Laura Goldman

grahamalambadingdong:

This week, Busch Gardens Tampa is celebrating a milestone anniversary for a very special relationship. Monday, April 16 marked the one-year anniversary of the first time park guests got to see an 8-week-old male cheetah cub and a 16-week-old female yellow Labrador puppy start to strike up a friendship that the park’s animal experts expect to last a lifetime.

A Bond To Last A Lifetime, One Year Later (from ZooBorns)

AWWWWWWWWWW

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rabbit-reporter:

A great video!

What it’s like to be a Dog Toy!

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Thanks to http://twitter.com/jayzombie and, oddly enough, http://icelandair.com who both helped on this quick little piece. Music is “Dirty Paws” by Of Monsters and Men http://rd.io/x/QFJ-PlUnZA which seemed appropriate. Slow motion was done with Twixtor in AE CS5. Shot on a GoPro Hero. Black box on the dog’s collar is a remote unit used to vibrate if she swims out too far under the GG.

(Source: beepshow.com)

archiemcphee:

Awesomely adorable Harry the hippopotamus is no stick-in-the-mud when it comes to making friends with humans. The six-day-old pygmy hippo calf is filling the time of his doting carers after being rejected by his mother at birth. The 11lb baby was born last Thursday at a wildlife sanctuary in South Africa and requires round-the-clock care. But the regal little Harry - named after the Prince - has brought joy to the whole centre, according to Rob Hall, the reserve’s manager.

Handler Toni Inggs looks after the mud-loving creature at the privately-run Cango Wildlife Ranch. The pygmy hippo - who will not grow to more than three feet tall - requires 125ml of milk around every three hours. His parents have been returned to an external enclosure, while Harry lives like a monarch in a special suite at the sanctuary.

The Cango Wildlife Ranch said the arrival of Harry was a massive boost to his species, which has been declared critically endangered after experts warned there were fewer than 3,000 left in the wild. The centre specialises in the breeding of endangered species, including cheetahs, tigers and crocodiles.

Pygmy hippos are nocturnal animals who live largely underwater and wait until nightfall before emerging to eat leaves and grass. They will only ever reach around a fifth of the size of their bigger cousin, the common hippo. The rare animals originate from the swamps of western Africa but have become threatened by the loss of their native habitat.

‘Harry needs to drink 125ml of milk around every three hours, which means looking after him is a full time job. He will need that level of care for the first three months and after that might start to feed himself. We’re so pleased that he’s with us and we’re confident he’ll grow strong.’

[via Dailymail.co.uk]

archiemcphee:

Artist Alicia Martín’s tornado of books shoot out a window like a burst of water from a giant hose. The Spain-based artist’s sculptural installation at Casa de America, Madrid depicts a cavalcade of books streaming out of the side of a building. The whirlwind of literature defies gravity and draws attention with its grandeur and size. Thus far there have been three site-specific installations of the massive sculptural works in this series known as Biografias, translated as Biographies, that each feature approximately 5,000 books sprawled out around and atop one another.

Martín’s awesome book structures give life to the inanimate objects filled with knowledge. By constructing the curving towers with a rather free and disheveled exterior, while maintaining a sturdy core, the books’ loose pages are free to blow and rustle in the wind, allowing the piece to be further animated. 

Visit My Modern Metropolis to see more photos and watch a short video of the piece in motion.

thenearsightedmonkey:

Dear What It Is class,

Dig it! Chuck Jones draws Bugs Bunny! 

Sincerely,

Professor Lynda