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Hump Day Cute | Weird animal-shaped buildings in the world

2016-09-21 中国日报网 CHINADAILY

The Kelpies are enormous structures shaped like the head of a horse located at the Helix, an outdoor recreational area in Fallkirk, Scotland.


The dog building in Tirau, New Zealand, was designed by Steven Clothier of Corrugated Designs. It functions as a tourist information building and public toilets in Tirau.


Church by the Sea in Tampa, Florida, United States that resembles a chicken. 


The fish building serves as an office for the National Fisheries Development Board in Hyderabad, India. 


Lucy the Elephant is a 65-foot-high wooden structure in Margate, New Jersey, United States, and considered to be a national historic landmark.


The Dog Bark Park Inn is in Cottonwood, Idaho, United States. It was created by couple Frances Conklin and Dennis Sullivan, as a dog-themed hotel in the shape of a Beagle for dog lovers. 


Kindergarten Wolfartsweier or Die Katze (The Cat School) in Karlsruhe, Germany.



Sheep and Ram are a building in Tirau, New Zealand. The sheep building used to contain a wool shop that is no longer open. The ram was designed by Steven Clothier and the sheep was designed by a local builder.



The Shrine to Anglers building is in the shape of a jumping Muskie fish at the Fresh Water Fishing Hall of Fame in Hayward, California, United States.


Other animal buildings include the big duck, a duck shop in New York state, right, and the Giant Koala Tourist Complex in Australia.


The Martin Mere Harrier Hide Bird Observatory located in Burscough, Lancashire, at the WWT Martin Mere Wetlands Centre. It contains a timber frame with British larch and was designed and built by Global Impacts Mick Petts and Bryan Spooner.


The Universum Science Center is a clam shaped building in Bremen, Germany.


The Kakadu Crocodile Hotel in Jabiru, Australia is in the shape of the reptile and has even been built using green materials.


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