Man spends 32,000 hours creating a model of an oil rig using four million matchsticks

David Reynolds 51,  has spent 32,000 hours creating what is now officially the world’s biggest matchstick model. Apart from costing him £5,000 in wood and glue, it has left things a bit strained in the Reynolds household. The model weighs a tonne, is 3.6m tall and 6.4m long and at one stage had to be [...]

Unusual Underground Map

Animals on the Underground is a collection of over 20 animal characters made using only lines, stations and interchange symbols on the London Underground map, created by illustrator Paul Middlewick in 1987. In 2003, the concept was used in a poster campaign by advertising agency McCann-Erickson to promote the London Zoo.  They have also appeared [...]

Weird love from Birch

In the pictures, you will see erotic show pieces made cleverly out of birch shavings. You will see people constructed with care given to all the details. Although you may want to think twice before you keep it in your living room, these will make great collector items for those who love weird art. They [...]

Surfing in Icy Waters

Surfing is always a fun thing to do whether you are a beginner who keeps falling off the board or a professional. But, what you see in the pictures is extreme and extraordinary. While surfing in warm waters is one thing, surfing in icy cold Arctic waters is a whole different experience. The diving suit [...]

I feel sexy in Congo

The SAPE concept comes from centuries ago where the young people were brain washed during the time of the French Congo where they were told to look presentable. It all started when Andre Grenard returned from Paris all dressed up and had a huge fan following. The organization of SAP has members that are artists [...]

Our new man made jungle

There is a big man made jungle that is under construction for our future children. The modern world is going to be less of a natural jungle and more of a concrete jungle in the. These photos show how we are well on our way to making planet earth one big concrete jungle. Even the [...]

Thai elephants playing basketball

The Island Safari Centre on Koh Samui is teaching six-year old Malie, and nine-year old Toktak to use their trunks to perform basketball skills, in an effort to improve their health and vitality.
Organisers at the Island Safari centre, which cares for the animals, say the huge beasts have to undergo rigorous training to learn the [...]

Five unusual swimming animals

Swimming is biologically propelled motion through a liquid medium. Swimming has evolved a number of times in a range of organisms ranging from arthropods to fish to molluscs. But, sometimes nature can be strange and funny, and to give swiming power to animals that don’t bellong to water! Bellow you can see funny examples of [...]

Unusual mummies of animals

The ancient Egyptians mummified animals as well as humans. Animals of all kinds were important to the Ancient Egyptians, and featured in the daily secular and religious lives of farmers, craftsmen, priests and rulers. Animals were reared mainly for food, whilst others were kept as pets. The bodies of sacred animals and some pets were [...]

Get a taste of miniature hell

digg_skin = ‘compact’; digg_window = ‘new’; These photos are part of the fascinating work of Mark Powell. Powell is an Australian artist who has been gaining popularity for his peculiar and nightmarish dioramas. His sculptures exaggerate and depicts dreary and guile subjects like cannibalism, parasitism and the evolvement of flesh when it is recycled to [...]

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