Metazoica back-up

I've been rather busy working on some movies to illustrate some of the different animals from Metazoica. Some you may have seen before. A couple of these are rather old, and I just redid them and added a few new touches to them. They took forever to make!! A movie of 20 seconds takes more than 100 frames. Then I added sound and some action. Getting the right moves was the tough part! I had to make it look and feel just like you were actually looking at the animals moving about in the wild. I still think my animation techniques need some work, but this is just a set of basic screen-tests. These are just samples of some of the animals I will be displaying in the new and improved Metazoic site. However, then the animation will be much better, because the person who will be creating the movies will be using a 3D style animation program. I cannot wait for that either. But these screen tests will give you an idea of what is to come. I've done 3 so far. They are Deinognathus, Carnodor...

The modern weasel family is kind of the Pate Choux of the Metazoic carnivore groups. Many get their genes from this base family, including the Ruonidae, the Zouphionidae and the Cloacariidae, just to name a few. The Vulpemustelidae is a group of weasel-like mammals, more weasel-like than other groups that appears later in the Metazoic. They have the typical weasel-like posture, with legs that are short and a body much longer in proportion to it's leg length. They have long tails, and small, wedge-shaped ears. The eyes are large and almond-shaped, giving these animals a somewhat "cunning" appearance. The feet have curved claws, though they are not retractable in most species. The tallest species is Oreomustela , which somewhat resembles a slender snow leopard. However, the heaviest species is Phobogula . The smallest species is Nanomustela . Unlike modern mustelids, these animals for the most part do not have any scent glands. So there is very little, if any, odor. All ar...