Enjoying the snowfall - Imgur
One-week old tapir with mom, Muffin, at Twycross zoo
Picture: Rui Vieira/PA (via Animal pictures of the week: 2 November 2012 - Telegraph)
This koala joey was found abandoned beside a road in Brisbane, Australia last month. Named after the man who discovered him, Raymond was dehydrated and skinny, and weighed just 260g. It is believed his mother was either been hit by a car or was too ill to care for the 2-3-month-old. Initially, carers feared that Raymond wouldn’t survive because he weighed so little and wouldn’t feed properly. Julie Zyzniewski, who is looking after him, says: He had to be coaxed to feed. He was frail and his future was uncertain. Suddenly, one day he decided life wasn’t so bad and he has been absolutely powering along ever since.
Now, Raymond spends his days sitting at Julie’s desk, where she is able to feed him his diet of special bottle formula every three hours. According to Julie she is fortunate that her boss Paulette Jones has a soft spot for wildlife.
Pictures: Jamie Hanson/Newspix / Rex Features (Photos and captions)
Research reveals Beluga whale that could mimic human voices
“It may sound like a whale of a tale, but it’s true. Beginning in 1984, scientists in San Diego studied the sounds of a captive male Beluga whale that was able to mimic human voices.”
Read more here from The Christian Science Monitor.
Baby tapir saved at birth by mouth-to-snout resuscitation
Staff at the Denver Zoo saved the life of a Malayan tapir calf when they took extraordinary efforts during a recent birthing.
Rinny, the zoo’s female tapir, was having trouble while giving birth to a calf last month and a staffer freed the newborn from the mother’s amniotic sac. After successfully helping to extract the calf, zoo members aided the newborn by performing “mouth to snout rescue breaths,” the zoo said in a media release Friday.
The zoo released a 90-second video of the dramatic rescue, included in the link above.
NOW IS THE TIME. THIS IS THE HOUR. OURS IS THE MAGIC. OURS IS THE POWER.
NOW IS THE TIME. THIS IS THE HOUR. OURS IS THE MAGIC. OURS IS THE POWER.
NOW IS THE TIME. THIS IS THE HOUR. OURS IS THE MAGIC. OURS IS THE POWER.
THE SAME UNDERNEATH AS IT IS ON TOP.
… THAT CAN’T BE THE WAY THAT GOES, SARAH.
IT’S SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO MEMORIZE THE RITUAL BOOK.
I KEEP FORGETTING IT IN MY LOCKER.
WELCOME HOME. I THOUGHT YOU MIGHT BE IN A BAD MOOD FROM WORKING SO HARD SO I CREATED MANY FUN SURPRISES FOR YOU ALL OVER THE HOUSE.
SEVERAL SURPRISES WERE MADE INSIDE MY OWN BODY, WHICH IS VERY CLOSE TO MY HEART, SPATIALLY.
SEVERAL OTHERS ARE ART PROJECTS I MADE USING SIMPLE HOUSEHOLD ITEMS LIKE YOUR TRASH, THE FLAVORLESS MARSHMALLOW STUFF INSIDE THE COUCH, AND THE CONTENTS OF THE PANTRY.
THANK YOU FOR NOT SHUTTING THE PANTRY DOOR, BY THE WAY. THERE WERE SO MANY USEFUL ART SUPPLIES IN THERE.
RGB Colorspace Atlas Depicts Every Color Imaginable
The RGB Colorspace Atlas by New York-based artist Tauba Auerbach is a massive tome containing digital offset prints of every variation of RGB color possible.
