Category: ANIMALS

October 14, 2014 at 5:51 pm

Picture of the Day: Rub My Belly

Picture of the Day: Rub My Belly

Photograph by WilleeCole An English bulldog lies on his back in full ‘rub my belly’ request mode. How can you say no to a face like that? To see what 17 different breeds of dogs look like at six weeks old, check out this post. via WilleeCole @ iStock

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October 10, 2014 at 4:16 pm

Picture of the Day: Firefighters Put Out Blaze, Rescue Hamsters

Picture of the Day: Firefighters Put Out Blaze, Rescue Hamsters

Photograph by Lacey Fire Department Firefighters from the Lacey, Washington Fire Department recently responded to a call about a burning mobile home. The crew quickly extinguished the fire and noticed a family of pet hamsters inside the burning building. They grabbed the five hamsters—later identified as Oreo, Madonna and three unnamed babies—and brought them…

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October 8, 2014 at 5:50 pm

Picture of the Day: SHAAAARRRK!

Picture of the Day: SHAAAARRRK!

Photograph by Amanda Brewer In this incredible GoPro capture by Amanda Brewer, we get up close and personal with a female Great White Shark off the coast of Seal Island in Mossel Bay, South Africa. Brewer, who is an elementary school art teacher, snapped the photo this summer while interning at White Shark Africa,…

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October 6, 2014 at 11:27 am

Spider Appears to Use Hanging Rock to Anchor Web from Ceiling

Spider Appears to Use Hanging Rock to Anchor Web from Ceiling

Reddit user reverseloop observed a spider’s web that appears to be anchored from the ceiling by a rock. While the fascinating discovery implies some kind of basic form of tool use, it’s unclear exactly how this occurred since he did not personally witness the web-building process. For example, it’s possible that the rock was…

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October 1, 2014 at 7:19 pm

Picture of the Day: Dragon Dew

Picture of the Day: Dragon Dew

Photograph by Andrè Baumann A beautiful macro capture by Andrè Baumann shows a dragonfly covered in early morning dew. A dragonfly is an insect belonging to the order Odonata and is characterized by large multifaceted eyes, two pairs of strong transparent wings, and an elongated body. Dragonflies are among the fastest flying insects in…

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October 1, 2014 at 1:56 pm

The Sifter’s Top 75 ‘Pictures of the Day’ for 2014

The Sifter's Top 75 'Pictures of the Day' for 2014

At the end of every quarter the Sifter highlights the top 25 ‘Pictures of the Day‘, culminating in an epic Top 100 at the end of the year (see last year’s top 100 here). We’re now in the home stretch of 2014 with only three months left! I can’t wait to see what treasures…

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September 29, 2014 at 4:15 pm

The 2014 National Geographic Photo Contest [10 photos]

The 2014 National Geographic Photo Contest [10 photos]

The 2014 National Geographic Photo Contest is under way with entries being accepted until October 31, 2014. The Grand Prize Winner will receive $10,000 and a trip to National Geographic headquarters in Washington, D.C., to participate in the annual National Geographic Photography Seminar in January 2015. The First Place winner in each category (People,…

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September 23, 2014 at 10:55 am

Four Ancient Animals That are Older than Trees

Four Ancient Animals That are Older than Trees

Photograph by Scott McCracken According to Science Daily the earliest modern tree lived about 345-360 million years ago. Now extinct, Archaeopteris made up most of the forests across the Earth in the Late Devonian period. The findings were reported by three scientists in the 22 April 1999 issue of Nature (“Archaeopteris is the earliest…

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September 21, 2014 at 1:21 pm

Animal Portraits on Stark White Backgrounds by Morten Koldby

Animal Portraits on Stark White Backgrounds by Morten Koldby

Morten Koldby is a commercial photographer based in Denmark. The artist studied at the Danish School of photography and assisted a number of established commercial photographers for years prior to launching his own studio. In an ongoing series of animal portraits, Koldby shoots his subjects against a stark white background, accentuating each animal’s unique…

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September 17, 2014 at 10:25 am

Artist Takes Portraits of His Bull Terrier and Illustrates the Background

Artist Takes Portraits of His Bull Terrier and Illustrates the Background

Brazilian artist Rafael Mantesso takes portraits of his adorable bull terrier Jimmy Choo, placing him in funny situations by illustrating the background. Mantesso then posts the funny results on Instagram to his nearly 50,000 followers. In an interview with Bored Panda, Rafael says the project started after he and his wife got divorced and…

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