Welcome to day 44 of the 100 Days in the news project. For 56 more days I will be pulling news stories from my Google reader and making artwork about it!

Today’s inspiration is:

from Treehugger:

Ubercool “Mexican walking fish” Nearing Extinction

by Michael Graham Richard, Gatineau, Canada on 11. 5.08

I’ve always had a fondness for the walking fish; it’s ridiculously cute and hard not to love it. Treehugger posted an article about it right as I found a package of blank fake nails in the store for 75 cents. “Axolotl” is spelled out from thumb to pinky. The rest is history.

Cost of materials: .75

time spent: 30 min.

Amount of fun had: 5