Animals
Being a sheep
Artist Miranda Whall spent much of last summer crawling around on her hands and knees through the Cambrian Mountains in Wales, while dressed as a sheep, with 14 cameras strapped to her body.She did this in order to immerse herself in the mountains and be able to better tell their story for the documentary she was creating. She said, "I wanted to challenge the assumptions and misconceptions about sheep and the Welsh uplands, both of which are central to Wales' heritage and identity."
For her next project, she's thinking of crawling through Scotland as a deer, and then it's off to the Pyrenees to crawl around as a boar or bear.
More info: BBC News
image source: mirandawhall.space
Posted By: Alex - Tue Apr 24, 2018 -
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Category: Animals, Art
Ingrid, the Friendly (Police-sponsored) Alligator
The original article is now, alas, behind the CHICAGO TRIBUNE paywall.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Apr 21, 2018 -
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Category: Animals, Cops, 1950s
Munch Meter
An invention that measures how much a cow has eaten by recording the motion of its head while it eats.
Hartford Courant - Sep 14, 1972
Posted By: Alex - Wed Apr 18, 2018 -
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Category: Animals, Farming, Inventions, 1970s
Yvette Dare
Posted By: Paul - Sun Apr 15, 2018 -
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Category: Animals, Entertainment, Public Indecency, 1940s
Rupkali, the Smoking Elephant of Baroda
Around 1:55, you will see Rupkali enjoying his hookah.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Apr 11, 2018 -
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Category: Animals, Bad Habits, Neuroses and Psychoses, Tobacco and Smoking, 1930s
Dog-Powered Scooter
Posted By: Paul - Fri Apr 06, 2018 -
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Category: Animals
Happy Easter 2018!
Can you picture the size of the Easter Bunny that laid that egg?
Have a happy holiday!
Posted By: Paul - Sun Apr 01, 2018 -
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Category: Animals, Excess, Overkill, Hyperbole and Too Much Is Not Enough, Holidays, Easter
Animal of the Month Club
Creative Playthings, Inc. of Princeton, New Jersey launched its "Animal of the Month Club" in 1968. For $19.95, subscribers received small animals in the mail— not actually every month as the name of the club implied, but every few months. The animals included Argentine toads, a "mystery snail," newts, musk turtles, African underwater frogs, and Siamese fish.The club reflected Creative Playthings philosophy of "helping children to learn while they play." There was, unfortunately, one big problem with the execution of the concept. The animals kept dying in the mail. So, by 1970, the club was no more.
Tyrone Daily Herald - Apr 1, 1969
Akron Beacon Journal - Apr 20, 1969
Posted By: Alex - Tue Mar 06, 2018 -
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Category: Animals, Clubs, Fraternities and Other Self-selecting Organizations, 1960s, Postal Services
Playful Swans
Original article here.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Mar 02, 2018 -
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Category: Animals, Death, Children, Parents, 1990s
Miss Geico
Am I alone in this, or does Miss Geico appear to be one of the hideous sea-folk who live off the coast of Lovecraft's Innsmouth, and conspire to interbreed with humans, producing hybrid abominations?
Home page.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Feb 04, 2018 -
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Category: Animals, Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Business, Advertising, Corporate Mascots, Icons and Spokesbeings, Horror, Motor Vehicles, Fictional Monsters
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