04-18-2018, 06:44 PM
(This post was last modified: 04-18-2018, 06:51 PM by heavyhorse.)
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5 hours ago, 30-30 said:
it astounds me that it´s not as obvious to you as it is to me.
You are frequently astounded that others don't see things as you do--. The curse of perfection, I assume.
I'm "seeing" a light source above and 30 degrees to the right, casting the head's shadow at the front feet, and the rest of the shadow farther back under and behind the "creation".
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6 hours ago, Eagle said:
Clearly this was fake, but a lot of creatures we find familiar would look strange and alien with diseases that rob them of fur or feathers.
Yes, absolutely! The Game and Fish Dept has done DNA on reported "chupacabra" and found them to be, usually, coyotes with demodectic mange. They have "mounts" (taxidermy) of some on public display. The skin thickens and wrinkles like the wolf above. I caught one in the coyote traps the Dept set up for predator control for my sheep; it had little tufts of hair on the tip of the nose and the tips of the ears, otherwise grey, bald and wrinkled. (The Agent took the hide for mounting).
I saw an Australian Shepard at the sale barn (as a beloved pet, Not for sale); she was completely bald, not even fuzz, very unusual looking, grey with pink speckles. Not the slightest appearance of her breed, I had to ask the woman what she was. Said it was a mutation, she was completely healthy otherwise; the others of her litter were completely normal.
