Pet Monologues

The attached video is of dolphins playing with silver colored rings which they have the ability to make under water to play with. It isn’t known how they learn this, or if it’s an inbred ability. As if by magic the dolphin does a quick flip of its head and a silver ring appears in front of its pointed beak.

The ring is a solid, donut shaped bubble about 2-ft across, yet it doesn’t rise to the surface of the water! It stands upright in the water like a magic doorway to an unseen dimension. The dolphin then pulls a small silver donut from the larger one. Looking at the twisting ring for one last time a bite is taken from it, causing the small ring to collapse into a thousands of tiny bubbles which head upward towards the water’s surface. After a few moments the dolphin creates another ring to play with. There also seems to be a separate mechanism for producing small rings, which a dolphin can accomplish by a quick flip of its head.

An explanation of how dolphins make these silver rings is that they are ‘air-core vortex rings’. Read the rest of this entry »

Holiday shopping. Here come the animal products!

Dare to be different with these fabulous Dachshund Bags! Hand-made from real leather you’re bound to be noticed with this bag.
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Holiday shopping. Here come the animal products!

Social networking is not just limited to you and your friend. Woof! Yes, you heard right! The SNIF tag is a wireless gadget that clips onto a dog’s collar. As you take your dog for a walk amongst all the other SNIF-enabled hounds at your local park, the tag records your dog’s erm, interactions and shares the data with other tags.

Back at home, the tag uploads its data to your online SNIF profile, which allows you to share as much personal information with other SNIF owning dog lovers as you can handle. Too much information? This could be THE dating magnet of the year!

For the designer backstory, here’s a video clip of SNIF tag production.

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During the early 1940s Charles and Ray Eames developed a successful technique for molding plywood into three-dimensional shapes, which led to the creation of a variety of furnishings and sculptures. Our apologies, you won’t find Eames donkeys however. That said, if anyone finds appropriate donkeys, or other animals for that matter, please give us a shout!

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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 11/5/08 thru Friday and maybe
a bit longer…

diane clancy submits animals v & victory
petmonologues submits obama dog
it’s raining cats and dogs submits cat by e.p.

animals v & victory

obama dog

cat by e.p.

Still steeping…

…in the meantime. Questions? Comments? Editor’s note: please look at the previous editions of Caw to art! and What is 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.

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 10/29/08 thru Friday and maybe
a bit longer…

bfg nz submits monkey
sarika dandona submits my fish eye
diane clancy submits animal 1
tiona marco submits cat cat and balls
design applause submits crayola politically correct

monkey

my fish eye

animals 1

cat and balls

crayola politically correct

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.

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 10/22/08 thru Friday and maybe
a bit longer…

earth to holly submits animal cookie
keemo submits man and beast
diane clancy submits irie in flowers
paintalicious submits thomas woodruff
fada maranga submits koala brothers

animal cookie

man and beast

irie in flowers


thomas woodruff

koala brothers

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.

CipCip is a coloured enameled ceramic birdhouse. It is ready to be hung up outdoors, to provide a warm winter shelter for small birds and a safe nest for large hatches. Thanks to its natural materials, such as hemp rope and unleaded enamels, CipCip is a unique long-lasting object to be used in your garden.

http://www.designdot.it
Designer: Alberto Caramello (Italy)
Manufacturer: DOT (Italy)

I’ve always admired the artful salt and pepper mills William Bounds produces. Here are two new ones fit for a pet blog. A leopard. A zebra.

Pep Art Animal Print Gourd Mills
The Pep Art collection of mills is functional art deco art designed by Robert Wilhelm. Inspired by Native American totems and fetishes, these colorful, hand-painted mills also are ergonomic and designed for a lifetime of use. The animal print design is a new variation of our popular Gourd mill. As all mills from William Bounds, the Pep Art collection features a stainless steel shaft and high-output ceramic milling mechanism that may be used either as a pepper mill or salt mill!

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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 10/15/08 thru Friday and maybe
a bit longer…

photography art submits cat’s cute face
petmonologues submits dog drawing
diane clancy submits emma in flowers
earth to holly submits road trip
musings at windyridge submits wildlife galore
philo hanna submits chimera
daisy the curly cat submits fashion friday
fada moranga submits shaun
philo hanna submits open day for wildlife

cat’s cute face

dog drawing

emma in flowers

road trip

road trip

wildlife galore
chimera

fashion friday

shaun

open day for wildlife

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.