foureyedbat

Alien landscape in a plate of potatoes

Gassy Horse

Found on ebay: 1941 Cavalry Horse with Gas Mask

More information on gas masks for our four-legged friends:

Gas masks for dogs

Horses, dogs and pigeons

and of course:

How to protect darling kittens from gas!

Galleria Carnivora

A museum of colour photographs of carnivorous plants

(via The Proceedings of the Athanasius Kircher Society)

AC/DC T

These shirts are going fast (just a few Smalls and Mediums left, so Large shirt fans are out of luck), but here's the blurb anyway from Etsy seller eruditewit:

A nerdy take on the 'classic' AC/DC logo. Nicola Tesla is credited for the discovery of alternating current (AC) while Thomas Edison was a large proponent for direct current (DC). The history of the Current Wars is very interesting and you should all wikipedia it.

Beautiful Bats

A beautiful drawing by Ernst Haeckel

and some bat blogs for your reading pleasure:

Chiroptrivia

Bats, Plants and People

BatHead (Bats in airplane nose art)

a whole page of bat links

and of course, Bat Conservation International

Nostrils of Satan: Geysers of Old Faithful

I had a quiet first day of 2007; drinking tea, eating Peek Freans, and reading this great little book I picked up a while back at a Value Village in Montana. Nostrils of Satan: Geysers of Old Faithful (Creative Fundamentals Press, 1948) is a fascinating read.

I admit I bought it because I'm a sucker for books with "Satan" in the title, but this thin tome is quite informative, and raises many questions about the real geologic history of Yellowstone National Park. Apparently this little book is at the center of a controversy between "scientists" and those godly people who would rather we stay home quietly, drinking tea and eating almost flavorless cookies. The "smart" people can't even get the title right, which does make you wonder about some of the other theories they promote.

Acrylic, ink and watercolor on bound sketchbook

ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny

Art Forms in Nature (Ernst Haeckel)

This is one of those books that every artist should have, on the shelf next to Gray's Anatomy. Gorgeous illustrations of bizarre plants and animals, so jam packed with ornate curlicues and baroque designs it almost looks like a book of wallpaper.

A book of wallpaper for an interior designer named Mad King Ludwig.