Wet folding

March 21st, 2011

Another day, another post on origami. Dinh Truong Giang uses a technique called wet folding to produce paper sculptures of animals and people.

My favourites are his animals: foxes, gorillas and owls – even more so when they're miniatures.

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Going underground

January 4th, 2011

Conquering an infinite cave. The term "infinite" isn't strictly applicable, of course, but it'll do. Amazing, awe-inspiring pictures.

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Goniurosaurus catbaensis

September 27th, 2009

Is it just me, or does this newly-discovered variety of leopard gecko look like something that should be starring in a low-budget horror movie?

You know the sort of film: in the opening scene, some luckless bastard with very few lines stumbles on their lair and before he can react he finds himself buried under a swarm of carnivorous1 reptiles.

Next thing you know, they've acquired a taste for human blood and a wave of them is sweeping down on the nearest town…

  1. According to Wikipedia, although leopard geckos primarily subsist on a diet of insects, they can and will eat mice if they can manage to bring them down.

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