Spiny Lobster Feeding Time! These Guys Are Generally Pole-fed Since They're Scattered All Over Their

Spiny lobster feeding time! These guys are generally pole-fed since they're scattered all over their exhibit, but a few have learned that they get fast and easy food delivery by waltzing right to up to the feeder. That being said, it becomes more of a drive-thru window when you've got other hangry lobsters behind you!

A Mélange of Miscelaneous Lizards

My response to this week’s BestiaryPosting challenge, from @maniculum

Pencil sketch only this week, due to various reasons I didn't get the opportunity to ink it (this was finally going to be my second attempt at Mike Mignola's style), maybe I will repost later if I have the time and energy to tackle the inking at a later date, but I wanted to get what I did have up.

Original description and a couple of brief notes below the cut;

Nglushogog

The Nglushogog is so called because it has the face of a frog.

Lots of inspiration from leopard geckos, particularly in terms of its tail.

Hrutdearya

The Hrutdearya is a lizard which goes blind when it grows old; it enters a crack in a wall and, looking toward the east, it bends its gaze on the rising sun and regains its sight.

A bit of inspiration from skinks and anoles here.

Rukhgarukh

The Rukhgarukh gets its name from its colouring. For it is adorned on its back with shining spots like stars. Ovid says of it: ‘Its name fits its colour; it is starred on the body with spots of various colours’ (see Ovid, Metamorphoses, 5, 461). It is said to be so hostile to scorpions, that the sight of it paralyses them with fear.

As this is the most aggressive and actively described of the three, I went for something with a good gape display, in this case a monitor lizard, with star-shaped osteoderms on its back. It's menacing another strange creature that might be familiar...

Hey you know that song that goes na na na na na na na na na na na na na na

What’s the first song that just came to your mind?

If you see this you’re legally obligated to reblog and tag with the book you’re currently reading

King Frederick of Sweden received a lion as a gift and was so proud of him, that in 1731, when he died, the king wanted him preserved, but there was no taxidermist available, so he began to decay. They finally found one who likely had never seen a lion before, so this is what the king received back. To this day, King Frederik's Lion can be seen at Gripsholm Castle, a former royal residence that is now a museum in Mariefred, Södermanland, Sweden.

The taxidermist based his work on a Lion of Medieval Art.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lion_of_Gripsholm_Castle