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Falconer Lindsey Benger works with trained hawks to protect clients like vineyards, landfills and museums from a shared enemy, pigeons. She started her company @high_desert_falconry to help replace artificial pest control methods like poison. Her hawks hardly ever catch a pigeon: they’re employed to simply scare them off. @hawksonsunset

Margaret Taormina from Tampa, Florida is a certified dog massage practitioner. Human clients come to her to remedy their dogs behavioral health issues, treat injured or traumatized dogs — and sometimes hyper dogs who just need a nice pat to calm down. The power of Taormina’s scratching, petting, and touching can help animals relax to live a more comfortable life. 14/10 would do this job. #dogs #therapyforanimals #helpanimals #massagetherapist #massage

Screw artist Andrew Myers (@andrewmyersart ), in Laguna Beach, creates 3D sculptures from thousands of screws. The nuts and bolts come down to combining oil paint and shadows. #art #screws #artist

Bioni Samp, a beekeeper and musician from Britain, has combined his passions to create electronic music using frequencies from his bees. Through his music, he wants to raise awareness about CCD (colony collapse disorder), a plague that’s wiped out millions of honeybee hives globally since 2006. He has even performed live — in his beekeeper suit.

George Frankel of Sarasota, Florida created Eternal Reefs to offer people a different kind of permanent resting place. Their remains are mixed with concrete to form reef balls and are placed on the ocean floor. It’s a dedicated memorial, for both fish and families.
#death #family #memorial #marinelife #ocean nature naturelovers

When his mom was diagnosed with cancer, Tabay Atkins (@tabayatkins ) picked up yoga as a way to help her heal. At just 11 years old, Tabay is now the youngest certified yoga instructor in America and his students flock to his free classes to honor the divine spirit in him (and themselves).

Welcome to the world of speedcubing, the fast-paced puzzle competition that is growing in popularity around the world – even if you’ve never heard of it. Cubers like Michael Young, from West Hollywood, are battling to see who can solve the Rubik’s cube in the fastest time. #speedcubing #rubixcube

Alec Gillis (@alec_gillis ) of Amalgamated Dynamics Inc (an Academy Awards-winning SFX studio) is making monsters real. With his team of designers and engineers, he’s helped bring some of the most recognizable monsters from literature and ideas to life. You’ve seen his work in movies like IT, Batman v. Superman, and Jumanji, and he’s best known for designing the post-1994 monster from the ALIEN franchise. So be afraid — be very afraid — as we take a tour of a monster maker’s studio. #monster #designer #animatronic #fear #sfx talent

Street artist @binty.bint and her daughter, Lola, share an uncommon hobby: graffiti. The mother-daughter duo covers the walls of local businesses in everything from cartoon ducks to uplifting messages. Working as a team, they bring brightness and cheer to the cloudy streets of London.

Brooklyn knitting man Louis Boria (@brooklynboyknits ) runs a custom knitting service in New York City. When a photo of him knitting on the busy NYC subway was taken by a former American Idol contestant, his story went viral. Business is booming, and now through male knitting, he’s challenging the stereotype that men don’t knit.

DJ Ka5sh (@ka5sh ) hosts Shrek-themed raves (@shrekrave ) across the world where partygoers, in green face paint or not, dance the night away in honor of the 2001 franchise. With over 100 cities toured, his events unite the Shrek fandom everywhere he goes. #shrek #rave #dj #party nostalgia

By day, Steven Nakamura works as a wine manager. By night, he’s a wine artist. Working with Cabernets, Sauvignons and Zinfandels, he “lets the wine do what it wants” to create wine art masterpieces that are a little bit Pollock, and a little bit two-buck chuck.