Way back in February I was contacted by Louise Shirley the curator of the High Desert Museum in Oregon about including some of Cheryl’s photos in their upcoming beaver exhibit. I believe we talked about the artwork when it opened. Well yesterday a buddy sent me their beaver interactive. I have zero idea how this escaped my attention all this time but spent an entire day forwarding it to literally everyone I know.
This is the coolest thing that has ever been. Period. Click on the image to go to the interactive. Turn your sound up and press f11 to go full screen. You’re welcome.
Well? Did you go? How frickin cool is that? I mean really? Turn the sound UP. I could stay there forever. I want it as a screen saver. What I really want is for Louise to introduce me to the graphic designer who put this together and to hire him/her to do the same thing for URBAN BEAVERS so adapt the species to green heron and maybe an otter eating crayfish out of the pond. A few sticklebacks or a tule perch. And maybe include a zoom out feature so you see that the entire surrounding area is in the middle of a terrible drought and all their trees are dying, except for at the beaver pond.
And maybe there are flames approaching and everything burns EXCEPT the lush pond. Or maybe there’s a human figure that has the option of trapping out the beaver and then the entire pond and wildlife gradually disappears. But since it’s virtual you can redo it and choice to live WITH the beavers instead, install a pond leveler, and then the entire wetland doubles and more species burst on the scene.
The possibilities are endless.
I’m leaving the link in the sidebar for now because EVERYONE needs to see this and share it with three friends that have no idea why beavers matter.
All hail the High Desert Museum.
