Whatever doesn’t kill you makes you cuter.
Tiny Australian predator defies drought to recover from near-extinction
Nature, via Elizabeth G.
Whoa, this dude really shreds.
49 Incredible Paper Sculptures That Look Almost Alive By Calvin Nicholls
Bored Panda, via Andrew Y.
Could someone throw a little water on this brick?
A sit in the sauna can save endangered frogs
Nature, via Elizabeth G.
Now they’re safe indoors.
Cat Comes to Garden with Two Kittens, More on the Way
Love Meow, via Andrew Y.
I love you too, Mom.
Photographer Takes Captivating Portraits Of Wild Animals
Bored Panda, via Andrew Y.
And finally: Kitty-go-round
Karen F. brings us a cat taking the new lazy Susan out for a spin.
Looking at this bird you can totally believe they are the descendants of the dinosaurs.
From what I’ve read, they’re not just the *descendants* of dinosaurs. The way the modern cladistics hocus pocus works out, birds are the last extant branch of dinosauria. 😀
Cool and cooler!
Have you heard this bird’s call? If I heard this bird I’d be running for the hills immediately!
https://a-z-animals.com/video/shoebill-stork-enters-the-room-sounding-like-machine-gun-shootout/
duck and cover man!
Wow! I opened the comments link, and this thing popped right up onto my screen, almost giving me a heart attack!
Yes I’ll admit it, birds freak me out sometimes.
That super long beak!😳
This is great!
Bottom right😉
I keep stroking the belleh through the screen. A serval in the wild would probably not let me do this.
Marzipan is a great name for a cat!
I had the same reaction. Also that glass lazy susan is da bomb. Wonder if Marzipan would like one of those giant cat wheels?
oh – hadn’t thought of that!
Visit Calvin Nichols’s Instagram account. His work is BEYOND incredible! I desperately want one, but I am sure they are not something I could remotely afford.
Behold:
I am just in AWE.
I went to his website and clicked the purchase button on the first item in his gallery that was available. It takes you directly to a PayPal link; the price is $3750.00. (Actually that appears to be the only one currently available to purchase. Some other items have a link to contact him for more info but no “buy now” link. There are some framed ones further down the page that say $3950 but they don’t have a buy button.)
https://calvinnicholls.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Calvin-Nicholls-paper-sculpture-full-moon-owl-hand-made-862×1024.webp
He also sells photo prints of his work for $75-85 (it doesn’t say how big they are).
Thanks for the info! I knew they’d be too expensive. *sigh*
Yeah, I could maybe talk myself into a print if I liked a piece enough but not the real thing.
https://www.pedrojarque.com/ <— that amazing photographer's site. Marzipan the cat is so pretty and I love her name.
Love the frog sauna scientist! He’s doing important work, and he’s doing it very creatively. Plus the frogs look so cute in their saunas.
Marzipan, perfect name for kitty. And wheeeeee! she looks like she’s having fun on the lazy susan.