Photo: Ireena
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Photographer Ireena Niewenhuis-Worthy snapped this gorgeous photo of a tree that grew out of a dead log in the waters of Fairy Lake, British Columbia, Canada. It's remarkable in that ol' circle-of-life sort of way, where the death of one tree gives live to another.
Link - via Twisted Sifter and reddit
It's been a while since we featured the adventures of Pip and Kitteh, the original Laugh-Out-Loud Cats by our pal Adam Koford (who also illustrated some really neat T-shirts from the NeatoShop as well as the nifty Neatorama 2013 Daily Desk Calendar), so it's my pleasure to re-introduce his cartoon series: Link
Now, 'fess up: Do you hear Russian folk music simply by looking at this drawing?
If you encounter a pumpkin that looks like this bloodthirsty little bugger while trick-or-treating do yourself a favor and move on to the next house!
The frightfully sharp fang details make him look like he might take a bite out of you if you get too close, and the beady black eyes add a touch of living detail to this inhuman eating machine that says stay away! *shiver*
If world leaders could just play Rock, Paper, Scissors to solve their disputes, the world would be a better place. They're already doing it, just not so as we'd notice. -via The Daily What
Ehud Lavski illustrated the life of a Space Invader. Only the first two panels are shown here. Warning: may induce tears. Link -via Not Exactly Rocket Science
Oreo cookies with creme that tastes like candy corn -now, that will get you in the mood for Halloween! Kraft will have the limited edition cookies available starting Monday, September 10th at Target stores. I'll have to find someone with a Target in their town to send me some! Link -via Laughing Squid
George Takei posted this at his Facebook page, with the line, "I'm sure parents everywhere are on borg with this." Link -via Geeks Are Sexy
They say an optimist looks at a glass and says it's half full, while a pessimist would say it's half empty. So how would you classify the person who labeled this? A super-pessimist! -via Arbroath
This is the most amazing thing you'll see today: a ribbon eel filmed swimming in the oceans off Lembeh, Sulawesi, Indonesia. Hit play or go to Link [YouTube] - via Ever So Strange
What do you get when you combine art, anatomy and food? Delicious anatomical cookies like these ones by Miss Insomnia Tulip.
Link Via BoingBoing
This contraption was spotted last weekend in Shoreditch, London, England. The mecha-art vehicle was created by artist Alex ‘Wreckage’ Wright. You can see a video of people examining it at Obvious Winner. Link -via The Daily What
This stunning portrait of a fiery redheaded girl is by Samuel Silva, an illustrator who really knows his way around a ball point pen!
Samuel's use of color elevates his works above the standard realistic portraits rendered in black ink, and adds to the realism and warmth of each piece.
Artist Dave Rittinger proposed this "Color Pencil Tree" as a public art installation in Philadelphia. Now all he needs is a giant sheet of paper to complete the look! Link - via designboom
Over a year ago, entomologist Shaun Winterton spotted a previously unknown species of a lacewing insect as he was browsing Flickr. He really didn't know what it was at the time, but he knew he'd never seen anything like it. He contacted the photgrapher, Guek Hock Ping, who shot the picture in Malaysia. No, he didn't have a specimen, just a picture.
A full year later, Winterton received an email from the photographer; Guek had returned to the region of the original sighting and found another lacewing with the same wing pattern.
"He told me, 'I've got one in a container on my kitchen table — what should I do with it?' " Winterton says.
The specimen was sent to Steve Brooks, an entomologist at the Natural History Museum in London. Brooks confirmed that the lacewing was new to science. He also found a matching specimen that had been sitting in the museum's collection, unclassified, for decades.
The new species was dubbed Semachrysa jade — not after its pale green color, but after Winterton's daughter. It was introduced to the world in the latest issue of ZooKeys, a scientific journal focused on biodiversity. In keeping with the digital nature of their discovery, Winterton, Guek and Brooks wrote the paper from three different continents using a Google document.
And that's a fine example of how the internet not only brings us closer together, but makes global research easier and faster. Link -via reddit
(Image credit: Kurt/Orion Mystery)
Geeks Are Sexy found this wonderful mail box of a Star Wars fan.
I'm sure that the Darth Vader mailbox finds your own mailbox's lack of style disturbing, so grab yourself some paintbrush and get to work! See the larger version over at Geeks Are Sexy: Link
