Think your fun-loving nature ought to only be reserved for a growing collection of graphic tees? Think again! These softly knit socks offer a quick dash of quirk to your looks in an unexpected way! Atop the black, cotton blend of these crew socks float colourful octopods swimming amidst sea stars and bubbles! Slip ‘em on under slightly rolled skinnies and lovely loafers for an instant addition of whimsy to your weekend looks! — via ModCloth
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Huang Yong Ping (b 1954 in Xiamen, Fujian province, China) – Wu Zei, 2010. A 25 metre wide Octopus from the exhibition Mediterranean Sea at Monaco’s Oceanographic museum — via Red Lipstick Gets Sick and Dies
Derrick, Thomson and Thompson, Magnum and Poirot are the newest recruits at a Dutch police department. These Rotterdam rats have been trained to keep the streets clean and are expected to save the police both time and money.
Police inspector Monique Hamerslag is in charge of the project, which is overseen by Mark Wiebes, head of the police innovation
centre. In a statement to AFP, Wiebes said, “As far as we know we’re the first in the world to train rats to be used in police investigations”.
Detective Derrick and his rat partners cost just £8 each and are capable of being trained to identify an impressive range of odours — including drugs and explosives — within ten to 15 days. In contrast, a police dog costs thousands of pounds and requires a minimum training period of eight months — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Eerie beauty of the squid: Underwater photographs which capture spectacular colours of sea creature usually thought of as ugly. Bobtail squids use thousands of cells in the outer layer of their skin to change colour. They transform to attract a mate or blend in with their surroundings. Underwater photographer Todd Bretl — via Wil Wheaton dot Tumblr
— via Octopuns
Sandworm from Dune in plush form — via deviantART
Expertly handcrafted borosilicate glass cuttlefish pendant. It measures 1.25 inches wide, 2 inches long and come with a fancy adjustable cord/lace necklace — via Etsy
Triple purpose… main lamp, soft light, candlelight, or any combination. This lamp measures approximately 4′ across. Each detachable tentacle has lights inside and would be about 30? long if you stretched it out straight. Recently SOLD, but I am making another soon. $18,000 — via Mason’s Creations
This gigantic Cthulhu is made from old clothes in tones of green. He is quite heavy (4.5 kg) and is more an element of interior design than a toy — via Etsy
What manner of creatures lurk in the deep and uncharted depths? I’m not sure, so grab your crochet hook and cuddle up to the unknown! — via Etsy
The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals makes more than 1,000 foster placements a year, said Gail Buchwald, the ASPCA’s senior vice president of adoptions.
Fosters are an indispensable component for shelters, but there is a lot of turnover, she said, because of so-called foster failures — people who fall in love with their foster pets and adopt them.
When a foster becomes an adopter, no one minds, Buchwald said, but it does leave shelters on a constant lookout for new fosters.
There is no question that saying goodbye is the most difficult part of fostering, she said, and this list might help encourage people who are considering it:
- Remember you are saving lives. Without foster homes, more animals will have to be euthanised
- Remember the goal — to help foster pets find loving, forever homes
- Learn to celebrate successful adoptions
- Don’t feel guilty. Animals are resilient and adaptable
- Start or join a foster support network
- Take a break so you don’t burn out
- Cherish the memories
— via redwolf.newsvine.com
Kittens always seem to be crowd-pleasers, but sometimes it takes a little while for them to venture outside. Zoo Berlin welcomed an Ocelot kitten on 16 July, and the little one has been nursing, sleeping and growing strong out of the public’s sight, until recently — via ZooBorns
At the Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium, the Clouded Leopard cub Tien has a new playmate, who will hopefully become his mate one day. Sang Dao (pronounced Sing Dow), five and a half months old, arrived on 12 September from Tanganyika Wildlife Park near Wichita, Kansas. She’s been settling into her new zoo, and keepers have started introducing her to Tien, who was born May 1 at Point Defiance. These photos were taken the day after her arrival. The two cubs — and their caretakers — seem to have had a wonderful rough-and-tumble time at the introduction — via ZooBorns
Carn – Jeff Le Bars from Jeff Le Bars on Vimeo
Réalisation: Jeff Le Bars
Musique et Sound Design: Sylvain Livenais
Film de fin d’études réalisé à l’école Emile Cohl de Lyon en 2012
A species of bee reintroduced to the UK after becoming extinct has nested for the first time in a quarter of a century.
The short-haired bumblebee started dying out in Britain in the 1980s and officially became extinct in 2000.
A reintroduction project saw queen bees brought over from Sweden.
After two releases of queens at the RSPB’s Dungeness reserve in Kent, offspring worker bees have been recorded there for the first time.
Short-haired bumblebees were once widespread across the south of England but declined as their wildflower rich grasslands disappeared.
Nikki Gammans, who leads the project, said: This is a milestone for the project and a real victory for conservation.
We now have proof that this bumblebee has nested and hatched young and we hope it is on the way to become a self-supporting wild species in the UK
— via redwolf.newsvine.com
A home is incomplete without at least a hint of eldritch horrors. The small tentacle is approximately 14.5” inches tall. The large sized tentacle is standing at about 32”. And the medium sized tentacle is about 23”. It’s reinforced with steel wire, and weighted with sand. The imagery is a screenprint made from an original woodcut illustration, copyright Camilla Taylor — via Etsy
A Hawaiian woman with a 35-letter surname has persuaded the US state’s authorities to change their official ID card format, because her king-sized name will not fit.
Janice Keihanaikukauakahihuliheekahaunaele, whose traditional Hawaiian name comes from her late husband, said she would never consider using a shortened version, and so used local media to press officials to take action.
I love the Polynesian culture I married into, I love my Hawaiian name. It is an honour and has been quite a journey to carry the names I carry,
Ms Keihanaikukauakahihuliheekahaunaele, whose maiden name was Worth, said.
For years she has carried two forms of identification: her driving licence, which only has room for 34 characters, and her official Hawaii state ID card, which in the past had room for all 35 letters.
But the problem came after Keihanaikukauakahihuliheekahaunaele’s state ID was renewed in May — and came back the same as her driver’s licence, with the last letter missing, and with no first name — via redwolf.newsvine.com
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