Adapted from Duria antiquior the single most important piece of paleoart ever produced. Not a bad version, though censoring out the pooping fish was a mistake.
There once was an Ichthyosaurus,
Who lived when the earth was all porous,
Be he fainted with shame
When he first heard his name,
And departed a long time before us.Animaux perdus [“Lost Animals” - colloquial term for extinct creatures]
*kercrunch*
Dictionnaire Pittoresque d’Histoire Naturelle et des Phenomenes de la Nature. F. E. Guerin, 1833.
Reblogging for the poem and Duria antiquior link. Both of them are excellent.
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![microecos:
Adapted from Duria antiquior the single most important piece of paleoart ever produced. Not a bad version, though censoring out the pooping fish was a mistake.
unnaturalist:
There once was an Ichthyosaurus,Who lived when the earth was all porous,Be he fainted with shameWhen he first heard his name,And departed a long time before us.
biomedicalephemera:
Animaux perdus [“Lost Animals” - colloquial term for extinct creatures]
*kercrunch*
Dictionnaire Pittoresque d’Histoire Naturelle et des Phenomenes de la Nature. F. E. Guerin, 1833.
Reblogging for the poem and Duria antiquior link. Both of them are excellent.](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltdr9kSkpa1qk931ho1_500.jpg)