Hercules, the 900lb liger (Cross between Lion and Tiger)

'Hercules is a prime example of hybrid vigour, which he gets from his lion father and his tigress mother,' said Dr Bhagavan 'Doc' Antle, the founder of The Institute of Greatly Endangered and Rare Species (TIGERS) in South Carolina, who has brought up eight-year old Hercules since birth.

'The social side of his personality of course is inherited from his father and the pensive, observant nature is inherited from his mother. 'As a mixture of the world's largest two big cats, Hercules is an impressive specimen and a pretty well balanced and relaxed guy too.'

'Most people are aware in their everyday lives of the size of a double decker bus and they know how large that is.

'Now they can see that Hercules is larger than the black cab and can easily stretch his way to the top of a London bus.'

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1246550/Hercules-900lb-liger-crosses-Abbey-Road-takes-Underground-goes-tour-London.html#ixzz0fPU2YtHR

The Miniature Origami of Mui-Ling Teh

Using only paper, scissors and tweezers, 23-year-old Mui-Ling Teh creates origami art that can only be appreciated when looked-at through a magnifying-glass.

The young architecture student started experimenting with the art of origami, when she was just nine years old. She would fold sweet wrappers into various shapes like birds, flowers of airplanes, and she practiced until they got smaller and smaller.

Now Mui-Ling Teh is able to create paper works-of-art that are only visible in magnified photographs. Her smallest work is just 2 mm long. Depending on how much experience she has with folding a specific model, Mui-Ling takes between 20 minutes and an hour to complete an origami piece.

The young Canadian dreams of turning her passion into a profession, but because her artworks are so tiny, there’s no way they can be exhibited in art galleries. For now, she has an online photo-gallery set up and she sells calendars of her petite origami, at herZazzle store.

Photos by Mui-Ling Teh/CATERS

via Telegraph.co.uk

Origami Paper: 24 7 x 7 Sheets in 12 Colors | The Complete Book of Origami: Step-by Step Instructions in Over 1000 Diagrams

The Mysterious Sailing Stones of Death Valley

Biggest mystery that a stone that weighs more or less like a man can move on its own. This is one of the famous puzzles for the past decade. The mysterious sailing stones of Death Valley have been discovered to slide over valleys that people do not live in. These valleys are filled with dry cracking muddy ground during summer and ice during winter. Many geologists have gone to all the places in Racetrack Playa and its surrounding to solve this mystery but still have failed to come up with a accurate answers.

The mysterious sailing stones of Death Valley slide on very smooth ground and leave a trail behind. Some geologists came up with the conclusion that the mysterious sailing stones of death valley move through the smooth ground when the mud is wet and the stones have little ice droplets on them with the help of the wind. However this is not entirely true because the stones move during the summer when the temperature is too high and even dries the stones themselves.The mysterious sailing stones of Death Valley not only slide on smooth ground but dig and leave shallow track in their wake.

The mysterious sailing stones of Death Valley are a magnificent phenomenon in the sense that they can take different turns around each other. This is mind challenging because the mysterious sailing stones of Death Valley start moving in a parallel direction.

As the years proceed, each stone takes its own different path. Some stones make linear turns others make oval turns while others create a wavy shape on their tracks. No one has ever seen them move and nobody knows the speed they move with. The mysterious sailing stones of Death Valley turn while they are sliding through the flat leveled valley and this leaves different tracks behind them. Some stones move further than others over two to five years.

Photo Realistic Painting - Imagine That! Painting of Tica by Dru Blair

This painting started as an exercise for a portrait workshop Dru Blair taught in 2005. He took a digital photograph in my studio of a local model (Tica) with my Nikon Coolpix 8700, the goal was to work from reference that provided great lighting, good detail, and accurate skin tones.

There after he created this painting from Scratch, with amazing and accurate details.

  

Read more on the story of the painting of Tica by Dru Blair

Cat that can predict death

SIXTH SENSE?

When Oscar was about six months old the staff noticed that he would curl up to sleep with patients who were about to die.

So far he has accurately predicted about 50 deaths.

Dosa recounts one instance when staff were convinced of the imminent death of one patient but Oscar refused to sit with that person, choosing instead to be on the bed of another patient down the hallway. Oscar proved to be right. The person he sat with died first, taking staff on the ward by surprise.

Dosa said there is no scientific evidence to explain Oscar's abilities, but he thinks the cat might be responding to a pheromone or smell that humans simply don't recognize.

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Beautiful Butterfly - True Art of Mother Nature!

Transparent Winged Butterfly
Glasswing Butterfly (Greta Oto) is brush-footed butterfly with amazing transparent wings. True wonders of our "Crazy Planet Called Earth"

Adults range from Mexico through Panama. Greta Oto visits common flowers like lantana, but prefers to lay its eggs on plants of the tropical nightshade genus Cestrum. The red and purple striped caterpillars feed on these toxic plants and store the alkaloids in their tissues, making them distasteful to predators such as birds. They retain their toxicity in adulthood. The same alkaloids that make them poisonous also are converted into pheromones by the males, which use them to attract females.

Adults also exhibit a number of interesting behaviors, such as long migrations and lekking among males.

The Emerald Swallowtail (Papilio palinurus) is a butterfly found primarily in South East Asia and is one of the very few green butterflies around. It is also referred to as Emerald Peacock or Green-banded Peacock Swallowtail

source: http://en.wikipedia.org

Cool Tea Bags - Hanger Style!

Well, these would certainly impress your guest and also get some laughs. Perhaps an Ice Breaker too.. right!

 

Yedi Houseware Classic Coffee and Tea Floral Espresso Cups and Saucers, Gold, Set of 6