Brand: Miniatureplanet

Common Octopus (Minatureplanet Vol. 15 by Eikoh)

Name(s): common octopus, Octopus, Octopus vulgaris Brand: Eikoh, Miniatureplanet Classification: Mollusks Type: Figurine Range: Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Pacific Ocean

2 (3 votes)

Review and images by JimoAi; edited by bmathison1972

Octopuses are remarkable animals: They have 3 hearts, blue blood, are able to squeeze into tiny spaces that are larger than its beak, change colour and sometimes texture to match their surroundings, and their most remarkable feature: intelligence. Compared to the other invertebrates, the octopus outsmarts all of them due to it having the largest brain-to-body ratio and the common octopus (Octopus vulgaris) has around half a billion neurons, two thirds of it are located in the 8 arms of the animal.

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Mongoose (Miniatureplanet 2023 by Eikoh)

Name(s): Bdeogale, Herpestes, Paracynictis, Rhynchogale, Urva, Xenogale Brand: Eikoh, Miniatureplanet Classification: Carnivores, Mammals, Mongooses and Kin Type: Figurine Range: Africa, Asia

3.6 (7 votes)

In late 2023, Eikoh released another collection in their Miniatureplanet line. Typically, these releases are marked by ‘volumes’, which would make the set Volume 23 if I am doing the math right, although there is no indication on the accompanying paperwork that this is the case. There is a number ’13’ on the paperwork after ‘Miniatureplanet’, but there have clearly been more than 13 sets, and there are more than 13 animals in this particular set (16 to be precise).

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Sunda Slow Loris (Miniatureplanet Vol. 19 by Eikoh)

Name(s): Nycticebus, Nycticebus coucang, Sunda slow loris Brand: Eikoh, Miniatureplanet Classification: Mammals, Primates Type: Figurine Range: Asia

3.4 (5 votes)

Review and images by stemturtle; edited by bmathison1972

The Sunda slow loris, Nycticebus coucang, was released in 2020 by Eikoh, Miniatureplanet, Vol. 19. This strepsirrhine or prosimian occurs in, Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore, and Indonesia (Borneo, Java, Sulawesi, Sumatra). It probably shares a distant ancestor with the African potto.

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Tamandua (Miniatureplanet Vol. 5 by Eikoh)

Name(s): southern tamandua, Tamandua, Tamandua tetradactyla Brand: Eikoh, Miniatureplanet Classification: Mammals, Sloths, Anteaters & Armadillos Type: Figurine

2.5 (4 votes)

Review and images by Lanthanotus; edited by bmathison1972

Ants are a very common and numerous form of recent insects, and so it is no wonder that there is also a variety of myrmecophagus animals. A lot of them, though by far not all, rely on strong claws and long sticky tongues to get their small quarries out of their narrow burrows.

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Common Octopus (Minatureplanet Vol. 15 by Eikoh)

Mongoose (Miniatureplanet 2023 by Eikoh)

Sunda Slow Loris (Miniatureplanet Vol. 19 by Eikoh)

Tamandua (Miniatureplanet Vol. 5 by Eikoh)

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