Tag Archives: Animals
Expressive hands, in paint and shadow
This seems to be my weekend to discover artists exploring fascinating ways to connect with the natural world. After stumbling onto Tsuneaki Hiramatsu’s firefly photographs, I saw some of body-painter Guido Daniele’s astonishing “handimals” in my daughter’s latest issue of … Continue reading
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A world lit by fireflies
Just a few from a fantastic series of time-lapse images by photographer Tsuneaki Hiramatsu, via io9: More here, and on Hiramatsu’s blog. More bioluminescent goodness here and here.
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“The Bark Side”
Oh, lovely, lovely, lovely. I had a ton of post ideas all lined up — then along comes this video, which just has to go up first: Check out little Doggie Chewbacca and little Doggie Ewok. I’m melting. (via Jalopnik)
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Everything is better with cats
Oh, excellent! AbeBooks identifies a pressing problem, and a solution: Here at AbeBooks Headquarters, we occasionally step away from our bubbling beakers to read books. And we’ve all noticed a disturbing trend throughout classic literature. Many of the so-called “classics” … Continue reading
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Wonderful world
Yes: And a bonus hand-shadow interpretation: (via Pharyngula)
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Still vanishing
Oh, god: [...] 56 exotic creatures — a fierce menagerie that included wolves, monkeys and 18 Bengal tigers, an endangered species whose numbers total less than 3,000 in the wild — [...] had fled their cages on a 73-acre private … Continue reading
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Perspective
Sometimes the universe decides we need a little deflating: (via The Dish)
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Miscellany
Here are a few items I haven’t had time to write about, but are still, I think, worth your attention. I may revisit and more fully discuss some of these in the future, but there’s no reason not to share … Continue reading
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Animals made us human
Animals Make Us Human is the title of Temple Grandin’s wonderful book on how animals think, feel, and perceive, and how humans can provide the best possible life for the ones in our care. Not quite on the same topic, … Continue reading
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