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Preening Feet

So, apparently Some species of hummingbird (sword-billed hummingbird in the pictures) use their feet for preening since their bills are so long and awkwardly-shaped. That makes me think of how deinonychosaurs might have used their toe claws to preen, almost like a dog. Perhaps therizinosaurs used their hand claws as well? That must've looked funny.
Images from BBC's Life of Birds, The Mastery of Flight.

Wildlife Conservation Day!Step 1:
Check out this cool video of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaking up against wildlife trafficking. There are some pretty high level people getting involved in this important issue! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v

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Sign the pledge to respect and protect the world's wildlife! http://www.wildlifepledge.org/
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Find out how FREELAND is fighting against human and wildlife trafficking http://freeland.org/eng/
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Spread the word!
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More tigers!

Losing Altitude Video
For those of you who read my last journal about "Losing Altitude," here's a lovely video for the project. Please take just a few minutes to watch. (:
~Victoria

Losing Altitude : Raising Awareness Through ArtLosing Altitude is a project started here on deviantArt by =Animus-Panthera, incorporating over 40 artists from around the world in an effort to raise awareness for endangered species of birds. I am lucky to be one of those artists creating illustrations for the book, but the project will only be successful with your help! We are currently trying to raise enough money to publish the first batch of books. There are incentives for those who donate, such as postcards, posters, and copies of the book itself. If you'd like to help out, the kickstarter campaign went live yesterday. You can contribute and read more about the project here!
Our goal is $7,500 by Wednesday, December 26th at 4 p.m. Pacific Standard Time/7 p.m. Eastern Standard time. Even if it's only a dollar, your contribution will help this project move forward. If you can't donate, then help spread the word. Tell your

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The 2nd Blepharopsis Tattooby *Khimera

Traditional Art / Drawings / Animals

This is the second tattoo I have done based off one of

's amazing photography! This one is done in a tribal/Maori mix. It is based off of [link]

This one is a black ink and prismacolor piece that was draw and colored completely by hand and then the black and whites were brought out in photoshop. The large spots on the spine are actually a cobalt purple but the camera did not pick up the purple tone.

It was commissioned by my friend Ira after seeing the digital gecko tattoo here [link] .

Edit: new screen.. realized the white was not like I thought...