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Gryphon internal anatomyby ~sugarpeep

Traditional Art / Drawings / Fantasy

This goes along with the skeletal system. I think my favorite trait in this is the duel syrinx. That's right. This gryphon can, not only, hold conversations with itself complete with interuptions but can also sing duets with itself. Note the four air sacs that help keep the respretory system rather like a radiator to keep cold air from high altitudes from scoring the lungs. The Interclavicular air sacs extend into the humerus of the wing. This is found in most bird species today. I made the brain rather large because of Mercedis Lackey's gryphons. They are intelligent, reasoning beings. As with most species of birds, this female gryphon has only one gonad located on the left side of her body to produce rather large eggs. Respectively, males would have only one testes on the left hand side. Should he carry an intermitant organ it would curve toward the left to better access the female's reproductive tract. While females are laying they would be quite grounded leaving the male to feed her and thus promote social bonds between the genders.

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~fmoscuro Feb 23, 2013

Genial!!

~VongneeseShaper5889 Sep 2, 2012

Cool!

*drake-rex Jan 28, 2011 Student Writer

absolutamente fasinante

~Ithildae Oct 21, 2010

Gonad to produce eggs?????

~kutiepie420 Oct 5, 2010 Hobbyist General Artist

what about the larynx and trachea...i mean how else is it getting air? lol just a slightly technical question....

~MasterMhal Sep 27, 2010 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

wow. first good internal anatomy of a gryphon i've ever found.

~RockBossKiller Jun 28, 2010

I love when people think things through.

!TraumaticCatharsis Oct 27, 2009

You included the uropygial gland! Now that's attention to detail.

!Mersa Oct 10, 2008

This is wonderfully done.
I am working on a similar project at the moment, it is amazing how many people I am coming across doing the same sort of thing!

~sugarpeep Nov 12, 2008 Hobbyist General Artist

It's a type of thought that hasn't really been pressed too much! It's easy to find dragon anatomy, sure. But what about other myths?

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