The Curious Compendium 2023 Tour Finale: Griffons!

what a great herd Paige!

is this one circled a 1/32nd scale, and if so, what brand is it?
I've never seen it before

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Thank you Andreas and Annette!

It is the PNSO Wildebeest I am unsure if it is 1/32nd scale but I don't think it is... its 2 inches tall and 3 inches long approximately.

thank you very much!

Sorry for the delay, I have had a lot going on.

Mandrills!

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These guys are the largest monkeys on earth! Their unique skin colors are from blood vessels and collagen fibers. They have cheek pouches, like hamsters, to store food for later. Some troops have been known to get as large as over 1,000 members!

The laughing one is funny (or thinks he is). Are they all males?

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Sorry for the delay, I have had a lot going on.

Mandrills!

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These guys are the largest monkeys on earth! Their unique skin colors are from blood vessels and collagen fibers. They have cheek pouches, like hamsters, to store food for later. Some troops have been known to get as large as over 1,000 members!

Thank you very much, old friend! Your posts are just a joy to the soul! Beauty! Copied everything! Post more!!!  

Thank you Roger and Sergey!

[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.], I have at least 2 confirmed females. The Schleich with baby, and the one Noah's Pals is a female. (both are front, center, bottom section). i quite like the Chap Mei, he looks like he stubbed his finger.

[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]! Thank you my friend. I have LOTS more. We are not even 1/3 of the way through! There are 10 categories left and something like 4,000+ models left to present!

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Saarlooswolfhound wrote:

Sorry for the delay, I have had a lot going on.

Mandrills!

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These guys are the largest monkeys on earth! Their unique skin colors are from blood vessels and collagen fibers. They have cheek pouches, like hamsters, to store food for later. Some troops have been known to get as large as over 1,000 members!

Thank you very much, old friend! Your posts are just a joy to the soul! Beauty! Copied everything! Post more!!!  

Welcome back my friend

The Schleich has quite a male-like nose, doesn't she?

I would agree, but looking at online photos some females are very robust/masculine looking.

Next set is my last big herd of antelope; kudu!

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Fun fact; you can tell their age from their horns. Horns begin growing at 6-12 months. By their second year they get their first twist. By age 6 they have 2.5 full turns!

I like Kudus. The old Schleich version is the only figure of a Cape Greater Kudu.

Beautiful kudu! I wish Papo's was smaller

Thank you Andreas and Jolie!

Next are my mountain gorillas!

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Facts: there are only about 1,063 left in the wild. There are only 2 regional population groups left. They live to be 40 years old in the wild! They have unique fingerprints AND noseprints; this is how researchers usually identify individuals without disturbing them.

Superb groups again!!!!

Nice herds, tribes and families Paige.

I wish you will find the Vanishing Wild male one day

Thank you Taylor and Kiki! I hope to complete the family of VW gorillas someday.

Thomson's gazelle! 

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Fun facts: the unique bouncing/jumping they use to travel (arched back, straight legs, high into the air) is used to evade predators or display aggression conspecifically. It is called stotting or pronking. They also only sleep for about 5 minutes at a time through the day. In 24 hours they usually only get about 1 hour of sleep!

Impressive herd What is the biggest of them ? I can't find it on TAW

Nice gazelles

Thank you both! I just got thay gazelle a few weeks ago. No markings, big size. Seems to be more childish-ly sculpted. Reminds me of some of the Playskool models but its hard plastic not rubber.

Lovely, all of them! That hollow kudu has a real interesting face, haha. He almost looks more like a Star Wars creature. And I love the Tommies. I used to hose out a gazelle barn once a week in an internship. Didn't do much else with the animals themselves, though.

Great collection of gazelles,the large one is an interesting model.

Thank you everyone! @ Jill, the one Kudu does look like a star wars animal. 

Next is the Western lowland gorilla! 


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Fun facts: This species are the gorillas you see in captivity; with rare exception! They also have very little water requirements and do not drink from rivers/ponds. They get all the moisture they need from plants they eat; especially dew covered leaves in the morning.

Sable Antelope!

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Fun facts! Their horns grow to be about 1.6 meters long (about the length of an elephant's tusk! Once they reach maturity, they grow one ring in length every year; so you can estimate age from them. The subspecies, the Angolan giant sable antelope, is critically endangered with less than 100 individuals left in the wild.