Transformed poodles, via juliakaganskiy.
Cat catching bat
Who decided serving the bear wine was a good idea? Apparently, the bear is also an ordained minister, or maybe that’s just how the chick from Galaxy Quest rolls.Celebrity is kinda funny that way.
Snowdive
Cat Communication: Body Language
Housecats develop a wide variety of sounds to alert humans to their needs and intentions. Many are variations on mother/kitten meow or chirp sounds which the cat has adapted in order to “speak” to non-cats. This is quite logical since the cosseted housecat remains dependent on humans i.e. a permanent kitten. Others are adult sounds such as the caterwaul (used in a sexual or territorial context) or the cough-bark (a fear/anger sound usually accompanied by a front paw stamp).
Cats kept with other cats are communicating with each other all the time through body language and scent. They are communicating with their owners all the time too, it’s our problem that we can’t understand their language. Cats work out which sounds elicit suitable responses from humans (positive feedback) and learn to make those sounds in order to achieve a particular aim e.g. for a door to be opened. Since humans are in charge, it makes sense for the cat to learn to communicate vocally though it must sometimes be frustrating to a cat which has clearly communicated its mood using facial expression to have to explain things vocally to humans. It is the feline equivalent of speaking slowly and loudly to a foreigner!
Seagulls, seals, sharks, and birds attack a school of sardines. Very nice, from the new BBC series from the makers of Planet Earth (via kottke)
It’s worth checking out the other videos too (see the related one on the YouTube page)
Mob-justice, 4chan style. Lawton’s local station gets its biggest story ever, with second place going to Dry Skin Bringing You Down?.
More here (make sure to check out the user-submitted photos on the bottom). Here’s some detective work on reddit (haven’t slummed through 4chan to find their work).
Our love can never be
The philosopher and the wolf
A spur-of-the-moment decision to buy a wolf cub changed Mark Rowlands’s life. From that moment on he found human company never quite matched up
… When you have a wolf, they take over your life in a way that a dog seldom does. And human company gradually becomes less and less significant for you
… Wolves, I learnt, get bored very, very quickly - about 30 seconds of being left to their own devices is generally long enough. When Brenin got bored he would either chew on things or urinate on them, or chew on things and then urinate on them. Very occasionally, he would even urinate on things and then chew them, but I think that was just because, in all the excitement, he would forget exactly where he was in the order of proceedings. But the upshot was that wherever I went Brenin had to go, too.
“ You want to know who loves you more your wife or your dog? Lock them both in the trunk of your car for two hours and see who is more happy to see you.
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