Pet Monologues

This post celebrates World Animal Day and Bless the Animals. Follow the links to learn more about PM’s initiative which started on October 4 07. We will be looking for marketing efforts that feature animals.

The Buenos Aires Zoo covers 18 hectares in the Palermo district in
Buenos Aires, Argentina. The Zoo contains 89 species of mammals, 49 species of reptiles and 175 species of birds, with a total of over 2,500 different animal species. Creative by Del Campo Nazca Saatchi & Saatchi advertising agency.

PM will attempt to create a post a day leading up to World Animal Day 2008. Give us a hand!

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These incredible photos of a White Bengal Tiger named Odin.

Odin is six years old and 10 feet long from tail to nose. Odin lives at a Zoo in Vallejo, California, near San Francisco

When a lump of meat was thrown into a pool of water, Odin would happily dive in after it.

“When you actually see him dive underwater he looks so graceful,”

Not all big cats enjoy the water but for Tigers from the hot climate of South-East Asia it’s one way to cool down.

“Plus they hunt in and around water. They’re an ambush predator so they wait for prey to come down to the water.”

“He makes a funny face - and it’s actually to close his nostrils to stop the water from going into his nose.

“Odin loves the water and he loves food,” he said. “Not all big cats will dive and swim underwater even for meat treats.”

Odin was hand-raised at the zoo. And after he was weaned, his British trainer Lee Munro discovered his remarkable skill.

Munro said tigers were the most powerful swimmers out of all land-dwelling animals. Tragically, within our lifetimes, zoos might be the only places left to see these magnificent animals.

A century ago there were about 100,000 tigers in the wild. Now there are just 2,500 adults, with the Bengal variety almost extinct. None has been seen in the wild sin ce the last white tiger was shot and killed in 1958. White tigers are the most rare. They get their white color from an unusual and extremely rare genetic combination.

I hope you enjoyed these photos as much as I did. 

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Caw to art! is an effort to showcase animals and pets in an ARTFUL manner. A photograph, fine art, a scribble, sculpture. A poem, a monologue, a short story, motion.

Submissions: Beginning Wednesday 9/3/08 thru Friday and maybe
a bit longer…

sheona hamilton grant submits head to toe
diane clancy submits freckles in butterflies
amolife submits cute animal babies
dsdesign submits diabolico

head to toe

freckles in flowers

cute animal babies

diabolico

Still steeping…

…in the meantime. Questions? Comments? Editor’s note: please look at Comment 1 below for more C2a! details as well as look at the previous editions of Caw to art!…

and while you are curating your submissions don’t forget Friday Ark roster for this weekend. And Carnival of the Cats which goes up every Sunday.

Think you’re seeing double?

The household pet, named Yoda, was born with an extra set of ears.

Valerie and Yoda

Valerie and Ted Rock took him in two years ago after visiting a bar near their home in Chicago, where he was being passed round by curious drinkers. He was one of a large litter and the owners were looking for a home for him.

The couple immediately fell for the freaky feline and asked the owner if they could adopt him. He agreed and the couple named the cat Yoda, after the pointy-eared Jedi knight in Star Wars.

Valerie, 65, said: ‘We were at a pub on the south side of Chicago with a group of friends when we noticed a small cage sitting on the bar and people passing around a kitten.

‘He had been part of a large litter and the owners were looking to find a home for him.

‘Ted and I had just lost a cat that was our pet for over 20 years, and we were sure we were done with cats.

‘We decided to name him Yoda. I understand the Star Wars character was based on George Lucas’ cat.’ Read the rest of this entry »

Cat furniture is typically “catty”, you know the carpeted kind with ramps and boxes. Reminds you of the ape house furniture at the zoo. It does little for that home decor statement if you are into that sort of thing. Here is a pleasant, and good looking solution for the visually inspired.

Kittypods are made of industrial-grade corrugated cardboard, laminated in contours of high-end modern decor. Their earthy hues, texture, and curvy, curious shapes make them equally at home amid rustic or contemporary surroundings.

They are pricey at $250 to $350, but are built to last. And cats love them according to their designer, Elizabeth Paige Smith, a life-long cat lover. Cats love the texture of the cardboard because it’s great for scratching, and they love the shapes, which are great for stretching and hiding both in
and under.

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Caw to art! is an effort to showcase animals and pets in an ARTFUL manner. A photograph, fine art, a scribble, sculpture. A poem, a monologue, a short story, motion.

Submissions: Beginning Wednesday 8/20/08 thru Friday and maybe
a bit longer…

art painting weekly submits black horse
blog.7art.org submits ruidera
diane clancy submits bucky in flowers
sheona hamilton grant submits footloose

black horse

ruidera

bucky in flowers

footloose

Still steeping…

…in the meantime. Questions? Comments? Editor’s note: please look at Comment 1 below for more C2a! details as well as look at the previous editions of Caw to art!…

and while you are curating your submissions don’t forget Friday Ark roster for this weekend. And Carnival of the Cats which goes up every Sunday.

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Getting a new pet? Investigate the options at your disposal. Maybe consider adopting an older animal. Also do your homework concerning spaying and neutering.

Take care of your pet. Take them to the vet on a regular basis. Don’t raise a pet to be homeless. Whatever option you choose, please be responsible.

Cartoonist Mike Keefe

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Trash bag polar bears that inflate and then deflate with the passing of subterranean subway trains. The artist, Joshua Allen Harris has not commented that this is a global warming statement, but that’s what many conclude. They do clutter up the street a bit. Fun concept!