M. C. Escher, Snakes (Woodcut print), 1969.
GUSTAVE DORÉ. Jacob Wrestling with the Angel, 1866, engraving.
Engraving made by Jan Saenredam after Hendrik Goltzius, Holland, 1595 (circa).
Raphael Sadeler II (After Pieter de Witte), Saint Michael the Archangel (Engraving), 1604,
5th C. BCE. Upper part of a bronze caduceus, snakes twined around a staff. Literally a ‘herald.’ Carried by Hermes, messenger of the Gods. Also, Hermes’ Staff. Greece. Bronze
Osiris and Riff Ratt
Osiris is a 3-year-old Dutch Shepherd mix. Riff Ratt is a 3-month-old fancy rat. They live in Chicago and they’re BFFs.
Photos by ©Osiris + Riff Ratt
Dutch street painter Leon Keer (previously featured here) recently made the world a little more awesome by creating these gigantic anamorphic gummy bears at the Malta Street Art Festival. These enormous gummy bears are made of chalk, but we haven’t given up hope that one day we’ll find a real gummy bear taller than us so that we can give it a great big bear hug and then see who can take the biggest bite out of it.
[via Hi-Fructose]
I hate snakes!
I love these two so much it’s actually probably a problem.

people who are afraid of snakes are fuckin’ WILD, like dude, just carefully step over these fat babies’ sausage bodies and gently move the burmese python chillin’ against the door, then you become unfathomably rich. i would do this for $10. i would do this for FREE.
I would pay $10 to do this
me
exactly!
