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"Held at the Denver DoubleTree hotel from August 12 to August 14, 2011, the Rocky Mountain Fur Con attracted all sorts of people who enjoy the anthropomorphic hobby of acting as a "furry." This year's theme was "I need a Hero," in which all attendees were encouraged to come dressed as heroes. Photographer Taryn Kapronica brings back these photos for Westword."

Word has come out that a new stage show based on Dreamworks Animation’s award-winning How to Train Your Dragon film will be coming to Melbourne, Australia next March. The show features brand new characters, a brand new plot, and most interesting of all, full-sized free-walking audio-animatronic dragons. Here’s a quote from The Brisbane Times: “(There will be) at least 24 dragons for a show that will include acrobats and aerial artists, projections and flying creatures. The five-tier set will be backed by a 60-metre screen and the action will unfold on 1000 square metres of stage studded with projectors to provide an immersive experience”.  There’s already a YouTube video of a press presentation that was recently held to advertise the show. It shows one of the dragons (a Deadly Nadder, in this case) interacting with a human.

 

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Another article on the Denver Westword blogs: Furry field guide: An illustrated handbook for spotting woodland creatures in their habitat

It's a series of photos from Rocky Mountain Fur Con, with some zoologist-style commentary. Some of which is rather... odd:
?The Asian character markings on this otherwise ordinary canidae betray him as a near-perfect specimen of a much rarer phylum: the douche-fox, known for his exceptional skill at exonerated date-rape.!?

Housing in a major city like Vancouver is expensive. In order to achieve the dream of homeownership, you can work hard for years in order to save up for a down payment on a house. Or you can be like one enterprising resident, and offer your services as a pet pretend dinosaur on Craigslist in exchange for a house. It's just crazy enough that it might... nah, it's still not going to work.

Page is in French and so far Google Translate isn't helping here. Mmm.

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Hello fellow furs, anyone know where I can find some nice furry stencils? I am wanting to art up my laptop and google is not helping much in the stencil department.

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Held at the Denver DoubleTree hotel from August 12 to August 14, 2011, the Rocky Mountain Fur Con attracted all sorts of people who enjoy the anthropomorphic hobby of acting as a “furry.” This year’s theme was “I need a Hero,” in which all attendees were encouraged to come dressed as heroes. Photographer Taryn Kapronica brings back these photos for Westword.

Find the entire Photo Essay gallery (60 images) at The Westword Show and Tell Blog HERE

Photos reprinted with permission. Photographer Taryn Kapronica

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Do not tell them they are doing cosplay . Where fans of Japanese fiction trying to imitate their favorite heroes at events such as the Japan Expo , the furries ("hairy" in English) them to create characters from scratch, animals with human characteristics often thought by the Looney Tunes .

Some even give life to their avatar by wearing a costume in his likeness: it is the fursuiters . A movement from the United States born in the 1980s on the fringes of American conventions of science fiction, the movement furry has grown worldwide in the 1990s with the explosion of the Internet - the first post on forums dating back to December 17, 1990 - and reached the European shores in the early 2000s.

The furries now have their own Wiki , a map to identify many forums and even a dating site . The use of social networks has allowed the movement to coordinate. At the last gathering Anthrocon , held annually in the United States, approximately 4400 furries had arranged to meet in the city of Pittsburgh and more than 850 fursuiters took to the streets for a parade. France, a small community in Europe compared to Britain or Germany, 300 to 400 count furries , including forty fursuiters .

"You feel closer to people" Why dress up? "Everyone has a different explanation," says Matthew Roumy, alias Redmoon Wolfen, which provides that in any case it has nothing to do with any political message. "For my part I have always been fascinated by everything about the transformation of man into an animal," says the senior executive in a computer company. Students role-play enthusiasts, graphic artists and officials: in addition to be relatively young ( average age is 24 years ), all have in common the passion for animated hybrid combining human and animal characteristics. And envy, too, to share with others. "You feel closer to people," said Kassestu, Marline or rather, in the "civilian".

What this student 18 years trying, once donned his costume hyena is "amazed look" of the children when she and other furries organize an outing, mostly in parks. As in the Parc Floral de Vincennes on Sunday VIDEO. Meet the "fursuiters" Their passion is generally quite well received by those who cross their path. The fursuiters are always accompanied by other furries without costume (the helpers , "escorts" in English) ensure that explain their approach and to convince them that, no, it's not a bachelor party boy. In France, despite the new law banning the wearing of the veil, the fursuiters manage to force time and patience to obtain permits for rallies.

2500 euros costume At least to make your own costume, be provide a Fursuit is not easy. There are a handful of manufacturers in the world, mostly Americans. Each Fursuit is made ??to measure according to customer expectations, so that any achievement is unique . The wallet is affected: around 1000 euros for a costume part (head, arms and legs) and up to 2500 euros for a full. For the character of African wild dog, Matthew has spent 1,000 dollars (700 euros) during an auction on the Internet.



Contrary to what one might think, the furries do not just locate in parks or on the Internet. Just take a look at movie posters and some advertising on television and plastered on the subway. And the trend is gaining popularity: 17 August, Germany, the European Convention Eurofurence host Jim Martin as honorary president, the famous creator of Sesame Street . A serious dubbing for the movement.

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From Animal Planet

Not out-of-space but spaced-out

For years people blamed the strange crop circles in cornfields found around the world on aliens visiting our planet. But what Australian officials now say causes the patterns found in Australia might be even more bizarre:wallabies high on opium.

An Australian government official told BBC that the marsupials are eating opium poppies and get “as high as a kite.” Presumably the drugs make them hop around in circles, creating the mysterious patterns found in farmland down under.

Australia produces 50% of the legally grown opium intended for medicine such as morphine. The problem, however, is that animals get into the fields and eat the poppies. Substance-abusing sheep have also been seen behaving unusually.

Are trippy Skippys really responsible for these intricate agricultural designs? Maybe. We will just wait for the videos!

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