MeFi Projects

A simple head swapping browser toy that mixes up Victorian animal illustrations to create amazing new hybrid animals every time you click. [more inside]
posted by dng on Nov 25, 2023 - 0 comments

This is a super low-key chill project, sharing some of the better videos I get (mostly from trail cameras) of critters in my backyard. It's mostly deer and bunnies lately.
posted by joannemerriam on May 3, 2023 - 0 comments

A narrative strategy game inspired by King of Dragon Pass and A Dark Room. Your people are exiled to an island full of strange creatures, and you must figure out how to survive, building a new society in the process.
posted by Zarkonnen on Jan 29, 2023 - 7 comments

I noticed a list of 28 triple tautonyms (animals with zoological names made up of three identical words) and decided to make them into a Top Trumps/Pokemon deck using illustrations by HappyToast. There's a PDF of the cards you can print off.
posted by malevolent on Dec 7, 2021 - 3 comments

In this game, you will be shown some animals and asked to judge them: bastard or not a bastard.
posted by johngoren on Feb 9, 2021 - 4 comments

cuddlecall.me connects you with your favorite cute, cuddly animals directly over video chat. [more inside]
posted by nitsuj on Apr 16, 2020 - 0 comments

I finally finished the ceramic sculpture I've been working on for over two months! He's made of calico stonewear, exploded in the kiln and had to be painstakingly repaired, was raku fired with a white crackle glaze, and finally embellished with individually applied pyrite crystals (smashing pyrite with a hammer is VERY fun). I have named him Steven. He initially came into this world as two pinch pots, and I'm proud of the young man he's become! [more inside]
posted by everydayanewday on Jul 15, 2018 - 4 comments

I posted my comic strip here a couple years ago when I began it—now that it's finished, I've compiled the strips into a book anthology. [more inside]
posted by overeducated_alligator on May 25, 2017 - 6 comments

Meet Toby the lion, Herman the penguin, Frank the zookeeper, Dr. Sara the vet, Misha the bear, Mr. and Mrs. Flamingo, and more... Fun for all ages. [more inside]
posted by overeducated_alligator on Jun 24, 2015 - 0 comments

The story of Jackie, a baboon who went to war with the South African army, is the latest instalment in my series on Animals in World War I. [more inside]
posted by Perodicticus potto on Jan 6, 2015 - 0 comments

A photo blog of adoptable animals at the Louisiana SPCA shelter, and what I imagine they might have been thinking or doing at the moment I took their picture. [more inside]
posted by unsub on Mar 15, 2013 - 12 comments

In anticipation of the season 3 premiere of Downton Abbey, I've begun a series of portraits based upon the memorable characters from the show. Depicted as dogs and cats, naturally. I am selling them as prints in my Etsy shop.
posted by Lou Stuells on Jan 5, 2013 - 7 comments

Feedipedia is an open access information system on animal feed resources that provides information on nature, occurrence, chemical composition, nutritional value and safe use of nearly 1300 worldwide livestock feeds. It is managed jointly by INRA, CIRAD, AFZ and FAO. [more inside]
posted by elgilito on Nov 10, 2012 - 3 comments

A fisherman experiences a moment of connection with a female humpback whale in the waters off of San Francisco. Is this an example of inter-species communication or a mysterious fluke? This true story, originally reported by RadioLab is retold in paint on a 16 foot high wall with the help of the passing public in Seattle's Cal Anderson Park.
posted by bq on Feb 1, 2012 - 0 comments

Two girls in Central Texas. Chickens, garden, rabbits; doing our best to work toward self-sufficiency and learning a lot along the way. Local food, local love. [more inside]
posted by fiercecupcake on Jun 22, 2010 - 7 comments

A community calendar to help people coordinate pet-events (dog shows, pet fairs, coral frag-swaps, etc) in their area. [more inside]
posted by quin on Jun 14, 2010 - 1 comment