Thanks for nothing!
Goddamnit, Tumblr. I had an extremely important gif that needed to be uploaded earlier today.
Nina Katchadourian - Mended Spiderwebs (1998)
Artist’s statement:
“In the forest and around the house where I was living, I searched for broken spiderwebs which I repaired using red sewing thread. All of the patches were made by inserting segments one at a time directly into the web. I fixed the holes in the web until it was fully repaired, or until it could no longer bear the weight of the thread.
In the process, I often caused further damage when the tweezers got tangled in the web or when my hands brushed up against it by accident.
The morning after the first patch job, I discovered a pile of red threads lying on the ground below the web. At first I assumed the wind had blown them out; on closer inspection it became clear that the spider had repaired the web to perfect condition using its own methods, throwing the threads out in the process.
My repairs were always rejected by the spider and discarded, usually during the course of the night, even in webs which looked abandoned.”
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A Look at Orchid Mantes by Scott Cromwell
In the first three images [found here] Scott Cromwell skillfully captures an “ignorant fruit fly” perched upon a pink Orchid Mantis’ leg before being grabbed up and eaten. In the last image [found here] a white Orchid Mantis is seen trying to intimidate and threaten it’s own recently molted exoskeleton.
kitty nap train
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To cleanse your palate & bleach your brain of that pitiful attempt at a “joke”, enjoy these pictures of the Superior Watson with some actual dogs.
Yabusame by Pictures of the Floating World on Flickr.
Badass! According to the photographer:
Yabusame is the ancient art of Japanese horse archery that began as a way to entertain the gods. Tradition holds that women cannot compete. But recently yabusame has been taken outside of the temples and opened to everyone.
Good aim
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caro:
Hemingway’s cats are now a federal case!
“As for the cats, they’re not commenting. We have our doubts, though, that they’ll do what the law says. They’re cats.”
oh my GOD YOUR FEET!!!!!
I call them ‘thumb cats’.
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