By Emperorgrox
 

Where've you been?

By frogies
 

There's no need to apologize on anything. :L As far as I see, you did nothing wrong.

By BrokenEyeReborn
 

We take for granted how easy it is to find out what something really looks like nowadays.

By BrokenEyeReborn
 

Even relatively "normal" creatures like giraffes and rhinoceroses were typically drawn inaccurately, because while many people had heard of them, few Europeans had ever actually seen one

By BrokenEyeReborn
 

RE: Well, there were no photographs back then, and no internet or even newspapers. Most people got their information from word-of-mouth, and for most illustrators, trying to re-construct an image from a second-hand description was the best they could do

By BrokenEyeReborn
 

Apology accepted.