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Cryohominus


"Cryohominus is the largest, and most imaginary, carnivore to ever step it's opposable-appendaged foot on this earth. Its origins lies in the vast Altai Mountain range of Southern Russia, where it evolved from the 'Steppe-primate'."

"After venturing into the Arctic regions and evolving its present form, it came into competition with the extinct Homotherium, Pleistocene Polar Bear, and various borophagines. Now its only two competitors are the polar bear and its desperate situation."

"Cryohominus, literally meaning "frozen-primate", can grow from a small and meek 120-kilograms, all the way to a big and hulking 2400-kilograms. It is not only the largest primate to ever exist: it is also the largest carnivore to exist and it is the only primate indulged as a obligate carnivore. A 700-kilogram specimen is shown below, a polar bear and one of these powerful creatures of equal weight are about equally-sized, with the Cryohominus's limbs slightly thicker."

   

   

   


"These creatures or carnivorous primates, rather, are the strongest beings on a pound-for-pound basis. A juvenile Cryohominus, weighing in at 250-pounds, dragged a four-ton walrus out of the water with apparent ease."

"A cryohominid is an excellent hunter; always calculative of his prey and knowledgeable about his physical limitations, akin that of skilled hunters such as tigers or polar bears. Whatever situation he is in, he adapts to it with grace and hardcore intellegence."
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( This post was last modified: 06-26-2016, 08:36 AM by Polar )

Raja the Tiger and An Ancient Relative of Ours

"Here is a portrait of the famous tiger-king of Bandipur known as 'Raja' and an ancient relative of ours: the Erect Man of Peking, China. Raja, with his impressive forequarters, stares ahead into the endless, vast grasslands of the Peking region, while the wildman pats the tiger on his tail, signaling a close friendship between nature and man. It is quite the fanatical/fantasy-like mix, I suppose. But I just felt like drawing it......."


   

   

   

   
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Cryohominus is something from your imagination ?
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@brotherbear,

Yes. It has always made me wonder how a primate will do as an obligate carnivore.
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Baboons and mandrills appear to be "evolving" in that general direction. 
                                                                                 
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Injured "Machairodus kabir" Shatters Early Human's Leg with a Single Paw Swipe

"Depicted here, an injured Machairodus kabir (at a final struggle) explodes the leg of our early relative, a male Homo Erectus."

"As the lone human tranced down the African plains within northern Chad, a 440-pound sub-adult sabretooth happened to stumble upon a weak prey: the lone human. The lone human caught sight of the predator, stood his ground, and readied a spear as the predator charged at him."

"The first of the two spears struck the predator's shoulder as the predator swiped at the man, claiming the lower half of his lower leg. With luck and foul circumstances, the man tilted his second spear towards the beast which readily caught the opposite shoulder region, yet with unsuccessful penetration."

"The early man died as a result of the extensive bloodloss from his injury, and the Machairodus kabir had successfully taken another small meal for the day, with a nice amount of damage on himself, of course. His shoulders, for the next two weeks, will prevent him from hunting prey larger than a Deinotherium calf."

   
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A work in progress, credits to Peter Stewart.

I thought it was awesome anyway.

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@Majingilane,

Looks so surreal!
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Notch and his sons have inspired other artist painters. We can well recognize late "Grimace" (to the right).
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Zdenek Burian 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zden%C4%9Bk_Burian

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Israel Amnon242 Offline
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Zdenek Burian

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Amnon,

I assume you know V. Mazak was a great artist?
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Since we are speaking very much these days about cave lion, so here is one by Zdenek Burian...


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(09-08-2016, 04:07 AM)peter Wrote: Amnon,

I assume you know V. Mazak was a great artist?

Yes, for example this is a poster for an exhibition of his art.

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Photo and information credits: The Art of Zubin Erik Dutta
"Working on a sketch of Smiliodon fatalis."

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