Original Usenet thread from alt.ascii-art, started 21 Jan 1999.
PERIPATUS
alt.ascii-art
· 8 messages · 21 Jan 1999 - 26 Jan 1999
I want to see a good, accurate depiction of a peripatus.
The onychophora, peripatus, is a unique creature, found in New
Zealand. There is no other like peripatus. It is probably a
creature from the dawn of time, as it seems to have a fossil
representative of the most early invertebrates: Aysheaia, as
may be found in some deposits of Burgess Shale.
Aside from a lovely name, Peripatus doesn't look much like an
earth creature. It is also frequently colored blue. It has
a mixture of attributes similar to both annelidia and arthopodia.
I have also found interesting the arguments taxanomists have had
for years over the creature; it's taxanomy has been fussed and
fought over, and changed several times. Mostly, there just isn't
anything like it.
Its pre-historic relative (which looks just like it), lived at
a time when mother nature was just begining to make complex,
multi-cellular creatures, and most of them (with the exception
of the jellyfish) looked like pure experiments in physical design.
No decendants remain of them, except Peripatus. They were all
bizzare in the extreme, like something from a sci-fi nightmare.
And they are all gone.
Except Peripatus. Peripatus still remains. It is totally bizzare,
and totally unique, and I'd like to see somebody make a real good
one.
...... That should give you something to do....
JRO
oglesbee@
mail.fullnet.net
On Fri, 22 Jan 1999 00:48:45 -0500, Krogg <kro...@gtcom.net> wrote: >JRO wrote: >> >> I want to see a good, accurate depiction of a peripatus. >> >> The onychophora, peripatus, is a unique creature, found in New >> Zealand. There is no other like peripatus. It is probably a >> creature from the dawn of time, as it seems to have a fossil >> representative of the most early invertebrates: Aysheaia, as >> may be found in some deposits of Burgess Shale. >> >> Aside from a lovely name, Peripatus doesn't look much like an >> earth creature. It is also frequently colored blue. It has >> a mixture of attributes similar to both annelidia and arthopodia. >> I have also found interesting the arguments taxanomists have had >> for years over the creature; it's taxanomy has been fussed and >> fought over, and changed several times. Mostly, there just isn't >> anything like it. >> >> Its pre-historic relative (which looks just like it), lived at >> a time when mother nature was just begining to make complex, >> multi-cellular creatures, and most of them (with the exception >> of the jellyfish) looked like pure experiments in physical design. >> No decendants remain of them, except Peripatus. They were all >> bizzare in the extreme, like something from a sci-fi nightmare. >> And they are all gone. >> >> Except Peripatus. Peripatus still remains. It is totally bizzare, >> and totally unique, and I'd like to see somebody make a real good >> one. >> >> ...... That should give you something to do.... >> >> JRO >> oglesbee@ >> mail.fullnet.net > >I found 2 pics of these things and they both looked very >simular.Tell me if this is the right animal. >http://piximg.corbis.com/cpe/sqlpic.asp?i=11120981&a=1&s=256wm > Yup, that's the right critter. And here's one in ascii form: ___ _...------..._ .'` ```""--...___...-"` `'-. / -..__ `\ Y_/ / / `/`;-..__ __...-;")`|`"/-._ Y ,' "` "` | / `|"("`( ( | | `" (_/ _) |) ;'-.._..-.._ " `-` "` `" (,' ; `"-.. ``"-==...._____ __.....--''` /\ _..-' ``````````````` _.'\_) ,:--""``"--'";-=.,__ _ _ __,.-: \ / \ \ | |``/"/": ;-q-q-=y=q==y-y-;";"\_|` \ \ \_) "` :_; (_/ `-' \_) | | (_/ `-' "` sk `"` I've also done one of the creatures that can be found with Aysheaia in the Burgess Shale. Here's my little tiny Pikaia that people usually think is a slug: \/ |\____ \`----`\ `"""""+\ sk ` Damn. Now you're going to get me started drawing fossils again. Don't you realize how dangerous it is to do something like this to a geology major? Oh well. I think this means I'm going to actually start sitting down and drawing again, instead of just sitting down and looking at everyone else's pretty pictures. Here's a trilobite: _,.-;''''''------....__ .' ..;;t---------....___ ``'-._ | ' '\ `'--.._`. \ `-.,__,L__.............._____`") '. ._,\_ __.-' sk `'-...__`:.----""""""```` -- /_____________/|"Geologists are amazing. They know hundreds of words for Sarah Kearsley||different sorts of dirt and hundreds of words for things kearsley ||it does when left alone for a few million years." _...@wam.umd.edu_|/~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Thomas Kettenring
Sarah Kearsley wrote: > > On Fri, 22 Jan 1999 00:48:45 -0500, Krogg <kro...@gtcom.net> > wrote: > > >JRO wrote: > >> > >> I want to see a good, accurate depiction of a peripatus. [snip] > Yup, that's the right critter. And here's one in ascii form: > > ___ _...------..._ > .'` ```""--...___...-"` `'-. > / -..__ `\ > Y_/ / / `/`;-..__ __...-;")`|`"/-._ Y > ,' "` "` | / `|"("`( ( | | `" (_/ _) |) > ;'-.._..-.._ " `-` "` `" (,' ; > `"-.. ``"-==...._____ __.....--''` /\ > _..-' ``````````````` _.'\_) > ,:--""``"--'";-=.,__ _ _ __,.-: \ > / \ \ | |``/"/": ;-q-q-=y=q==y-y-;";"\_|` \ \ \_) > "` :_; (_/ `-' \_) | | (_/ `-' "` > sk `"` > [snip] Well,i'll have to say,i dont think i could do a better one....maybe ill try,but with this kind of competition,i dont know how well i could do. -- |"""""<`.THE PRINCE ,'>"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""| | `.`/""""""\,',' my sig is too big, | |SEE HIS ( / \ \' SEE HIS but its really cool. | | FACE \/<> <>\/ SMILE | | / W \ Visit my ascii art site: | | ,'\_|||||_/`. http://www.gtcom.net/~krogg/ascii/ | | ,',' ||| `.`. kro...@gtcom.net | |____<,' TIME TO DIE `.>____Remove no.to.spam to reply____|
In article <36a80e2e.0@206.103.97.91>, JRO <ogl...@mail.fullnet.net-remove> writes > >Except Peripatus. Peripatus still remains. It is totally bizzare, >and totally unique, and I'd like to see somebody make a real good >one. > >...... That should give you something to do.... You don't have a GIF of this thing, I suppose? |~/ |~/ ~~|;'^';-._.-;'^';-._.-;'^';-._.-;'^';-._.-;||';-._.-;'^';||_.-;'^'0-|~~ P | Woof Woof, Glug Glug ||____________|| 0 | P O | Who Drowned the Judge's Dog? | . . . . . . . '----. 0 | O O | answers on *---|_______________ @__o0 | O L |{a href="news:alt.religion.scientology"}{/a}_____________|/_______| L and{a href="http://www.xemu.demon.co.uk/clam/lynx/q0.html"}{/a}XemuSP4(:)
JRO wrote: > > I want to see a good, accurate depiction of a peripatus. > > The onychophora, peripatus, is a unique creature, found in New > Zealand. There is no other like peripatus. It is probably a > creature from the dawn of time, as it seems to have a fossil > representative of the most early invertebrates: Aysheaia, as > may be found in some deposits of Burgess Shale. > > Aside from a lovely name, Peripatus doesn't look much like an > earth creature. It is also frequently colored blue. It has > a mixture of attributes similar to both annelidia and arthopodia. > I have also found interesting the arguments taxanomists have had > for years over the creature; it's taxanomy has been fussed and > fought over, and changed several times. Mostly, there just isn't > anything like it. > > Its pre-historic relative (which looks just like it), lived at > a time when mother nature was just begining to make complex, > multi-cellular creatures, and most of them (with the exception > of the jellyfish) looked like pure experiments in physical design. > No decendants remain of them, except Peripatus. They were all > bizzare in the extreme, like something from a sci-fi nightmare. > And they are all gone. > > Except Peripatus. Peripatus still remains. It is totally bizzare, > and totally unique, and I'd like to see somebody make a real good > one. > > ...... That should give you something to do.... > > JRO > oglesbee@ > mail.fullnet.net I found 2 pics of these things and they both looked very simular.Tell me if this is the right animal. http://piximg.corbis.com/cpe/sqlpic.asp?i=11120981&a=1&s=256wm -- |"""""<`.THE PRINCE ,'>"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""| | `.`/""""""\,',' my sig is too big, | |SEE HIS ( / \ \' SEE HIS but its really cool. | | FACE \/<> <>\/ SMILE | | / W \ Visit my ascii art site: | | ,'\_|||||_/`. http://www.gtcom.net/~krogg/ascii/ | | ,',' ||| `.`. kro...@gtcom.net | |____<,' TIME TO DIE `.>____Remove no.to.spam to reply____|
Sarah Kearsley wrote in message <36a...@news.erols.com>... > > ___ _...------..._ > .'` ```""--...___...-"` `'-. > / -..__ `\ > Y_/ / / `/`;-..__ __...-;")`|`"/-._ Y > ,' "` "` | / `|"("`( ( | | `" (_/ _) |) > ;'-.._..-.._ " `-` "` `" (,' ; > `"-.. ``"-==...._____ __.....--''` /\ > _..-' ``````````````` _.'\_) > ,:--""``"--'";-=.,__ _ _ __,.-: \ > / \ \ | |``/"/": ;-q-q-=y=q==y-y-;";"\_|` \ \ \_) > "` :_; (_/ `-' \_) | | (_/ `-' "` > sk `"` > >I've also done one of the creatures that can be found with Aysheaia in >the Burgess Shale. Here's my little tiny Pikaia that people usually >think is a slug: > >\/ >|\____ >\`----`\ > `"""""+\ > sk ` > >Damn. Now you're going to get me started drawing fossils again. Don't >you realize how dangerous it is to do something like this to a geology >major? Oh well. I think this means I'm going to actually start sitting >down and drawing again, instead of just sitting down and looking at >everyone else's pretty pictures. Here's a trilobite: > > _,.-;''''''------....__ >.' ..;;t---------....___ ``'-._ >| ' '\ `'--.._`. >\ `-.,__,L__.............._____`") > '. ._,\_ __.-' >sk `'-...__`:.----""""""```` Sarah, these ere truly marvelous, but......... Now lets see you do Hallucigenia. Thanks for the nice Peripati, JRO oglesbee@ mail.fullnet.net P.S.: any others?
Sarah Kearsley wrote in message <36a...@news.erols.com>... >Hallucigenia? That's really hard. Do you have any idea long it took to >do the legs on the Peripatus? And Peripatus legs are shorter and >stubbyer than Hallucigenia legs. Um, here, have a one-liner: `XXX= >Hrm. Ok, I'll do it. > > \ / > \\ / / > \\\ / / / > .-\\\\/ / / / > / `-\\\\Y / / / > //`> `-\\\\Y / / / > // //`> `-\\\\Y / / / > ( // //`> `-\\\`Y / / > ) // //`> `-\\ `Y / > ) // //`> `-\ `Y > sk ) // //`> `- `. > ) // //`>. \ > ) // / /`;. | > ) ' / `""' Sarah, this is excellent.... Only, actually, I like the models of it "walking" on the 14 spines. Flip it over for me, dear. Then how about an Anomalocaris? Thanks again...... JRO oglesbee@ mail.fullnet.net
On Sat, 23 Jan 1999 02:00:02 -0600, "JRO" <ogl...@mail.fullnet.net-remove> wrote: > Now lets see you do Hallucigenia. Hallucigenia? That's really hard. Do you have any idea long it took to do the legs on the Peripatus? And Peripatus legs are shorter and stubbyer than Hallucigenia legs. Um, here, have a one-liner: `XXX= Hrm. Ok, I'll do it. \ / \\ / / \\\ / / / .-\\\\/ / / / / `-\\\\Y / / / //`> `-\\\\Y / / / // //`> `-\\\\Y / / / ( // //`> `-\\\`Y / / ) // //`> `-\\ `Y / ) // //`> `-\ `Y sk ) // //`> `- `. ) // //`>. \ ) // / /`;. | ) ' / `""' > > Thanks for the nice Peripati, No problem, I needed an excuse to doodle something anyhow. >P.S.: any others? Not as of yet, but I'll do more. -- /_____________/|"Geologists are amazing. They know hundreds of words for Sarah Kearsley||different sorts of dirt and hundreds of words for things kearsley ||it does when left alone for a few million years." _...@wam.umd.edu_|/~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Thomas Kettenring
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