A truly eye-catching focal point for your living room, dining room, or office, this unique Octopus End Table brings the mystery of the deep right into your décor. Cast from sturdy aluminium and sculpted to represent the organic shape of an octopus and its tentacles, this table features a solid glass top that enhances the visual on all sides. A stunning tribute to nature’s incredible design, the Octopus End Table is sure to become a popular piece in any location — via Wildlife Wonders
After a short Portland stopover, three rescued cougar orphans will travel to new home in North Carolina. For six weeks, the cubs received care at the Oregon Zoo’s Veterinary Medical Care Centre — via Youtube
The Very Hungry Rust Monster is a mini-comic dungeongrind made a few years back — via Wil Wheaton’s Tumblr
This specific print is a series of sorts with, The end is near. I hear a noise at the door
and …as of some immense slippery body lumbering against it
as my own little tribute to the great HP Lovecraft. If you’re unable to handle the writhing mass of all three don’t fret — they all look just as lovely alone as together — via Etsy
Office Sunrise and Filtered Sunrise, originally uploaded by Red Wolf
Itty bitty pomposity! — via Spoonflower
The Los Angeles Zoo and Botanical Gardens welcomed a female Sichuan Takin on 12 February. Takin (pronounced TAH-kin
), are stocky goat-antelopes native to China’s remote mountain forests — via ZooBorns
It’s one thing to love cats, but it takes a whole new level of obsession to convert your entire home into a cat playground. If you’re going to go over the top for your felines though, you can at least do it in style. The clever remodel of this Goleta, California home shows that living in a cat-oriented home doesn’t have to have all they style you’d expect of a crazy cat lady or an animal hoarder. Trillium Enterprises did the renovation, which cost a whopping $35,000. But, when an animal lover owns 18 cats, it only makes sense that he or she is willing to do whatever it takes to make those pets comfy — via Homes and Hues
This ring is a highly detailed piece with the squid and water/wave design flowing all the way around the ring, leaving no particular part up
. It is a nice 8mm in width, over 2mm thick, and has a delicious weighty feel — via Etsy
— via deviantART
In his house in Montreal, the very much alive Karl Dupéré-Richer waits crafting. Karl, who blogs atSpécial Karl has just created this awesome lamp sculpture of Cthulhu, made out of the back of one PVC patio chair, 14 chair feet, one flowerpot, one umbrella base, two bike tires, 30 cans, many pieces of PVC pipes, one acrylic globe lights, some car body parts, a few pieces of garden hoses and about 1,000 devoured human souls
— via Neatorama
Made from wet-molded, dyed, and waxed veg-tan leather, the Kraken Respirator is completely hand-made. The rivets and buckles are brass, and the filter
inserts are a triple layer of steel wire mesh. Fits securely over the lower half of the face and adjusts via buckled side straps. Tentacled and faaaaaabulous — via Etsy
For the first time in 13 years, Prague Zoo is celebrating the birth of Amur Leopards, a Critically Endangered species. The three-year-old mother, Khanka, gave birth to three cubs. One of the cubs, a male, is melanistic, having a mutation that results in dark fur — via ZooBorns
For a butter-hooved pony that she is in her waking hours, Derpy Hooves makes the cutest of ponies in restful sleep. One can only wonder what this lovely little Pegasus dreams of. Just be sure to steer her clear of vases or lamps lest she knock them down with a flick of her tail, a kick of her leg, or out of sheer unfortunate happen-stance.
Derpy, the cloud and stand are made out of Philippine mahogany with the gears being carved from Narra hardwood. The figures are painted in enamel and protected by clear lacquer. Lying down, Derpy measures 3″ high while the whole piece is 6″ high, 7 3/8″ long and 3 1/4″ wide. It took 64 hours to make — via Youtube
This is Dawn, one of the Nuneaton and Warwickshire Wildlife Sanctuary’s 6 resident foxes that cannot be returned to the wild — via Youtube
Day of the tentacle, originally uploaded by Hello i’m Wild !
Thanks to a couple of Norwegian musicians, a lot of people have become obsessed with one question: What does the fox say? It turns out that foxes say
lots of different things depending on the situation, and if you think the song is weird, just wait ’til you hear the real thing — via Youtube
That octopus-shaped hole in your life? Now’s the time to fill it — via Etsy
Lioness Kaya and her four cubs are doing well at Reid Park Zoo in Arizona. The cubs, three males and one female, are being cared for by their mum as well as keepers and veterinary staff. The cubs are gaining weight and had their most recent checkup on 3 February. At six weeks old, they’re still not quite big enough to come out on exhibit — via ZooBorns
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