October 2008 Archives

Becky Vigor shared this pencil drawing of a zebra as she cleared out of one house and moved to another.

It's a zebra stained glass pattern from Chantel's Stained Glass.

Shonali Laha's set of zebra pictures from his Tanzanian Safari in 2002 includes this nice picture of a zebra with oxpeckers on its spine. According to the New England Complex Systems Institute, this is an example of a "symbiotic relationship":

A symbiotic relationship is when two organisms of different species "work together," each benefiting from the relationship. One example of a symbiotic relationship is that of the oxpecker (a kind of bird) and the rhinoceros or zebra. Oxpeckers land on rhinos or zebras and eat ticks and other parasites that live on their skin. The oxpeckers get food and the beasts get pest control. Also, when there is danger, the oxpeckers fly upward and scream a warning, which helps the symbiont (a name for the other partner in a relationship).

This zebra chair (from bellacor.com) is listed under children's furniture, but I can not look at it without thinking its Escher-esque design would make this chair a pretty cruel part of a drinking game.

But is it kitsch? The Zebra Dining Table, by Guangzhou Vision Sculpture SC Artwork Co. Ltd., comes with a glass table, 6 chairs, and a zebra head base.

"A black and white zebra glances up from the lid of this designer oak toilet seat," says the Oak & Chisel web site at twotaildesign.com.

The Magic Zebra comes from The Socecological Aspect. The artist, Paul Kearsley, explains:

This was a christmas present for my buddy. Sometimes, Zebras die. Its a sad truth that can easily extrapolate into an all encompassing metaphor for the impermanence of all things beautiful.

From the fine art department comes  "Herd of Aquatic Zebras" found at gmeaders_ch's Flickr photostream.

C. Lofgreen crafted this zebra lawn ornament. See more C. Lofgreen art at ArtWanted.com.

Here is a zebra crosswalk in Taipei, from Badger 23's Flickr Photostream.