Animals
Marcus Coates—the man who’s learned to be an animal
British artist Marcus Coates thinks Nature can help address the concerns of the urban poor. So he's trained himself to be an animal, so as to bring Nature to them. He goes to slums, gathers groups of the local residents, and then does a shamanistic trance thing in which he "journeys to the lower world" to seek the wisdom of animal spirits. He does this while wearing a deer's head and skin, and uttering grunts and cries. Sometimes he'll wear a horse's head, or a badger hat. More about him here and here. Check out the video to see him in action.
Posted By: Alex - Thu May 24, 2012 -
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Category: Animals, Art, Performance Art
Designs on Jerry
The drug intake among the writers on this one was particularly copious.
Posted By: Paul - Mon May 21, 2012 -
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Category: Animals, Rube Goldberg Devices, Cartoons, 1950s
Tattoos for Dogs
The newest fad in canine fashion -- tattooing your dog. Note that these aren't permanent tattoos. They're airbrushed on using a special pet-friendly dye. Still, it's a great way to make your dog look ridiculous. Link: theweek.com
Posted By: Alex - Sat May 12, 2012 -
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Category: Animals, Fashion, Pets, Dogs
Nagi Noda’s Hair Hats
Learn more here.
Posted By: Paul - Tue May 01, 2012 -
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Category: Animals, Art, Surrealism, Body Modifications, Asia, Hair and Hairstyling
Telling The Bees
George Morley writes in Shakespeare's Greenwood: The Customs of the Country (1900) of the curious tradition of "telling the bees":
I don't have any bees, but I guess I could try "telling the gopher" that lives in my front yard.
Posted By: Alex - Fri Apr 27, 2012 -
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Category: Animals, Customs, Superstition
Cinderella Penguin
The tale of a glass flipper.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Apr 25, 2012 -
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Category: Animals, Awards, Prizes, Competitions and Contests, Beauty, Ugliness and Other Aesthetic Issues, Family, Myths and Fairytales, Cartoons, Shoes, Parody
The Land Eaters
Posted By: Paul - Thu Apr 19, 2012 -
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Category: Animals, Death, Destruction, Dreams and Nightmares, Surrealism, Fantasy, Stop-motion Animation
Hendrik Coetzee
Kadoma_teaser from Ben Stookesberry on Vimeo.
Do African explorers still get eaten by crocodiles in the 21st century? It seems a highly Victorian fate.
But it happened to Hendrik Coetzee just a little over a year ago. And now there's a documentary about him, the trailer for which is above.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Apr 04, 2012 -
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Category: Animals, Death, Eccentrics, Documentaries, Africa
Sunglasses for Chickens
Invented in 1937 to control cannibalism among chickens. Apparently chickens have a natural instinct to peck each other, but the sight of blood intensifies this instinct. So much so that if one chicken has blood on its feathers, all the others in the flock will peck it to death. This was a real problem for farmers until these rose-colored chicken sunglasses came along, which made it hard for the chickens to see the sight of blood. Nowadays, farmers must have other solutions to the problem of chicken cannibalism, because these glasses are no longer manufactured and are considered collector's items. (National Band and Tag via Feathered Forager)
Posted By: Alex - Mon Apr 02, 2012 -
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Category: Animals, Farming, Cannibalism, Fashion
Win Miniature Dog
I wonder what you actually got in the mail if you completed all the requirements for winning one of these things? Or was it impossible to ever complete the requirements?
(via jbcurio on flickr)
Posted By: Alex - Fri Mar 30, 2012 -
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Category: Animals
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