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Month: May 2009

  • Lion hunt

    Lion hunt

    Eugène Delacroix – “”The Lion Hunt” (esquisse) Huile sur toile 86 x 115 cm – Musée d’Orsay, Paris – Image copyright © Musée d’Orsay, Paris Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris (cf. Artyst.net – Eugène Delacroix – “The Lion Hunt” ) Eugène Delacroix – “The Lion Hunt” – Musée d’Orsay, Paris

  • Save a cheetah

    Sometimes, for endangered species, it becomes necessary to forget re-introduction in the wild, but mere life preservation becomes critical. This is even more important for large carnivores like the cheetah because they need a lot of space and a large quantity of preys asociated to well-developped habits and sophisticated hunting techniques. Since the cheetahs are…

  • Comparative anatomy

    Comparative anatomy

    A nice drawing by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins, showing a lion and a man. Source: Bibliodyssey.