Joan Turmelle
@killdeercheer.bsky.social
(she/her) Of 'Joan's Journal' & 'Through Time and Clades'. Anthropology Undergrad Alumna. Mermaid at Heart. Natural History, Animation, Pinups. Art by Ilari Pätilä.
Curious paragraph from Robin Allen's "Walt Disney & Europe" on the role of the scientific consultants for the 'Rite of Spring' sequence in "Fantasia". 🦖 An interview with Dick Huemer (co-story director) seems to directly confirm the role of Charles Knight in the visualization of the animals.
August 19, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Curious paragraph from Robin Allen's "Walt Disney & Europe" on the role of the scientific consultants for the 'Rite of Spring' sequence in "Fantasia". 🦖 An interview with Dick Huemer (co-story director) seems to directly confirm the role of Charles Knight in the visualization of the animals.
Curious about how the dingo got to Australia, and who was its ancestor? You can read all about it in the latest Joan's Journal! 💖 www.tumblr.com/joanjournal/...
June 30, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Curious about how the dingo got to Australia, and who was its ancestor? You can read all about it in the latest Joan's Journal! 💖 www.tumblr.com/joanjournal/...
😯 Richard Moody's book 'Prehistoric World' from about the same time shows a similar scene with animals labeled Velociraptor. I believe this was before any connection was made with Deinonychus: Velociraptor would've been a "generic theropod"
March 7, 2025 at 11:37 AM
😯 Richard Moody's book 'Prehistoric World' from about the same time shows a similar scene with animals labeled Velociraptor. I believe this was before any connection was made with Deinonychus: Velociraptor would've been a "generic theropod"
'Lady and the Tramp' is, arguably, the closest a Disney animated film comes to feeling like a Studio Ghibli movie.
November 8, 2023 at 7:15 PM
'Lady and the Tramp' is, arguably, the closest a Disney animated film comes to feeling like a Studio Ghibli movie.
The quest for a behavioural human nature, to compare with that of non-human primates, would lead us to characterize the human species as follows (from Jonathan Marks, 'The Nature of Humanness' in "The Oxford Handbook of Archaeology"):
October 8, 2023 at 2:55 AM
The quest for a behavioural human nature, to compare with that of non-human primates, would lead us to characterize the human species as follows (from Jonathan Marks, 'The Nature of Humanness' in "The Oxford Handbook of Archaeology"):
Absolute queens 💅✨
September 3, 2023 at 3:08 AM
Absolute queens 💅✨
Well, here I am! Thanks to the kindness of a friend, I made an account. Here's hoping I can turn this into something fun and better to share my wider interests. If you like anthropology and the wider natural world, or if you want to see me gush about niche interests, come along!
August 8, 2023 at 5:55 PM
Well, here I am! Thanks to the kindness of a friend, I made an account. Here's hoping I can turn this into something fun and better to share my wider interests. If you like anthropology and the wider natural world, or if you want to see me gush about niche interests, come along!