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Blankenberge Sand Sculpture Festival 2010 in Photos

Admin — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 10:26:16 +0000

40 artists representing 40 different countries gathered in a Belgian city of Blankenberge to create these amazing sand sculptures. More than 200,000 visitors will attend the festival this year.

The Farming of the Future: How About Buying Some LCD TVs to Your Cows?

Admin — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 06:31:29 +0000

Farming as we know could soon become a very part of history because there are some brave farmers who decided to change the rules and use the latest technologies to improve the production of their farms.

As you can see, that previous description sounds very serious but, when you hear that the latest technology we speak about are actually LCD TVs, then, you should guess where this story goes…

This farmer decide to put some LCD TVs in his farm so his cows could enjoy watching green landscapes. Poor cows, today they can see fields only on TV.

via EnglishRussia and odditycentral

Geckos, the True Masters of Camouflage

Admin — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 10:03:14 +0000

Geckos are kind of small lizards and they can be found in areas with warm climate. If you thought that chameleons are the masters of camouflage, then geckos should be chameleons’ teachers.

It is known that chameleons can change their colors so they become camouflaged and same-colored as environment but, geckos can do that and pretty much more. They ‘interact’ with the environment on a special way and they even can change their shape. They also have special way of communicating amongst them. Here you’ll find some of the most astonishing photos of geckos and you’ll see why they are real masters of camouflage.

Via 1 , 2 , 3

Retro cars

Admin — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 11:56:54 +0000

All those ‘regular’ cars that you can watch on TV shows or in magazines are cool and some of them are amazing but some people have become bored of such ‘regular’ car designs and they took the things in their own hands.

Creating a retro car is some kind of love and it is some kind of art in same time. You give a piece of yourself to create something unique and that is the reason why most of owners of such cars are not willing to sell them.

Here you can find some of the most unusual retro cars designs. Some of these are very old but their owners decided to make them shiny and now they look like they’re brand new.

A lot of these photos shows us how fusion of old and modern can sometimes give the most beautiful designs.

Horse dentist

Admin — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 09:38:30 +0000

Speaking “teeth like a horse, usually meant the good condition of the latter. But it turns out, and the horses are not always this good. Then come to the aid and dentist … horses.
For 25 years, Mr. Karl Mitze possesses the art of treating horse teeth. Using tools blunted grit, he has processed hundreds of thousands of horses’ teeth, so that they do not become sharp incisors that may sink into the cheeks of a horse or disturb their bite. Read more : here