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Cow pies become cobra in Siberian village
upi ^ | Jan. 12, 2013

Posted on 01/13/2013 2:49:32 AM PST by JoeProBono

MOSCOW, - A giant cobra made out of cattle dung was created to entertain children in a Siberian village during the frigid winter months, its 52-year-old sculptor says.

"I made it so the kids could play around and have some fun," said Mikhail Bopposov, a native of the Siberian republic of Yakutia, RIA Novosti reported Friday.

The 880-pound sculpture shows the snake coiled and its hood spread. It's displayed in the village of Yolba, about 125 miles east of the republic's capital, Yakutsk.

Bopposov is the building manager for the village school and gets his art supplies from the 17 head of cattle he raises.

Bopposov began dabbling in dung in 2008, when he created an army tank. He's made something out of the cow pies every winter since, except in 2011, when he and his son made a rabbit out of snow. He found that medium difficult to work because it froze so hard.

This is a temporary installation, however. Come spring, like every spring, Bopposov will recycle his creation into fertilizer for crops.


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1 posted on 01/13/2013 2:49:44 AM PST by JoeProBono
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To: JoeProBono

Yeah, if I was still a kid, I’d go right for that for fun...


2 posted on 01/13/2013 4:07:55 AM PST by mrs. a (It's a short life but a merry one...)
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To: JoeProBono

Sounds like a bunch of crap to me...


3 posted on 01/13/2013 4:17:43 AM PST by Wpin ("I Have Sworn Upon the Altar of God eternal hostility against every form of tyranny...")
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To: JoeProBono

I’m shivering just looking at that town........I don’t think it thaws out until August.....


4 posted on 01/13/2013 4:21:42 AM PST by Hot Tabasco (Jab her with a harpoon or just throw her from the train......)
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5 posted on 01/13/2013 4:32:17 AM PST by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet - Mater tua caligas exercitus gerit ;-{)
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To: JoeProBono

Well ain’t that some sh1t?

Fun times, indeed...

LOL


6 posted on 01/13/2013 5:04:19 AM PST by Adder (No, Mr. Franklin, we could NOT keep it.)
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To: JoeProBono

So . . . Verrry . . . cold. . . Must . . . Find . . . Warmer . . . Thread!


7 posted on 01/13/2013 5:25:33 AM PST by DaxtonBrown (http://www.futurnamics.com/reid.php)
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To: JoeProBono
Nice art work by the Russians, much better than we can do with manure. Look what Americans turned the same raw material into:


8 posted on 01/13/2013 6:01:59 AM PST by Pollster1 (Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. - Ronald Reagan)
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To: Wpin

http://www.johnspeedie.com/healy/crap.wav


9 posted on 01/13/2013 8:29:14 AM PST by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both)
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Heck...they should the kids these (my favorite toys)....

10 posted on 01/13/2013 8:33:53 AM PST by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both)
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To: JoeProBono

manure manipulation .. sounds like the way the media reports on DC and all the skunks on The Hill.


11 posted on 01/13/2013 8:34:29 AM PST by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi)
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