Eva (18)

The most wonderful Animal I have ever seen, I saw today for the very first time in real!
The Fishus Globetrottus, also known as the Globetrotter Fish, was sent to me by Eva.

I think it is an Animal to whom I feel very familiar with, even though I don't have gills anymore.

In case you didn't hear of the Globetrotter Fish before, Eva was so kind to provide us with some scientific information:



The Globetrotter Fish arrived in a colourful envelope, showing aquatic Fish and other Sea Animals.



Fortunately (for me) the envelope first had been returned to sender, and fortunately (also for me) Eva did a second try to send it to the Netherlands. Fortunately for the two of us this time it arrived well, and by it's extra journey, oh fortune, I got an extra Moroccan Fish stamp!



Thank you very much, Eva, moltes gràcies, I love it!

Dórian Ribas Marinho

Beautiful designs of animals, created by Dórian Ribas Marinho from Brazil. The Starfish (a very special one), the Centipede and a Pig.



Muito obrigado, Dórian!

Salina Sagace

The message is clear!
(And at the same time this card, sent by Salina Sagace, provides us with a one-word answer to the long-lasting question whether Mermaids are Humans or Fish!)



Moltes grácies, Salina!

Fleur Helsingor

This Brown Rockfish and Starfish live in the San Francisco Bay Aquarium in California, USA.

This beautiful designed photograph (with such a special, nice glance of the Rockfish) was made and sent by multi-talent Fleur Helsingor from the USA.
This rockfish doesn't swim around much, she writes: it finds a place on the sea floor ad just hangs out.
In this picture the rockfish is lying on a small ledge, while the starfish has fastened itself to the glass of the tank next to it.

Fleur also made this nice fish 'small graphic' (to which the Oakland post added some rubber stamp print).



At her website there's an interesting list of mail art projects.

Thank you very much, Fleur!

Wilma Duguay

When I think of Wilma Duguay, I think of the Sea!
Wilma Duguay sent this beautiful drawing from Canada. When I saw the pencil drawn animal, the first thing that came into my mind was: 'that must be a Sea urchin skeleton!'
Fortunately Wilma wrote the name of this animal next to it. Fortunately, because I never had heard of this animal before: the Sand dollar.

And indeed, this Sand dollar (in Spanish speaking countries also called 'Galleta de mar' - 'Sea cookie') is a curious animal. Read more about this echinoderm (stinged-skin) on wikipedia.

This makes me also wonder about the number '5'. Why, like also Starfish and Sea urchins have, Sand dollars always have a fivefold radial symmetry? (And why do we mammals have five fingers/toes each hand, each foot?)



On Wilma's mail artwork there are more weird Sea animals to see and to enjoy!

Thank you very much, Wilma!


Update November 10th, 2010:

Wilma surprised me with a new letter, and put forward to make this apposite Sea magnet part of the Existing Odd Animals. So here you are!
(I added the back side next to the wonderful Sand dollar, Starfish and Shell.)



This fine work of art (only 5 x 4.5 cms) has been made by Linda Kobera, a painting artist who's pasisonate about miniature art.
More about Linda Kobera you can see on her website.

Again thanks a lot, Wilma!