Amy L Rawson makes a special Christmas Cthulhu art project every year. This one is a collaboration with artist Brian East, and is actually the project they started last year before Brian suffered a broken hand. Santa Chtulhu is for sale through Etsy — via Neatorama
Photo Credit: Perth Zoo
This is an original, one-of-a-kind needle-felted octopus. He likes axes very much even he lives under the sea — via Esty
These two little female Tayras were born on 8 August at the Prague Zoo and are being successfully raised by their parents. Tayra babies are very rare. There are only three zoos in Europe who can actually breed this species. These babies are the second in the CZ; in 2011 the Prague Zoo bred them for the very first time in the history of Czech zoos — via ZooBorns
Rarity Unicorn might find dress making easy, but it sure wasn’t easy for me making an automaton of her making a dress. And Opalescence just happily snoozing down there didn’t provide much motivation for me at all! But if the third time’s a charm, this fourth piece in my pony automaton series is simply charming and that’s not just out of my preference for Rarity but simply because she’s the best pony. Did I mention that Rarity is best pony? — via YouTube
Elegant Rainbow Skink (Hoskin CJ / Couper PJ /James Cook University)
Australian biologists have discovered two new species of lizards — the Elegant Rainbow Skink (Carlia decora) and the Orange-flanked Rainbow Skink (Carlia rubigo).
Both species are small skinks belonging to the genus Carlia, a diverse group of skinks in tropical Australia,
said Dr Conrad Hoskin of the James Cook University’s School of Marine and Tropical Biology, co-author of a paper reporting the discovery in the journal Zootaxa.
The species names are in reference to the bright colors sported by breeding males of each species; ‘decora’ means ‘beautiful’ in Latin, with males of that species marked with vivid orange and blue, while ‘rubigo’ translates to ‘rust’, referring to the rusty orange color of males of that species
— via redwolf.newsvine.com
Two White Rhinoceros calves — one male and one female — were born just two days apart at the Knowsley Safari Park. On 7 November, female Piglet delivered baby Njiri and on 9 November, baby Thabo was born to 18-year-old Winnie. Both calves were sired by 18-year-old bull Shako. Piglet and Winnie were pregnant for 16 months — via ZooBorns
Two 14-week-old Clouded Leopard cubs, Riki-san and Haui-san, were spotted pouncing, climbing and using each other as trampolines in the San Diego Zoo‘s Children’s Zoo nursery. The cubs arrived earlier this week from the Nashville Zoo at Grassmere, where a very successful breeding program has helped to increase the population of this critically endangered species — via ZooBorns
The pitter patter of little paws can be heard at Denver Zoo‘s Predator Ridge exhibit with the arrival of three Lion cubs from the Royal Family of Qatar. The trio, made up of males, Tsavo and Enzi, and female, Sabi, were born 24 June 2012 and will likely only live at Denver Zoo temporarily until permanent homes are determined — via ZooBorns
— via Wolf Haven International
Forest Squid, originally uploaded by hine.
Arctic Fox #1, originally uploaded by Pat’s Pics36.
Everyone needs play time — including this pair of Amur Tiger cubs at the Minnesota Zoo. Thanks to the donation of a bubble machine from the zoo’s “Animal Enrichment Wish List,” the cubs enjoyed interacting with these mysterious new “toys!” — via ZooBorns
Give your home a refreshing coastal feel with this Turquoise Octopus Pillow from Dermond Peterson Design. This playful octopus design is block-printed by hand in environmentally-sensitive turquoise ink onto a linen cover. Filled with soft down feathers, this coastal style throw pillow is as comfortable on the back as it is easy on the eyes! Bring deep sea style home with this Turquoise Octopus Pillow — via Pure Home
Happy foxes playing, originally uploaded by asbimages.co.uk.
New laws could be introduced to crack down on the sale of pets over the internet, amid concerns that sick and illegal animals are being sold to unsuspecting buyers.
Hundreds of cases have been documented of puppies and kittens being sold online that turned out to be underage, sick or not properly socialised. There have also been cases of illegal dog breeds, such as pit bull terriers, being advertised through the internet.
It is feared that many unscrupulous breeders take advantage of the Christmas season to make money, and potential owners do not receive the same animals advertised — if indeed they are sent anything at all.
The Scottish Government says it is now considering new legislation to deal with the issue — via redwolf.newsvine.com
— via Toonhole
Belfast Zoo keepers are hearing the pitter patter
of tiny webbed feet as parents, Charlie and Lola, have welcomed baby Sheila, the Capybara! Capybaras are found in South America and are, in fact, semi-aquatic, with webbed feet (hence their scientific name is hydrochoerus
which means water hog
). Capybaras can actually stay underwater for up to five minutes which allows them to hide from predators — via ZooBorns
One of the world’s creepiest creatures may be the source of new kinds of petroleum-free plastics and super-strong fabrics, according to research by scientists in Canada studying the hagfish, a bottom-dwelling creature that hasn’t evolved for 300 million years and produces a sticky slime when threatened. The gooey material is actually a kind of protein that turns into choking strands of tough fibres when released into the water.
A research team at Canada’s University of Guelph managed to harvest the slime from the fish, dissolve it in liquid, and then reassemble its structure by spinning it like silk. It’s an important first step in being able to process the hagfish slime into a usable material, according to Atsuko Negishi, a research assistant and lead author on the paper in this week’s journal Biomacromolecules.
We’re trying to understand how they make these threads and how we can learn from that to make protein-based fibres that have excellent mechanical properties,
Negishi said. The first step is can we harvest the threads. It turns out that is doable
— via redwolf.newsvine.com
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