animal artwork

Smaller than their larger river cousins, the pygmy hippo is reclusive and nocturnal, as the live in the forests and swamps of west Africa. Sadly, they’re endangered from habitat loss and hunting for bushmeat, and are very difficult to study in the wild. (Art made back in February 2024)

Famous for it’s prehistoric appearance due to it’s oversized shoe-shaped beak and meaning stare, these intimidating birds are docile, and have been known to stand still for long periods of time, and are closely related to pelicans and herons than storks. (Originally drawn in March 2024)

One of the world’s weirdest mammals found im the island of Sulawesi in Indonesia, to which due to their prehistoric like appearance, they are called the pig deer by the locals in the Malay language.

The second largest of the giant tortoise species, similar in size to their Galapagos cousins, only a little smaller, as they are found in the Aldabra Atoll of the Seychelles. (Art drawn back in August of 2024)

Africa’s most common gazelle found across the Serengeti to which they are named after a 19th century British geologist and explorer named Joseph Thomson. Despite being small for their size, they can run very fast to outrun predators that hunt them.