a total newbie named "brontodocus"

[brontodocus]

Hi, my name is Andre, I'm a zoologist at the University of Bochum (mostly lecturing on arthropods). Some might know me from the Dinosaur Toy Forum where I go by the name brontodocus, too. I hope we have a good time here. I might have a few collection pictures I will show later on. Now to find a proper avatar and all these things...

[AnimalToyForum]

Welcome Andre! I was hoping you would join, for I know the extent and breadth of your collection and interests 

[brontodocus]

Yay, thanks! I'm already liking it here.

[AnimalToyForum]

I see you picked an avatar image - is that a tardigrade?  Good choice! 

[brontodocus]

Hehe, yes, it's an Echiniscus sp. by Agatsuma Entertainment. Although my avatar may be subject to change - I'm still browsing for an appropriate beetle figure photo that I have. I mean - Charles Darwin once said "It seems therefore that a taste for collecting beetles is some indication of future success in life". Oh, well, he might as well have been wrong here... 

[sauroid]

hi mr. brontodocus.

[Jetoar]

Hello again Brontodocus and wellcome  .

[AnimalToyForum]

I just noticed your signature image - awesome!

[brontodocus]

Hehe, thanks, Adam! I wanted something similar to my signature on DTF but this time only with figures of extant animals. All the photos were ready to assemble in a "collage" and I have plenty of free time this weekend (between cooking and sending the kids to bed and such) so the launch of the animal Toy Forum couldn't have come at a better time for me.

[postsaurischian]

Hehe, yes, it's an Echiniscus sp. by Agatsuma Entertainment. Although my avatar may be subject to change .......

Nooo! Don't change the 'Bärtierchen' avatar !

[Jetoar]

Hehe, yes, it's an Echiniscus sp. by Agatsuma Entertainment. Although my avatar may be subject to change .......

Nooo! Don't change the 'Bärtierchen' avatar !

[brontodocus]

Yes, I like the Agatsuma tardigrade. But I was also thinking about maybe having a drawing by Niroot as an avatar.


I might have one that could be suitable... It's a part of the same drawing my Therizinosaurus DTF avatar comes from. And it was a birthday card.

[Himmapaan]

Yes, I like the Agatsuma tardigrade. But I was also thinking about maybe having a drawing by Niroot as an avatar.


I might have one that could be suitable... It's a part of the same drawing my Therizinosaurus DTF avatar comes from. And it was a birthday card.

Aww... 

[brontodocus]

Hehe, it's all your fault. Well, I could also rotate avatars.

[AnimalToyForum]

Hehe, it's all your fault. Well, I could also rotate avatars.

Nah, you should definitely keep them the correct way up. 

[brontodocus]

 
Actually that brought me to the idea to use an animated *.gif of a rotating Hymenopus coronatus orchid mantis I made some 14 years ago:

Too bad it won't show up rotating as an avatar, so I'll switch back to the tardigrade.

[Jetoar]

Cooool  . I would like to do the same. You are talented  .