Tag: Wildlife

Tasmanian Devil

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The Tasmanian Devil is the largest carnivorous marsupial known to exist. Once a natural native of the Australian mainland, it was hunted into extinction and then found only on the island state of Tasmania. In 1941 they became protected, but the devils are now facing a new threat in the form of seemingly contagious facial […]

Australian Flying Fox

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The Australian Flying Fox, or Grey-headed Fruit Bat is a megabat species native to Australia. They can grow up to around 290mm (11.42”) from nose to toe, with a wingspan of up to 100cm (39.37”).They are also the only flying Fox species with hairy legs right down to its ankles. Found throughout most of south-eastern […]

Alpine Ibex

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The Alpine Ibex (or steinbock, boquetin, or simply ibex) is a type of wild goat that lives in the mountains of the European Alps. The males have large curved horns they use primarily to battle other bucks for access to females. They can grow to a height of 101cm (40″) at the whithers, & are […]

Andean Mountain Cat

Andean Mountain Cat

Another fun little sketch to while away the day and keep up the practice I tried a different technique of layering markers from light to dark, which although turned out OK in the end was probably unnecessarily wasteful. But hey, this is how we learn, right? About the Andean Mountain Cat The Andean Mountain Cat […]

Red-Eyed Tree Frog

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Back to watercolours. I thought I would tackle an amphibian this time so I gave this Red-Eyed Tree Frog a go. These guys are not listed as being endangered as yet but they will likely be affected by climate change and human interference in some negative way eventually if things don’t improve.They are nevertheless truly […]

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