MetaFilter posts tagged with Animals

What does Chrissie Hynde really do?

joeclark — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 06:10:39 -0800

Chrissie Hynde: [A] complete rock star in every sense of the word? Nope: “I consider myself an animal activist first and my music as more of a hobby that gives me a platform to fight for animals.” Has anybody in Ohio eaten at her restaurant, Vegiterranean (Flash link)?

"Total Warming"

iamkimiam — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 14:44:37 -0800

Global Warming. The video was made by McCann Erickson (ad agency) for the Portuguese Association, Quercus.

He looks kind of like Ernest Borgnine.

miss lynnster — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 22:16:46 -0800

Remember Cy? Well, meet the world's first pigmonk. Or would that be monklet? Apparently the piglet is drinking milk and not in bad health. "The piglet looks just like a monkey, with two thin lips, a small nose and two big eyes. Its rear legs are also much longer than its forelegs, causing it to jump instead of walk." Other deformed animals to gawk at. As long as we're on the topic.

Papercraft Designs, Models and Instructions

Effigy2000 — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 18:16:11 -0800

Got some time to kill? Well then, maybe you should start exploring the exciting world of papercraft! To get you started, here's a link to 100 free paper models and toys. Once you're done there, you might want to start checking out card modeling, build some skyscraper models, animals and motorcycles and when you get really good, faces of real people such as these. There's even some creative paper modeling websites out there for the kids and people who like Pokemon and Nintendo. And if all those links still aren't enough to satiate your new found lust for papercraft, check out this papercraft search engine for even more designs.

Squeeeee!

miss lynnster — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 22:55:07 -0800

Baby Animal Alphabet Speaking only for myself of course, the baby elephant had me at hello...

Naked hive rats!

sotonohito — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 11:08:45 -0800

Eusociality - its what bees, ants, and all those other insects that divide into workers, drones, and queens do. But naked mole rats (which are not related to moles or rats) are one of only two mammal species that follow the same pattern, with their cousins Damaraland mole rats as the only other eusocial mammals. They're also nearly cold blooded, impervious to pain, and feed their young on their own feces from the time they're a month old until they can eat the giant tubers that make up most of their diet.

Snoring animals

ObscureReferenceMan — Fri, 30 May 2008 20:01:34 -0800

Snoring duck, snoring dog, snoring pig, snoring cat, snoring parrot. That is all.

Heart of a dog

Afroblanco — Thu, 29 May 2008 11:15:02 -0800

As Moscow changes, so does its population of stray dogs. During Soviet times, Moscow's stray dogs foraged for food and avoided humans, since there wasn't much to be gained from begging. As the city became increasingly affluent, the dogs' behavior changed radically. Some recent adaptations include passive subway begging, observing stoplights, and a food scam called the "come-from-behind ambush." The stray dogs, whose population is estimated at 26,000, have even ceased some of their interpack warfare. Observe the Moscow subway dog here. Thank you, Kottke.

Spying on our animal friends

nax — Thu, 15 May 2008 09:08:16 -0800

We're all used to animal cams at the zoo. You can watch animals in the wild or in captivity. But how about a live animal cam at...the library!

Animal Rights History - source documents and more

mediareport — Mon, 12 May 2008 07:23:52 -0800

Animal Rights History collects quotes and original source documents from historical figures concerned with animal welfare, animal rights and vege tarianism throughout history, including John Locke on kids' cruelty to animals, Voltaire on vivisecting dogs, the author of history's first protected species list, lots about Pythagoras, timelines, a survey of anti-cruelty laws and more.