Animals
Johnnie the Tractor-Driving Monkey
The 1977 video below features both Johnnie and his son, Johnnie II. But mostly Johnnie II.The owner of both, Australian farmer Lindsay Schmidt, said of the original Johnnie:
We take it in turns to drive and toss off the hay to the sheep and cattle."
Billings Gazette - Jan 17, 1965
Posted By: Alex - Fri Jul 24, 2020 -
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Category: Animals, Farming, Motor Vehicles
What’s New at the Zoo?
Posted By: Paul - Wed Jul 22, 2020 -
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Category: Animals, Anthropomorphism, Ineptness, Crudity, Talentlessness, Kitsch, and Bad Art, Music, 1960s
Mr. Drake’s Duck
Wikipedia page.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Jul 18, 2020 -
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Category: Animals, Movies, Science Fiction, 1950s
Squatter, the Sheep-Raising Game
Entry at games database, with pix.
Wikipedia page.
"Some board games turn up the tension so high you practically sweat through your clothes. Squatter, an Australian import which brings home the high-stakes world of sheep-herding, is probably not one of them."
Posted By: Paul - Tue Jul 07, 2020 -
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Category: Animals, Farming, Games, Australia
It’s Tough to Be a Bird!
A definite Disney-Does-Monty-Python vibe in the closing credits.The Wikipedia entry.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Jul 05, 2020 -
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Category: Animals, Humor, PSA’s, 1960s
“The Fish” by PES
Posted By: Paul - Sat Jun 27, 2020 -
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Category: Animals, PSA’s, Environmentalism and Ecology, Stop-motion Animation
Wolf eats man’s face
The photo below captures the moment a wolf started to attack the face of its trainer, Jacques Suzanne, during the filming of a movie. The camera crew, thinking the attack was part of the stunt, kept on filming.Suzanne evidently wasn't badly hurt, though the wolf was killed. Apparently he was the kind of guy who knew how to defend himself against a wolf. Read more about him in Adirondack Life magazine.
Chicago Tribune - Feb 20, 1927
Posted By: Alex - Tue Jun 23, 2020 -
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Category: Animals, Dogs, 1920s
Animal Trap
Jason Alexander Williams didn't mess around when it came to killing rodents. His 'animal trap' (patented in 1882) shot them dead:The object of my invention is to provide a means by which animals which burrow in the ground can be destroyed, and which trap will give an alarm each time that it goes off, so that it can be reset.
And his invention didn't just kill rodents. Williams noted:
Posted By: Alex - Sun Jun 21, 2020 -
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Category: Animals, Inventions, Patents, Nineteenth Century
Tuffi the Elephant Who Leaped from a Monorail
The incident produced this "manipulated" postcard.
The Wikipedia page.
The anniversary celebration of 2018.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Jun 21, 2020 -
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Category: Animals, Publicity Stunts, 1950s, Europe
“Circle World” by Cyriak
Posted By: Paul - Sat Jun 20, 2020 -
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Category: Aliens, Animals, Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Body Modifications, Surrealism, Cartoons, Special Effects
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