KaylinQ · @KaylinQ
161 followers · 632 posts · Server mstdn.science
This month, Origin Stories podcast explores the mysterious tale of the largest #primate that ever lived. #Gigantopithecus blacki is an extinct relative of #orangutans that lived in #SoutheastAsia and stood around 10 feet tall.
https://leakeyfoundation.org/a-giganto-mystery/?mc_cid=bac4eca9bf&mc_eid=3d653ffbb7
#primate #gigantopithecus #orangutans #southeastasia
Cliff Jones Jr. · @cliffjones
354 followers · 234 posts · Server sfba.social#TIL the oversized ape King Louie in #Disney's most recent live action version of #TheJungleBook is not actually supposed to be an #orangutan but a remnant #gigantopithecus. This explains the character's baffling size as well as the fact that orangutans aren't native to India.
#movies #DisneyMovies #animation #hominids #paleontology #anthropology #paleoanthropology #biology #animals
#til #disney #thejunglebook #orangutan #gigantopithecus #movies #disneymovies #animation #hominids #paleontology #anthropology #paleoanthropology #biology #animals
P.E.T.Conroy · @petconroy
0 followers · 16 posts · Server mastodonbooks.net#illustration by Jadeartzz, undercommission
#fantasy #writing by P.E.T.Conroy
#music by Rafael Krux, FreePD.com
#SoundFX by zatar, FreeSounds.org
#apes #gorillas #gigantopithecus
#oasis
#illustration #fantasy #writing #music #soundfx #apes #gorillas #gigantopithecus #oasis
P.E.T.Conroy · @petconroy
0 followers · 15 posts · Server mastodonbooks.net
"They weighed a lot and weren’t so clever, and they were probably used to falling from great heights as the largest ape species...Arraku scooped him up, and they ran a few more paces before the first orange ape collided with Arraku’s back."
- Where We Once Met (draft 1)
#illustration by Jadeartzz, undercommission
#fantasy #writing by P.E.T.Conroy #apes #gorillas #gigantopithecus
#oasis
#illustration #fantasy #writing #apes #gorillas #gigantopithecus #oasis