This mysterious photo is circulating the internet. Redditor leability describes it as a wheelchair for a goldfish that has trouble staying upright. The dorsally-mounted cork presumably encourages proper balance. An Australian news site points to this 2011 video of a goldfish named Ada using a similar contraption.
-via The Soul Is Bone
Japanese balloon artist Matsumoto is a master of his craft. These aren't ordinary twisted balloons, but impressively realistic depictions of animals and anime characters. Someday, I want to see a video in which he demonstrates how he makes these wonders possible.
You can see other great selections from his gallery at Kotaku.
(Photo: Edwin)
Look at the barbecue photo above and imagine a better future--if such a thing is even possible!
Jeff Braun, a farmer in Mount Gambier, South Australia, has bred pigs for the past 30 years. Pigs are unusual in that they can vary in the number of ribs, ranging from 13 to 17 ribs. Braun wants to breed pigs to have 16 or 17 ribs, which increases their meat capacity. Additionally, longer sows have larger udders that produce more milk. ABC reports:
"A sow has double the butter fat and double the milk solids in its milk compared to a dairy cow and when we look at the 21-day litter weights we are now achieving, it has to produce more milk solids in a day than the best dairy cows in the world," Mr Braun said.
"We can alter the length and the capacity of that udder as we change the length of the middle.
"By selecting for sows with 16 to 17 ribs we can get 30 per cent more udder capacity."
Most sows at Myora Farm now deliver 21-day litter weights of more than 100 kilograms.
"Europe is typically averaging 80 kilograms," Mr Braun said.
"This has enabled us to now produce a 100 kg live weight animal by 16 weeks of age, which is also some of the highest growth rates of animals in the world."
Myora Farm pigs are also resistant to E. coli and the next goal is to eliminate all respiratory diseases, along with the need to administer vaccinations.
-via Modern Farmer
(Photo: David Ngo)
Cosplayer Jessica--the internet's Maid of Might--has made a niche by altering Princess Leia's iconic slave outfit from Return of the Jedi with Disney characters. In the past, she's done Rapunzel, Elsa, and Ariel. Now she's working with Tinker Bell from Peter Pan. Cosplay builders Mantinum Industries made components of this outfit for Jessica, which she wore last week to FanimeCon in San Jose, California.
Suggestion: let's see a slave Leia version of Gaston from Beauty and the Beast and Sebastian from The Little Mermaid.
I've just completed my latest crafting project: an acrylic edge LED light inspired by the anime series One Week Friends.
One Week Friends is an endearing 12-episode romance. It's about Yūki Hase, an anxious high school student who befriends a lonely girl named Kaori Fujimiya. With a compelling story, charming characters, and great music, it's easily one of my favorite animes.
Yūki in particular is a well-told character. He's truly realistic in that although he's heroic, he's also a teenager. Yūki is immature with tendencies toward jealousy and insecurity, so he's remarkably human. I decided to make him the subject of my latest project.
The Walking Dead, Atlanta, Georgia
The fangirls at Fangirl Quest have a mission: to screenframe their favorite TV shows and movies across the world. That means that they take iconic shots from these visual stories and frame them within photos of the locations where they were shot.
These fans, who are from Finland, began their quest with a 2013 road trip across the United States and into British Columbia. They've also extensively documented scenes shot in the UK. It's an ongoing and fun project for them to compose and us to watch! Their subjects include Game of Thrones, Sherlock, Star Trek, and Forrest Gump.
(Image: unknown)
Avengers, assemble! Specifically, assemble in a line by the classroom door. Black Widow is the line leader today. Proceed to the lunchroom to hear an announcement by Principal Fury.
These photos allegedly show what the actors who play the Avengers looked like when they were kids. I suggest that in the next movie in the franchise, the villain reverse-ages the characters so that they are all 6 years old. We need a Marvel version of the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "Rascals.'
-via Geek Tyrant
Cats are so easily entertained! If it fits, they sits. And in this video, they sits in an arrangement of open boxes. It's a labyrinth filled with play opportunities. Watch the Japanese cat Taro and his friends enjoy what ordinary boxes can offer.
-via Tastefully Offensive
Claw arcade game machines are good for only one thing: eating children. They rarely pick up any prizes because the claws are too weak to hold any object heavier than a feather.
This variation, though, looks more profitable. It requires a human child for operation. Go get one. I'm not going to ask where you got it. Just get one and come back.
Once you have the child, strap it into the harness. The child's arms, though weak compared to an adult's, are strong enough to grasp a large amount of loot.
-via Geekologie
In 2011, photographer Jeff Molyneaux recorded two bear cubs roughhousing at Yosemite National Park. This Vine is a clip from a longer video.
We must maximize the bear cub cuteness by giving them bubble blowers and Nerf bats.
-via Ace of Spades HQ
Lorenzo Castellini calls his series Art Lies. It's all about "great masters having great times." The subjects of famous paintings, such as Picasso's The Young Ladies of Avignon, invade real life, which is the only place where they can relax and party. Castellini made his images by carefully cutting out paper copies of people and objects in these classic paintings, then juxtaposing them over people that he meets in public. The resulting photographic collages can be both funny and alarming.
(Image: Beckett Mufson)
Dating--it's a meat market out there. And you've got to meet someone. That's why four students at Leiden University in the Netherlands invented Tender. This art installation comments on the modern dating scene by showing a slab of meat continuously swiping through simulated profiles on the Tinder dating app.
Cors Brinkman, Jeroen van Oorschot, Marcello Maureira, and Matei Szabo made the sculpture for a class project. It will be on display at Radion Amsterdam this Saturday.
-via Daily of the Day
Hanna Dovhan, an artist in Kharkiv, Ukraine, makes wool sculptures that make the ordinary extraordinarily cute. This avocado sculpture has already captured the attention of the internet. Two halves make a romantically adorable couple!
Hold them together to kiss!
May you find an avocado half for your life, too.
Kids, are you bored? Try nuclear war. You'll have a blast! In 1982, back when a global nuclear war seemed highly possible, if not likely, Victor Langer, Walter Thomas, and Brent Richardson published this fun activity book for kids. It's a tongue-in-cheek guide to life after the end of the world that features games like Mark the Mutant and Radioactive Tag. There are fashion tips and bomb shelter supply lists that all of us 80s kids knew well. You can see more pages at Flashbak.
Content warning: a tiny bit of artistic nudity.
(Photo: Luke Thom)
Filmmaker Dave Riggs is getting ready for the Discovery Channel's Shark Week (auto-start video). While getting footage off the coast of South Australia, a 13.5 foot long female Great White Shark approached him. Curious, she examined him. Discovery News quotes Riggs:
“Of course, great whites don’t have hands, so she was researching the area in the only way she knows how -– and that’s with her mouth,” Riggs said.
So when a Great White Shark mouths you, it's like a dog smelling you. Try to be friendly in response.
-via Daily of the Day
