X-Rays of Taxidermy

Prints of taxidermy X-rays are available for purchase here. Be careful with that site or you may be busy for a while. Bottom right is Baby Lilly, from an “X-Ray Your Toy” event held at the Conservation Centre, National Museums Liverpool, England, found here.

All About Tardigrades

In summary:

[Found here while looking for something else. UCL = University College London.]

Picasso’s Girls

[Found in here.]

Stuff I Do When I’m Bored

Land of the Cows

[Landscapes with cow backs found here. Click images to view them properly.]

Colored Paper Wasp

[Found here. More photos and story (in Italian) here.]

Orange Ink

[Found here, no description.]

Bolwoningen

In 1968 the Dutch government allocated funding for an experimental housing project in the city of Hertogenbosch. Responding to a call for submissions, artist/designer Dries Kreijkamp proposed Bolwoningen (Ball Houses), and his unusual concept was chosen. The design sat on the shelf until 1980 when construction of fifty of the small homes began.

Each 18-foot diameter sphere consists of prefabricated panels made of fiberglass-reinforced concrete mounted on a cylindrical base. Weighing only 2.8 tons, it can be disassembled and relocated.

The experimental neighborhood of Bolwoningen remains as a tourist curiosity, and holiday rentals are available.

[Images and story found here.]

Go Ape

[Found here.]

The .Gif Friday Post No. 858 – An Elephant Rat with Batbeavers, Eyeball Strutters & Palm Springs

[Found here, here and here.]