Inexplicable Jaw Harpery

Don't miss the tiger.  I have no idea what is going on here.   Many thanks to the creators for sharing this work.

Polar Buns

Aurora "Lepor"ealis!

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Aurora Leporealis CAPTURED IN A PEEPS DIORAMA!

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Look at the Peeps huskies!  The Peeps reindeer!  I'm pretty sure those are marshmallow flukes flashing back there in the corner...  Peep artist Nina Cois, you are a genius!

Ratatouille The Snowboarding Opossum

Seaside Magic

Maybe all the enchantment comes from the old-timey editing, but the appearance of a surprise guest at :45 is pretty magical too.

The Romance of Tree Lobsters!

Hot on the heels of the Giant Weta, another big honking Antipodean insect is in the news:  http://www.npr.org/blogs/krulwich/2012/02/24/147367644/six-legged-giant-finds-secret-hideaway-hides-for-80-years

Two tree lobsters, perched atop Patrick Honan of the Melbourne Zoo.  Photo by Rod Morris/rodmorris.co.nz, via NPR.org

Dryococelus australis (also known as the Lord Howe Island Phasmid and sometimes dubbed the "tree lobster,") thought to be extinct, is alive!  And prospering!  And romantic!

Eradicated by invasive rats from its only previously known habitat on Lord Howe Island, it improbably survived on a lone shrubbery nestled in a windswept crag of this romantic island:

Ball's Pyramid, by John White, via NPR.org

After confirming rumors of the insects' presence, scientists scaled this rockface after dark on Valentine's Day 2003 to collect specimens, from which a breeding program has been established.  Observations of the insects snuggling in captivity reveal that "they sleep at night, in pairs, the male with three of his legs protectively over the female beside him."

Vive l'amour!

Time-lapse night sky video

Fullscreen, baby!


Temporal Distortion from Randy Halverson on Vimeo.

What you see is real, but you can't see it this way with the naked eye. It is the result of thousands of 20-30 second exposures, edited together to produce the timelapse. This allows you to see the Milky Way, Aurora and other Phenonmena, in a way you wouldn't normally see them.

Read the full description here.

Dafna Ben Nun - Behind the Camera

This woman makes me seriously examine my life choices.  She travels the globe photographing AND SNUGGLING adorable animals.  

Via Facebook.com/pages/Dafna-Ben-Nun-Photography

Photo: via Facebook.com/dafnabn

See more on Facebook or visit her site.

Oh Internet, you have the answer to everything!

You help the kids express themselves, AND you keep sea creatures safe from predatory phlebotomists.

Just use a fake blood recipe from here: http://goo.gl/WSHGA and pour some in the vial. If people ask, say it's narwal blood. It's not like they can prove you wrong.

Read further: How would I go about purchasing narwhal blood?

Spacekisser

This is wonderful!  The people who brought us Orientalized Doctor Who comedy have now parodied Turkish Star Trek.

Spacekisser!


Thank you dokuztaneprogramla!

Ostriches!

Winter would be better with more skiing ostriches.





The creator of this next video doesn't explain what this ostrich was doing in Iran. Escaping from something? Wikipedia confirms that ostrich is an African animal, although it does intriguingly allude to a now extinct Arabian Ostrich.



Equally, winter would be better with more dancing ostriches.

Chickens are so amazingly talented!

As an instructor of bellydance, I am very impressed by these poultry. Talk about clean technique!





The choreographic possibilities are profound. (Chickens at 1:28)