Archive for the ‘Animals’ Category
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Almost-Too-Accurate Dog Shaped Cakes
Novelty cakes are all the rage right now and while most of them strive to be over done and ridiculous (and who knows how they taste?!) but these cakes make us really happy. Cake Doggy Dog is a cake, cupcake and cake pop company that specializes in cakes that closely resemble dogs. Very closely. In fact, when looking at some of the photos, we figured the ...
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Planet Of The Apes Art Made With Lego & Ball Bearings
Artist Joe Black is known for his mosaic-style works of art, and this fabulous piece depicting an ape from famous movie, Planet of the Apes. To make this work of art, Black used 12,000+ pieces of black, white and grey Legos, assembled so carefully as to translate into depth and shading when viewed from a distance. His second set of Planet of the Apes art works ...
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Art Portraits Of Cat Butts
We don’t know what it is about Etsy vendor JennasRedRhino’s photos of cat butts that make us smile, but the pictures of kitty cat derrieres makes us chuckle time and time again. We also don’t know where to feature these works of art in one’s house…is this bathroom-style art? Living room art? Certainly not dining room art…at least we don’t think so, but who are we ...
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In China: Dogs Dyed To Resemble Other Animals
A dog doesn’t have to look like just a dog anymore thanks to the latest rage of dyeing pets to resemble wild animals in China. The Chow Chow dog makes for a great-looking panda bear when dyed white and black, while other pups are dyed to resemble other exotic beasts, like tigers. We have no idea why this has become a fad, and hope that the ...
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Comedy Moustaches For Your Hipster Dog
Your dog may be a fur ball as it is, but maybe he or she is dying to don a stache. You never know, and so it only seems fair that you should offer the pups the option and let them decide for themselves. Thanks to Muttropolis, we’ve been introduced to the Humunga Stache Dog Toy, a stache-shaped toy made to fit in a large or ...
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Animal Sculptures Made Out Of Broken CDs
Now that music is increasingly stored on iPods and computer hard drives, and those who prefer physical recordings have mostly turned to superior-sounding vinyl, what are we supposed to do with all those CDs taking up space in our closets? You can’t really them anymore. Sure, we could throw them out, but considering how many we’ve acquired over the years, that seems awfully wasteful. Well, if ...
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Famous Classical Paintings Improved With Cats
Over at Great Artists’ Mews there is a real obsession over fat cats in fine art taking shape. As you view the images they have created, classics like Botticelli’s “The Birth of Venus”, Rembrandt’s “Danae” and even Leonardo da Vinci’s “Mona Lisa”, all yoru knowledge of classical fine art starts to flicker on, but then, in the blink of a eye, its gone and you are ...
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Kitschy Fish Tank Toilet
The glorious throne comes in many sizes and colours, but this toilet design is one of the craziest we’ve seen in a long time! And yes, to answer the burning question in your heart, it IS real and it DOES work without harming the fish or the human using the toilet. The innovative designers behind Aqua One Technologies came up with this quirky idea one day ...
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Orphan Chimp Adopted By Dog
In a zoo in Russia, this poor chimpanzee baby found himself abandoned by his mother and left to fend for himself. A zoo employee took pity on the chimp and decided to bring him home only to discover that her pet mastiff immediately took the chimp under her “paw” so to speak, and treated the chimp like one of her own puppies. The two are inseparable ...
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Amazing Photos Of Crazy Dogs Underwater
Based in Los Angeles and Chicago and available nation-wide, Little Friends Photo specializes in lifestyle pet photography, embracing the at-ease mentality of pets on-location in their natural surroundings. The results are spontaneous, priceless moments of your pet’s unique personality captured in photographs that will last forever. Award-winning photographer Seth Casteel has been featured on EXTRA, MSNBC, USA Today, The Today Show, ABC News, AOL, CBS News, ...
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Animals Made From Lego
Where can you expect to find a life-sized tiger sculpture made entirely out of LEGO blocks? At the Bronx Zoo, of course. Or, at least you could have in 2011 when the LEGO Master Builders designed and built several animals that were installed at the Bronx Zoo in New York. Each animal sculpture was displayed within a natural set to resemble the creature’s natural habitat (or ...
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Loukanikos: The Riot Dog
If you haven’t heard of Loukanikos, the infamous protester dog, by now, it’s likely you live under a rock. Have no fear, WHOA! is here to enlighten you. The Greek canine has been affectionately dubbed the Riot Dog (along with Kanellos, who unfortunately passed away in 2008) because he is present at nearly every protest in Athens as of October 10th 2011. The riot dogs were ...
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Insanely Detailed Origami Insects
Here’s what his pattern looks like… scary eh? Brian Chan is an origami master – obviously, from the photos of his works of folded paper insects above, you’d be hard-pressed to argue. The young artist has been participating in origami competitions and hosting origami seminars alongside origami “legends” for several years. Chan admires the art of origami because of the intricacy involved, especially when it comes ...
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New Sea Creatures From The Abyss
A British team of researchers has been trying to determine what kind of freaky creatures, if any, inhabit the volcanic underwater vents (often referred to as the block smokers) of the South West Indian Ridge in the Indian Ocean, and let us tell you this – the creatures they have captured are sure to star in Disney’s next horror film. It’s believed that some of the ...
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Stunning Photographs Of Jellyfish
These amazing shots were taken by Russian biologist Alexander Semenov. When I first began to experiment with sea life photography I tried shooting small invertebrates for fun with my own old camera and without any professional lights or lenses. I collected the invertebrates under water and then I’ve shot them in the lab. After two or three months of failure after failure I ended up with ...
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More Insane Close-Ups Of Creepy Insects
HORNET JUMPING SPIDER FLY BUZZER MIDGE RED DAMSELFLY COMMON FLY COMMON HORSEFLY WASP AZURE DAMSELFLY CRANE FLY Bug-obsessed Slovakian student, Dusan Beno captures detailed macro portraits of insects and spiders. He catches his subjects in the great outdoors and then “bug-naps” them by taking them back to his home for photo-shoots. “I love great detail where you can see hair, every eye, jaw or sting – ...
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Taxidermy Deer Lego Kit
For some unusual reason, hanging a moose or deer head on the wall is considered fashionable in some parts of the world. Now, you can join in on the taxidermy craze without having to stare at a dead animal’s face on your wall. This Taxidermy Deer Lego Kit was designed by web designer David Cole. The kit comes with 60 standard-sized lego pieces to make a ...
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Snuggies For Dogs
Remember those ridiculously unflattering moo-moos made for people who live in cold houses? They are called Snuggies, and now, dogs are being humiliated by their Snuggie-wearing owners thanks to the pet-sized version of this nonsensical blanket-shaped-cape. We are sad for the poor pups of all sizes that are forced into wearing a blue or pink Snuggie. DOG PERSON? CHECK OUT: POSSIBLY THE COOLEST DOG VIDEO EVER ...
