Kelz
New Member
Hi everyone.
I'm looking to get some opinions so I can put together some predator anatomy sketches. The idea has been buzzing around my head since crawjaw posted a picture of his Atlas of Predator Anatomy in the Your workspace thread and I now finally have the time to sit down and put the time and research into it that I need to.
In my first year of university we had an assignment in Anatomy and Physiology where we were given a set of variables like environment, climate and diet and from that we had to design an animal that was perfectly adapted to those conditions. I had a lot of fun with it and ended up with something that looked like a lemur with wings like a sugar glider. So I thought that would be a good way of doing some pred anatomy,
I have a few things planned out in my head like skeletal structure and basic musculature. But I would like to go into as much detail as possible like respiratory, digestive, reproductive, cardiovascular and possibly even nervous systems, that where I need you guys help by answering some questions for me, feel free to give me as much detail as possible, or tell me I'm insane for trying this
OK first lot of questions (because I am sure I will come up with more as I go along)
What do you think the taxonomy of a predator is? (reptilian, amphibian, mammalian, etc or are they a class all of their own)
What do they breathe?
What do you think their blood contains to give it its green colour? (eg, hemocyanin = copper = blue blood, hemoglobin = iron = red blood) this one is probably going to take quite a bit or research on my part
What do they eat and drink?
What is their vision (without bio) like?
Do they have ears or sense vibration?
How do they breed? (live bearers, egg layers)
What sort of sexual dimorphism (physical differences between male and femle) do they display?
Whats their natural habitat like?
Dreads, flesh or not flesh?
Thats all I can think of for now, I'm sure I had more questions and I will probably rememer them when I shut the computer down but I think thats enough questions for now. I have person opinions on the answers but I want to get everyones ideas and opinions to get things as accurate as possible.
It will probably take me a while to get some actual sketches done because I will have to get all the info down and figure out how everything will work together.
I'm looking to get some opinions so I can put together some predator anatomy sketches. The idea has been buzzing around my head since crawjaw posted a picture of his Atlas of Predator Anatomy in the Your workspace thread and I now finally have the time to sit down and put the time and research into it that I need to.
In my first year of university we had an assignment in Anatomy and Physiology where we were given a set of variables like environment, climate and diet and from that we had to design an animal that was perfectly adapted to those conditions. I had a lot of fun with it and ended up with something that looked like a lemur with wings like a sugar glider. So I thought that would be a good way of doing some pred anatomy,
I have a few things planned out in my head like skeletal structure and basic musculature. But I would like to go into as much detail as possible like respiratory, digestive, reproductive, cardiovascular and possibly even nervous systems, that where I need you guys help by answering some questions for me, feel free to give me as much detail as possible, or tell me I'm insane for trying this
OK first lot of questions (because I am sure I will come up with more as I go along)
What do you think the taxonomy of a predator is? (reptilian, amphibian, mammalian, etc or are they a class all of their own)
What do they breathe?
What do you think their blood contains to give it its green colour? (eg, hemocyanin = copper = blue blood, hemoglobin = iron = red blood) this one is probably going to take quite a bit or research on my part
What do they eat and drink?
What is their vision (without bio) like?
Do they have ears or sense vibration?
How do they breed? (live bearers, egg layers)
What sort of sexual dimorphism (physical differences between male and femle) do they display?
Whats their natural habitat like?
Dreads, flesh or not flesh?
Thats all I can think of for now, I'm sure I had more questions and I will probably rememer them when I shut the computer down but I think thats enough questions for now. I have person opinions on the answers but I want to get everyones ideas and opinions to get things as accurate as possible.
It will probably take me a while to get some actual sketches done because I will have to get all the info down and figure out how everything will work together.