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Tag: biodiversity

Clips of animals falling produced in the 1800s

Technically called chronophotographs. These are pre cinema and made by Étienne-Jules Marey

And here is the camera he used

“Marey’s chronophotographic gun was made in 1882, this instrument was capable of taking 12 consecutive frames a second, and the most interesting fact is that all the frames were recorded on the same picture, using these pictures he studied horses, birds, dogs, sheep, donkeys, elephants, fish, microscopic creatures, molluscs, insects, reptiles, etc. Some call it Marey’s “animated zoo”. Marey also conducted the famous study about cats landing always on their feet. He conducted very similar studies with a chicken and a dog and found that they could do almost the same.” (Wikipedia)

If humans parented sea turtle style #funny



By Beatrice the Biologist, via Symbiartic.

Cephalopodoptera: fictional taxonomy but beautiful nevertheless

By Vladimir Stankovic, via Explore

Big cats made from wire coat hangers

By David Mach, via Colossal.

Amazing Jellyfish Photos by Alexander Semenov #wow

By Alexander Semenov, via Colossal.

Raccoon versus Pikachu: Who would win?

(Procrastinating again)

Available here as a tshirt, and an obvious nod to phylogame.org

Comments below on who you think would win…

A wolf, bear, and rhino made with geometric mirrored pieces.

By Arran Gregory, via My Modern Met.

Peter Donnelly’s beautiful woodblock art of tree related scenery

By Peter Donnelly.

One of these things is not like the other in this biodiversity themed Cartier ad. Can you spot it? #biodiversity

By Peter Lippmann for Cartier. Via Stacey Thinx.

Pokemon equals Charles Darwin plus Cock Fighting

From Johnny Wander, by Ananth and Yuko.

The greening of our post-apocalyptic Earth

…Might look like this? Both beautiful and scary.

By Nick Pedersen.

Incredible pencil lead carvings of a raven and an elephant.

By Diem Chau, via Colossal.

Millions of Flamingos! #amazingphotos

By Martin Harvey, via My Modern Met.

Can you identify these birds from only their backs?

Nevermind the fact that I find these images strangely compelling anyways…

Entitled “Obviously,” by Audrey Corregan.

Wildebeast and the Great “Crocodile Versus Log” Debate.

By Bird Box Studio.

Hengki Koentjoro: Photography that captures the beauty of nature perfectly

These are breathtaking… And only a small sample of his amazing work.

“Photography is not just a way of expressing his most inner soul but also creating a window to the world where through his pictures the unseen and the unspoken can be grasped. Driven by the desire to explore the mystical beauty of nature, he develops his sense and sensibility through the elements of fine art photography. His freedom of expression is more reflected in the elaboration and exploration of black and white.”

By Hengki Koentjoro.

Creatures made from recycled objects. #amazing

By Sayaka Ganz, via Colossal.

Praying Mantis Versus Cat.

I would SO go see a movie of the same title.

By Brooke Pennington.

Animals with misleading names. #funny

From Bird and Moon.

These black and white creature faces need to be on a tshirt.

By Patrick Seymour, via Behance.