Knut, the polar bear star of Berlin Zoo, is dead. The zoo announced Saturday that Knut had collapsed and died in his enclosure. The cause of death is currently unclear — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Marine biologists say they have learnt more about the behaviour of pilot whales after the latest stranding in Tasmania — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Just in case you happen to be doing some drinking while you’re in the octopus’ garden, this flask would be perfect! It’s the Hugs pattern with lots of little octopus arms in white and silver, with a blue wash.
This is an 6-ounce stainless steel flask with a tooled leather cover. I start with tooling leather, then treat, brand, carve, paint and dye it. After the pattern is done I apply a protective finish to protect it from drinking binges — via ArtFire
Grape’s favorite game is hide-and-seek. She excels at finding all the best places to hide and, with eight arms, there’s no place she can’t reach to find you! Don’t worry about losing her; just yell ALLY ALLY OXEN FREE!
and she’ll reappear — via deviantART
Freestanding custom Skully Vinyl Toy. Painted, plushed and mounted to a wooden base. Perfect for any collector’s curio cabinet. Skull Nautilus: Shown at the Skully show and Art Basel Miami — via Etsy
Poise From the book About People by William Steig, published by Duell, Sloan and Pearce in 1939, originally uploaded by Evan Finch.
Tentacle pendant is hand made using fuchsia, red, yellow, and orange polymer clay. This piece is sanded, buffed and polished giving it a smooth texture. The pendant is approximately 2″ wide — via Etsy
The maximum penalty for serious animal cruelty will be tripled in Queensland following a spate of attacks.
The state’s criminal code will be amended to create a new serious animal cruelty offence carrying a maximum seven years’ jail, increasing the penalty from the current maximum of two years’ imprisonment, Premier Anna Bligh said on Monday — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Some eldritch horror is summoned from the abyss…
…in crochet! — via Instructables
The case study of the producer using Maremma Dogs described was not selected randomly but through the author being told about her.
Ms E is a free range egg (chicken) producer using Maremmas Dogs to protect the poultry — via redwolf.newsvine.com
6×12? gouache, ink, and pastel
I have this fairly expensive watercolor paper that is an odd size – 10.5×24.5 cm or something inexplicably weird like that. It’s been sitting around for a while, and one day I got a wild hair and sketched out a bunch of elongated cephalopods on them. After I finished the drawings (feeling very pleased with myself for letting my muse vent), I stared at them with the vacancy usually expressed by my dog when I try to teach him a trick. I hadn’t thought these out. I had no idea what colors to use.
So I turned to my friend the Gimp and did some color tests. I’d been meaning to try out this orange/blue/green combo on something, and it looked like it’d work well on this guy. So I tried it out, and it was fun, but didn’t look finished, so I cut a piece of Sennelier La Carte pastel card and made a border for it. Then I glued the paper to it with acrylic gel medium. The piece now feels finished, and I feel like a slightly bewildered collage artist — via CrashOctopus Blog
A blind man and his dog, which has also lost its sight, are both being helped by a new guide dog.
Graham Waspe of Stowmarket in Suffolk, was helped by guide dog Edward for several years until the Labrador had to have his eyes removed due to glaucoma — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Using a classic animal psychology experiment scientists have found that elephants have a rare understanding of how cooperation works and will offer a helping trunk to those in need — via redwolf.newsvine.com
A bizarre family feud left two hamsters dead and a teen behind bars after a Brooklyn clash that would make Jerry Springer cringe — via redwolf.newsvine.com
This metal rabbit (actually the Stanford Bunny model) is folded from a single laser-cut steel sheet, designed with Origamizer. The project is a collaboration between Tomohiro Tachi, Kenny Cheung, Erik Demaine, and Martin Demaine at MIT — via MAKE
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