The Curious Compendium 2023 Tour Finale: Griffons!

Also very nice

A beautiful family!

Is the asian gold cat repainted?

Thank you!

Andreas, yes, its nother custom repaint and slight resculpting.

Safari toob original figure

Here are my customs: (scroll down a bit)
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Thank you

One of my all time favourite wild cats!!The model in the middle at the top,who is the maker please?

That is a Kaiyodo Yamipikarya (hope I spelled it right...) It is theorized to be a subspecies of the clouded leopard in Japan.

Nice pics again Paige

rogerpgvg wrote:

Great to see all these comparisons. The tiger is the most common species in my collection, but I see you have even more! In the third tiger photo, what brand is the small one at the bottom right?

Funny thing indeed, My tiger tribe is about the same size as Paige's and we only have three in common. The laws of the jungle are impenetrable

I have always felt that this is the neat thing about collecting and collections... they not only reflect a person's taste or interests despite there being numerous options available (in this instance with tigers), but it also reflects the experiences each have had (opportunities to add certain things to their collection; whether that be common or rare pieces, for expense or for cheap...). :)

Next, my Tibetan blue bears and sloth bears!

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Fact: Tibetan blue bears are the rarest subspecies of bear today. Unfortunately, due to lack of information, we don't have population estimates for conservation status... but we know that they are very rare and rather reclusive and shy.

Beautiful! I love your Tibetan blue bears customs!

Saarlooswolfhound wrote:

I have always felt that this is the neat thing about collecting and collections... they not only reflect a person's taste or interests despite there being numerous options available (in this instance with tigers), but it also reflects the experiences each have had (opportunities to add certain things to their collection; whether that be common or rare pieces, for expense or for cheap...). :) .

I totally agree, each collection writes its own story year after year and is not just a reflection of the owner's tastes. Not only do chance encounters have a real influence on our collections, but they acquire their own personality, which even ends up influencing us. And that's really interesting!

Nice bears

Asiatic black bears!

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fact: these bears often break off smaller branches and lace them in a nest like structure to make a platform that will support their weight while feeding on fruiting trees. They then leave these large structures behind (sometimes to be used again, or other animals may inhabit them), and popular trees to feed on will have multiple large nests!

Nice bear Family

A great collection! Seemingly kind of an underrepresented species, too.

Thank you Andreas and bjarki12.

you have many asiatic black bears!

Aaaaand after the moon bears... we have the sun bears!

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This is a fun story instead... I heard of a captive bear who saw sugar be placed in a cabinet and locked. The bear during a training session, unprompted, was able to open the cabinet with its claw before attending to the task at hand and the trainer! They are indeed supposed to be the smartest of bear species, though to my understanding I know of no comparative tests or parameters for this.

Nice tribes again Paige, I still don't have the Safari Ltd Moon bear but it is still in my mind

About the Sun bear funny thing, I can't wait to see a comparative study, like releasing a Malay bear and a human into the jungle for a week and seeing who comes out better.

the second on left seems a little disapointed, as he could'nt succeed to catch suger!

Lovely bunch again!

The Yowie bear is disappointed because the Colorata bear found the sugar stash!

Thank you friends!

Nice bears again

Got a little behind, but what a great representation of species. I love how your customs blend into the crowd so easily, adding diversity and just being lovely pieces of art.

Thank you Andreas and Jill!

Red pandas!

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After years of having the baby, I waz thrilled to add the K&M adult to my group a few months ago.

Because of their primitive "thumb" structure on their front paws (a convergently evolved trait that unrelated giant pandas also have, both species use for handling bamboo), red pandas are considered to have 6 digits on their front paws!