Impress your fellow HP Lovecraft fans and cultists alike with this insanely impressive Cthulhu totem! This fine art sculpture was cast exclusively by the artist Meatspider for Shana Logic, and each highly detailed Cthulhu has been hand-painted. This limited edition item is truly unique and an awesome portrayal of the Elder God — via ShanaLogic
Camouflage, originally uploaded by Red Wolf.
Now taking orders for pony squids!
Surprise it’s the mane six as squids! Before you ask Why?
, the answer: Because
— via deviantART
Last week, a 10-week old Lynx cub made his debut at the Montréal Biodôme. Visitors will now get to see the cub play hide and seek, learn to climb trees, and leap from rock to rock…all under the watchful eye of his mother — via ZooBorns
A Cheetah Cub’s Tail is a live streaming video channel that follows the lives of a litter of Cheetah cubs at the Hoedspruit Endangered Species Centre (HESC) from their birth to their hopeful reintroduction into the wild. First time Cheetah mum Salome (which means peace) gave birth to the 3 cubs at HESC on 2 May. Since then viewers have been watching the cubs learn, play and grow on the live streaming channel — via ZooBorns
In early August, keepers at Zoo Tel Aviv Ramat-Gan were thrilled to discover that mother cat, Rotem, had given birth to four wriggly little kittens. Initially there was concern that Rotem would be unable to care for so many kittens, but she has proven to be a capable mother for her curious youngsters. Now at three weeks old, the kittens have just begun to emerge from the den to the delight of visitors — via ZooBorns
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What better time to show off this Cthulhu wedding cake than on author HP Lovecraft’s birthday! It was made by Kerry’s Custom Cakes of South Park, Pennsylvania, for redditor lakshmispet‘s wedding. See more photos of it in the baker’s Facebook gallery — via Neatorama
Look what just rolled into Busch Gardens Tampa — a tiny Three Banded Armadillo born to proud armadillo parents Zowie and Ollie. Born 21 June, the baby was the size of a golf ball, now a month later he has grown to be the size of a tennis ball. When full grown adult Three Banded Armadillo’s are roughly the size of a softball. The youngster can be seen in Jambo Junction — via ZooBorns
Marc Fish has created a second edition of his Nautilus Table — via CONTEMPORIST
This amazingly detailed, tentacular octopus necklace will be your favourite new accessory. The casting was hand-carved by the artist in fine detailing and was then richly silver-plated to bring out the details. The antiqued silver pendant is about 1″ tall and .75″ wide across the tentacles — via Shanalogic
Om nom nom, originally uploaded by Red Wolf.
Protecting an Asset, originally uploaded by Red Wolf.
A newly-hatched cephalopod swims by its yet-to-be-hatched sibling in this amazing photograph by Simon Chandra. The picture was taken off Pramuka Island, Indonesia, and submitted to National Geographic’s Your Shot gallery. Then it was selected for the Weekly Wrapper to offer as downloadable wallpaper — via Neatorama
Weird and cool at the same time. This sculpture has tons of “movement” and looks real enough to scare your grandma — via Etsy
The snow leopard cubs that were born at the Akron Zoo on May 14 will make their first public appearance today, Monday, 13 August, from 10:15-10:45am. Visitors will get to enjoy seeing the babies as they get their first forays out into the sun under the watchful eye of mum Shanti. They will continue to be on exhibit everyday during those hours for the time being until they are bigger and can be out longer — via ZooBorns
Laena (Hapalochlaena sp), originally uploaded by David Henshaw.
glamasaurusdeskguardian, originally uploaded by mommysaurus.
A pair of coatis debuted at Germany’s Tiergarten Delitzsch this week, providing plenty of entertainment for zoo visitors. After spending the first few months of life secluded in their barn, the baby coatis are just beginning to explore their enclosure — via ZooBorns
Semachrysa jade new lacewing species, originally uploaded by Guek Hock Ping.
One day in May of 2011, Shaun Winterton was looking at pictures of bugs on the Internet when something unusual caught his eye.
It was a close shot of a green lacewing — an insect he knew well — but on its wing was an unfamiliar network of black lines and a few flecks of blue.
Winterton, a senior entomologist at the California Department of Food and Agriculture, has seen a lot of bugs. But he hadn’t seen this species before.
I sent the link to a few colleagues of mine,
Winterton told The Picture Show. They hadn’t seen it either. And I realised: This thing’s new
— via redwolf.newsvine.com
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