Animal Toy Blog – Page 88

Tawny Owl (Wild Life by Schleich)

4 (5 votes)

Welcome to the Animal Toy Blog. Since I have the honor of posting the first review, I thought I would pick a figure that just arrived in the mail today, the tawny owl, Strix aluco Linnaeus, 1758, which was released by Schleich in 1999.

For those of you that know me, you know I am a professional parasitologist and entomologist, and historically my collection has focused on arthropods.

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Thylacine (Wildlife by Mojö Fun)

Name(s): thylacine, Thylacinus, Thylacinus cynocephalus Brand: Mojo Fun Classification: Mammals, Marsupials Type: Figurine Range: Oceania

5 (7 votes)

Mojö is a company renowned for their abysmal dinosaur toys but fairly proficient when it comes to sculpting mammals both extinct and extant. They’re also the only company I’m aware of to tackle this important and fascinating animal although CollectA will have their version out later this year.

For those unfamiliar with Thylacinus cynocephalus, it was a large marsupial predator that died out on mainland Australia 2,000 years ago but continued to survive in Tasmania until the 1930’s.

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Dodo (Wild Animals by Papo)

Name(s): Dodo, Raphus, Raphus cucullatus Brand: Papo Classification: Birds, Pigeons & Doves Type: Figurine

4.9 (7 votes)

The Dodo used to walk around,
And take the sun and air.
The sun yet warms his native ground –
The Dodo is not there!

The voice which used to squawk and squeak
Is now for ever dumb –
Yet may you see his bones and beak
All in the Mu-se-um.

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Dodo (Wings of the World by by Safari Ltd.)

Name(s): Dodo, Raphus, Raphus cucullatus Brand: Safari Ltd., Wings of the World Classification: Birds, Pigeons & Doves Type: Figurine

4 (11 votes)

Review by Brandon. Edited by Plesiosauria.
The demise of the dodo bird is probably the most famous extinction event in recent history. This ancient Columbiform bird was a flightless species endemic to the small island of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean, off the coast of Africa near Madagascar, and occupied the island since at least the Holocene era.

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Tawny Owl (Wild Life by Schleich)

Thylacine (Wildlife by Mojö Fun)

Dodo (Wild Animals by Papo)

Dodo (Wings of the World by by Safari Ltd.)

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