Columba Livia

aros: Breuer/Lundberg Cabin. LUNDBERG DESIGN livestock tank...

Wed, 15 May 2013 18:49:38 -0400

aros:

Breuer/Lundberg Cabin. LUNDBERG DESIGN

livestock tank pool. 25-feet diameter and 14-feet deep.

monkeyheadpress: Diane Victor Fading Man III, 2010 19.75 x 15.5...

Sun, 12 May 2013 00:11:03 -0400

monkeyheadpress:

Diane Victor

Fading Man III, 2010

19.75 x 15.5 inches

Aquatint

girlmeetsbanjo: ironandresingarage: Another of our limited...

Sun, 12 May 2013 00:10:31 -0400

girlmeetsbanjo:

ironandresingarage:

Another of our limited edition scrimshaw knives in The InR Garage. Hit us up at flyinganvil@ironandresin.com if you’re interested in one.

want.

paws44: Young man going hunting on Flickr.

Sun, 12 May 2013 00:09:13 -0400

paws44:

Young man going hunting on Flickr.

midnighthayes: Trophy Barber Shop, taxidermy incredibleness...

Sun, 12 May 2013 00:08:29 -0400

midnighthayes:

Trophy Barber Shop, taxidermy incredibleness while you shave!

thank god for weddings with open bars & dinner (red snapper for days) congrats, brian &...

Sun, 12 May 2013 00:03:21 -0400

thank god for weddings with open bars

& dinner (red snapper for days)

congrats, brian & angela!

biomedicalephemera: Top: Common Opossum - Didelphis...

Sat, 11 May 2013 23:58:16 -0400

biomedicalephemera:

Top: Common Opossum - Didelphis marsupialis
Bottom: Virginia Opossum - Didelphis virginiana

Stay in the pouch, kids! We can’t stop here; this is bat country!

Even though several marsupial families lived in the Americas before the last ice age, opossums are the only ones still remaining. Thanks to their opportunistic omnivorous diet and high rate of reproduction, opossums have survived in their current form for millenia, even despite their extremely low encephalization quotient. While rote brain volume does not in and of itself determine intelligence of an animal, mammals with smaller encephalization quotients tend to be more specialized and quickly speciated when hardships are encountered (such as ice ages).
Opossums in the Americas generally have an EQ around 1/5 that of the raccoons.

Didelphidae (Western hemisphere opossums) have very short lifespans, generally living less than two years in the wild, which is very unusual for a mammal of their size (up to the size of a large housecat). However, they can generally produce two successful litters of up to 13 young each in their short lives.

Australian opossums, while distantly related to those in the Americas, have furry tails, larger brains, and are much less urbanized. They also bear fewer young, live at least twice as long, and are less than half the size of the largest North American opossums.

Dictionnaire Universel d’Histoire Naturelle. Charles d’Orbigny, 1849.

tuesday-johnson: ca. 1860-70’s, [ambrotype portrait of a...

Tue, 07 May 2013 07:49:46 -0400

tuesday-johnson:

ca. 1860-70’s, [ambrotype portrait of a butcher and his son, preparing to slaughter a sheep]

via Cowan’s Auctions

subtilitas: Albert Frey - Frey house II, Palm Springs CA 1965....

Tue, 07 May 2013 07:48:24 -0400

subtilitas:

Albert Frey - Frey house II, Palm Springs CA 1965. The bottom shot shows the famous bolder intersecting the bedroom, with the light switch installed directly on the stone (previously). Via, 2, 3, photos (C) Julius Shulman.

"The difference between well and not well is in more respects a difference of degree than of kind."

Tue, 07 May 2013 07:34:18 -0400

“The difference between well and not well is in more respects a difference of degree than of kind.”

- Jonathan Franzen: Farther Away. “Robinson Crusoe”, David Foster Wallace and the island of solitude. In: The New Yorker, April 18, 2011. (via leavingtheplanet)

tuesday-johnson: ca. 1870-1890’s, [hand colored tintype...

Mon, 06 May 2013 22:50:04 -0400

tuesday-johnson:

ca. 1870-1890’s, [hand colored tintype portrait of three young men drinking a pink tinted liquid and eating what appear to be eggs]

via Ebay

derelictmetropolis: (by Photoportee)

Mon, 06 May 2013 22:49:41 -0400

derelictmetropolis:

(by Photoportee)

paws44: German boy and shrine on Flickr.

Mon, 06 May 2013 22:49:14 -0400

paws44:

German boy and shrine on Flickr.

featherandmoss: Animal bones for the curiosity collectors.

Mon, 06 May 2013 22:49:02 -0400

featherandmoss:

Animal bones for the curiosity collectors.

rooantiques: Two great pieces up for auction and at a great...

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 20:04:24 -0400

rooantiques:

Two great pieces up for auction and at a great price. Less than a day left on these, place your bids now or lose out!

AW Sangster signed Tug boat on the

Buffalo waterfront etching - Bid here

Photogravure of famous writer Victor Hugo - Bid Here

Make sure to follow our page, Roo Antiques, as we’ll be posting more prints and antiques for sale soon!

Photo

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 05:24:18 -0400

vlynx: Cody Cobb

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 05:24:07 -0400

vlynx:

Cody Cobb

johnfarrellresearch: Norman Ackroyd Loch Awe in...

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 05:14:38 -0400

johnfarrellresearch:

Norman Ackroyd

Loch Awe in Winter, Balmoral Forest Loch Muick and Ailsa Craig

Etchings of Scotland, South of Loch Ness

Photo

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 05:13:12 -0400

malformalady: Tribal scarification

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 05:12:38 -0400

malformalady:

Tribal scarification