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[Blade-of-the-Moon]

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

Our shop mascot got himself a new pet!

[ZoPteryx]

LOL!  That's awesome!  Does he (or his pet) have a name?

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

LOL!  That's awesome!  Does he (or his pet) have a name?

Boney Tony and Zippy lol

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

more boney fun!

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

https://www.gofundme.com/velociraptor-enclosure-rebuild

[BlueKrono]

https://www.gofundme.com/velociraptor-enclosure-rebuild

Donated and shared. Loved what you've done with the place!

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

thanks bud, i really appreciate it!

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

So..considering this pose for the adult Giga , maybe add a hatchling or two?   Not sure about mouth open/closed yet.   I'm just having trouble getting the skeleton into this pose.  See other pics.  Any help is appreciated!

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

Appreciate all the feedback from everyone ( lol ), so here are more pics.

Amargasaurus in progress :





and the county mandated rebuild on the Velociraptor Enclosure, still need about 300.00 to finish it.

[ZoPteryx]

That Amargasaurus is going to look awesome!  Keep up the great work! 

As for your query about the Giga's posture, I think the version with the tail on the ground is most likely.  You should be able to move the legs back a little further by bending the knee a bit more.  I don't think GSP's skeletal accounts for enough cartilage in that region.

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

That Amargasaurus is going to look awesome!  Keep up the great work! 

As for your query about the Giga's posture, I think the version with the tail on the ground is most likely.  You should be able to move the legs back a little further by bending the knee a bit more.  I don't think GSP's skeletal accounts for enough cartilage in that region.

Thanks  I appreciate it.  Gotta decide on her colors and patterns..I'm using the new Safari figure as a reference but I just did a green ish Chasmosaurus...

I've already added her to the coloring book too :

" fist bump! "

I don't know how flexible the tail is in that pose, it likely wouldn't fit flat to the ground.  The latter image I based on birds but modern avians don't have the same kind of tails.  I did edit it a bit, brought the arms forward.  I haven't checked GSP's Giga yet, I usually like to use Scott's skeletals if he has them then use GSP for top front/back views.   

[Lanthanotus]

Man, your place seems to improve ever and ever.... hope you got all that trouble solved that haunted you and the park.

That raptor looks great, and so do the conceptual sketches. I think I cannot really contribute on the likeliness of which pose is more probable... but imo a resting pose with elavated tail looks rather uncomfortable and therefore unnatural - at least on such a big and heavy animal.

Happy holiday season

[stargatedalek]

Flexibility aside a tail is a heavy meaty structure, the general consensus is that a resting theropod would let it lie flat on the ground.

[BlueKrono]

Oh man, you're gonna have an Amargasaurus now? I'm gonna have to come back out to TN for a visit!

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

Man, your place seems to improve ever and ever.... hope you got all that trouble solved that haunted you and the park.

That raptor looks great, and so do the conceptual sketches. I think I cannot really contribute on the likeliness of which pose is more probable... but imo a resting pose with elavated tail looks rather uncomfortable and therefore unnatural - at least on such a big and heavy animal.

Happy holiday season

Unfortunately we haven't,  still need a siteplan and restroom...with another meeting scheduled for May/June.

Thanks, so maybe I could just lower the tail?

Flexibility aside a tail is a heavy meaty structure, the general consensus is that a resting theropod would let it lie flat on the ground.

In that case i guess the muscles could relax and let it lay flat?

Oh man, you're gonna have an Amargasaurus now? I'm gonna have to come back out to TN for a visit!

Yep! Hopefully by Spring. 

[stargatedalek]

Flexibility aside a tail is a heavy meaty structure, the general consensus is that a resting theropod would let it lie flat on the ground.

In that case i guess the muscles could relax and let it lay flat?

The base of the tail is also much more flexible vertically in most theropods than the rest of the tail. The tail would have had a lot of soft tissues as well.

[Blade-of-the-Moon]

Alright, for specific's sake,  if I lower the tail down like this :



We're within the realm of plausibility? 

[Lanthanotus]

In my opinion, a definite "yes".... as stargatedalek put it "flexibility aside, the tail is a heavy meaty structure". For biomechanical reasons I can not see, how the tail of such a big and heavy animal could be strengthend with ossified tendons up to a level to transform it to a rigid pole. Living flesh (including tendons, bones, cartiladge) bears a lot of flexibility. I dare say such tendons developed (maybe/probably not the only reason) to lower the weight of the tail in adding strength so that the mass of muscles can be lowered and there's less muscles required to hold and steer the tail. That being said..... the fossil eveidence in my opinion shows the result of an evolutionary balance process between purpose and energy expenditure.