There is currently a surge in both infections and deaths in the United States. This is especially true for the state of Michigan. The virus is heavily impacting unvaccinated people, especially along the western half of the Lower Peninsula and the Upper Peninsula.
If the above graphic doesn’t scare you, it should, unless of course you are vaccinated.
Now, on to bones, which the dead will most likely become.
I have always liked drawing bones, especially skulls. This hippo is a full journal page and could have been a bit smalled.
Dunkleosteus was a large predatory fish from what is now the Great Lakes Region of North America. The teeth are actually bones and illustrate well the evolutionary process of bones to teeth. This specimen is about a meter long and 3/4 of a meter tall.
One of the dinosaurs that was highlighted in Jurassic Park. This dinosaur was about 5 feet tall.
Birds have always been one of my primary interests in nature, but also in the fossil record. This moa was slightly larger than the previous dinosaur.
Thylacosmilus was similar, yet unrelated to the Saber-toothed Cat (Smilodon).
Finally, the lower leg of a sauropod with Alexis (age 15) standing next to it.
More tomorrow…
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