This animal, an arctic fox, is so beautiful, it looks magical. It also looks intelligent.

Are beauty and intelligence inseparable?



pic by Denis-Carl Robidaux

PS to anachred  and anyone else who's interested: this pic reminds me of Japanese folk stories that revolve around sinister though not necessarily evil foxes. Neil Gaimon wrote his own Japanese fox-story called Sandman: The Dream Hunters, illustrated by one of my favorites Yoshitaka Amano.

We saw a great big opossum in our yard the other morning, hoovering up some oyster crackers that I'd thrown out there. Enlarge him to cow size, put a saddle over his shoulders, and he'd be a great steed for your fantasy characters!


Tempting eh? Especially if your crit group has dinged you for unrealistic horse details. I mean, little, tiny, minor details!

Still, I can't see my hot male protag riding a possum, so I guess I'd better stick with horses.

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Ooooh! A "treat" for Halloween.



more if you dare. (Warning: this is not the scariest one by a long shot!) Link via boingboing.