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Banksy’s Pet Shop in New York

admin — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 16:30:07 +0000

Worldwide known British street artist, Banksy is in New York now and he’s doing more than just painting graffiti , or hiding. Banksy has just opened a new installation entitled The Village Pet Store and Charcoal Grill. A surreal pet shop complete with animatronic animals and kiddie dolphin ride.It concentrates on the contradictory ways in which people see and use animals as food, pets, exotic beasts, and clothing.

Banksy’s White Rabbit

Banksy’s Hot Dogs

Banksy’s Fish Sticks

Banksy’s Leopard

Banksy’s Dolphin

Banksy’s Tweety

Banksy’s Chicken Nuggets

The exhibition is on at 89, Seventh Avenue South in Greenwich Village, New York, until October 31.

Photos by : Robert Stolarik for The New York Times.

David Roger’s BIG BUGS Sculptures

admin — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 22:00:30 +0000

well we do love BUGS here at Sooth Brush and so does NY Artist, David Roger who has created these giant wood sculptures.“Insects play a vital role in a garden, but are unnoticed, so I put them on such a large scale that you can’t help but notice them,” says Rogers.

His Sculptures had been to many places and they’re currently at the New England Wild Flower Society’s Garden in the Woods in Massachusetts.

Check out more photos of his giant scupltures at his website.

Via: Make

Exploring the Wonderful World of Mantises

admin — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 22:42:44 +0000

Mantises, Mantes, Mantids or whatever term you prefer to use for their plural form, are among the most fascinating and at the same time scariest insects in the world.The 2,300 species of praying mantises comprise an order of insects called Mantodea.The word ‘mantis’ is Greek, and means prophet or fortune teller. Praying prophet? Very appropriate. Mantids so often look like they know something we don’t.

Photo by: Lawraa

Mantids can turn their heads 180 degrees to scan their surroundings with two large compound eyes and three other simple eyes located between them.Praying mantids’ excellent eyesight allows some to see movement up to 60 feet (18 meters) away.
Typically green or brown and well camouflaged on the plants among which they live, mantis lie in ambush or patiently stalk their quarry. They use their front legs to snare their prey with reflexes so quick that they are difficult to see with the naked eye. Their legs are further equipped with spikes for snaring prey and pinning it in place.

Photo by: macropoulos

Moths, crickets, grasshoppers, flies, and other insects are usually the unfortunate recipients of unwanted mantid attention. However, the insects will also eat others of their own kind. The most famous example of this is the notorious mating behavior of the adult female, who sometimes eats her mate just after—or even during—mating. Yet this behavior seems not to deter males from reproduction.(Check out this funny comic about their cannibalistic behavior)

Watch how the cruel female eats the male during their deadly intercourse:

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And finally here are some more interesting Mantis photos taken by wonderful flickr users:

Photo by: victorgil84

Photo by: Joel Junior

Photo by: Nitsirk Eel

Photo by: Dermal Denticles

Photo by: Thor Hakonsen

Photo by: macro junkie

Photo by: Dixie Native

Photo by: Thor Hakonsen

Photo by: Techuser

Photo by: MafrMcfa

Photo by: limonium64

Photo by: Coder

Photo by: ettan ettan

Photo by: sublimedart

Photo by: Rascaille Rabbit