A newborn South American Tapir lies next to her mother at the Debrecen Zoo in Debrecen, Hungary. The baby, a female, was born on 15 April after a 13-month gestation. She weighed a little over 6000 grams. Her parents, Sam and Luna, came to the zoo in March 2011 as part of a species conservation program. The baby will be raised together with her parents for almost a year — via ZooBorns
Monday, 16 April marked the one-year anniversary of the first time Busch Gardens guests got to see Kasi an 8-week-old male cheetah cub, and Mtani, a 16-week-old female yellow Labrador puppy, start to strike up a friendship that the park’s animal experts expect to last a lifetime. Now, a year later, they live together full time at the park’s Cheetah Run habitat and even travel together to schools, events and television studios, helping the park’s education team teach the public about the plight of cheetahs in the wild and the importance of Busch Gardens’ conservation efforts. — via ZooBorns
Foundations of complex language have been found in colonies of unusual furry animals called hyraxes.
Hyraxes, which resemble rodents but are more closely related to elephants or manatees, often cluck, snort, squeak, tweet and wail songs from the perches of their rocky colonies.
By recording hundreds of the animals’ songs and applying clever mathematics, researchers discovered that differences in note arrangement, or syntax, in hyrax songs vary as the distance increases between colonies — a surprising occurrence of dialect — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Ancient deep sea divers — the nautilus has firmly imprinted itself in the human psyche. This sculpture titled Cephalopod
takes direct inspiration from these amazingly graceful creatures.
This piece marries found object and handmade castings beautifully. It’s body is an old cast iron blower housing; the eyes
are cast bronze (cast from original waxes). The tentacles are forged steel square nails, peeking out from it’s beak
, which are unique cast iron pieces — via Etsy
Taronga Zoo is celebrating the birth of a rare animal, a female Eastern Bongo calf, on 2 April in the early hours. Keepers watching on closed circuit TV cameras were delighted to witness the perfect maternal instincts that first-time mother Djembe showed in cleaning the newborn. The baby suckled within two hours. She’s been named Kiazi, which means sweet potato — via ZooBorns
I can do it all — via deviantART
The polar bear is much older than previously thought, according to new genetic evidence.
DNA studies suggest the Arctic predator split from its ancestor, the brown bear, about 600,000 years ago.
Previous estimates put the polar bear at about 150,000 years old, suggesting the mammal adapted very rapidly to Arctic life.
Conservationists say the new study, published in Science, has implications for bear conservation — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Threatened by poaching and habitat destruction, this rare subspecies of Leopard got a helping hand from the European Endangered Species Breeding Programme. Of the seventy-seven Sri Lankan Leopards in captivity, sixty-six live in Europe, including these two adorable cubs, born 6 March.
This is the first litter for Leïah, La Palmyre Zoo’s 4 year old Sri Lankan Leopard female. The two babies, now five weeks old, are in perfect health — via ZooBorns
Digital Art — Ink, Tea And Watercolour — via Fine Art America
If you’ve got a furry little friend, check out this adorable DIY pocket pet fleece hammock. These pet rats look so cosy, and it’s a great way to use up scrap fleece — via CRAFT
Corbin getting vacuumed before he comes in the house — via The Life And Adventures Of Corbin Dallas Multipass
Evil squids have never been this cute. Each clip has a polymer clay hand painted baby Cthulhu with mint green foam wings. This listing is for the set of two clips. Baby Cthulhu is 2.2 cm tall (a little under an inch) and has a wingspan of 5.5 cm (a little over 2 inches). They are mounted on black glossy hair clips — via Etsy
The cuttlefish is the master of illusion, able to change the texture and pattern on its skin in a second. They are also incredibly intelligent despite their short life span.
The cuttlefish is 16″ from the tip of its fin to the end of its tentacles. The handpainted eyes are attached internally. Stuffed with polyfil.
Yes, you may call him a CUDDLEfish — via Etsy
The Victorian Navy was never quite like this! Squid shaped sub with underwater caterpillar
drive. Finished in dark metallic copper colour.
This item is about 99% wood and has a total length of about 6 1/4″ — via Etsy
This giant squid is lovingly hand knit by me. He will class up any dorm room or toy bin. Be careful, because this squid has been known to hug everyone he meets. He is made of 100% acrylic super thick yarn,and has a red mantle with white undersides — via Etsy
Ready to be overcome by cuteness? Check out this amigurumi crocheted hedgehog pattern from Nickie Engle that I spotted on Ravelry! I mean, how could you say no to that face?
Fair warning: If you don’t already have a Ravelry account, you may need to sign up for one to download the pattern — via CRAFT
Another fun experiment with colour and graphic brush strokes. Relative of Blue Crab, Rainbow Pig, and Painted Shark. This time I painted the colours as a solid block, and put the grey over the top. Way easier than painting a bunch of tiny coloured stripes — via CrashOctopus Blog
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