Showing posts with label big cat. Show all posts
Showing posts with label big cat. Show all posts
Thursday, June 28, 2012
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Thursday, December 8, 2011
SnowLeopards//RareAgileElegance
These rare, beautiful gray leopards live in the mountains of Central Asia. They are insulated by thick hair, and their wide, fur-covered feet act as natural snowshoes. Snow leopards have powerful legs and are tremendous leapers, able to jump as far as 50 feet (15 meters). They use their long tails for balance and as blankets to cover sensitive body parts against the severe mountain chill.
Thursday, September 8, 2011
MarchesaLuisaCasati/IWantToBeALivingWorkofArt
Marchesa Luisa Casati was Europe's most notorious celebrity, and it's most eccentric. For the first three decades of the 20th century, she travelled to Venice, Rome, Capri and Paris - collecting palaces and a managerie of exotic animals.
Nude servants gilded in gold leaf attended her. Bizarre wax mannequins sat as guests at her dining table. She wore live snakes as jewelry, and she was infamous for her evening strolls, naked beneath her furs, parading cheetahs on diamond-studded leases.
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Monday, August 29, 2011
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