Hong Kong is going quackers for a new visitor: Rubber Duck, an ongoing art project of Dutch artist Florentijn Hofman that first caught our eye in 2009.
It’s 9.5m tall by 11m long, and yet, through the magic of tilt-shift videography, it still manages to look like a toy:
It’s having a real smug smile and a 50 yard stare. Everyone thinks you know stuff when you look like that. I’m practicing right now.
Via Zooborns, photo by National Aviary
Sometimes they even pretend to be ducklings just so they can get into movies for the children’s price.
Via @MWolstenholme.
According to the YouTube uploader, “In front of the library at University of Maryland Baltimore County, the mother forced those little guys to jump down three giant steps.” (Video includes bonus fly-by from the Blue Angels, goose division.)
So far.
Mariana A.: “This is our cat Amy. She has a love-hate relationship with a bird that we rescued about a year ago here in Brazil. She has never tried to attack it, but sometimes she will stand in front of the cage for hours, just looking at him.”
The Wilhelm Hibblethwack Alternate Alternative Theater (WHAAT) saw the debut of Toad Stapler Oilrig by The Babybrain Collective. In this 240-minute piece (excerpted below), a duckling is menaced by a pair of robotic sharks, symbolizing the dehumanizing force of Technology upon the Individual in Society.
Now, mind you, I would never say a word against Marvin here. Salt of the earth, nice to his kids, active in Rotary… good fella. But, confidentially, just between you and me… He added a few feathers up top recently, if you catch my drift.
Via Bev Goodwin.
Miss Moneypenny feels shaken and stirred by this bird video..at least ’til :36 in. (“This is a scam, grumble, grumble.”)
Sender-Inner Shawna tells us, “Canadian singer-songwriter Danny Michel has had his cat Miss Moneypenny for 13 years. He posted this video on Facebook and YouTube to show us that this cat has become quite the smarty pants in her old age!”
He’s MINE! Mine! Mine! Mine!
All we can say is, thank you, Mel J., for another ResQte story. And we all know how very important that is.
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