thedailywhat: Courage Wolf As A Rug of the Day: Nicholas Galanin’s “Inert Wolf” puts a disquieting twist on the familiar wolf-skin rug. The piece is part of a traveling exhibiton on humanity’s environmental impact. He says: Mainstream society often looks at Indigenous or Native American art through a romantic lens, not allowing a culture like my Tlingit community room for creative sovereign growth. The back half of this piece is contained, a captured trophy or rug to bring into the home, while the front continues to move. It is sad and the struggle is evident. It is currently on display at Toronto Free Gallery through February, when it will be moved to Montreal’s Art Mur. [mmm.]

thedailywhat:

Courage Wolf As A Rug of the Day: Nicholas Galanin’s “Inert Wolf” puts a disquieting twist on the familiar wolf-skin rug.

The piece is part of a traveling exhibiton on humanity’s environmental impact.

He says:

Mainstream society often looks at Indigenous or Native American art through a romantic lens, not allowing a culture like my Tlingit community room for creative sovereign growth. The back half of this piece is contained, a captured trophy or rug to bring into the home, while the front continues to move. It is sad and the struggle is evident.

It is currently on display at Toronto Free Gallery through February, when it will be moved to Montreal’s Art Mur.

[mmm.]

life: Yikes! Brutus, an 18-foot-long saltwater crocodile, rises like a nightmare of mythic proportions from Australia’s Adelaide River, lunging for the buffalo meat offered up by cruise operators. (Note that Brutus is missing a front leg — lost years ago, according to local legend, in a shark attack.) (see more — 2011 Pictures of the Year)

life:

Yikes! Brutus, an 18-foot-long saltwater crocodile, rises like a nightmare of mythic proportions from Australia’s Adelaide River, lunging for the buffalo meat offered up by cruise operators. (Note that Brutus is missing a front leg — lost years ago, according to local legend, in a shark attack.)

(see more — 2011 Pictures of the Year)

llbwwb: Arctic Fox (via Smashing Picture)

llbwwb:

Arctic Fox (via Smashing Picture)

mothernaturenetwork: All spiders have unique mechanoreceptory organs called slit sensilla, which allow them to sense minute mechanical strains on their exoskeleton. This sixth sense makes it easy for spiders to judge things like the size, weight, and possibly even the type of creature that gets caught in their webs. It may also help them tell the difference between the movement of an insect and the movement of the wind, or even a benign blade of grass, as it moves across the web.11 animals with a sixth sense

mothernaturenetwork:

All spiders have unique mechanoreceptory organs called slit sensilla, which allow them to sense minute mechanical strains on their exoskeleton. This sixth sense makes it easy for spiders to judge things like the size, weight, and possibly even the type of creature that gets caught in their webs. It may also help them tell the difference between the movement of an insect and the movement of the wind, or even a benign blade of grass, as it moves across the web.
11 animals with a sixth sense

ex0skeletal: (via 500px / Photo “Shyness” by Meys Sébastien)

ex0skeletal:

(via 500px / Photo “Shyness” by Meys Sébastien)

llbwwb: Smiling Wolf,can he be trusted? (via Smashing Picture)

llbwwb:

Smiling Wolf,can he be trusted? (via Smashing Picture)

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llbwwb: Gorgeous Black Panthers. photo by chabrov

llbwwb:

Gorgeous Black Panthers. photo by chabrov

magicalnaturetour: Bullfinch in the snow by dvn :)

magicalnaturetour:

Bullfinch in the snow by dvn :)

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