Next up in my little book of interesting dinos is Compsognathus! This cute little scamp scurried around the warm underbrush in the Late Jurassic looking for snacks. They were about the size of a turkey, which means if those wacky scientist ever bring back the long dead non-avian Saurischians, some rich asshole will have a backyard full of these kids running around trying to escape.
(in Australian voice: "They rememba...")
This weekend marks 2 months with our new girl Heidy. We named her Heidi because she is super timid and hides a lot. So its Hidey, Heidi, Heidy... She hasn't decided exactly how to spell it yet but that ambiguity is rather trendy now days anyway. She's originally from Houston TX but that, her approximate age, and that she had a slight criminal record for biting a staff member at the shelter was all the information we received about her. I image she hung out in the dusty shrubs with some shady armadillos back in Houston (as depicted here). Or perhaps she worked for NASA and things were going well but got caught in the floodplain disaster and had to pack it in and move north. Either way, she and Sagan are pals and are tearing our place up every night between 4 and 6:30 am.
Here is the 1st Valentine's Day card/image I made. Feel free to download/print it out for your sweetheart next week. Message me if you want to personalize the message and we can work out a quick deal.
Ground Hogs day is as stressful as Election Day for me.
It's not just about this shadow business... Pshhh.
(Low voice voice-over guy): "In a worlds full danger and mayhem there stands one ectothermic vertebrate above the rest... He's willing to stand for justice on any planet, in-so-far as it has appropriate access to warm liquid ponds within hopping distance... FFrogStarr 3021, coming this summer to a marsh near you."
Kendra: "I'm so excited, my shoes are going to be done at the cobbler on Friday!"
Me: "Stop it!"
(There is no such thing as cobblers anymore) hahaha
It's hard to get any respect when you're a Permian synapsid. People tend to think of dinosaurs as the worlds most terrifying prehistoric beasts, but Anteosaurus was the real deal. The largest predator the Earth had ever seen to that point. Head to body size ration was crazy off kilter. Anteosaurus spent their days looking for snacks and tearing up the flood plains of what is now South Africa (Southern Pangaea). It took another 50 million years before anyone else came around that came close to this guys swagger.
If you can get over the grossness of having a largely insectivorous diet, than being a little Saltopus might not have been so bad. Being about the size of a house cat and having a pelvis and hind legs built for scampering at high speeds through the undergrowth of ferns and horsetails, one might find a pretty favorable existence in the Late Triassic. Not much is known about the Saltopus other than they were found in present day Scotland. Pictured here without his kilt though.
Watch out, these battle cats are flying the banner of House Of Paw...
Here we visit our hero JayDar the Sympathetic and his growing army of battle cats pondering strategies on how to attain a golden key, which will no doubt come in handy down the road somewhere. It appears that previous warriors have succumbed to the treacherous swiftsand pit. There is also a dangerous pentapuss itching for a fight in the corner... Caution abound...
Looks like one of those Goblins got ahold of a Medusa head. I think the power that holds went to his head a little though as it looks like he's now wearing his ritual reds on just any old Thursday... But that Medusa head will come in handy I bet. And the Keeper Goblin looks to be shepherding a healthy young SleepDragon and an unidentified toothy beast of some sort.
Have you guys even ever played the 'Legend of JayDar'? Essentially, it's a quest game set in a wonderous land of creatures and monsters, and you're the games hero "JayDar the Sympathetic" who's meant to build his army of battle cats and collect flaming skulls and satchels of tuna-treats and various war implements, in search of Princess SandShark who, as game lore has it, was princess-napped by the evil wizard Bravotvs Garbageprogrammingston and whisked away to his 100G-WiFi underground lair. Along the way JayDar and his battle cats fight goblins and pentapusses, quicksand pits and cranky crocosnakes. It's a wild ride...
We all knew what was going on, but none of us were ever invited...
Happy Friday. It's extra happy this week because we got a new little cat. Her name is Heidi (I spell it Hidey, because she's super shy and hides a lot). It's been a weird week because Sagan basically wants to just pummel her around like a toy. But, I'm sure everyone is going to turn out just fine with time. Oh yeah, and no way you'd ever catch me enjoying the winter as depicted here but, cartoons are allowed to suspend reality right? Carry on...
