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Designs on Jerry



The drug intake among the writers on this one was particularly copious.

Posted By: Paul | Date: Mon May 21, 2012 | Comments (6)
Category: Animals, Rube Goldberg Devices, Cartoons, 1950's

Tattoos for Dogs

The newest fad in canine fashion -- tattooing your dog. Note that these aren't permanent tattoos. They're airbrushed on using a special pet-friendly dye. Still, it's a great way to make your dog look ridiculous. Link: theweek.com

Posted By: Alex | Date: Sat May 12, 2012 | Comments (11)
Category: Animals, Fashion, Pets, Dogs

Telling The Bees

George Morley writes in Shakespeare's Greenwood: The Customs of the Country (1900) of the curious tradition of "telling the bees":


I don't have any bees, but I guess I could try "telling the gopher" that lives in my front yard.
Posted By: Alex | Date: Fri Apr 27, 2012 | Comments (12)
Category: Animals, Customs, Superstition

The Land Eaters

Posted By: Paul | Date: Thu Apr 19, 2012 | Comments (5)
Category: Animals, Death, Destruction, Dreams and Nightmares, Surrealism, Fantasy, Stop-motion Animation

Hendrik Coetzee

Kadoma_teaser from Ben Stookesberry on Vimeo.



Do African explorers still get eaten by crocodiles in the 21st century? It seems a highly Victorian fate.

But it happened to Hendrik Coetzee just a little over a year ago. And now there's a documentary about him, the trailer for which is above.

Posted By: Paul | Date: Wed Apr 04, 2012 | Comments (4)
Category: Animals, Death, Eccentrics, Documentaries, Africa

Sunglasses for Chickens

Invented in 1937 to control cannibalism among chickens. Apparently chickens have a natural instinct to peck each other, but the sight of blood intensifies this instinct. So much so that if one chicken has blood on its feathers, all the others in the flock will peck it to death. This was a real problem for farmers until these rose-colored chicken sunglasses came along, which made it hard for the chickens to see the sight of blood. Nowadays, farmers must have other solutions to the problem of chicken cannibalism, because these glasses are no longer manufactured and are considered collector's items. (National Band and Tag via Feathered Forager)

chicken glasses
Posted By: Alex | Date: Mon Apr 02, 2012 | Comments (6)
Category: Animals, Farming, Cannibalism, Fashion

Win Miniature Dog

I wonder what you actually got in the mail if you completed all the requirements for winning one of these things? Or was it impossible to ever complete the requirements?


(via jbcurio on flickr)
Posted By: Alex | Date: Fri Mar 30, 2012 | Comments (3)
Category: Animals
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