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Published: 2019-05-31 11:39:58 +0000 UTC; Views: 10576; Favourites: 317; Downloads: 0
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#Draw30Animals 2: "Megafauna" - Diprotodon, the largest marsupial ever known. This Ice Age relative of today's wombat was about the size of a rhino! It went extinct about 46,000 years ago, we're not exactly sure why, but leading theories suggest a combination of climate change and human hunting - a familiar plight for today's megafauna.What is megafauna? It's a scientific term describing any big animal (e.g. elephant, giraffe, whale), but more often it refers to prehistoric animals which were larger than their modern relatives. Mammoths, dire wolves, moa birds and megalodon could all be considered megafauna.
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Comments: 24
Tis is a very nice use of very light and very dark drawing tools on a neutral ground.Β You have a nice rendition of the freaking SCARY RAT thing which only freaks out people with rat phobias (I'm horribly allergic to them) I'm watching you because I'd like to see more of this and what you do with it.Β Thanks so much for sharing this with such a wide audience. ~Miz Em
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Not a rat, a marsupial
Glad you like this, hopefully more studies like this on the way!
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OH, well there are certainly scary marsupials.Β Keep pushing your imagination, this is good stuff.Β
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Fine facial reconstruction of this weird old thing!
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I found your own Diprotodon artworks very inspiring
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Really?Β That's an honour!
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a rodent the size of a rhinoceros?Β wow!
that's really nice work too
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Not a rodent, a marsupial
Thanks for the comment!
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I was already corrected
thank you
and you're welcome
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Sorry, I didn't see that.
My thanks to you
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no worriesΒ 
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A marsupial. Faces like that are common among them. Check the Marsupial Lion to see what I mean.
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ah
my bad
marsupial then
it's still well done
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Indeed! I wish I could see a live one.
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Modern wombats are much smaller, of course, but are still very adorable.
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Absolutely, saw them quite often when I used to live in Sydney (sadly mostly roadkill though).
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