Animals

April 11, 2018

This Artist Can’t Stop Creating Weird and Wonderful Animal Hybrids in Photoshop

Digital collage artist Arne Olav Gurvin Fredriksen uses Photoshop to create strange—and often hilarious—hybrid creatures by mixing different animal parts together. A project that started purely as a hobby, Fredriksen began making his photo manipulations in 2012. Each “cross-breed” is posted on Instagram on a regular basis, where the artist’s 14,000+ fans can vote to name them.

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March 27, 2018

Fluffy Black Cats Adorably Illustrated as Expressive Balls of Fur

Malaysian artist Kamwei Fong is the creator of The Furry Thing series, a collection of adorable fluffy black cat ink drawings. The artist lives by the motto, “Be Happy. Be Childlike. Be Ridiculous.” This philosophy is illustrated throughout his growing portfolio of animal-themed artwork, where each character is depicted as playful balls of fur. Fong works under the handle Bo&Friends, which was founded in 2010 and named after his pet goldfish, Bo.

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March 14, 2018

People Can’t Stop Staring at This “Dog With a Human Face”

We often treat dogs like they’re people, typically by bestowing them with a human name or offering them a bite of our dinner. But what about when a pup actually looks like a person? You might find it a bit unnerving. Yogi, a 1-year-old Shih-poo dog, recently shook the internet when a photo of him went viral on Reddit.

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March 6, 2018

Portraits of “Most Beautiful Chickens on the Planet” Capture Their Underrated Beauty

If you were asked to name the most beautiful species of bird in the world, it’s unlikely that “chicken” would be your first answer. However, Italian photographers Moreno Monti and Matteo Tranchellini believe chickens are underrated. The two began a portrait project called Chic!ken to show the world just how beautiful these humble farm birds really are.

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