Artist Brigid Berlin is exhibiting ten years worth of her needlepoint work, including a series of New York Post covers. The show will run October 21st through November 22nd at the John McWhinnie and Glenn Horowitz Bookseller in New York. http://animalnewyork.com/news/2008/10/artist-needles-the-post.php -Thanks, Bucky Turco!

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Ringo Starr no longer has time for fan mail. Alrighty then. -via Arbroath

National Geographic Channel and Channel 4 will present a documentary in Britain featuring photographs of various animal species before they are born. Extraordinary Animals In The Womb will air October 20th.

Ground-breaking photographic techniques, plus state-of-the-art graphics, 4-D scanning techniques and the most sophisticated natural history models ever, have all been used to provide an unparalleled glimpse into a world that few of us would ever expect to see.

For the first time ever, we can follow the embryonic journey of four different animals: our kangaroo, the lemon shark, the Emperor penguin, and the parasitic wasp. And one of the most jaw-dropping sequences is a glimpse of the joey just before he is born - a mass of kicking legs and punching arms, raring to go.

Not all the stories are cute and cuddly. Lemon shark fetuses eat their siblings! The Mail Online has a sneak peak with photographs of several species, including a larger image of the kitten shown here. Link -via Unique Daily

How well do you know the US states? They all have nicknames, but in today's Lunchtime Quiz at mental_floss you'll only be tested on 15 of them. I scored 53%, and I kicked myself a couple of times when I found out the correct answers. http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/19206

Mark Shields took a 1978 Corvette and turned it into a 1989 Batmobile! Link -via Dark Roasted Blend

See more pictures at Shields' website.

If someone told you there was a nice job for you IF you got a tattoo on your face, wouldn't you want to confirm it first? Two men in Indonesia didn't question the offer.

The pair had their faces permanently inked after village chief Sawiyono told them he had received a text message from a government official offering them work as Jakarta intelligence officers.

The official, who said it was a job requirement to have their faces tattooed with dragons, was later discovered to be a hoaxer — but not before Nanang, 30, and Bambang, 40, had already undergone the painful and disfiguring procedure.

Sawiyono, the village chief who passed along the message, was horrified when he double checked and found it was a hoax. Nanang and Bambang have filed a police report. Link -via Fark

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This surreal video is an ad for a clothing line. I don't see that. -via Ursi's Blog

Brain surgery often is done with the patient awake, so he can provide feedback on what section of the brain is being affected.

A musician who underwent brain surgery to treat a hand tremor played his banjo throughout to test the success of the procedure.

Eddie Adcock is one of the pillars of Bluegrass Music and realised his tremor could threaten his ability to perform professionally.

Surgeons placed electrodes in Mr Adcock's brain and fitted a pace maker in his chest which delivers a small current which shuts down the region of his brain causing the tremors.

The BBC has a video. Link -via J-Walk Blog

Yulgilbar was born last month at the Healesville Sanctuary in Australia, the first Tasmanian Devil born there since 1995. Over the weekend, she took her first steps outside her mother's pouch. See a gallery of adorable pictures of Yulgilbar's debut. http://www.news.com.au/mercury/story/0,,24481689-2862,00.html -via Fark

(image credit: Aaron Francis/ Sunday Herald Sun)

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A busker in Bath, England plays the fiddle and accompanies himself on a guitar controlled with his feet! Check out the marvelous contraption that makes it possible. -via Arbroath

Zookeeper China York cares for all kinds of animal babies at The Institute of Greatly Endangered and Rare Species (TIGERS) in South Carolina. Her assistant is Anjana, a chimpanzee she raised and who copies her caregiving behavior. Recently, the two have been caring for two white tiger cubs that were separated from their mother.

'Mitra and Shiva, were born during Hurricane Hannah,' said Dr Bhagavan, founder of TIGERS. "During that time everything flooded in the sanctuary and they had to be moved into the house as their mother became stressed.

'It was important for their safety that they were separated.'

'Anjana has been with China, side by side, ever since she was born and has joined her in caring and raising baby animals.

'So she helped her and acted as a surrogate mother to these animals and she has done these same with these baby white tigers.

'She gives them a bottle, lies with them and acts as a surrogate mother. She has a close contact and bond and gives them a nurturing.'

Link -via Unique Daily

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Advanced style is a photo blog chronicling the way older people dress. Combine a lifetime of experience with a refusal to let anyone tell you how you should look, and you get some delightful images. Link -via the Presurfer

The weatherman at the CBS affiliate in Lubbock, Texas, made an appearance on the ABC affiliate recently to make a public proposal to the anchorwoman. It was a total surprise to her. Link -via Fark

Mr. Zhu lives in the Zhejiang province in China. He was very impressed with the movie The Transformers -so much so that he built several transformers himself, out of old car parts! Zhu uses the giant transformers to promote his scrap metal business. http://www.chinacartimes.com/2008/10/10/the-transformers-of-zhejiang-province/ -via Unique Daily

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A masterful mashup! -Thanks, Justin!