Endangered species by Brendan Wenzel

A few of Brendan Wenzel's illustrations of endangered species. You can learn about the animals at his site.

Link roundup

1. "Police are trying to defuse a bomb that has been strapped to a teenage girl in Sydney's exclusive Mosman."

2. "Killer rat daubs fur with poison-arrow plant toxins."

3. "Here's an interesting premise for a film: a space assassin wakes up floating aimlessly through space. Unaware of how he got there, his only company is a robot voice programmed to turn off once his human companion runs out of oxygen."

Baby red panda

Baby red pandas being weighed. Via.

Pygmy Slow Loris Twins

Pygmy Slow Loris Twins.

*Previously: Slow Loris really likes his tiny umbrella.

Image roundup (and one video)

Valve mascot cosplay.



Man-eating bus.




Emma Stone (and Jimmy Fallon and the entire studio audience) vs. the shake weight.



Chimp feeding a tiger cub.



Gas Mask Tourism on the Izu Islands. Via.

Image roundup (and one video)

Innocent juice packaging.



Raccoons.



Broomstick.



Vanity plate.



Chinese soldiers form a flood crossing.



Gripping short film about a boy trying to survive in World War II.

Red panda cub

Red Panda Cub photos.

Cerberus the puppy

Puppy Cerberus. Via.

Baby koala

Baby koala photos.

Leopard attack in India

"In this photo taken Tuesday, July 19, 2011, a leopard attacks a forest guard at Prakash Nagar village near Salugara, on the outskirts of Siliguri, India." More incredible photos at the link.

These videos show a bit of the leopard running through the village:

Baby raccoon

Baby raccoon.

Link roundup

1. Bear beats tiger. Via.

2. Bees beat elephants.

3. Yiddish beats moron.

Link roundup

1. A few weeks ago Andy Baio mentioned that he'd reluctantly settled for $30,000 a lawsuit in which he was accused of using a photographer's intellectual property. I mentioned at the time, without explaining my reasoning, that I thought he'd indeed stolen the photographer's intellectual property. Well, this post does an excellent job explaining why.

But that's really only half the story. Predictably, internet users angered by the photographer's attempt to protect his intellectual property attacked the photographer both in cyberspace and in the real world. This is a fascinating summary of what occurred. There's a bit of commentary on that post here (make sure to read the "featured comments"). (And from that same site, here's some great photographs). Via.

2. "Hypoallergenic dogs don't actually produce fewer allergy-provoking proteins than other dogs, say researchers who put the claims to the test." Via.

3. Some snails not only survive being eaten and digested by birds, but actually use the experience as a means of travel. Via.

Arctic Fox Pup

Arctic Fox Pup. (I name him Odin.)

Smiling dogs

Smiling dogs.

Photo roundup

1. Square.

2. A Bad Case of the Stripes in real life. (Great book.)

3. Fennec fox.

Image roundup

Duckling.



Sleeping polar bear.



Farewell.



Hearse.



Tiny monkey.



Spider-Man.



Chameleon.



Spirited Away, perhaps.



Please do not sit on crocodile.

Image roundup

Signature.



Zebra attack.



Friendly deer.



Warning: Objects in condoms may appear larger than they really are.



North by Northwest wallpaper.



Time travel cheat sheet wallpaper available as a print here.

Link roundup

1. From an interesting interview with Neil Gaiman:

The last time I was in China, I was very puzzled because none of my children’s picture books are in print in Mainland China. They’re in print in Hong Kong and in Taiwan, in complex Chinese characters, but they are not in print in Mainland China. I asked my producer, “Why aren’t any of my children’s picture books in print in Mainland China?,” and they said, “It’s because of their disrespect for authority.” I said, “Really?!” And they said, “Yeah, look at them. The Wolves in the Walls is about this little girl who tells her parents that there are wolves in the walls, but they do not believe her. There really are wolves in the walls, and thus her parents are proved wrong. And, in The Day I Swapped My Dad For Two Goldfish, these kids swap their dad. If that happened, society would crumble.”


So, suddenly, it became a goal of mine that was almost a little obsession to write a children’s picture book that would be published in Mainland China, that they could not help but publish, but still could have all of the things that are in my children’s picture books, and I did it. I wrote this book and it’s being painted right now by this wonderful artist, and it’s called Chu’s Day, and it is about a baby panda who sneezes. There is no way that anyone can resist a baby panda who sneezes. This is the single cutest book I’ve ever written. It is written for two-year-olds and is designed in such a way that I’ve tried it on kids and it actually works that when you get to the end, they just look at you and they say, “Read it again!” The only words on page one are, “When Chu sneezed, bad things happened.”

2. Shark.

3. IMDB on The Shining:

Because Danny Lloyd was so young and since it was his first acting job, Stanley Kubrick was highly protective of the child. During the shooting of the movie, Lloyd was under the impression that the film he was making was a drama, not a horror movie. He only realized the truth seven years later, when, aged 13, he was shown a heavily edited version of the film. He didn't see the uncut version of the film until he was 17 - eleven years after he'd made it.

Via.

Image roundup

Friendly squirrel.



"Portland State University is expanding its campus. There was one holdout."



Cloud cosplay.



Beaker.



Bangkok at night.