Archive for the ‘Animals’ Category
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Clever Fishing Rod With Underwater Video Camera
Admit it: you’ve always wondered what those poor fishes who think they are about to enjoy a meal but instead find themselves with a giant hook of metal in their mouths look like. No? Oh…Well, whoever does have such a strange curiosity as this is in luck, thanks to Fish Eyes. Fish Eyes has developed a standard fishing line with 20 feet (6 meters) of combined ...
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10 WHOA Worthy Photos Of Animals From 2011
An African spurred tortoise with two heads and five legs is displayed in Slovakia. A black rhino is transported by helicopter in South Africa. This was all part of a relocation plan for black rhinos, meant to move the endangered species to less populated areas so that they have a better shot at survival. Researchers dressed in panda costumes put a panda cub into a basket ...
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Paper Made From Elephant Poop
Who knew that elephant dung could be so versatile when it comes to product materials? Apparently, the owners of several elephant-dung-paper-product-suppliers did. A pile of fresh elephant poop (and any other grass and straw-eating animal for that matter) closely resembles the raw fibre that is used to make paper, so the natural progression (no pun intended) seemed obvious for poo poo paper producers. “How is it ...
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Giant Monkey Made From 10,000 Flip Flops
Dutch artist, Florentjin Hofman, is the one responsible for conceptualizing this enormous “Fat Monkey” sculpture out of 10,000 flip flops. Students from Sao Paulo helped execute the artist’s vision that uses flip flops – a long-standing trademark of Brazil. The large-scale reclining monkey was featured at the 2010 Pixelshow conference amongst other works of art that appear pixelated once assembled. The colourful flip flops were attached ...
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Possibly The Coolest Dog Video Ever Made
VIDEO BY KEITH HOPKIN http://dogs-in-cars.com/ Music: The Pains of Being Pure at Heart [thepainsofbeingpureatheart.com] “Anne With An E” and “Heaven’s Gonna Happen Now” MORE ANIMAL WICKEDNESS: PICTURES OF DOGS SHAKING THEIR FACES CATVERTISING: WHAT CAN A CAT DO FOR YOUR BUSINESS? 19 AMAZING DOG COSTUMES FOR HALLOWEEN
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Famous Album Covers Starring Cats
One of the most hilarious and quirky graphic design we’ve seen comes from an awesome new Tumblr site called The Kitten Covers. The never-ending collection of images feature famous and iconographic album covers, but all the human artists have been replaced by photos of adorable and cuddle-worthy (and ultra cool) kittens. The curator of the site describes the collection as “Legendary albums from a world dominated ...
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Extreme Close-Up Photos Of Animal Eye Balls
Black Rabbit Caiman Crocodile Fish Guinea Pig Horse Husky Hyena Iguana Siam Cat Snail Tiger Python Suren Manvelyan, became working as a professional photographer in 2006 and is currently involved in nearly all fields of photography, especially in Macro, Portraits, Creative photo projects and Landscapes; but it was his macro photographs of animal eye balls that made us say WHOA! The general public doesn’t usually have ...
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Creepy Animal Shaped Chairs
Spanish designer Maximo Riera likes to design chairs that exhibit animal forms. The designer’s Rhino Chair, Walrus Chair and Octopus Chair, part of the Animal Chair collection, are equally interesting mainly because of the unexpected nature (no pun intended) of the chairs’ forms. The series of three sculptural furniture pieces retain the vitality of the animals which they represent – Riera ensured the animals’ biology and ...
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World’s Largest Aquarium
If you’re looking to visit the world’s largest aquarium, head over to Atlanta, in the United States of America to visit the Georgia Aquarium. More than 8.5 million gallons of marine and fresh-water house 120,000 animals of 500 different species. The main attractions are the aquarium’s four young whale sharks from Taiwan, four beluga whales and four manta rays. Bernie Marcus and his wife, Billi, decided ...
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Kittywood Studios: Cat Videos Incorporated
Kittywood Studios: Cat Videos Incorporated was made by Joe Nicolosi from Austin, TX. Joe is a director and freelancer and creator of Star Wars: Retold, Kittywood, CSI Legoland, and Indie Mario Trailer.
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Catvertising: What Can A Cat Do For Your Business?
To stay on top of the ever-changing advertising landscape, john st. has opened the world’s first cat video division. With production, filming and seeding all in-house. Ask yourself, what can cat videos do for your business? The video was made by john st., an advertsiing video located in Toronto.
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The ‘Dog At Gun Point’ Leash
Finally, a novelty dog leash for those with a severely sick sense of humour! The Povodokus dog leash has a pistol-shaped handle that is sure to turn heads. Designed by Art Lebedev Studio, the lead lets out freely when the dog pulls, and reels back in (to allow you to maintain control) when you pull the trigger. The only drawback to owning and using one of ...
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19 Amazing Dog Costumes For Halloween
Apparently, Halloween is not just for humans anymore – there is somehow an abundance of hilarious costumes available for our furry friends this year. Pet stores are stocking more Halloween costumes for dogs than ever before, and unfortunately for the animals, these costumes are painfully hilarious to humans (translate: utterly embarrassing for canines).
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FREAKY STEAMPUNK SKULL TAXIDERMY
Lisa Black is a Sculptor, Jeweller and Artist based in Auckland, New Zealand, born in Australia in 1982. Her love of animals and their form, combined with a preoccupation with an imminent future where technology and biology are intimately combined, led her to create her ongoing series of modified animals. Her works have been featured in Wired.com, BoingBoing.net, Notcot.org, Treehugger.com, Pilot Magazine, Marie Claire as well ...
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CREEPY STEAMPUNK TAXIDERMY ART
Lisa Black is a Sculptor, Jeweller and Artist based in Auckland, New Zealand, born in Australia in 1982. Her love of animals and their form, combined with a preoccupation with an imminent future where technology and biology are intimately combined, led her to create her ongoing series of modified animals. Her works have been featured in Wired.com, BoingBoing.net, Notcot.org, Treehugger.com, Pilot Magazine, Marie Claire as well ...
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RICH DOG HOUSE MANSIONS
The doggy lover in all of us only wants the best for our furry companions, so why not splurge on a luxury dog house mansion? Different designers are responsible for the architecture of each doggy mansion, the prices are all equally extravagant, ranging from 2000 € (the modern design of the Hunderhaus Cubix) to £6,100 (the Colonial doghouse), but the most extravagant house of them all ...
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AWESOME PHOTOS OF AWESOME FROGS
White Lipped Green Tree Frog Waxy Monkey Leaf Frog Red Eyed Tree Frog Another Red Eyed Tree Frog Horned Frog Harlequin Tree Frog The distribution of frogs ranges from tropic to subarctic regions, but most species are found in tropical rainforests. Consisting of more than 5,000 species described, about 88% of amphibian species are frogs. The use of the common names “frog” and “toad” has no ...
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THE SCARY $70 SNAKE MASSAGE
The treatment consists of six non-venomous snakes massaging the client’s aching muscles and joints. Ada Barak’s snake spa, in Talmei Elazar, northern Israel, uses California and Florida king snakes, corn snakes and milk snakes for the massages, which cost £40 ($70). Miss Barak believes that physical contact with the reptiles can be a relaxing experience. She says that she was inspired by her belief that once ...
