project - Hawaiian monk seal
@ramen_meow_art - Kit fox
bouyboyart - Thresher shark
@avonplinsky - red-cockaded woodpecker
@plushies_and_nerds - black footed ferret
@urielpeguerra - North Atlantic Right Whale
@velociraptor.doodles - ‘I’iwi
@gattillynx - Canada Lynx
@stormer65013 - Indiana Bat and Little Brown Bat
#animalart #endangeredspeciesact #uakari #primatology #primatologyart
