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Mingau

@themingau.bsky.social

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Paleoartist, scientific illustrator and 3D artist. - Specifically interested in the artistic reconstruction, understanding and evolution of extinct groups. https://x.com/_themingau?t=4dNBWSg9cqxiol9GeiQ5_g&s=09

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Mingau @themingau.bsky.social · 17d

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Mingau @themingau.bsky.social · 17d

Follow me on X too, because sometimes I forget to post here (I haven't familiarized myself with the platform yet): x.com/_themingau/s...

Mingau 🦃 on X: "Some birds have claws adapted and modified to "comb" their feathers (pectinate claw), this helps them get rid of ectoparasites. Here I decided to use my creativity and imagine a therizinosaur with something similar in the claws of its hands https://t.co/Yg8cPRaXnx" / X

Some birds have claws adapted and modified to "comb" their feathers (pectinate claw), this helps them get rid of ectoparasites. Here I decided to use my creativity and imagine a therizinosaur with something similar in the claws of its hands https://t.co/Yg8cPRaXnx

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Mingau @themingau.bsky.social · 17d

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Pxl tiger on X: "Therizinosaurus https://t.co/rbzfJ561sx" / X

Therizinosaurus https://t.co/rbzfJ561sx

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Mingau @themingau.bsky.social · 17d

PS: Speculation in paleoart isn't just about colorful dinosaurs with visual display structures.😉(no offense)

I also apologize if I didn't put much effort into the anatomy and art of the therizinosaur, it was just a simple drawing to play with the idea.

#creativepaleoart

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Mingau @themingau.bsky.social · 17d

I thought it was interesting to speculate this, as I've never seen pectinate claws explored in paleoart before (I apologize if someone has already speculated this and I missed it). And since therizinosaurs had these huge claws, I felt almost compelled to do so.

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Mingau @themingau.bsky.social · 17d

This was my inspiration for this Therizinosaur; I chose to add this feature to the first two claws, and I also imagine that it might be useful for other purposes.

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Mingau @themingau.bsky.social · 17d

I didn't include this feature (pectinate claw) on the last claw of therizinosaur because in modern birds this feature is never present on all claws. From what I've seen, they have it on the middle finger, although here I decided to add it to at least two claws.

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Mingau @themingau.bsky.social · 17d

With claws this size, I thought it would be interesting to speculate about this in therizinosaur, perhaps because it could be one of the functions of the enormous claws.

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Mingau @themingau.bsky.social · 17d

Some birds have claws adapted and modified to "comb" their feathers (pectinate claw), this helps them get rid of ectoparasites.

Here I decided to use my creativity and imagine a therizinosaur with something similar in the claws of its hands