I drew the First Mammal (according to a weird little brass sculpture at the Field Museum, anyway)
@prehensile they had a model of one at the Smithsonian Natural History Museum and I asked my friends if it was weird to want one of your ancestors as a pet
@juliana a pet rat is like 90% of the way there
@prehensile It does look like something the first mammal would have
@prehensile I would never have been able to guess that that was something you added, tbf.
@prehensile Do it, I dare you
@prehensile legend
@prehensile >:O
@prehensile I had two calico cats at home, one normal and one dilute. They're sisters. I managed to keep a pic of them together on the "Calico" page for a while, I thought it was a nice illustration of the normal vs. dilute coats. But of course the deletionist conspiracy soon purged it.
your drawing of the first mammal is great and the world is at a loss for it being removed. solidarity
@elilla 😿
@prehensile i remember there was a protracted battle in the Tanuki article about whether someone's deviant art looking pencilcrayon drawing of a drunk chibi anime tanuki with big balls should qualify for inclusion
@PetrichorSquirrel lmao
I remember about a decade ago a lot of pages about famous people had goofy drawings like that as their main image because there weren't any CC photos available. kinda miss those
@PetrichorSquirrel @prehensile amateur anime fan art is an important demonstration of the tanuki's worldwide cultural impact!
@prehensile eagerly awaiting further updates
@prehensile amazing that people dislike the idea of dinosaurs with feathers
What a perfect friend
@prehensile oh what an excellent little guy
@prehensile
First Mammal: Mum, I'm thirsty, can I have some milk?
Reptile Mum: Never heard of it
@prehensile it occurs to me that creationists would present this as a serious argument
@y6nH the internet used to be crawling with those guys but i feel like they've all moved on to more directly harmful things to be wrong about
@kolya well, since the late triassic anyway
I messed up the proportions less than you’d think, he’s just a funky little guy