I recently found this documentary which further cemented my views on why I eat what I eat, and how I choose to support animal rights. While not brand new, it shows real footage which looks to have been captured primarily by hidden camera concerning all aspects of how animals are treated and used around the world. This ranges from food production to the pet trade finishing up with how common items such as leather goods come to be.

Those behind the movie are so eager for everyone to have the opportunity to see it that they have provided it free on their website (LINK). They give the option to purchase the DVD as well in order to provide support for the project as well as their future endeavors.

It is sheer insanity to see how much the developed world has come to demand meat, pets of very specific breed, and products/accessories which ultimately come from animals in one respect or another. Humans have developed such sophisticated brains that nothing else rivals them, yet these brains are being used to hunt, trap, exploit, torture, and kill nearly each and every species of animal.

While I am not necessarily against people eating meat, especially for sustenance, I am against people eating meat from animals who have suffered a terrible and very unhealthy life from birth till death. In most places it is not overly difficult to find meat which comes from smaller farms where animals eat the foods they evolved to eat, live outdoors, and are commonly termed “free range.”

Whatever your view on the topic, I encourage you to watch the documentary just so you can be informed on the topic. After all, it would be quite silly to spend hundreds or thousands of dollars a year supporting something you know nothing about.

Do you think Chelsea has figured out her husband has punked her in front of over 3 million people?

She is quite convinced that a tire would go around approximately 400 times in a mile. Out of curiosity I decided to figure this out using an average 26 inch SUV tire. I chose to use a larger SUV sized tire to give her better odds of being close to right.

First if the tire is 26 inches in diameter, you can use circumference = Pi x diameter to figure out how much distance would be covered in one rotation of the tire.

26 inches x 3.1416 = 81.682 inches

Next you need to know how may inches are in 1 mile.

1 mile = 63,360 inches

Now simple division tells us the answer.

63,360 inches / 81.682 inches = 775.69 revolutions per mile

So Chelsea’s estimate of 400 revolutions of the tire per mile was only off by a little under a factor of two. Nice work.

Hey… You… Does anyone even read this thing? Over 800 hits during February, but I can only wonder if they were just bots? Well whatever, I need to get better about updating this thing so I’m gonna make it a point to post something at minimum once a week!

Here are are a few of the photos I took. I have posted the rest in a gallery here. Everything was shot in RAW and processed with Aperture.

A Hiena which was running around excitedly.

This cheetah was sunning itself and watching the crowd.

The zoo had gorgeous peacocks running free on the grounds.

A beautiful green tree monitor was basking under its UV light.

A lion fish.

One of the zoo’s stunning juvenile komodo dragons.

While looking for wallpapers for my computer today I stumbled across the Deviant Art page of Igor Siwanowicz. His work is absolutely amazing when it comes to photographing some of my favorite animals such as reptiles. He also has some brilliant shots of insects and arachnids. I definitely suggest everyone take a look at his gallery: here

With my newfound hobby of photography on a more serious scale I hope to be able to take some similar shots in the future. I guess my pet lizard Vanessa better get ready for her photo shoot!

Thanks for visiting, and stay tuned!