man after man – goodolvic

sparklecryptid:

all-hail-the-kazoo:

endivinity:

one of my favorite books as a kid was this one on speculative
zoology/evolution that I loved so much I borrowed it to the point my
school had to chase me up on returning it several times.
it influenced my early creature art and design and pushed me to delve into my own specbio (on dragons. no surprises there). I loved the informatic entries, all their little lore bits and ecological adaptations; the wild color palettes, their weird little shapes.
it was called The New Dinosaurs, by Dougal Dixon.

there were two more books in the series that my school didn’t have, which is either a blessing or a curse, because the third book in the set is called Man After Man.

which contains this.

@coldwind-shiningstars

Do yourself the favor and look up Man After Man.

Or do yourself the favor and don’t.

schizogenes:

My favorite animals are the ones that look like a rock but if you cut it open it has normal meat inside and red blood. I wish we could do that with architecture, machinery, consumer electronics etc.

Obviously certain real critters and Pokemon, but never forget the Vacuumorph from Dougal Dixon’s Man After Man.