Photo credit Paul Riley, Via Indianapolis Zoo Dolphin Adventure Online Media Kit. 

This here Brooklyn pup, Tillamook Cheddar, is an accomplished painter, as ridiculous as that may sound. According to reliable sources,

Tillamook Cheddar executes abstract expressionist paintings, drawings, etchings, and sculpture using her claws and teeth to scratch and sometimes even tear her materials […] Tillamook Cheddar’s paintings have been compared to those of Cy Twombly, Jackson Pollock, and William Anastasi.

In addition to her artwork, Tillamook Cheddar also enjoys chasing squirrels and playing catch with balls.

It’s funny when press releases refer to her as a "bitch."

Here are some of her paintings:

Tillamook Cheddar homepage 

Here, for your hearing delectation, is an AMAZING ANIMAL MIX.

This is a mix in which all the songs are either A) About and animal or B) Sung to an animal. No metaphors or euphamisms. I tried to be pretty strict, but there are a couple on there that, honestly, are only tangentially about animals, but are mostly just good songs.

If anybody has any good songs to add to it let me know, and I’ll make a part two!

Here’s the tracklist:

1. The 6ths - San Diego Zoo
2. Nina Nastasia - A Dog’s Life
3. El Perro Del Mar - Dog
4. Nick Drake - Black Eyed Dog
5. Bayless Rose - Black Dog Blues
6. Tommy Settlers And His Blues Moaner - Big Bed Bug (Bed Bug Blues)
7. Peggy Honeywell - bower bird
8. The Mountain Goats - Snow Owl
9. Nick Drake - Strange Meeting I / Bird Flew By
10. Iron & Wine - Bird Stealing Bread
11. Keren Ann - Spanish song bird
12. Gothic Archies - Crows
13. Tommy McCook - Ride Me Donkey
14. Pixies - Monkey Gone To Heaven
15. Belle & Sebastian - The Fox In The Snow
16. The Kinks - Phenomenal Cat
17. Devendra Banhart - Little Yellow Spider
18. London Sinfonietta; Charles Dutoit - Aquarium
19. Lilys - The Hermit Crab
20. Bricks - The Sturgeon

And, of course, if anybody objects to me posting a song my them or somebody they represent, let me know and I’ll remove it.

Enjoy!

Download after the jump.

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“Looks like another ladybug!”

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