Kimmerosarus the Shark Hunter and other Plesiosaur coloring pages

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Today's new drawing is of a shark hunting plesiosaur. 

Kimmerosaurus Hunting Sharks

Kimmerosarus was a Plesiosaur that lived in the Jurassic Period.  Its fossils were found in England near the Jurassic Coast where Mary Anning made her discoveries.  There is a place (on what is now land) where long tracks were made in what HAD been the ocean floor.  It has been determined that those long trenches were made by Kimmerosaurus when the marine reptile was hunting sharks that were hiding in the sand.  

Kimmerosaurus was not a huge marine reptile.  It was only 20 feet long.  Of course, 20 feet is not exactly short.  That is about 6 meters long.  It ate squid and bony fish and if the hypothesis is correct it also hunted sharks that were hiding in the sand.  (Sharks are cartilaginous fish and they have bones made of cartilage.)  There WERE other Plesiosaurs, like Elasmosaurus, that were much longer.  Elasmosaurus was 46 feet or 14 meters long.  But Elasmosaurus had a much thinner neck proportionally in comparison to Kimmerosaurus.  Kimmerosaurs had a shorter neck as well.  Elasmosaurus may have evolved from the shorter neck Plesiosaurs like Kimmerosaurus because Kimmerosaurus was from the Jurassic Period and Elasmosaurs lived in the Cretaceous Period... that came later. 

NOTE:  This drawing, in printable form, can be found by clicking on the button labeled "Paleontology." Then scroll down to the Mesozoic portion of the list.  Scroll down further to the last entry on that part of the list for this new drawing.  I am also including 2 drawings of Elasmosaurus from earlier posts.  I am including it because that species was mentioned in this post. 

Elasmosaurus Mother and Calf

Plesiosaurus Surfacing

Tree Fairy at Her Tree coloring page

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I am updating less often for now because my wife and I are moving. 

When you get old and can't live independently it is hard to get rid of so many things...  

...and it takes a lot of time.  So I have not had much time to draw lately. 

We are moving in with our wonderful eldest daughter, her kind husband, and three cute grandkids. 

I will be back to posting new drawings more often in a couple of weeks.  

In the meantime, this new drawing is a Tree Fairy at her tree.  

Tree Fairy at Her Tree

This Tree Fairy is at her tree.  She is wearing a flying belt because she actually has more than one tree she cares for i the forest.  Fairies can fly without the flying belt, but they can fly further and faster with it.  She is seen here at mortal size.  She can use Fairy tech and magic to go to her natural 5-inch size as well. That is about 13 cm.  In fact, her Fairy Village is located under and in the roots of this tree.  The Tree Fairy here is seen in 

NOTE:  This drawing, in printable form, is found by clicking on the button labeled:  Fantasy, Myths, and Circus.  Then scroll down to the bottom of the list.  Have fun coloring!

Apatosaurus Alpha Female welcomes a new Juvenile into the Herd coloring page

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Today's new drawing is a juvenile Apatosaurus joining the herd.

Apatosaurus Alpha Female welcomes Juvenile into the Herd

If you have ever seen the excellent TV series called Walking With Dinosaurs you will remember the Sauropods laying their eggs in mass near a forest.  They then left their eggs to luck. .. like modern sea turtles do.  Then, later on, the juveniles who have survived to a certain size leave the forest and are welcome to join the herd.  (Notice that the drawing is set near the edge of the forest.)  Once a part of the herd with huge adults, the juveniles or sub-adults would have been far safer.  Adult Apatosaurs weighed around 22 tons and were around 75 feet long, or about 23 meters long.   This is much bigger than the size of the predators that preyed upon herbivores in the Jurassic Period.  Those predators would include Allosaurus and Torvosaurus. 

In the show the type of Sauropods is Diplodocus.  THIS drawing is of a heavier Sauropod called Apatosaurus.  It was commonly called Brontosaurus but it was discovered that it was named Apatosaurus first. . . so that name became official.  In Walking With Dinosaurs the females and young males make a herd and there is an Alpha Female.  This is how the modern  African elephants live.  Of course, the modern elephants care for their young from the start... and don't leave them to luck.  It is estimated that in modern sea turtles only one in a hundred survive to reproduce.  There was probably a similar mortality rate in young Sauropods.  By the way, this juvenile Apatosaurus would have been around the size of an adult African Elephant when it joined the Sauropod herd. 

Brontosaurus meant Thunder Lizard.  The thought was that it was so big that it sounded like thunder when it walked.  Apatosaurus means Deceptive Lizard because Marsh, the famous paleontologist who found it, thought that some of its bones looked deceptively like bones from a huge type of marine reptile called a Mosasaur.  

NOTE:  This drawing, in printable form, can be found by clicking on the button labeled:  Paleontology. Then scroll down to the bottom of the list to find the title of this new printable drawing.  New drawings are always at the bottom of the correct list on this blog.  Next, click on the title and the drawing will come up in printable form. By the way, the drawing is under the Paleontology button and in the part of the list labeled "Animals from the Mesozoic."

 Personal Note:  I also want to mention that my wife and I are in the middle of packing to move.  We are both older and having some major health issues so we are moving in with our eldest daughter.  Our adult kids (all our kids are adults and no longer kids) have been coming over to help us pack.  So has a niece and her husband.  I am not having much time to draw so I am drawing less and updating more.  Even the packing I am doing myself is causing me a lot of pain in my messed up trachea.  So, please be patient.  I will be drawing more often by next week.  

Keannia the Tooth Fairy coloring page

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Today's new drawing is of one of the Tooth Fairies. 

Keannia one of the Tooth Fairies

Some Fairies choose to become Tooth Fairies.  There are actually many many tooth fairies.  They can use their advanced magic and tech to go to any size to get to the tooth they are seeking.  They sometimes will magically enlarge the tooth or magically shrink it.  They conjure up cash for the child who lost the baby tooth and leave the cash under the pillow.  

Notice that Keannia is wearing a flying belt.  Fairies can fly without the flying belt, but they can fly further and faster with their flying belt.  For this reason, Keannia is wearing a flying belt.  She has to travel many miles (or kilometers) in her job as a Tooth Fairy. 

NOTE:  This drawing, in printable form, can be found by clicking on the button labeled Fantasy, Myths, and Circus.  Then scroll down to the bottom of the list for this new drawing  New drawings are always at the bottom of the lists.  

Zebra on the African Savannah coloring page

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Today's new drawing is a Zebra in the Serengeti.

Zebra on the African Savannah

Zebras are closely related to horses and asses.  So Zebras are a type of equine.  They have distinctive black and white stripes that may help with predator evasion.   There is also evidence that the stripes provide some protection from biting flies.  They live in smaller herds and migrate in large herds and their migration is one of the biggest of all land animals in the world.  

Zebras do live on the savannah or grasslands of Africa.  But some also live in the mountains, forests, and shrublands. They live in Eastern and Southern Africa. 

There are three species of zebra with the Mountain Zebra being smaller at around 7 feet 8 inches long (2.4 meters long).  Grevy's Zebra is the largest at around 8 feet 11 inches (2.7 meters long).  Zebras are around 5 feet (1,5 meters tall) from shoulder to bottom of the hooves.  There is also a species of Plains Zebra.   Here are the weights or masses of the three different species of zebra:  

Plains Zebra:  880 lbs.

Grevy's Zebra 850 lbs.

Mountain Zebra 620 lbs. 

Zebras can fight back by biting and kicking but they will also run when threatened.  Both lions and hyenas prey on zebras.  Zebras also are vulnerable to crocodiles when near the water. 

PERSONAL NOTE:  We are in the process of moving and so I may be posting a bit less.  Packing the house etc. is taking a lot of time and causing me quite a bit of pain in my messed up trachea.  I just had some major dental work and I drew this zebra while recovering.  I was able to avoid taking pain medications by distracting myself by drawing the zebra.  

NOTE:  Now, about the zebra drawing.  .  .  .  It can be found, in printable form, by clicking on the button labeled:  "Animals,"  Remember to scroll down to the bottom of the list because new drawings are found at the bottom of the lists of printable drawings.  

Groundhog and a Chickadee for Groundhog Day coloring page

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Today is Groundhog Day!

So I drew a groundhog, although I put it in an early fall setting instead of a winter setting. 

Groundhog in the Early Fall with a Black-Capped Chickadee

The groundhog is also known as a woodchuck.  It is basically a large ground squirrel.  It is also a large rodent.  (All squirrels are rodents.)  Groundhogs are between 16.5 and 27 inches long.  That is between 42 and 68.5 cm. long. 

A groundhog is also called, in different parts of North America, several different names:  groundhog, woodchuck, chuck, wood-shock, ground pig, thick-wood badger, whistle pig, whistler, Canada marmot, monax, moonack, weenusk, red monk, land beaver, and siffleux.  The last one is from Quebec and it is in French.   

Here in America the Groundhog Day tradition says that if the groundhog sees his shadow he will be scared and go back into his burrow for another six weeks and we will have another six weeks of winter.  IF he does NOT see his shadow we will have an early spring.  

The chickadee is a "Black-Capped Chickadee."  It has a very wide range from Alaska to Pennsylvania. They live primarily in more northern areas, however they do live as far south as Southern Utah and Northern New Mexico.  The black markings on the head make it look like it is wearing a hat.  Hence the name, "Black-Capped Chickadee."  They are only about 5 or so inches long.  That is about 12 cm.  

The tree is in the drawing is a small tree.  I decided to draw the animals in the fall instead of the winter. 

This drawing will be found, in printable form, by clicking on the button labeled "Animals." or clicking on the button labeled "Bird."  And, of course, it is also found under the "Holidays" button.  You will need to scroll down to find the new drawing.  

Quokka in the Outback in honor of Groundhog Day coloring page

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Today's new drawing was suggested by my daughter. It is a Quokka.

This small marsupial somewhat resembles a groundhog. . . so I 

post this in honor of Groundhog Day... which is tomorrow, February 2nd. 

Quokka from the Ouback

A quokka is a cat-sized marsupial from Australia.  It is also called a Short-Tail Scrub Wallaby.  It is a plant-eater so it might be considered a herbivore, except that sometimes it will eat small animals like legless lizards and snails, so that makes it an omnivore.  It is active at night so it is nocturnal.  This animal is found off the coast of southwestern Australia on several islands. The quokka weighs between 5.5 lbs and 11 lbs.  That is 2.5 to 5 kg.  

It probably used to be just a land animal but over time it evolved the ability to climb small trees and bushes.  They are known to sleep in bushes during the day.  They are known to hop like wallabies and kangaroos, only not so far per jump. 

Quokkas babies are called joeys.  The joey is carried in their mother's pouch.  The mother quokkas sometimes will do something that is kind of weird.  If chased by a predator, like a dingo, they will sometimes drop their joey and abandon it to the predator. The baby or joey will hiss and cry out and attract the predator so the mother can escape.  So the mother quokka escapes but the joey gets eaten. (So, the mother quokka that does this is not exactly "Mother of the Year.")

The tangled grass in the picture is Spinafex.  

Quokkas are very friendly to humans and often people take selfies with them. 

This drawing, in printable form, can be found by clicking on the button labeled "Animals of Australia."  Scroll down to the bottom of the list because new drawings will be at the bottom of the correct list.