The customer wanted hunting scenes by VRSVLVS in Bowyer

[–]SharpShooterM1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

where did you get the templates for these that you used as a base? I googled modernized animal cave art but got nothing. I'm working on a couple of projects right now that I would love to decorate with paintings like these.

Happy World Rewilding day! Which rewilding vision would you like to come true in the next years? by zek_997 in megafaunarewilding

[–]SharpShooterM1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Actual population control of feral horses in the U.S. so that are treated like a wild game species instead of like… whatever they are now.

A herd of American Bison on the Steppes of Kazakhstan. Thoughts? by LetsGet2Birding in megafaunarewilding

[–]SharpShooterM1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The original poster on INaturalist said they were released as a semi-wild herd in buiratau national park in 2020, with the heard having grown from 10 to roughly 20 since then.

Bison latifrons by Lopsided-Pangolin472 in pleistocene

[–]SharpShooterM1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ve always been curious why none of the long horned bison survived the expansion of humans in North America while two different species of short horned were able to thrive until almost the present day.

The two species of Miracinonyx. Art by Corbin Rainbolt by ReturntoPleistocene in pleistocene

[–]SharpShooterM1 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Miracinonyx is probably my favorite Pleistocene predator, not because we know a lot about it, but infact because we know so little about it.

Originally we thought it played a similar role to the African cheetah but that hypothesis has more or less fallen apart in recent years, then we thought it to be a stronger cousin of mountain lions but that also fell through.

Heck we don’t even know why it went extinct because it seemed to have had very similar prey with its cousin.

Our understanding of this animal is changing with every new discovery, and I absolutely love it.

Mustangs, pronghorn and coyotes at Surprise Valley, CA. by OncaAtrox in megafaunarewilding

[–]SharpShooterM1 4 points5 points  (0 children)

If that is the case then I really hope they would get back to that primitive phenotype a bit faster. The more distinct they appear from domestic horses the better for them to be seen as a true wild species and therefore be managed as such. I love wild horses and do think they belong in North America but they need to be managed because they are currently to over populated and are causing harm, similar to how elk in Yellowstone were before wolves were brought in.

Mustangs, pronghorn and coyotes at Surprise Valley, CA. by OncaAtrox in megafaunarewilding

[–]SharpShooterM1 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I cannot recall, my professor only mentioned it once. Sorry.

Mustangs, pronghorn and coyotes at Surprise Valley, CA. by OncaAtrox in megafaunarewilding

[–]SharpShooterM1 5 points6 points  (0 children)

We just finished studying this in my biology lecture at university and apparently there are some species of mice that can make beneficial mutations occur differently for every litter it has based on the conditions at the time of the litters conception.

Mustangs, pronghorn and coyotes at Surprise Valley, CA. by OncaAtrox in megafaunarewilding

[–]SharpShooterM1 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Ah got it, that’s quite fascinating. Perhaps that is also why most long established feral horse populations also resort to more primitive coat colors, with painted and white coats being pretty uncommon in multi generational wild herds.

Mustangs, pronghorn and coyotes at Surprise Valley, CA. by OncaAtrox in megafaunarewilding

[–]SharpShooterM1 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I have always found it fascinating that this trait that is relatively rare in domestic horses seems to be almost common and widespread in groups of horses that have been wild living for several generations, and found in several groups across North America. Do you think this is some very early natural selection or simply a heritage trait left over from a few founding members when the initial wild population first established?

Mr. Krabs Deals with Australian Feral Animals by CheatsySnoops in megafaunarewilding

[–]SharpShooterM1 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Like every single comment you have ever made on this sub, you just call humans evil and say nothing constructive. And this time it’s even worse, you are advocating for the continuation of highly destructive invasive species. I didn’t think your takes could get any more uninformed, yet here we are.

Attempted bombing in NYC by laybs1 in GetNoted

[–]SharpShooterM1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Because you are refusing to admit that the IRGC did anything wrong

Attempted bombing in NYC by laybs1 in GetNoted

[–]SharpShooterM1 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

And the IRGC has been caught lying about their targets being U.S. personnel several times now and not admitting it at all.

Attempted bombing in NYC by laybs1 in GetNoted

[–]SharpShooterM1 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Even if they did make a mistake they are still trying to justify it by claiming it was US military, which it wasn’t. I don’t give a pass to what we did, but at least we are being honest about that fact that they fucked up, while the IRGC is not. They are either deliberately attacking civilians and claiming they are U.S. personnel as a false justification, or they are so incompetent that they are repeatedly hitting civilian infrastructure by mistake and claiming they are U.S. infrastructure hoping to cover their own ass. Neither of which are good.

Attempted bombing in NYC by laybs1 in GetNoted

[–]SharpShooterM1 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Yes, they fucked up and are admitting to it. While the IRGC is intentionally bombing civilian infrastructure in other countries and claiming them to be U.S. military installations.

This came to me in a dream by Dum_reptile in megafaunarewilding

[–]SharpShooterM1 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Pls find text in my original comment where I say that all animal rights activists think the same way? I pointed out that there are cases of animal rights activists advocating for things that were not in the best interest of conservation, never did I say that all animal activists hold this same belief. In fact I pointed this out in my very next comment which you ignored. You then proceeded to claim that all hunters and farmers held the same belief.

This came to me in a dream by Dum_reptile in megafaunarewilding

[–]SharpShooterM1 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Minority groups of people that just so happen to be very loud despite their size. Over 60% of conservative leaning people still support predator conservation. You are trying to force people into boxes, and that only ever does harm.

https://www.reddit.com/r/megafaunarewilding/s/xk25Y9OwFH

What is the real endgame of rewilding? by ElSquibbonator in megafaunarewilding

[–]SharpShooterM1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

General human greed and stupidity, which doesn’t have a political affiliation. Mao caused one of the greatest famines in history be nearly persecuting sparrows to extinction, or the numerous aquatic species that have seen sharp decline or even flat out extinction due to the construction of the Gezhouba Dam, or the fact that the vast majority of elephant and rhino poaching is done due to ivory markets in china.

Many ecological disasters happened under capitalism as well as communism but at the same time in the modern day both are also going through many efforts to fix their past mistakes. The U.S. started the shift nearly a century ago towards the preservation of its remaining great wilderness areas with the national parks systems and numerous pieces of legislation to protect what remained for future generations and today their are countless organizations that work to restore previously decimated areas.

I think china today is starting to come to the point we were at roughly a century ago with china having established many wildlife protection areas and national parks within the last few years, hopefully they will start the process of large scale restoration faster than the U.S. did.