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]]>Anderson is a self-proclaimed “mermaid and metalsmith”, born and raised in Southern California, who embarked on many artistic endeavors before discovering metalwork in 2015. She used to work as an art teacher until 2018, when she stepped away from her job to fully focus on her jewelry brand, Low Tide Landing.
Anderson’s jewelry is hand-crafted in coastal San Diego, and she’s trying to reflect the beauty and strength of the Pacific Ocean with each piece.
“I create jewelry that celebrates the wildness, the grace, and the beauty of our beloved ocean. My goal is to strike a unique balance between accuracy and artistry, drawing heavily on the forms, textures, and movement found in the sea and thoughtfully translating them into wearable art,” she writes on her official website.
Anderson’s jewelry is made from a wide range of different materials, including sea-tumbled jasper, agate, quartz, and shells. She enjoys exploring local beaches in search of these tiny sea treasures before carving and texturing them so they could be transformed into bespoke jewelry pieces.
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]]>The post Can You Guess What Was the First Animal to Fly Into Space? appeared first on Our Funny Little Site.
]]>The era of animals flying into space was pioneered by the U.S.-launched V-2 rocket in 1947 when fruit flies became the first living organisms to go to space. This mission paved the way for human exploration after the flies made it back alive, they were chosen for the mission after scientists discovered that humans and fruit flies share many genes.
A rhesus monkey Albert II became the first mammal, the first monkey, and the first primate to travel to outer space, aboard a U.S. V-2 rocket in 1949. He didn’t make it back alive after his capsule struck the ground at high speed due to parachute failure.
The Soviet space program launched several dogs into space during the 50s, starting with Dezik and Tsygan in 1951. They were the first dogs to make a sub-orbital flight and return to Earth, while the legendary Laika made history as the first animal to orbit the Earth aboard the Sputnik 2 spacecraft in 1957.
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]]>The post Hundreds of Golden Retrievers Swarm to “Goldens in Golden” Event appeared first on Our Funny Little Site.
]]>Hundreds of golden retrievers and their owners gathered under the city’s iconic Welcome to Golden Arch on February 8. They were there in honor of National Golden Retriever Day, which takes place on February 3, for the latest edition of “Goldens in Golden”, which was first introduced in 2019.
Golden retrievers have been gathering in this small Colorado town ever since. Golden’s economic development manager, Robin Fleischmann, explained they introduced this event as a way of encouraging more visitations and boosting profits for small businesses during slow winter months.
“It’s a wonderful convergence of people and dogs, and we love celebrating National Golden Retriever Day here. This event not only brings joy to the community but also introduces people to Golden, a town that may be a little quieter at this time of year,” Fleischmann told People.
Golden retriever owners traveled to Golden from all around the United States to pose with their pups under the Golden Arch. Even though this event was created with golden retrievers in mind, all leashed, trained, and friendly dogs are welcome to join them and make the “Goldens in Golden” gathering more paw-fect.
CBS Colorado captured the whole adorable event on video. Check it out below.
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]]>The post Metro Richmond Zoo’s Baby Hippo Poppy is the Next Moo Deng appeared first on Our Funny Little Site.
]]>Poppy was born on December 9 at Metro Richmond Zoo in Richmond, Virginia, as the third calf of her mom Iris, and dad Corwin. The zoo announced her birth on Christmas Eve, revealing a few zoo guests witnessed her miraculous birth, along with many keepers who were there to take care of Poppy and her mom.
More than 100,000 people from 165 countries placed votes choosing baby hippo’s name, and Poppy was picked as the winner with 52,8%, narrowly beating Hammie Mae. This name is as fitting as it gets since her mom Iris and sisters Violet and Petunia are also named after flowers.
The Metro Richmond Zoo is constantly sharing Poppy’s photos and videos on Instagram, and they’re hoping that her popularity will inspire people to learn more about her endangered species. The pygmy hippos are native to West Africa, and only 2,500 mature individuals can be found in the wild.
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]]>The post Claire Milligan’s Intricate Drawings Are Bringing Birds to Life appeared first on Our Funny Little Site.
]]>Milligan is a full-time artist from Yorkshire, UK, who’s been working on pet portraits since the 90s, when she mostly worked with graphite. A whole new world opened up to her when she entered the realm of colored pencils and started combining this technique with acrylic painting.
Her drawings became more intricate and highly realistic once she embraced a new artistic style, allowing her to meticulously render the soul and essence of each animal.
“Her wellspring of inspiration flows from the natural world, and she consistently endeavors to infuse every piece with genuine emotion and soul, aiming to touch the hearts of those who experience her art,” she writes on her official website.
We’ve seen Milligan celebrate many different species through her art, but birds are definitely her favorites. She has a knack for bringing their vibrant colors to life in breathtaking detail, creating perfect replicas of their real-life contra parts.
The post Claire Milligan’s Intricate Drawings Are Bringing Birds to Life appeared first on Our Funny Little Site.
]]>The post Fukujin is Instagram’s Favorite Catwalking Feline appeared first on Our Funny Little Site.
]]>Fukujin is a white Persian cat who lives in Japan with her owners and two equally adorable brothers, Ao and Matthew. You can also find their videos on her Instagram page, which is followed by over 280,000 people, but Fukujin is definitely the biggest star of the family, and there’s a reason why her videos have been seen by millions of people from all around the world.
Fukujin always loved dressing up, and many of her videos show her rocking a number of adorable outfits. She enjoys wearing everything from tutu skirts and oversized bows to regular and flower crowns, but simply posing for pictures when she’s rocking the cutest pet outfits that you’ll ever come across simply wasn’t her thing.
Fukujin’s owner noticed how graceful her walk is, and decided to help her become an Instagram-famous cat model. She truly gives the word “catwalk” a whole new meaning, and it’s a true joy to watch her take an elegant stride in one of her charming outfits.
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]]>The post Stephanie Jones is Preserving Nature’s Fading Beauty Through Jewelry appeared first on Our Funny Little Site.
]]>Jones started experimenting with jewelry over a decade ago, and her style significantly evolved as the years went by. Resin has always been her favorite medium to create with, and something finally clicked when she started working with flowers.
“The first stage is collecting the flowers and botanicals that I’ll be using for my batch. This includes hopping around flower shops in my city, sourcing what I can online, dyeing flowers different colors, drying them, and snipping them up into tiny pieces,” she explains on her official website.
After collecting the most beautiful flowers, Jones has to create all the metalwork for her jewelry, usually from sterling silver and gold fill. Applying resin is the most important step of the process, and it usually takes it 12-24 hours to cure before she can assemble finished pieces.
Each of her jewelry pieces is inspired by nature, and they’re keeping flowers, plants, mushrooms, and more safe from oblivion. Their regular life span may be limited, but they can get to live on forever through Jones’s tiny botanical masterpieces.
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]]>The post Reddit User Can Summon His Cat Using Harmonica appeared first on Our Funny Little Site.
]]>In a video shared on Reddit, user u/lemonaderobot demonstrated how they are able to summon their cat using a harmonica. As soon as they start playing the instrument, a cat can be seen walking up the hallway and entering the room.
As it turns out, the feline is “obsessed” with harmonica and will “emerge” from anywhere in the house as soon as she hears its tunes.
“Is she a reincarnated blues legend? A tiny 19th century soldier girl? you decide…” u/lemonaderobot wrote in the caption.
As it turns out, summoning cats with wind instruments is more common than anyone would think. Responding to the post, one user explained that they had witnessed something similar in their own household.
“My husband dabbles with flute playing (Native American flute). Every time he plays, he draws our cats,” u/ AccomplishedEdge982 wrote.
Other Redditors just thought the whole thing was funny and presumed that the cat is simply a huge Bob Dylan fan.
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]]>The post Holly Storlie’s Paintings Capture the Vibrant Nature of Birds appeared first on Our Funny Little Site.
]]>Storlie is a painter based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, who pursued her passion for art at Ringling College of Art and Design in Sarasota, Florida. This was where she got her bachelor’s degree before heading to Philadelphia to get her Master’s at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Her academic pursuits continued at the Delaware College of Art and Design, where she works as a Fine Arts professor.
Storlie went on quite a journey on her quest to develop her personal style, which is now characterized by a splash of vibrant colors. Her oil paintings mostly feature still-life objects and animals, and a single glance at her Instagram page will reveal her biggest obsession.
Storlie attracted 100,000 followers with her colorful bird portraits, which mostly see her focusing on their faces instead of painting their full bodies. Owls and parrots are among her favorite subjects, but we’ve seen her capture the beauty of countless other bird species through her magnificent oil portraits.
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]]>The post 5 Fun Facts That Make Pronghorns North America’s Most Fascinating Animals appeared first on Our Funny Little Site.
]]>With a running speed of up to 88.5 km/h (55 mph), pronghorns are the fastest land mammal in North America and the second-fastest in the world after the cheetah.
Even though they’re commonly known as American antelopes, pronghorns belong to a completely different family. The giraffe and okapi are actually its closest living relatives.
Pronghorns owe their name to their unique horns. Males have horns with a forward-pointing tine coming off each side of them, while females tend to have smaller horns with barely visible “prongs”.
Pronghorns’ movements are quite fascinating to witness because they have at least 13 different gaits, including one that reaches up to 20 feet per stride.
Pronghorns are much more prone to migration than other North American land mammals. Their migration route covers more than 260 km (160 mi), which is quite a rare phenomenon in the U.S.
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]]>The post Jess Anderson is Using Jewelry to Celebrate the Beauty of the Ocean appeared first on Our Funny Little Site.
]]>Anderson is a self-proclaimed “mermaid and metalsmith”, born and raised in Southern California, who embarked on many artistic endeavors before discovering metalwork in 2015. She used to work as an art teacher until 2018, when she stepped away from her job to fully focus on her jewelry brand, Low Tide Landing.
Anderson’s jewelry is hand-crafted in coastal San Diego, and she’s trying to reflect the beauty and strength of the Pacific Ocean with each piece.
“I create jewelry that celebrates the wildness, the grace, and the beauty of our beloved ocean. My goal is to strike a unique balance between accuracy and artistry, drawing heavily on the forms, textures, and movement found in the sea and thoughtfully translating them into wearable art,” she writes on her official website.
Anderson’s jewelry is made from a wide range of different materials, including sea-tumbled jasper, agate, quartz, and shells. She enjoys exploring local beaches in search of these tiny sea treasures before carving and texturing them so they could be transformed into bespoke jewelry pieces.
The post Jess Anderson is Using Jewelry to Celebrate the Beauty of the Ocean appeared first on Our Funny Little Site.
]]>The post Can You Guess What Was the First Animal to Fly Into Space? appeared first on Our Funny Little Site.
]]>The era of animals flying into space was pioneered by the U.S.-launched V-2 rocket in 1947 when fruit flies became the first living organisms to go to space. This mission paved the way for human exploration after the flies made it back alive, they were chosen for the mission after scientists discovered that humans and fruit flies share many genes.
A rhesus monkey Albert II became the first mammal, the first monkey, and the first primate to travel to outer space, aboard a U.S. V-2 rocket in 1949. He didn’t make it back alive after his capsule struck the ground at high speed due to parachute failure.
The Soviet space program launched several dogs into space during the 50s, starting with Dezik and Tsygan in 1951. They were the first dogs to make a sub-orbital flight and return to Earth, while the legendary Laika made history as the first animal to orbit the Earth aboard the Sputnik 2 spacecraft in 1957.
The post Can You Guess What Was the First Animal to Fly Into Space? appeared first on Our Funny Little Site.
]]>The post Hundreds of Golden Retrievers Swarm to “Goldens in Golden” Event appeared first on Our Funny Little Site.
]]>Hundreds of golden retrievers and their owners gathered under the city’s iconic Welcome to Golden Arch on February 8. They were there in honor of National Golden Retriever Day, which takes place on February 3, for the latest edition of “Goldens in Golden”, which was first introduced in 2019.
Golden retrievers have been gathering in this small Colorado town ever since. Golden’s economic development manager, Robin Fleischmann, explained they introduced this event as a way of encouraging more visitations and boosting profits for small businesses during slow winter months.
“It’s a wonderful convergence of people and dogs, and we love celebrating National Golden Retriever Day here. This event not only brings joy to the community but also introduces people to Golden, a town that may be a little quieter at this time of year,” Fleischmann told People.
Golden retriever owners traveled to Golden from all around the United States to pose with their pups under the Golden Arch. Even though this event was created with golden retrievers in mind, all leashed, trained, and friendly dogs are welcome to join them and make the “Goldens in Golden” gathering more paw-fect.
CBS Colorado captured the whole adorable event on video. Check it out below.
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]]>The post Metro Richmond Zoo’s Baby Hippo Poppy is the Next Moo Deng appeared first on Our Funny Little Site.
]]>Poppy was born on December 9 at Metro Richmond Zoo in Richmond, Virginia, as the third calf of her mom Iris, and dad Corwin. The zoo announced her birth on Christmas Eve, revealing a few zoo guests witnessed her miraculous birth, along with many keepers who were there to take care of Poppy and her mom.
More than 100,000 people from 165 countries placed votes choosing baby hippo’s name, and Poppy was picked as the winner with 52,8%, narrowly beating Hammie Mae. This name is as fitting as it gets since her mom Iris and sisters Violet and Petunia are also named after flowers.
The Metro Richmond Zoo is constantly sharing Poppy’s photos and videos on Instagram, and they’re hoping that her popularity will inspire people to learn more about her endangered species. The pygmy hippos are native to West Africa, and only 2,500 mature individuals can be found in the wild.
The post Metro Richmond Zoo’s Baby Hippo Poppy is the Next Moo Deng appeared first on Our Funny Little Site.
]]>The post Claire Milligan’s Intricate Drawings Are Bringing Birds to Life appeared first on Our Funny Little Site.
]]>Milligan is a full-time artist from Yorkshire, UK, who’s been working on pet portraits since the 90s, when she mostly worked with graphite. A whole new world opened up to her when she entered the realm of colored pencils and started combining this technique with acrylic painting.
Her drawings became more intricate and highly realistic once she embraced a new artistic style, allowing her to meticulously render the soul and essence of each animal.
“Her wellspring of inspiration flows from the natural world, and she consistently endeavors to infuse every piece with genuine emotion and soul, aiming to touch the hearts of those who experience her art,” she writes on her official website.
We’ve seen Milligan celebrate many different species through her art, but birds are definitely her favorites. She has a knack for bringing their vibrant colors to life in breathtaking detail, creating perfect replicas of their real-life contra parts.
The post Claire Milligan’s Intricate Drawings Are Bringing Birds to Life appeared first on Our Funny Little Site.
]]>The post Fukujin is Instagram’s Favorite Catwalking Feline appeared first on Our Funny Little Site.
]]>Fukujin is a white Persian cat who lives in Japan with her owners and two equally adorable brothers, Ao and Matthew. You can also find their videos on her Instagram page, which is followed by over 280,000 people, but Fukujin is definitely the biggest star of the family, and there’s a reason why her videos have been seen by millions of people from all around the world.
Fukujin always loved dressing up, and many of her videos show her rocking a number of adorable outfits. She enjoys wearing everything from tutu skirts and oversized bows to regular and flower crowns, but simply posing for pictures when she’s rocking the cutest pet outfits that you’ll ever come across simply wasn’t her thing.
Fukujin’s owner noticed how graceful her walk is, and decided to help her become an Instagram-famous cat model. She truly gives the word “catwalk” a whole new meaning, and it’s a true joy to watch her take an elegant stride in one of her charming outfits.
The post Fukujin is Instagram’s Favorite Catwalking Feline appeared first on Our Funny Little Site.
]]>The post Stephanie Jones is Preserving Nature’s Fading Beauty Through Jewelry appeared first on Our Funny Little Site.
]]>Jones started experimenting with jewelry over a decade ago, and her style significantly evolved as the years went by. Resin has always been her favorite medium to create with, and something finally clicked when she started working with flowers.
“The first stage is collecting the flowers and botanicals that I’ll be using for my batch. This includes hopping around flower shops in my city, sourcing what I can online, dyeing flowers different colors, drying them, and snipping them up into tiny pieces,” she explains on her official website.
After collecting the most beautiful flowers, Jones has to create all the metalwork for her jewelry, usually from sterling silver and gold fill. Applying resin is the most important step of the process, and it usually takes it 12-24 hours to cure before she can assemble finished pieces.
Each of her jewelry pieces is inspired by nature, and they’re keeping flowers, plants, mushrooms, and more safe from oblivion. Their regular life span may be limited, but they can get to live on forever through Jones’s tiny botanical masterpieces.
The post Stephanie Jones is Preserving Nature’s Fading Beauty Through Jewelry appeared first on Our Funny Little Site.
]]>The post Reddit User Can Summon His Cat Using Harmonica appeared first on Our Funny Little Site.
]]>In a video shared on Reddit, user u/lemonaderobot demonstrated how they are able to summon their cat using a harmonica. As soon as they start playing the instrument, a cat can be seen walking up the hallway and entering the room.
As it turns out, the feline is “obsessed” with harmonica and will “emerge” from anywhere in the house as soon as she hears its tunes.
“Is she a reincarnated blues legend? A tiny 19th century soldier girl? you decide…” u/lemonaderobot wrote in the caption.
As it turns out, summoning cats with wind instruments is more common than anyone would think. Responding to the post, one user explained that they had witnessed something similar in their own household.
“My husband dabbles with flute playing (Native American flute). Every time he plays, he draws our cats,” u/ AccomplishedEdge982 wrote.
Other Redditors just thought the whole thing was funny and presumed that the cat is simply a huge Bob Dylan fan.
The post Reddit User Can Summon His Cat Using Harmonica appeared first on Our Funny Little Site.
]]>The post Holly Storlie’s Paintings Capture the Vibrant Nature of Birds appeared first on Our Funny Little Site.
]]>Storlie is a painter based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, who pursued her passion for art at Ringling College of Art and Design in Sarasota, Florida. This was where she got her bachelor’s degree before heading to Philadelphia to get her Master’s at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Her academic pursuits continued at the Delaware College of Art and Design, where she works as a Fine Arts professor.
Storlie went on quite a journey on her quest to develop her personal style, which is now characterized by a splash of vibrant colors. Her oil paintings mostly feature still-life objects and animals, and a single glance at her Instagram page will reveal her biggest obsession.
Storlie attracted 100,000 followers with her colorful bird portraits, which mostly see her focusing on their faces instead of painting their full bodies. Owls and parrots are among her favorite subjects, but we’ve seen her capture the beauty of countless other bird species through her magnificent oil portraits.
The post Holly Storlie’s Paintings Capture the Vibrant Nature of Birds appeared first on Our Funny Little Site.
]]>The post 5 Fun Facts That Make Pronghorns North America’s Most Fascinating Animals appeared first on Our Funny Little Site.
]]>With a running speed of up to 88.5 km/h (55 mph), pronghorns are the fastest land mammal in North America and the second-fastest in the world after the cheetah.
Even though they’re commonly known as American antelopes, pronghorns belong to a completely different family. The giraffe and okapi are actually its closest living relatives.
Pronghorns owe their name to their unique horns. Males have horns with a forward-pointing tine coming off each side of them, while females tend to have smaller horns with barely visible “prongs”.
Pronghorns’ movements are quite fascinating to witness because they have at least 13 different gaits, including one that reaches up to 20 feet per stride.
Pronghorns are much more prone to migration than other North American land mammals. Their migration route covers more than 260 km (160 mi), which is quite a rare phenomenon in the U.S.
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