Here Be Treasures

Birds on a Wire

Wednesday, September 9th, 2009 | animals, music | No Comments

Via Ze Frank, a composer sets a photo of birds on electric wires to music, literally.

Loud Dog Barks

Tuesday, June 16th, 2009 | animals | No Comments

Am I out of touch with reality or is this article crazy?

A group of dogs in north London have set a new world record for the loudest collective bark.

BBC reports on the loudest collective bark world record attempt.

FU, Penguin

Friday, May 15th, 2009 | animals | No Comments

Here’s who doesn’t like cute animals. Very funny.

Cute Overload

Friday, May 15th, 2009 | animals | No Comments

Who doesn’t like cute animals?

Dog Years

Tuesday, May 12th, 2009 | animals | No Comments

Slate clears up the confusion over how to calculate dog years. It’s not as simple as multiplication by seven, in fact we can’t even express dog years in a linear sequential fashion.

Charlie the Coyote

Tuesday, April 28th, 2009 | animals | No Comments

In April 2007 Shreve Stockton was asked if she would adopt a 10 day old coyote. Its parents had been shot for killing sheep. She said yes, named him Charlie, and began a photographic record of her new charge. I recommend starting at the beginning. The Daily Coyote.

De Ye Loik Dags?

Friday, April 17th, 2009 | animals | No Comments

I do, and I find this report about dogs in English Russia really interesting. It’s about the changing conditions in Moscow that have given rise to smarter stray dogs, that ride the subway to town and ambush people into dropping their food.

Bats Like Coffee

Tuesday, March 24th, 2009 | animals, coffee | No Comments

Every morning I check my coffee filter for bats. Think I’m crazy? Read this article from the GazetteOnline.

(via Villagecoffeecafe.com)

Kill Mosquitoes In Style

Monday, March 23rd, 2009 | animals, technology | No Comments

Remember those killer laser devices that every boy wanted when growing up? Well it’s been developed, and put to the best use ever… killing mosquitoes.

Sayonara, babies…

Spiders on Drugs

Tuesday, November 18th, 2008 | animals | No Comments

This informative film shows the effect of various drugs on spiders‘ abilities to build webs and their general behaviours. Definitely worth watching. Very informative.

Say ‘Hi’ To Marimo

Friday, November 7th, 2008 | animals | No Comments

The challenge for today: Watch this video about Marimo and try not to be affected.

More Ways To Keep Your Dead Pets

Tuesday, October 14th, 2008 | animals | No Comments

I should have known that one post wouldn’t cover what you can do with your dead pet. Here’s some more ideas:

Le Corbusier, the renowned architect bound a book in his dead dog’s skin.

Have your pet’s memory turned into a musical eulogy.

You can turn your pet into a diamond (yes, just like your husband).

Or, you could sell your house and have your beloved pet cloned.

Ra Jeong-Chan, the CEO of RNL Bio, who did the cloning, has said, “For my next project, I will consider cloning camels for rich people in the Middle East”. Good luck to you with that.

Keep Your Dead Pet

Monday, October 13th, 2008 | animals | No Comments

If you love animals, then you’ve probably gone though the sad process of having that pet die on you. There are many things you can do with your dead pet. You could pay for a burial, have it cremated, cryogenically freeze it for future resuscitation, or turn it into a work of art.

Ashes to Art is the website of Kathy Taylor. If you have your pet cremated, send Kathy the ashes, and she’ll mix them with paint and send you the painting.

Still, it’s better than keeping your husband as a diamond.