Electric Human Suit

biomedicalephemera:

Man (Homo sapiens sapiens), Cow (Bos taurus), and Ram (Ovis aries)

The structure of the ruminant animals varies considerably. It’s important for the artist to recognize the vertebral layout and rib structure, even of animals that are covered in thick wool or fur. Wild bovids (such as bison) and aurochs have extended cervical vertebrae that form a “hump” over their shoulders.

A Comparative View of the Human and Animal Frame. B. Waterhouse Hawkins, 1860.

coelasquid:

My favourite description of a cow’s anatomy is Jack Hamm’s “a skeleton covered in a garbage bag full of water”.

(Source: filicide)

Long Horned European Wild Ox — Heinrich Harder (c. 1920)

Urus — Sigismund von Herberstein (1556)

“I am Urus, in Polish Tur, in German Aurox: ignorami call me Bison.”

For those of you playing at home, that bull is owning those dogs.